The Washington herald., 1908-08-25

! an sinking lower and lower from n,
effects Of asphyxiation. Ny head is burst.
ing The room is dancing before my eyes
Good God, what sensation. I am beins
lifted The light. Ny God. the light.
Her-I am going; soo5-by. l.
The pencil traled over the rest Of the
page IN uninteligihIe scub5ling. and then
dropped from the hand Of the writer as
the deadly fumes Of Illuminating gas.
turned on with suicidal intent. filed the
lungs OF the dying man and made him
unconscious
Gradually the fumes penetrated the rest
Of the house, and the door OF the little
attic room was burst open
Lying on the bed was Arthur d. Adams.
tli-ty-dve years old. a bookbinder. for
merry Of salt Lake City. Utah. he was
dying The ambulance from Emergency
Hospital vas summoned. but the physi-
clan, Dr. AIaclay. was unable 20 restore
conscious1ess, and Adams died within a
few mint as-
In n ROOminE House.
The tragedy occurred in the third floor
rear room OF a boarding house al sol
Twelfth street northwest. conducted a,
Mrs Eta Ednonson-
Grleving over the death Of his wife. Z
Della who died on August 3 IN salt Lake I
CITY from consumption. Adams lost all in I
JereSt IN things earthly. and rather than /
i've without his helpueer took his own
ne He- face was ever before him. and
even as he Wro.e the last sentence before I
taking leave OF this life he was thinking
OF and mentioned Her"
Before he turned on the gas. Adams
wrote three notes and left them on his
bureau He then closed every crsvice.
and taking the tips from three Jets. al
lowed the fumes 70 III the room. He
drew small writing table near the bed
and as the gas numbed his senses ne
tried IN q brief and realistic manner 10
1escribe his sensations
In The darkeled room. with 5az-5 s-s--
Ing him in the face. The suicide ,-a- -a-
tanned his senses for a time and tried
20 set down his fears Pushed strongly
ana hrm-y al first the pencil used 10
-l-i-e his last earthly thoughts vvaversd
grew unsteady, and finally in few
sPasmodic jerks ended abruptly.
As the deadly fumes stole over his &
senses Adams felt himself sinking. FIis
head seemed 10 ring and contract. The,
as his senses gradually left him he saw Z
the room swirling before him He vas Z
losing consciousness Then when his
sight failed he seemed TO be lifted. That ?
be felt this sensation was shown bv I
his left hand. clenched in the folds Of =
the coverlet, as II he would hold him 8
self to earth As he took leave Of his Y
senses he saw a light and thought Of q
NE wife for whom he had Erieved. for 2
N-or1 he committed seIf-desrrurrfo1 A. g
last effort he wrote. .'Good-by.''
He Drank Heavily.
Adams obtained a room On -ba trs-z -
loor of the Twelfth street house on
" Nednesday last He mingled little with
'tAer roome-s, and drank heavily. He G
eemed to continually brood over the
-eath OF his wife. who fell a victim 10
o1sIrnpton in salt Lake City. Utah
% august g He worked spasmodicsUv
nd seemed to have few, if any. friends. -
yesterday adams was not seer. As
e vas not known 70 be WORKING rem
1riy' no effort was made 10 get into his
5on n the morning Toward evening
oTever- Mrs = Powell. a sister OF Ms
.'ta Edmonson- who conducts the room
ls-nouser tried 10 get in the room 10 z
-aAe Ile bed She received no answer te
Her knock and went into sro4her 81
2on- Coming again into the haT,v-.T- -
-e sIne-led gas. She traced the fumes -
ne room occupied by Adams. and 81
loins the door still locked. screamed a
" assistance in
Albert Basvekian. a roomer in The bcusa ch
lsNered Mrs POwelIs cries. and Al ha- EC
Z ll-'-1n oTohe open The door. When The
'or opened the rush OF gas sf-,o-- 90
NED the man and woman standing on
e lnreshold of the death chamber 9
1sns wes lying on the bed. partiaII7 90
essec- IN his right hand he grasped az
lead pencil. and the hand stiu Law on
6 small writing stand al the bedside are
7@sl leAlan threw open the windows. and DC
nee on the gas. He then notified ths
.lica-ian 9desser. A hurry call was sent ma
I t-le anloulance from Emergency. Hos ne
"a, ana Dr. Maclav responded WITHIN / t7y1
few minutes after the arrival OF rbz al
yslc-an Adams was dead. drawing bis Sta
81 breath IN the doctors arms. ele
n me bureau in his room where -rav- :
O c-Gelully been laid by the suicide IS
re found three notes Al were dated 90
gust j. and az first this could not be in
go \ sLldl calendar with Monday ant
iast week still intact. showed 10 rra the
ice that Adams had been drinking an5 mix
allowed a week 10 pass unnoticed- dep
Disconnected Notes has
II OF the notes were rather 5is,o7- .1 .--l
,ted One read n
o1lty a oce The Hoz. A. F. Thomas. s,- iyn
s Cts, Utah
Rss1e-fully AD A9a,rs
ere soes D1rhirs- A life spent il Misery. vbs- y
faults had I an nv oEn worst enanv. had
mother note read -
-,- Ia5 p - = 5 9e-71s7ss 70 ANA 1iui
e her Wae1 found al once Also notify a n ark
i511z- AZ Ii55 Monroe street. city. ralg
'o6Fy all CTiI
vas almost a repetition =
q again requested that -
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