Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-07
DRANK CARBOLIC ACID
Young Man Who Was Out of
 Work and Discouraged.

Patrick Campbell, aged 22, son of
 Mir and Mrs Patrick Campbell of 93 1 Cole street, in a fit of dependency
 last evening ended his life by taking
 two ounce dose of carbolic acid. He
 died in les than an hour after taking
 the poison, notwithstanding the fact
 that two doctors worked hard to save the young man.
 I The young man has been out Of
 work for several weeks and the past I few days had a bad attack of the blues. He plainly showed that he
 was discontented and grieved because of his failure to get job but he was such cheerful fellow and had so many friends that no one ever for moment thought that Paddy Camp bell would commit suicide.
 Although he was married for some time, he has been living at the home of his parents. His people were only too glad to have him with them, yet he seemed to be under the impression that he was imposing upon their hos pitality. Last evening shortly after supper he left home and swalked down as far as the Democrat office, and at o'clock was standing in front of the bulletin board reading the baseball scores. It is thought while down town he purchased the poison
 He returned home about o'clock and sat on the veranda for a while. His mother was sitting with him but she went into the house before her son. While she was within Camp bell came in and asked for drink of water. After getting it he bade her goodbye, saying that The would not be round the house any more," and went towards the doorway. He drop- ped almost in his tracks for he had placed a two ounce bottle of the deadly carbolic to his lips Drs B. A. O'Hara and T. J. McLarney were quickly summoned but he was beyond aid when they arrived and he was dead in less than an hour. He ap- parently suffered little agony during the last half hour of his life. Camp bell was particularly well known in the eastern and southern sections of the city and was familiar character around the opera house. He was an excellent stagehand and for years worked at both Polls and Jacques theaters During the past season his stagework so impressed Mrs Patrick Campbell, the noted actress, that she had her stage manager engage the To- cal boy and take him along with the company, The incident was given much notoriety at the time, especially because the young man had the same name as the actress. He remained with Mrs Campbell's company until the close of the season after which he secured position at the Meriden opera house. He proved himself a competent workman there but lost his job a few weeks ago because there was nothing to do.
 He came back to Waterbury but was unable to locate a position and as there was no opening at the local theaters he found it rather hard sled- ding. He became more downhearted every day and people wondered in the change in big-hearted Paddy" Campbell. It is thought that the heat the past few days was the final straw and that Campbell having lost all hope for the future decided to end it all.
 Besides his parents he Is survived by his wife and one daughter, Marie, aged 3 years, four sisters, Mrs Fred erick Steinly, and the Misses Jennie, Sadie and Mary Campbell. three brothers, John, James and Daniel. Two of his sisters were away on their vacation at New Haven and were ter- ribly shocked last evening when the news of their brothers death reached them.