The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-08-20
James G. Cathey Has Quarrel
 With Young Lady
APPROACHED HIS FRIENDS
Claimed They Had All Gene Back On Hlm-He Came From Sumter County Two Years
 Ago.


 old. was driven to suicide yesterday even ing, death resulting from a. heavy dose of some powerful opiate. taken last night at ten minutes after 10 o'clock
 The last action of the young man be- fore he died was to go to the telephone and call young lady employed at Dren- nen & Co.'s store, to whom it Is said he was very much attached. The young lady went to the room where he was, the two had a quarrel and Cathey re- turned a diamond ring to her which he had been wearing. They then parted and the man was found shortly afterward in an unconscious condition.
 According to the statement of his em- ployer, the actions of Cathey recently have been unnatural. For about a week he had been drinking heavily, and 1t is thought that he actually had delirium yesterday. He had been in a melancholy state of mind for some time and fre- quently complained of his friends having gone back on him.
 Yesterday at noon he went out from the store of Johnson &z Mccoy, where he was employed as a clerk, for his luncheon hour, and 1t is supposed that he drank heavily. He went to his room at 20261a First avenue and about l o'clock called up the store and told MT. John son that he would be unable to return to work, as he was very III.
 Gave Jewelry to Physician.
 Cathey then went across the hall Into Dr. P. L. Hagler's office to talk to Dr. Hagler. He had gathered all of his jew elry and other articles of value, and these he turned over to the physician. He asked Dr. Hagler to telegraph to his brother at Eppes to come to Birmingham, as he was very i'll, but this was impos- sible on account of the telegraphers' strike
 Shortly after this the young man went to the telephone and called Drennen & Co. He asked for a certain young lady and told her that he was sick and asked her to come to his room. This she did and while there the two had a quarrel It seems that Cathey had a diamond ring which belonged to the young lady and had been wearing 1t for some time. He returned the ring to her and then the young lazy left.
 Not long afterwards, about { o'clock Dr. Hagler found the young man in his bed in an unconscious condition. The contraction of the pupils of the eyes in- dicated that he had taken some power full drug.
 Too Far Gone.
 Dr. Hagler immediately called pr. w H. Wilder, and the two physicians work ed on the unconscious man for some time. His stomach was pumped out and means were taken to restore blood circulation, but the young man was too far gone for medical attention. It was impossible to tell last night what drug the young man had taken to cause his death.
 James Cathey came to Birmingham about two years ago from Eppes as quar- antine officer for the Alabama Great Southern railroad during the yellow fever epidemic. He was then working under Barnes Morgan.
 A few months later he went to work for Drennen & Co.,, in the grocery de- partment. He worked at this position for about eleven months, and about four months ago he went to work for the firm which is now known as the John son & Mccoy Co.,, then Reynolds & John son.
 It Is said that about two years ago Cathey was strongly addicted to the whisky habit, but was cured of it by one of the institutes for that purpose As stated above, 1t is not known that he tl,aA a week ago. when he took a turn for the bad. He complained frequently about his friends turning against him, and on Sun day evening, while in a drunken condi- tion one of his friends is said to have reproached him for trying to drink up all of the whisky in town" The young man is said to have asked his friend, Doctor, you're not going back on me too, are you?" and since then he has acted queerly.
 It is not known whether Cathey took the drug before he entered his room1 or whether he took 1t there with the inten- ton of swallowing 1t after he had talked with the young lady.
 Brother Lives in Epps.
 The last request which the young man made was to pr. Hagler. He told Dr. Hagler to telegraph to his brother at Eppes to come to Birmingham. There is at the present no agent in the office at Eppes and on this account his brother could not be veached.
 If the deceased left any note or letter accounting for his action 1t has not yet been discovered.
 James Cathey is said to have been connected with prominent family in Sumter county. He has a brother. o. M. Cathey, who is connected with the Alabama Great Southern railroad at Eppes and also brother who lives in Gadsden.