Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-01-04
COMMITTED SUICIDE.

and miner, walked into Tiffany's drug
store about noon today and purchased
four ounces of laudaDum much as he |
would buy that much tobacco or
some other thing less harmful, and
then he went TO his lodgings In the
Windsor hotel and drank the bottle
ful at a gulp.
Lee Dos:er was an unhappy victim
of alcoholic drink, and there are many
but his greater character rebelled
against what liquor specialists term
ed the thought. When he came to
town ne drank and drank and then
took more drink 1t was not Lees
fault. though 1t might have been his
opportunity. He had told his friends
on several occasions that 1t might be
better to declare It of, that it would
| be easy TO end 1t all, and probably all
| of them, like the writer had done,
told him to go to the finish, but Lee
|
| something to do with destiny.
First newspaper boy. writing good
stun for the Memphis Appeal, then
finding conviviality and the boys as
they go, Lee found the work as irk
| some as his brothers VINO preceded
| and followed. 1t was not his fault
i /, L.. ut.fr hny mr.
father had been newspaper man all
his life, having been at one time edi
tor 1--WE think he said) OF the Boston
Post It was a Boston daily. Lee
had toyed betimes with fortune and
the world did not look always the
same. but he was bright fellow al
that.
Leaving newspaper work he came
to the Rocky mountains to get away
to the open, away from his enemy. and
since he has been in the Durango
country his associates have been
among the best men we have. His first
patron was Rasmus Hanson. and his
partners are Earl Snyder and the Ol
bert brothers. In his worst throes he
has sought friends and fraternity with
the newspaper boys, and made the
incest struggle he could make. but
Lee changed his mind
When the writer was on his way
home at dinner time Mrs. Clanton,
who has the Windsor lodgings
stopped him to say that some young
man had swallowed poison and told
her 70 call Hartman. Using the tele-
phone first on all the physicians in
the city. a recall of DR.. Turrell secur
ed him and his promise to come al
once. Doster's body was fast consum
ing four ounces of laudanum. He
WAS dragged from his bed and put on
mis- feet, with a call of hot grease,
which he tried to drink on solicita-
ton. but very reluctantly. Then Dr.
Turrell came and Lee asked him If
would be enough to do the work. The
doctor had not time to answer. but
proceeded to protrude the siphon OF
a stomach pump through his unwill,
ing jaws, 1t required a brass window
fitting to keep his mouth open; he
made up his mind to make the finish
He WAS taken downstairs by all the
strength two men could muster. stock
ing feet in the snow; beaten over the
back and about the limbs with thin
Stats and wet towels, dragged through
the snow TO and fro for half an hour
appearing at times to recover little
of his former self Weighing about
100 pounds. he seemed In his beleag.
uered condition to weigh 800 pounds
and 1t was difficult to get relief often
enough to keep him moving.
Doctors Lackey and Lefurgey, hear
ing OF the affair, had hastened to tne
Windsor to assist DIR. Turrell. and
then DR.. McEwen came. The pump
siphon which Doster had at first re.
fused was forced into his stomach
when ne became weaker, and the IL.
PRODUCTION Of warm water appeared to
give him new vitality and a better res
pirstion.
1t was decided to take him to Mercy
hospital to avail all that was left 10
do, but with little hope of recovery.
and Doctors Turrell and Lackey, after
removing him to the invalid wagon
accompanied him 10 the hospital
| Doster wrote two notes. one or both
after he had taken the drug to Kill
One must have been after taking the
drug. reading as follows:
Durango, Colo. Jan. I, O6.
TO friends, II any, hope your sin.
eere: They call me Iooney, but ! will
show them in the next world. Don't
hold anybody responsible, for I, have
obtained same under false pretense |
OF my head aching from neuralqia.
LEE DosrER."l
Tell Hartman II not dead to come