The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-08

40, was found IN room II III tle
annex of the Waldo hotel at 30
o'clock Thursday evening. The
man had evidently committed sui
eide
The discovery was made by Will
liam Thomas, colored, the janitor OF
the building, when he went to call
the fellow to go to the hotel, where
he was employed as one who aids
the eEhelp" of the hotel. DIR. G. X.
Ogden was Immediately summoned
by teIephonee and responded quick
w. ToretIer with George Wine,
the carpenter, who had just arrived
at the building to repair a trunk,
DIR. Ogden entered the room and
there saw the man with satchel
strap around his neck tied to the
head frame of the iron bedstead.
His feet were on the floor and his
knees almost reaching the floor and
his head was against the wall next to
the window.
The man was hurriedly cut down
and the moose formed of the buckled
end of the strap removed from
around his neck. An examination
proved him dead, although his body
was still warm and although his
pulse seemed to beat time or two
By this time Manager r. ) Gaz-
iIey, of the hotel, was on the scene
and Justice NJ. S. Riley IN the
capacity of coroner was sent for lie
arrived in less than half an hour as
did also the updertakers, and made
nm inspection of the man, the strap
and the room. Lying on the dresser
FIVE feet from the head of the bed
were two ounces of oxalic acid. winch
: is slow poison, and besides tins was
some tissue paper, in which 1t had
evidently been wrapped.
The fellow had on all his clothes
and the coroner srnTched his pockets
but found but few articles. IheI
consisted of miniature picture oil
4 woman. apparently about 80 wears
s of age, on the back OF which PlctuEe
was written Emma v Whitehead,
Sc 9Th ST., Gov, Ky..>hn unaddressed
envelope well worn and containing
two blank sheets of letter paper. n
memorandum hook issued hv CHI
cago concern, blank with the eXcep-
+ ton of the last leaf on which was
written eeEmtha Whitehead, the
name eslNewton Bloomer" or Blem-
7ner" written on the envelope IN
which was the picture, five cent
piece and one cent piece. fouE-pale
blue envelopes with the return card
of the Winchester Steam Laundry
w. w. Simpson, proprietor. Win
chester. Va, some cigarette paper
Iaborer's dark blue handkerchief. a
small bunch of wrapping cord, part
of black comb and a spool OF
Thread
Inquiry at the qu"rtcr7 brought
out the information that he was last
seen alive about 80 or 4 O'Clock
by William Thomas, colored, when he
entered the room This appeared to
be ALI the information obtninable'
except that the fellow applied De
cember I Mt the hotel for work and
began working there December 2,
when his name MS he gave it was
entered on the hotel books.
Justice Riley directed the under
takers to take charge of the body
and then went to the hotel, where nc
got the name as given by the man
Following IlllS ne StiL lllN i"'i
telegram to the Whitehead woman
"Newton Boomer dead here
What shall we do with remnins
1t was then decided not to hold an
inquest as there was every indica,
ton that the man had committed
suicide. Tt is supposed that Inc
/, formed the moose, placed it arou1nG,
his neck, tied onG end to the hee
railing and then jumped off the be,
aud strangled to death. HIS nech
was not broken.
So far no motive has been dlscoV'
cred. He had morose appearance
and it is probable he committed tn!
rash act in n fit of desPondenIcy
However, his associations with others
here was not. of such an intimate
sLarac+er as to result in the Enowl
be Of his manner of life.
# is stated that he. got hold o.
sn6e oxalic acid at the hotel on
<nrevious occasion and attempted t.
swallow it, but the baker snatched i
from him and informed him thnt l
was poisonous. 1t is probable. -, NJ n
cot hold of some of this ana ina