The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-04-25
Y0UNG ARNOLD
TAXES HIS LIFE.
Committed Suicide al Church
Street Hotel
CAUSED BY LOVE AFFAIRS
Pleading With Young Lady. Who
Was Ordered by Her Mother -
Leave Him. Young Man Draws
Pistol and shoots Himself just
Abosc the Heart.

God knows loved the girl better
than life; better than anything else
in an the world. tried TO trsat her
right. but sne had a heart OF stone,
aud that's inc reason did. .it.1
Dying from pistol shot wound a
fme inches above the heart, inflicted
BY bis own band, young Malcolm y
Arnold gave ibis as his reason for
tho rash act as he lay on couch in
the hallway Of the Church Street
hotel late Saturday with friends
ard physicians gathered around him.
'.hc shot was fred into his own
breast just after he had been In con-
te-ration With a vcll-kn0wn y0nng
lady 0s Durham Ia the hallway d The
hotel. The guests Of the hoteI heard
hin. plcadlng With her and -hcn
heard the sharp command Of the
mother OF the young lady ordering
her 20 leave him and so 10 her rooni.
As she ;arned 10 leave. he drew q
pisto. from his pocket and fired irig
his own breast as near his EeGrt rs
he could determine. He fell isce
djNnward Ia the doorway Jus, at
the stair landing. with blood guzh-
ing from his wound Guests o. The
hotel ran tc him and removed his
closhlng. doing what they could 70
stop the blood, while physician was
snmmf ned Dr. Nheatham arriscd
IN a moment and dressed tho wound
temporarily.
At first he pleaded With those near
him 10 kin him as be did not want TO
live any longer. AfleEsards be beg
ged them to do something 10 save his
life. Tie moaned piteously aud plead
continuously for the young lady 70
come "a him.
As soon as the ambulance could bo
secured be was taken 10 the Watts
hospital. The physicians declare that
thccr IL very slight probability ot
: his recovering The ball entered the
breast Just little to the left and
missed the heart By only an inch.
II ranged upward and pierced the
lungs. and the loss Of blood was
enormous
Mr. Arnold has been employed
With the National Real Estate Es-
change Of Norfolk. lie came 70 the
city few wrcks ago III company
with anOthrr agent II the firm 20
conduct real estate sale lie had
formerly been employed with the
gosc Cola HOtiiing eompany here and
vas we'll known about Tie city.
We had met the Young lady. on
account Of whom he attempted 70
dertr0y his ME, several years ago
while he resided IN Durham. Dur
lnT His absence at Norfolk. a cpnpci.
tor cutcrud suit for The hanh Of hil
sweetheart aud she grew cold iol
wards hlm. Since bis return % pur'
ham. ~ has Kent III persis'enl
cumrtslip. but The object ~ bis ar
dent love has treated BIN With cold
mess. The mother Of the yonng lads
did not look upon his slit With fayol
ard this perhaps had something "a
do with the attitude Of the YOUNG
lady.
ITO called upon her this afternoon
NJ the Church Street hotel The tw'
aere 10 the parIor Tor some time and
- she lefl The room he followed hei
Inso che haIlway. The mother u ih'
young LADY found shein and sharpl,
ordered her 20 leave him ~ once. Sh'
turned ln obey. when he dfeN a plslo
from hla pocket and ilrpd the fata
shot. Tie feil PROSTATE ia the door
way With the pistol beside him. Th'
ladies ran screaming 20 their ruoil
horrlned NJ the awful tragedy. Sever
nj nasslnF on the street ran up ih'
sleps on hewins the shot and wcr'
Mortified nt The sight that met ihei
eyes several officers ARRIVED on ~
scene aud searched for evidence .
foul play. The cloihiag vas torn fron
the bleeding wound and the young maj
vas laid on couch Physicians wer
hastily summoned aud IN few mia
uies several we're on the scene. "
asked that some Of hts friends be sen
for aud requested that some one 8
for a minister. wheu his friends ~
rived be plead with them 10 pray 70
shlm aud 10 send the yonng lady to bin
when asked how b. vas ahot he q
clafed Thar Ne dId Il himself and tha
II wM9 because the tuung lady woul
not return hls love
The news of the tragedy flow oy'
the clty a. II by magic A large CROW
gathered on Church street seckin
particulars Of the suicide. IN once
was posted n he entrance o. the hot
and an we're excluded. The ambulans
arrived IN short time and the woun'
"a man was carried 10 the Watts ho
pltal where everything that mediol
skIli can dola hrina done 20 save b
liie.