The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-07-30
ATTEMPT
TO SHUTTLE OFF
Eddington Myers Drinks
Carbolic Acid.
WAS CRAzED BY LIQUOR
Will Probably Recover
From Effects.
Visit TO Bucyrus and Acquiring a
Quantity of Liquor Precede At
tempt to END His Hfe--Poison Was
Drank On One of the City's Streets.


bly, burned, Ellington Myers. aged
twenty-slx, lies in n serious condition
at the Central Emergency hospital as
the result of attempted suicide by the
carbolic acid route.
That old superstition about the
third time being the charm does not
seem to hold god in the case of My
ers, who has thrice before sought
death by his own hand, twice by
drinking carbolic acid and once
iodine. All three of the former at
tempts were made in Columbus, and
like last evening, liquor was the force
which drove the young man to des-
peratlon.
Wednesday, Myers, who moved to
this city from Columbus last MAY,
quit his job at tho Marion Steam
Shovel shops and packed his house
hold goods preparatory to shipping
them back to the capital city, today.
Immediately upon being at leisure
he heard the call OF the tempter and
went to Bucyrus where he acquired
goodly portion of the wet goods.
Several times Thursday he visited his
home on Commercial street, and as
customary when he was under the
influence of liquor, he. was in an ex-
tremely ugly mood, running his
young wife about the house and
threatening to kill her 1t is not
definitely known whether or not he
returned to Bucyrus last evening, but
about 11:00 o'clock, Chris Prueninger,
of the Killing Hardware clerical force,
was standing in front of Lewis groc-
cry on North Main street when he
noticed man staggering in his di-
rection. When he reached the King
store, he leaned against roll of
wire netting u moment and then
backed slowly to the center of the
walk. Mr.. Prueninger saw him raise
bottle to his lips, but supposed he
was reinforcing his jag. The bottle
clattered to the street, as the man
threw both arms up and fell. his
head striking the glass In the Killing
display window. Prueninger hastened
to his assistance and upon raising his
head, discovered the burn ana knew
Its meaning from the odor of the acid.
Patrolman Cusic happened along at
the critical moment and with the aid
OF several bystanders the victim was
taken to the Schmidt drug store
where an antidote was given. The
Hess and Market ambulance was
summoned but Myers had been has
tened to the hospital before its arrival
on the scene.
AT the hospital, Myers confessed to
having made previous attempts upon
ms life. TN all alone In ae world"
no murmured piteously between
spasms of pain. Nobody cares
whether live or die. I'm alone,
alone"
This despite the fact that his wife,
pretty and petite little woman, was
at his beside heroically working for
ais comfort. She took tho affair very
philosophically and declared that the
mania with which Myers is possessed
IS the direct result of liquor. At all
other times he is II kind and rational
nan, of happy disposition, but liquor
seams TO bring on spirit OF acute de-
preston, IN which ne imagines the
world has u grudge against him and
ls busy working II out. One of these
PERIODS must have come on in Buoy
rus, for the bottle which contained
the acid, bore the label OF a Bucyrus
druggist.
only slight portion of the two
ounces of the acid reached the stom-
ach, for Myers, whose mind In "a semi
coinatose state from the effects of
drink, caused him to lack the forti-
tude TO drink the remainder when the
hrst swallow burned his lips. His
unsteady hand poured the contents of
the bottle over his chin and chest,
which today are purple and swollen.
fNen the shoulder and forearm are
purned, where the liquid trickled
down In tiny streams.
The patient is emi-conscious this
morning, and viii probably recover.
lie Is unable TO make any rational
statement, because of the effects of
opiates administered to alleviate tho
ihtense pain OF the purns.
local physician has discovered q
new brand OF insanity or paranoia TO
III the case Of the suicide patient.
lie terms him a 'Sensationalist" and
declares he is suffering with Sen
sational insanity" which may be taxi
en- TO mean kind of brain storm.
ana that unless he can be cured of
the liquor habit, he will eventually
De successful in his rasn purposes TO
forestall fate.