The citizen., 1913-09-05
GROVE.
Harry Lambright Commits Sui
icide in the Court House Park.

After telling Mayor Fraley that he was
going to commit suicide and calling at
the Office OF The Frederick Post" to
inquire about a position which he had
asked for and promising to return at 2
O'Clock, Mr.. Harry A. Lambright, a
pressman of this city, committed suicide
on Monday afternoon, September Ist,
shortly after O'Clock. in the Court
House Park, by taking dose Of strvch-
nine poison. A few minutes after taking
the dose and calling for his wife, the
man expired.
On Monday afternoon, shortly after
dinner, Lam5right approached Mayor
Fralev and exhibited package labeled
poison and said that he was going to
commit suicide. The Mayor did not
take the statement seriously and thought
no more of the incident until he was told
that the man had taken the poison.
Shortly after seeing the Mayor, Lam
bright was seen on West Patrick street
by DIR. Ira J. McCurdy, who heard him
say that he was going to commit suicide.
DIR. McCurdy told Deputy Sheriff Robert
Cramer, who was standing nearby. that
he had better search the man. Deputy
Cramer made search, but he failed to
hnd any poison.
AT about I.3o p. m., Lambright ap-
peared at the Office of the 'Fredericl
POst' and asked to see the manager.
About ten days ago he had been at the
office and asked for position, and the
manager, while not promising him po-
sltlon told him to return. The manager
was not in, and Lambright was told to
return, and he said that he would be
back about two O'clock
Lambright went direct from the office
Of the Post" to Court House Park,
where he sat down on bench. No one
saw him take the poison, but a small
empty phial was found near the bench
upon which he had been sitting. People
who saw the man enter the park say that
he was smoking a cigar and was noticed
TO Jump from the bench, reel and fall.
Reno s. Harp sprang up from nearby
bench and caught the man. Lambright
died with convulsions almost imme-
diately.
1t is very likely that the man took the
poison before entering the park, for the
physicians say that strychnine is effective
about eight or ten minutes after being
taken.
Oscar B. Coblentz, William " Wolfe
and others rushed to the assistance of
Lambright when he was seen to rise and
reel They heard the man mutter:
Send for my wife" and that he had
taken strychnne
DIR. William c. Johnson was hurriedly
summoned. and examined the body and
pronounced the man dead. He said that
death was due to convulsions, resulting
from strychnine poisoning.
A crowd gathered on the scene.
Sheriff Fagan removed the articles from
the dead mans pockets and a wagon
was secured and thesbody was taken to
the undertaking establishment of F. ].
Schroeder.
Domestic troubles, combined with
drink were responsible for the act OF
Lambright. 1t was reported that he had
been drinking early in the day, but it is.
said that he was ordinarily a sober man
and was very seldom seen intoxicated
until the last few years when he brooded
over his domestic troubles.
Mr.. Lambright was As years Of age,
and is survived by his wife and three
children: Arthur b.. Mrs. Prudence M.
Alton, OF Westport, Md, and Harry A.
Lambright. His stepmother and one
brother, Philip, also survive him. He
was the son of the late Philip H. LAM
bright