OCR Text |
Show DEATH BY CHLOROFORM A. Cim jfoaWEound Ueadjii Hia Kedanhe Walker tfonse. ' An Overdose of Chloroform Carries an 1 ' '. ; 1 Accomplished' Yonug Man Into Eternity. ConkfcUag Opinions naTtVlfeiBer .- HiyDVath trni kcxWenUr Y ; or Premeditated. 1 .'"n. -'. .". ..fn n j The guests of the Yalker .Iojige tvjere shocked anaUoiMdeci this morning by one 61 the bell !boyl announcing that A. C. N. Howard was dead in his room. The word was communicated to Mr. Erb, theproprietory and he at once summoned sum-moned rfPotter. arid the two crentle- men went to v the room together. They j dund Howard inbfcd in hja ftightdonifes, cold and stiff, with t ' ' .r ', r ih'dtt viAtpptidijoRdpOitsc ? f And a sponge tightly, clasped in his hand. rThis.Wasj abotnVjl clocKrj'daocprg ' to the opinion tof Dr, Potter the young i man had .been 'dead tern irourH wf imore. E very thihar iff his room appkred as "usual injexcellent order, and in his bureau I 'drAwer'itW ..'empty chlor&forni j, vials and one which had contained ..opium were discovered. Until - this discovery was ' made the general impression had been that the young gentleman had committed com-mitted suicide, but... this development, taken connection with the factr?Miieh jvas,aiterrards attested py Iris-' acqttaint-"ances, acqttaint-"ances, that he was in the habit" of regu-Jarlytaking regu-Jarlytaking opiates, dispelled the suspi-"ciohlnthe suspi-"ciohlnthe 1 minds of most of those who knew him. . . ; f ' Howard liad.heeh livinVa? the Walker House for'a considerable time, and this mornings, he f ailed 4o-coriie--dwn -to breakfast as usual, and at 10 :30, supposing suppos-ing he-was ill, the - bell boy was sent to hisroom;- He was seen around at his place of business yesterday and attended . the Jjerformance K AT THE THEATRE LAST NI.QnT, And those who met him are unanimous in the opinion that there was nothing unusual un-usual or strange, in his .appearance or demeanor, de-meanor, 'arid such also is the; statement ..of Major Erb, whasaw'vhim aboutll.:30 last night, just before he retired. . Sexton Taylor was notified of the fact, and made r an early disposition of the body, with' the-1 purpose of keeping it in good condition pending instructions from the familv in Philadelnhi.i. Dr. Potter was firmly of the opinion that it was . : yt A JCASE OF i-PREMEDITATED SCICIDE, n'(j jpited!as 'roof of this.;the peculiar presence.Of the'string Which was attached to the sponge and vial in such a way as to keep , up a constant supply until the chloroform should be all exhausted. This opinion is not shared, however, by any of the young man's acquaintances, and his past record as well as his reputation here would tend strongly to oppose the assumption,-, , , 1; , ; He ithe writef -bf the article on! "Electrical "Elec-trical Phenomena" j which appeared in Thursday's issue of the Democrat, and but. last ; evening r handed in another, contribution con-tribution on the. same subject, which, will ! be found in today's issue. It is impossi-- impossi-- ble to learn his exact age, but it is a general gen-eral impression among his. acquaintances that he was : little if any .over . 23.. .. He came here, from the East jast -summer, and manifested an indnslrinns nl nm. bitious disposifion,-as is evidenced in his having '" ;" -' ' WALKED FROM DENVER In the absence of the necessary money to pay Ills fare. He did very little work for a time, and finally, through the : influence in-fluence o Tetters and testimonials he enlisted en-listed the sympathies ' of the Be v. Mr Putnam, Bishop Tuttle, Geo. Y. Wallace and other prominent citizens. While idle last Autumn he addressed a letter, to General McCook, at Fort Douglas, asking to be permitted to enlist in:thearmy Adjutant Groesbeck ' replied to '"the letter, requesting the young man to apply . in person at the Fort; but no further word was heard of him there, j He, obtainedsome jtwO months ago, through the excellent letters he carried and the influence , of Mr. Wallce and other acquaintances, the position of secretary sec-retary of the ' Rocky Mountain Electric Light Company, which position he was holding at the time of his death, having given excellent satisfaction, according to the statement of Major Erb. He has taken part in several -of-thelocal opera choruses, and was generally regarded as a bright, .-.K AMBITIOUS, CAPABLE YOUNG GENTLEMAN. For four or five years he held a position with the prominent house of Drexel & Co., Philadelphia, and just prior to his coming herehe was for two years bookkeeper book-keeper an the Cpmmercial.National Bnnt of Kansas City, and brought with him from both of these' houses the best of recommendations and evidences of good characfer'.Herls said to have suffered for some time'4with i nervous affection, which kepthinr awake at night, and on this account became addicted to the use of opiates. There were times when he would become very despondent, but these spells were short-lived, and he ordinarily was bright and vivacious. Bishop Tuttle, who is now in IPhilni. plua, was telegraphed to by Major Erb andrequested to.cohvey -the -sad intelligence intelli-gence o the youiiglnan'a family. ' n 5 ' |