The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-20
YOUNG HEBREW
MAY HAVE TRIED
To KILL HIMSELF
julius Salamon Found Uncon.
scious on Gage Street
MAY HAVE TAKEN POISON
Purchased Six Blchdoride OF Mercury
Tablets and Insists He swaI
lowed One Of Them
MAY HAVE TAKEN POISON

young man apparently about
twenty-seyen years old was found
between and o'clock Wednesday
night lying on the steps OF the E. z.
Waist company factory on Gage
street. He was In a semi-unconsci-
GUS condition and apparently In pain
as he was moaning and his jaws were
locked. Circumstances learned later
lead to the belief that he had at.
tempted suicide, but at the Putnam
Memorial hospital where he was har-
ried as soon as conveyance could
be secured. the physicians could dis
cover no symptoms of poisoning. He
gave his name as Julius Salamon and
said that his home was in Duluth.
He also stated that had wife and
young child living in that city.
After arriving at the hospital and
when he had partially regained con-
troll Of himself, Salamon insisted that
he had put bichloride of mercury
tablet in glass of milk and had
drunk the contents. He stated that
he drank two more glasses of milk.
He purchased the milk at Lafortune's
restaurant. If he actually did man
age to put even a small amount OF
the bichloride into his stomach he
followed 1t with the best possible an
tidote.
Salamon, who is evidently a travel
ing salesman for some clothing con
cern, arrived in Bennington Wednes.
day morning from Boston. He was
about the village during the day and
called upon at least two local tailors,
n. Levin on North street and s. Char.
toff on Main street. Ii was evident
that he was in Strengthened circum-
stances for he attempted to sell two
suit cases TO Mr.. Levin and he tried
TO obtain assistance from Mr.. Char
toff to so to his home In Duluth. He.
needed $40, he told Chartoff, for rail-.
road fare. He left one Of his suit
cases at the Chartoff shop. Sslamen
made two visits to the Levin shop
during the day. once early In the
forenoon and again between ii and
II o'clock. He told Mr. Levin that
he was native OF Russia and that he
had been in America seven years.
In Salamon's pockets were two pos
tai cards. One was written In Eng.
lish and was to Mr.. Levin. The other
was in Hebrew and was for Mr.. Char.
toff. Both messages were rambling
and disconnected as though written
by person either partially demented
or in great distress and ended in a
manner indicating that the writer
was about TO take his own life. II
was stated at the hospital this morn.
ing that Salamon had only FIVE dol.
lars in money on his person.
Between 5 and o'clock In the af.
ternoon Salamon called at the Gokay
drug store and purchased six bichlo.
ride Of mercury tablets. He had ave
tablets In his pocket when he ar.
rived at the hospital. ts f.ft.
: When Salamon was discovered on
the steps OF the E. q. Waist company
factory he was nearly II not quito
unconscious. A crowd OF people soon
gathered, among them Miss Beulah
Marsden who was passing on the
street Observing that the man was
In a serious condition Miss Marsden
at once went home and procured a
dose of aromatic spirits OF ammonia.
The remedy was forced through Sala.
mons clenched teeth and the man
, partially revived. He at once began
to weep. Since arriving at the hospi.
, tai he has been hysterical
, As the ambulance was In use at the
{ time, Salamon was taken to the hos.
- pital by Charles G. Jones, taxi driv.
e er With the man went Dr.. l.. II.
e Ross, Chief Of Police Brazil and OF.
Q ilcer Richard Hurley.