The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-03-03
4; &. Flint Crazed by Illness
Writes Farewell Letters to His
Family in Doctors Office and
Goes Into Bathroom Where He
Cuts Hir Throat With a Razor.
The Suicide Had Been III in Hospital Here For
Several Weeks. but at His Own Request was to
Have Gone to Baltimore With His Doctor on the
Night Train

In Gt of temporary insanity brought
on by the pains Of disease with when
~ was afflicted and continued morbid
hroodine over his condition, Elby B.
flint. j young man OF Salem engaged in
taeeoil Industry. committed suicide in
Ia bathroom in the Stewart building
On Pike street. Thursday evening by
cutting his throat with razor. His
asal body was found BY DIR. II. v. Var
nsr shortly after the suicide nad gone
into the bathroom, hanging over the
s;.I.s.of the BATH tub vita frightful gap
ink wounds in the throat from which
tiH IL blood gushed into the tub
i aasty examination Of the PROSTATE
body by tae doctor showed that rae
man was dead and ne Immediately not-
hed Coroner W. P. Camp, who came at
once % the scene and made an inN'sh-
Cation. At the conclusion OF the cor
oners Investigation the body wa re-
moved 10 an undertaking establishment
20 De prepared lor pU' ~
1he coroner found two long lstter' IN
ilc pockets Of the suicides clothes, onc
ADDRESSED 10 ais family and the other tc
Rev. james Kirby. of salem. whief
showed thst the Young man nad com
mitted the deed with premeditation, u
these letters Flint depIored his physi
cal condition. stated tdat ha was Of nc
earthly account, was deeply grieved over
fae sSpense incurred by his sickness and
{: 1: iasagat the hest tnine he could do wa
% lie
Young Fine came to Clarksburg about
six weeks ago and entered the kesslei
hospitalto D eat,d for disease witf
which ira was afflicted and from wnief
he suffered severely at times. At
ia9sasa hi. ailliction was the cause Of
sev7fs pain it was By no means ser'
'ioass one and taa physicians WAC attend
Cd MIN tnll tha patient repeatedly that
he woull recovar wi!l, due treatment
His condition was considerably improv
ed will he was At the local aospiu
but on Thursday Flint paid up his nos
pital bill ani made arrangements will
DR.. II. v Warner to take aim 10 Bal
timore tneEe TO enter hospital ant
submit to an operation. The young
man was in very morbid mood and kept
iaploring his unfortunate condition. III
even went 50 far as to suggest suicide
to the doctors but they did not suppo,'
at the time that he was talking seriously
about any sucn rash thing and they en-.
.leayorsd 10 dstract his mind TO more
cheerful thoughts.
In tae afternoon Flint went mp into
Dr. Warmers office TO make final ar
rangemcnts for the trip east. All ar
rangsment, we're made for leaving on
the evening train fsr Baltimore. Flint
sat down to i table in the doctors Of.
iee and began writing letters. These
letters were the ones found in hi pock i
otter death in which ne gave his rea.
sons for committing suicide and asked
MS family and his pastor not to taink
hard of him after h. nad gone.
Dr. Warner was in the office wnsn
Flint wa, writing the letters. About
$3.50 o'clock Flint got mp from the table
and went into the bathroom DR.. Var.
ner. lid not suspicion anything but after
wail, 10 thought it quaer taat &c wa
staying in there . long anl w.nt into
the bathroom. When nc opened the
door the doctor wa Mortified 10 find
his patient lying there daad
Flint had turned the faucrs of tnr
bath tub ON to let tae water run into
tae bath tub seated himself on a caair
BY tnq sile Of the tub. lpaned his head
over tne running wat,r and t,ien glsaed
his throat with the razor On one side Of
the throat almost under the ear and then
inaiti anotner dasp gasn on tie op-
po-it the cuts were over two
iay4 ~,p and both the iugiar veins
wsre s-farel causing him to bleed quick
" q death
Th. razor hr us.d wa found by the
corner lying in tac water anl blool A;
tir bottom of the batl tub.
After concluding MS investigation
coronsr Camp decided that nc inquest
over toe snicii : boiy would b. neces-