The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-24

With two persons stricken down by 4.
their own hand, two others Ascldenrally$
Killed, and as many NOR q cad q from
1 the Intense heat that paralyzedE acttY-E
! ity and caused great 3suff ffertngs throhg h-s
tout the city yes terday, RI cllSnond spen
one OF tho most 1 l.enla rka ole day ys 4
1 Her recent history. Even without con-
| sidering chapter of minor academia
land mlshaps that kept police and am
| 5bulance corps busy but that were
otscured blythe more serious happ ems
iings fthe hour. ~
la{f Beginning early In the morning WI tn 3
litha drowning OF q negro boy In The
|, dock the record continued almost unl n
broken throughout the day. including
l5the killing of one city ernploye and
1.-THE serious injury of another III a crowd
in sewer trench;@ the death Of q NEGRO
Imam and o. negro woman as the re a
| suit Of heat pros trait on. Suicides OF
| Two well-,snown white men and t.
tempted suicide of 81 negro Won an
| During all this time the ambulance
WAS kept steadily on the so and at
about midnight the weary young phy:-S
sicians were still on the we gon, hur-@
rying to different parts Of The city. In
| al there wero twenty-one calls. Cu-
riously enough few heat prostrations
were reported except In the cases of
.the two deaths. ~ & "
Two Ended Lives.
Heat and despondency We're the con-
tributing causes to the death Of two
young men OF Richmond yesterday.
| both taking their own lives by pistol,
| shots, and without any known reason,
other than general depression. The
/ 1.-TWO instances reported occurred within;
Ian hour Of each other, and were in;
| the opposite ends of the city. George
/ Butler Hooper,, a twenty-one-year-
| boy, killed himself at No. 721 Spring
1 street. not far from the main entrance
| to Hollywood Cemetery, and Thorla $
4 G. Knote, thirty-siN years old. a poltce-.
1 man in the Capitol. Square, living on,
Church Hill. took his own life In
/ addition to these. colored woman,
4 Harriet Brown, from the lower part
4 OF the city took a bottle of laudanu1n,
being also in respondent condition. No
4 reason could be advanced by either.
/ the coroner or the police department
i for the sudden suicide mania, other
than the depression caused BY the hot
weather, @ .8
Young Hooper. the nephew Of MIR.
i George j. Hooper, the well-known!
! about o'clock. He was a printer by.
i trade, having worked for some time
4 for Mr. Harvey Wilson. of this city.
i On Saturday he gave UP his position.
I. After his death a. letter was found in
j his pocket holding out an offer Of
4 Unemployment .in Lynchburg.
boarded with Mr. and Mrs. Weitzel. on
ltSpring Street. He had been out during
1.-THE afternoon, and came in shortly be-
4 fore 4 giving no sign of disappoint-
4 ment About P, Nj. his uncle went
4 to his room to tell young Hooper that
i supper was ready. The hoy replied
4 that he did not feel WE'LL and did
! not wish anything to eat Ten minutes
mouse went to his door TO carry him
some iced tea and found hlamstretched
across his bed with bullet through
his head Death had evidently res
!. suited instantaneously. No one In the
!, house heard the pistol shot, .F
, When quite child, young MIR,
Hooper lost his father and mother. and
) of rosme time years made his home
A with Mr.. John IT. Ragland. In Chester
!, field county For the past two years
: the had lived with his uncle In THIS
IL city. Mr.. Hooper was quite deaf, and
j LIE Is thought that this malady has
!, Efbeen increasing recently, and had per,
) haps preyed on his mind, He Ia said
Ito have been of despotnldenS dlspasi.
= tion. and though this statement coGld
S5not be confirmed. 1t was reported THAI
!. he had told friend several days
! since lot he meant to may way " tth
:, himself. No announcement has been
! made as yet as to the funera! arrange
!, rnents Mr., Hooper Is survived by ar .
l K brother. whose home Ia In Bait lniore.
Shot HinSeif In Head.
Thomas c. Knote who shot k!nlsalf
& about 3 n. NJ. AT his Eon,e. NO. 4oA