Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-10-27
JULIAN PAvL|AIC
I'LL FROM A FALL
Convicted Wife Murderer Though!
to Have Attempted 10 Commit
Suicide 10 His Cell.
SHERIFF CURTIS SAYS HE RAD FIT
At Any Rate He Was Unconscious
From Effects of Fall From His Bed
to Stone Floor at 9 O'Clock Last
Nisht-Ausust Killed Himself in
Same Cell.

AS the result of what is believed by
many to have been an attempt to end
his own life, Julian Pavlinic under
sentence Of eighteen years In the pen.
ltcntlary for wife murder, lies in his
cell in Hampton Jail in an uncon
scious condition.
Pavlinic either fell or threw him
self from his bed to the hard stone
floor shortly after . O'Clock last night
several prisoners on the same floor
with the convicted wifemurderer
heard thundCrous noise In Pavlinic's
cell.
Going 10 the cell the prisoners
found Paylinic lying on his back in an
unconscious condition. The alarm
was given anu Sheriff II. X. Curtis.
who was in his office, went to the
first floor OF the building, where he
discovered the cause Of the excite.
ment among the fifteen prisoners in
that section.
Man Was Unconscious.
Sheriff Curtis saw Pavlinic lying
PROSTATE upon the floor, With the
assistance Of his son, Mr.. Wray Cur.
tbs, the unconscious man was placed
on his cot by the sheriff and DIR.
george W. McAllister, the Jail physi-
clan, was summoned to attend the
man. DIR. McAlister said that prob.
ably Pavlinic had suffered from Il fit
and fallen out of his bed
Just under the right eye on his
cheek was an ugly bruise, while near
the right temple was another. Paw
linic's head and face had struck the
hard stone. 1t was suggested that he
probably attempted to butt his brains
out against the stone floor and this
seemed to be the general opinion Of
the prisoners. Sheriff Curtis, howev.
er, was inclined to believe that Paw
llnic fell out of his bed In a fit. The
man was unconscious and unable to
make statement.
Calls for Dead Wife.
Pavlinic while delirious raves and
called for Elsa" that being the maid
en- name OF his wife. He also at in
tervals called for mamma"
Since Monday Sheriff Curtis has
kept very close watch upon the
convicted man. He has found two
sharpened case knives on the first
floor, but whether they were discov.
cred In Pavlinic's cell could not be
learned. One of the knives was sharp
enough to shave with
When Pavlinic was sentenced to
spend eighteen years in the peniten-
tiary by Judge Blackstone, he then
declared that he wouli commit sui
eide lather than go to the place. He,
however. promised TO wait until the
supreme court had passed upon the
,,,,l
nesday is the las. day of the time al
lotted the man in wtiah to secure Il
new trial, Pavlinic has been very I'M
easy and restlei;. Erring yesterday,
however. he seemed to be in good
spirits and entered into the pleasures
of the other prisoners % his floor.
Injury May be Serious.
About 10 O'Clock Pavlinic became
semi-conscous and complained of in
tense pains in the back of his necl;
and back. 1t may be that he has in
ilired his spinal cord by the fall. He
soon lapsed into Inconsistencies
again
Judge Edgar e. Montague, the lead
ing couns i - Pavlinic, went TO Rich
mond yesterday to present the petit
ton of the convicted man to the SUI
preme court asking for new trial.
Paylinic's fall caused much excite
ment among the prisoners. The col
ored prisoners were especially fright
ened.
Eddie Write Was There.
FL was in dis place" chirped Eddie
White, whose black face was almost
an ashen hue from fright, when Louis
August hanged himself i'll that very
cell" Eddies expression fully justi-
fled his further remark that he was
scared nearly to death"
Louis August, who was convicted of
numbering Annie Benedict in Phoc.
bus, was also an Austrian. He, too,
was sentenced to IS years in the pen
itentiary. He openly declared that he
would not go to the penitentiary and
finally hanged himself with towel in
his cell. 5sas