Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-02-21 | Page 24 | Despondent Man Commits Suicide

DESPONDENT IN COMMITS 1 William McAndrews, a Miner, Takes His Own Life in This City. ACTION IS THE RESULT OF A PROLONGED SPREE Communications Left Show That Self-Destruction Had Been Contemplated. William McAndrews, 4G years old, a miner, who up to a fev? weeks ago was omplo.ycd at Grantsvillc, committod suicide sui-cide Saturday afternoon in room No. 22 of a lodging house tit 52 East First South st root, by swallowing a compound com-pound of chloral, bromide and morphine. mor-phine. The drugs had been given tho man b' a physician for him to take in small quantities at intervals of several sev-eral hours to cure tho effects of a several sev-eral weeks' drinking spree. Despondency, after the period of drunkenness, is attributed as tho causo of the man taking his own lifo, and, by cards and notes found by Coroner Stanlev A. Hanks in McAndrews s room, it is evident that self-destruction had been contemplated. The notes were those of a man suffering from a diseased dis-eased mind. In several of thorn ho stated that ho had uovor killed a man, and in others ho seemed to be trj'ing to explain that he was on trial for murder, mur-der, lie loft a note asking that his wife bo notified of his drnth, adding that she lived in Englana.' Mcdiclno Secured. Saturday forenoon James Moffat, for whom McAndrews had been working in Grantsvillc, camo to this city to 'find McAndrews. Ho located him and took him to a doctor. The medicino was prescribed aud, after visiting a drug store, where tho ingredients were purchased, tho two men returned to McAndrews 's room. According to Moffat, Mof-fat, McAndrews requested him to go out and buy sOmo apples, which ho did, : and upon his return to the lodging house found McAndrows locked in his room. A knock at tlio door brought a laugh from McAndrews, who said. "It is too Into, .Tim: I have taken it all.' Moffat broko tho door open and found tho man lying across tho bed. This was at 1:510 o'clock, and in thirty minutes the man was dead, although a physician attempted to prevent tho medicino froui doing its deadly work. The body was removed to O 'Donncll 's undertaking rooms, ater tho coroner had been called and viewed the remains. re-mains. It is thought McAndrows has relatives rela-tives living in Montana. Moffat, who is tho only person in this city acquniutod with 'McAndrows, howovef, says ho never heard him mention men-tion any relatives; but Coroner Hanks will make an effort to locate them.