The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-05-18
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
MIR. M,KINNON's EFFORT IN SELMA A FAILURE.
Wound of Young Man, Who is Believed to be Suffering Mental AberrA- ton, Not Considered Neces-
 sarfly Dangerous.
Advertiser Bureau,

Advertiser Bureau, Selma, May IT. | Like wildfre spread the news over Selma this morning about 8 o'clock 1 that Charles A. McKinnon had commit 1 ted suicide at his home on Dallas Street. Mir. McKinnon was one of the ! best known and most popular business men of the city and from the lips of every one came expressions of regret that his recent illness had unbalanced his mind and caused him to attempt the rash act of destroying himself. The report of the supposed suicide spread rapidly and grew in enormity as 1t was passed from lip to lip. The first report stated that MT. McKinnon had shot himself and that the wound in-i
 fiicted was dangerous and that he was
 dying. But gradually 1t became known
 that the wound inflicted was not dan-
 gerous and that in all likelihood Mir.
 McKinnon would be up and at His bus
 mess again in about a week. This re-
 port also spread as fast over the city
 as the one that he had killed himself
 and from the lips of everyone could
 be heard expressions of gladness that
 the wound inflicted would not prove
 dangerous and that MT. McKinno1 would soon be we'll Various reasons were also advanced for the cause of
 
 none of them have the least semblance of truth.
 MT. McKinnon, who is a member of the firm of c. A. McKinnon & Co, commission brokers, who are the Sell ma representatives of Loveman & Co. has been sick at his home for the past week with some kind of acute asthma and has suffered a great deal. It is understood that to relieve this suffer- ing he has been taking some narcotic in the hope of gaining relief. This remedy did not produce the relief de- sired and caused him to become ex- tremely nervous.
 Last night was a bad one for him and as the hours passed by he grew more nervous than usual and did not sleep. He arose this morning suffering more than ever and it is thought In a moment of temporary alteration of the mind he took his pistol and tried to end his suffering with a ball through his brain.
 The wound inflicted was not a dam gerous one. for the hand that held the pistol must have wavered at the criti- cal moment and the bullet did not go crashing through the brain ils it was intended to do Instead the bullet passed through the scalp on the right side of the forehead and passed out at the back, causing only slight wound The report of the pistol aroused the household, which quickly hurried to the room from whence the report of the pistol came. There they found MT. McKinnon bleeding profussly from the wound. Physicians were quickly summoned and the wound was dressed and Mir. Mckinnon is reported as doing as well as can be expected under the circumstances
 No cause can be assigned for the act on the part of MT. McKinnon except the temporary alteration of mind which was produced by his recent ill., ness. His business is in good condi- tion and he has no cause for financial worry and his home life is as happy and loving as a devoted wife, daughter and two sons can make 1t.
 In Police Court.
 The principal case in police court this morning was that of Eliza John- son, who appeared on a warrant charg- ing her with islander, afterwards, to disorderly conduct. Eliza accused Ed Hill and his wife who live next door of having 'squirted pison' in her yard every night for the past two or three years so as to kill the trees and grass in her yard. To keep down the "conJure" for the same number of years she made some kind of an appa- ratus. and every time the wind blew In the direction of the Hill house she burned mixture of sulphur and pep per which proved very offensive to the The case was aired at length in court and finally Eliza was fined $5 fo rdisorderly conduct.
 John Bolls for jumping on and off a train was lined $2.50.
 Will Foster and George Farrell, for leaving their teams unhitched paid in to the city treasury the sum of $1 each.
 Walter Hinton for refusing to work out his street tax on the streets had the sum of $250 added to the tax.
 The case against William Rose for | assault and battery was dismissed.
 Lawrence Howard, a half witted ne- gro who ran away from a farm in | Lowndes County. was in court on the | charge of being suspicious character. | He was put to work on the streets to | pay for his board until the farmer from whom he ran away sends for him.