Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-07-28
WOULDN'T LET HARVEY DIE.

of sunshine. His drug store was
heavily mort gagged, he owed personal
debts, and in fact he could see but
little to live for Things, however,
took sudden change for Harvey's
bettermcnt when he was found uncon-
scious from self-administered poi
son. The government, the police de-
partment, the employees of two trac
ton companies and telephone COM
pany frustrated his attempt on his
life.
When Harvey made ready to kill
himself he was on Sixty-third street
in Englewood. He made all prepara
tons to take large dose of poison.
With the mixture at his elbow he sat
down and wrote a letter to his broth
or, a doctor, telling him that when
the missive arrived he would be past
all human aid. Then. fer fear that the
letter would be lost. the druggist put
a special delivery stamp on it and ad-
dressed it to the doctor, who lives on
the West Side in the vicinity of
Paulina and Madison streets
Instead of mailing it at the box on
the corner he went to the substation.
Then the governments part in Har-
vey's career began. Two minutes
after the letter went into the chute
ii was locked in mail pouch. 1t was
placed on the trolley mail car. Forty
five minutes later it reached Washing
ton and Clark streets. Just one week
before orders had been issued by the
postmaster that mail coming from
T,nglewood and going to the West
Side must be transferred at Washing
ton and Clark streets and not sent
through the main Office down town.
The trolley mail clerk gave the
pouch containing the message of
death to the mail clerk on the west
bound cable mail car. which passed
within a minute. There it found its
way into the sack intended for the
district station on the West Side. It
was thrown off at the substation when
the cable mail car passed. The clerk
who received the pouch hurried to
the office The mail was quickly sort
ed The letters bearing special de-
livery stamp were set aside. Three
miutes later the gray-coated special
delivery lad took Harvey's letter,
along with half dozen others. and
started on his route.
AS luck would have it Harvey's
letter was the first delivered. Another
instance of Harvey's luck was that
his brother. the DOCTOR happened in
to the office as the boy came up. It
was not his office hour. Any other
day in the month he would not have
been there to receive the letter. He
signed for it himself and tore it open.
It's contents shocked him. "When
this letter reaches you I will be be-
yond human aid" The doctor turn
ed the letter over. He saw the
Eng1ewood postmark. 1t showed that
the letter left Englewood at 2:30
o'clock. One hour and forty minutes
since that letter was mailed.
"Give me the Englewood police
station. quick!"
The physician fairly yelled this in
to his telephone receiver. He got the
connection in less than minute. The
desk sergeant, mile away answered.
AS quickly as possible the physician
told him the contents of thet letter.
tGet your wagon over there on the
run. If you find the door locked kick
it in! Pick up any doctor you meet
and take him with you"
The desk sergenat waited for
neither coat nor hat. He touched
the button that meant hitch up the
wagon. Diving out of the door he
ran to the engine-house next to the
police station and grabbed an axe
from the hose cart. Without waiting
to explain he ran to the wagon and
yelled the address to the driver.
sMan dying there. Don't stop even
if you have to run over trolley car"
The wagon going at a terrific speed
and the gong Changing for the right
of way startled quiet Englewood.
When the store was reached the SER
eeant jumped off and tried the door.
1t was locked. With swing of the
AK he shattered the lock. On a couch
in the back room he found the drug
sist in a stupor. A doctor was quick
ly called, the stomach pump was
brought into play and the druggist
was revived. The police were making
arrangements to move him to a hos
pital when an excited man jumped
off the car. He was the would-be
suicides brother, who was so delight
ed at finding his brother alive that