The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1913-12-05

Sometimes things happen in Cres-
cent City-things out of the ordinary
that startle. One such had the
boards early last week. A Young
man, red-headed and dippy in the
apex, the victim so to speak of an
unrequited love, made a most COM
mendable attempt to take his life.
1t is no fault of his that he didn't
succeed. The fault, if such it be, is
chargeable to Drs. Brantley and Har-
die, who were at his side in less than
thirty minutes after taking the fatal
dose.
Perryclair is the name of thesyoung
man-Eaton Perryclair. HeA had
been here about month and was
boarding with Mrs. Strachfnan down
on the iakeshore drive feminist the
band building. During his business
hours ne worked for Clifford Hunter
IN the j. H. Campbell packing house.
lie came home for supper on Monday
night at the usual hour, but being in
love had little appetite. He only ate
biscuit and drank a cup of tea; he
usually drinks two cups of tea and
his landlady noticing the omission
tried to press second cup on him.
Instead of taking it he arose from
the table and went to his room. re-
turning almost instantly with glass
filled with colored liquid; no he
wouldn't care for more tea, he would
drink the contents of the glass in
stead; this he did. When asked what
1t was he replied that it was bi-chlo-
ride OF mercury, that it was poison
and that he would soon be dead
Then there was some noise in the
boarding house. The physicians
were sent for and arrived in less than
half an hour after the dose was taken.
The doctors were obliged to overpow-
er the fellow in order to administer
an antidote. DR.. Brantley placed his
knee over the mans neck and held
MN down while DR.. Hardie with a
hypodermic syringe squirted an iniec-
ton of apo-morphia into his leg. In
less than two minutes he was gag
glng; in less than three minutes he
was vomiting; then the doctors gave
him the whites of dozen cold stor-
age eggs to absorb any remaining
poison that was in his stomach. tbiS
oose- he vomited, also. Then thew put
the hose of stomach pump into hi:
system and pumped rain water in and
out OF him for time. Then the bow
SAID he would be good and go to bed
1T was early evening and soon news
OF the attempt had spread over the
town. Good people went to see the
young man and try to convince hin,
that he was making a mistake: that
1t was better to endure the torture,
of an unrequited love in land of on
portunity than to fly to another h,
, knew all too little of. He evidently
decided that his advisers were right
for the next morning he was smokins
= clgaretts as usual. His kidney,
) didn't work tremendously next dav
: but before night the doctors had theS,
carbureters running again. An,
= then they felt certain that he wouI,
/ live. He continued to improve unit
;, thanksgiving morning, when hi
' father and mother who reside in Sa
: Vannah and who had been telehone
+ the news and arrived next day afte
Y the administering of the dose. too
: him home. The father and mothe
v are very pleasant people and natural
: ly felt relieved that the boy woul
recover.
J, Perryclair took Z 1-2 grain table
r of the bi-chloride and dissolved it. Tn
t dose was sufficient to kill a doze
men. He had several of the tablet
left, which DR.. Brantley now has /
his possession. The young man saw
n he secured the poison in Savannah
4 evidence that the suicide notion wa
:, not new with him.
h He is the same bright young ma
n who early last winter went int
i the gas house with a lighted lanter
o NOT with suicidal intent-and WI
q on that occasion only escaped kins
>. dom come by a hairs breadth. +
r ruined our gas house, though, as
J. on this occasion tried to ruin OF
l. reputation as people who are in I
IN hurry to become angels.
:. Perryelair has red hair-a sort ,