The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-12-02
LEON II. HAYNES
A SUICIDE VICTIM
Killed Himself by lnhaling Gas
Tuesday Night.
FAMILY TROUBLE THE CAUSE
Babe Wife Good bye and Told Her She
Might Have an Opportunity 20 Co TO
His Funeral-Drank Laudanum Two
Weeks Ago in Attempt 20 End Life.

Leon II, lIaynes. - year, old, commit
ted suicide hy inhaling Illuminating gas u
room Of Mrs. James II. Hyde's house a
~ Ellioi street, Tuesday night OF earll
"Wednesday morning, There Is but htil'
doubt that the Young man Was drspond
cut over his relations with his wife witt
whom ~ had not been living for severn
months Mr., Haynes, who had been work
ing with his father, Clifton HAYNES, a. {
machinisi in Taunton, Mass, all summer
returned 10 Bmiilebofo about ihrr,
weeks ago and about two weeks ago A.
tempted suicide by taking landanum N
that time he was roaming on Elliot street
Tuesday evening Mr.. HAYNES appeared
with a dress suit case about I o'clock
and lined room oi Mrs. Hyde, lie told
the Woman that be- was TO h. engaged "a
some work about q pool room during the
evening aud II mghi lie late when he ~
turned. He Was asked by the woman what
his nnme was aud gave her hi, name. She
left him in his room and nothing more
was seen Of the young man by any per.
son IN the house until he was found dead
about ! o'clock "Wednesday morning with
both the fixture aud heater supply ga
pipes wide onen and nll oreviccs about the
room securely stopped 70 prevent the e.
cape ol gas,
"A
the smell az Gas was detected on the see,
ond floor OF the house and an investiga.
ton showed that the door OF Mr.. Haynes :
room was securely locked. Entrance was
effected through door leading into an.
other room and the man was found dead.
That be- had made up his mind TO be sue
cessful in hi, second attempt 10 take ms
own life was shown by the care he had
taken 10 stop all cracks about the window
and both doors with paper. lie also had
used his undcrclothlng 10 exclude air from
his room, having carefully shut the doors
in a way 10 bind his underclothcs into the
cracks. He was lying upon his back and
there was absolutely no indications that
he had suffered or made any attempt 10
escape from the deadly fumes after he had
opened the gas cocks.
Word was Immediately sent to Health
Officer Henry fuckers office but he had
gone TO New Hampshire and DR.. II. L..
Waterman, who lives in the next house,
was notified and few minutes later view
ed the body. lie pronounced 1t a case OF
suicide and the body was taken to Bonds
undertaking rooms IL was found that the
young man was a resident OF Brattleboro
and that he had three brothers here, and
few minutes after the body had been
found word was communicated to his
brothers and to his wife, Mrs. Lucy God
dard Haynes, who makes her home with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry God
dard, OF Homestead Place: When Mrs.
Haynes reached Mrs. Hyde's house she
became hysterical and from her 1t was
learned that she had talk with her hus-
band during the evening Tuesday. Mrs.
Haynes told Mrs. Hyde that when she
babe her husband goodbye he said,
Good bye, Lucy, you may have a chance
to 90 TO my funeral day after tomorrow
Mrs. Haynes evidently attached no sig |
nifcance to her husbands remarks at the |
time he uttered them During the even
ing Tuesday Mr.. Haynes called up his
brother, Lorenzo, by telephone at his
home on Highland street and told him
that he intended to leave town Wednes-
day. He said that he did not wish to take
with him trunk which he had left at
suit case which he would leave in his
room at 30 Elliot street. He said that he
intended to leave town but was not sure
Just where he would CO. He had been de-
for number Of weeks over his
family affairs and also from the fact that
a recent sickness which confined him to
the hospital for number of weeks had
been heavy eXpense to him.
Leon Henry Haynes was born in Brat.
Ileboro July 2S, 1856, and was son, OF
Mr.. and Mrs Clifton Haynes. His mother
lied nearly IL years ago and he had
spent much of his life working as a ma,
,hinist with his father. About a year and
, half ago he married Lucy, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Goddard, who sur
,ives him, beside three brothers, Lorenzo
b., and Roy c.. of Brattleboro; and Al
an f. of Fitchbnrg. Mass, and one Sis
-er. Miss Lulu +. Haynes of Beverly,
Mass. Funeral services will probably be
leld this afternoon at the funeral par.
ors of IT. f. Bond & Son and the burial
will be in Prospect Hill cemetery.