The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-06-29
II. PLAY
IN BALL GAME, He
KILLED HIMSELF
Friends Die. Not Take Threat
Seriously, but I. Queens
berry Was Found Dying
Yesterday.

w 49, y $3.50 q
Yesterday.
A Because friends refused to allow
him to play with them in match
game OF baseball between the Owls
and the Swensboros on saturday after
moon, John Thomas Queensberry. OF
u Manchester. walked off the field with
5,the remark that MS nobody seemed to
care for him lie would commit suicide.
little attention was paid to the thraat
AZ the time, but early yesterday morn
s55inE the man was found in an alley
and died a short time afteward from
.he effects OF a dose of laudanum.
& sSrief over the recent death of his
ssnother is believed to have unbalanced
his mind.
Wouldn't Let Him Pitch.
~ With the expectation of taking his
ss,lace intthe box. Queensberry, who was
captain and pitcher of the Swansboro
81 b cam arrived on the field shortly be-
I'll ore the scheduled time for beginning
3sg,lay. Owing to the fact that lie had
ia mashed finger. and that the game
Syas an important one, other players
5biected to his pitching, saying the
lnjury would interfere with his work.
Queensberry insisted. but the team
Enembers after consultation inform
I'D him that he could not so into the
Es,oX. AT this he became apparently
lyery angry, and. according to an eye
ssayitness. walked away. remarking,
sWell IL haven't any friends, i reckon
5ss9 can commit suicide"
During the afternoon Queensberry
fingered around swansboro. having lit
gle to do with his companions. and
VI eeming to be in very morose frame
sf mind. Some TIME after supper he
walked into the store of a friend, and
sssequested that he do some writing for
sssss5im, stating that his finger was too
ore to use the pen. In compliance
With his wishes the friend set to work,
assgut after taking down five names as
ssaleensberry called them out, inquired
saShat they We're for.
They are my pall-bearers. I've taken
,ndanuln." replied Queensberry.
Only Joking, He Said.
Becoming alarmed his friend started
s@s, send for doctor, but Queensberry
eclared that he was joking. Later on
ga the evening he again made the as
sartion that he had taken the poison.
i Z his time his friends, according TO the
atement of one who was in the crowd,
15secided that something should be
lone, and they sent for a nearby drug
list who took the mans temperature
END said that the pulse was above
formal. The effect of laudanum. he
declared, was exactly the opposite,
sA2adeninG the nerves and heart action.
ueensberry made no objection to hav-
isig his pulse taken, and after the
sFcuggist left, again said he was only
licking. After this he went to the side
oor of a store and sat down.
sss About $3.50 o'clock" said one OF
hose who had been with Queensberry,
ssS, reporter of The Times-Dispatch,
ssterday evening, II went over to
Il here Queensberry was sitting. He
,peared to be ali right, but a little
eepy. j talked to him for q time and
s4e asked for a cigarette, ! gave him
ne. but advised him not to smoke it
sSlere. as there was quantity OF oil in
Issie rear of the store. We got up and
5f,r home asked Queensberry whether
- had really taken poison or not. No.
,rtainly not was his reply. Then
# for home"
Found by officer.
Lateri it seems, Queensberry went
8tck to the doorway, where he's was
.und by county officer. Thinking tSe
ss an had been drinking. the officer got
yo bystanders and had him carried
to an alley not far away.
M There he was found about 1880
clock yesterday morning in dying
9indition. Or. F. II. Rucker and Coro-
er j. G. Loving wSrs, summoned. and
ough they worked for nearly three
1urs in the hope of 'revIving the faint
bark of life left, their efforts were
lavailing, and Queensberry died
sortly before IL o'clock.
&8s There were many conflicting stories
y MO ,rt,f utn tIla M
-, and no one seems really to know
SlythinG positive on this point.
8 neither he had taken the fatal dose
hen he informed his friends Of the
@c CT, or whether he took 1t later is
,t known. physician in speaking
SDssibly have taken the poison early
S8s the evening, and lived until the next
I#8Iy, but that Il was not probable.
sfSS Queensberryl was twenty-five years
ID, and had been working for the last
months as a painter. Al the home
" West Eighth Street, whore the
|sFssldy was taken. it was stated last
sht that since the death Of his
other. which occurred exactly SIX
# onths ago from the dar of the sui
az. Queensberry had been acting
eat grief unbalanced his mind.
F BESIDES his aged father, Mr.. F.. A..
leensberry. he is survived by three
sst y. a. A. Pettigrew and Mrs
A i. Morton. Of Manchester, and Mrs,
aA T. Enright, of Danviile, and two
others-W. e., Queensherry of New
afs'rt News. and Eugene Queensberry,
M Manchester.
6as The funeral Will take place from the
sSs sldence OF Mrs. Pettigrew this al
S3srnoon al 5so'clock, Services Will be
ss%s n q by the Rev, Z. T.sDadmun,
E1 hlchmond, and the Rev. !. *. Lolir,
vi Manchester.
BnSinesa Men 10 Meet.
The second meeting OF the Manches-
B55 and Chesterfield Business MEMS
ss ISOLATION will be held on the regu-
meeting night the first TUESDAY
July Many important matters viii
sS me before the body for consideration.
nohg them is the question of the
Bas &c bridge. Though this matter IS a I
esent progressing as we'll as can
s&, eH expected, thf business men want "a
S$8 ep It prominently before the plblir
SO that residents of the CITY viii
ifssa M, what an enormous asset II
s,Nid be to Manchester Since its
7. MA ~ alton, ton many new members have
81 81 u Ken In and the association Is
@ w permanently established INA
isAlne on q Arm basis.