Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-01
HIS LOVE HOPELESS
MARION J. oZMoND TAKES FATAL
DOSE OF CARBoLIC ACID.
Feared He Would Go Insane and
Decided to End Life-Infatuation
for Philadelphia Widow.

Disappointed in love and believing him
self to be on the verge of insanity, Marion
j. Ozmond, contractor, committed suicide
yesterday afternoon by swallowing a guam
tity of carbolc acid. He was in the parIor
at the house of Mrs. NJ. F. De Vaughan sos
18th street, where he boarded, at the time
ne took. the dose, which proved fatal in "a
short time. Mr.. OZmond was alone In the
room and was found few minutes later
seated on the piano stool The bottle from
which he had taken the poison was fund on
the piano. When DIR. Martyr reached the
house from the Emergency Hospital he
round the contractor was in a dying condi-
ton. He was hurried to the hospital. where
he died a few minutes after his arrival.
Mr.. Ozmond had lived in Mrs De Vaughan's
boarding house number of months. He
was quiet and unobtruSlVe, and very little
was known OF him. 1t was said that he
was ia love with Mrs. Daisy Daniels
widow of Philadelphia, and had become de-
spondent when she refused to become his
wife.
He had told his landlady of his love affair
and sent for Mrs. Daniels last summer when
he was suffering from an attack of brain
fever. Before she returned home she told
Mrs. De Vaughan that she could never be-
come the wife of Mr., OZmond.
Contemplated Suicide in September
Late in September the disappointed man
became so Respondent that he concluded he
would end his life by Jumping overheard,
and disappeared from the 18th street house
after he had written a note to Mrs. De
Vaughan telling her of his troubles and in
tentions. He said in his letter:
81 am heartbroken and in misery and de-
spair and on the verge of insanity. l can't
stand it any longer. You have been very
kind to me, and God in His mercy will
know that | appreciate. it. If others had
been kind to me, like you, | would have
been the happiest man on earth. l love
any one who is kind to me. ! am out of
my mind, and God alone knows what will
become of me. l don't care, and will end
it all by drowning myself.
Don't worry about me when I gone.
If Daisy comes treat her nice. | have done
everything to try and please her, but failed.
Your true friend, NJ. ]. OZMOND."
After leaving the house Ozmond sent a
telegram to the widow in Philadelphia
signing the name of Mrs. De Vaughan to it.
special delivery letter came to Mrs. De
Vaughan from the widow the next day and
the missing boarder returned that night
He was found in his room the next morn
ing gazing at a picture of the widow The
picture was taken from the wall during the
morning and cabinet photograph of her
was removed from the cabinet. Because
the contractor had about 81 500 in his
pocket when he went away from the house
1t was feared by Mrs. De Vaughan that he
might have met with foul play and been
robbed, but his return relieved his friends
of their anxiety and he explained that he
had only been far as Laurel, Nd Very
little more was said by the contractor
about his strange conduct. AT times he
showed signs of dependency, but did not
indicate that he still thought of taking his
life.
Coroner hewitt went to the Emergency
Hospital last night and heard statements
of witnesses. He concluded that the case
was plain one of suicide and gave GER
tihcate accordingly. Today arrangements
We're made for a local undertaken to take
charge of the remains and hold them until
relatives of the deceased make the neces-
sary funeral arrangements.