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Show THEY WERE "AFTER HIM." Is a Cooseqaence be Attempts Solclde bj Catting bis Tbroat. it itas a utsr.iuitix mi.iiii:. Ttie I'nforlnoil. M.n It Jawph Itcn tlt of .X.polron C'onclj, On Sund. .renin;, th. till Intl., .atr.nc.rof irtimi'.lflK .pi4-.rtnc and ittlMieil but rt.rvnl tuitoiivr. nrrl.nl In thl. rllr (rim IiJtlllr, C'olornJo, nn.I reil.trml at Ihs It.lN rou i;cbDKi', un Ih. corner of Hauth Tempi, .nil Tliinl Wiit .treet., .. Jo.er.li Ilenietl. ltKfon becm. .pjnr.nt to l'roftle-tor l'roftle-tor Wlillleraor. anil tho hotel altaelie. tb.ttb. n.WKunt m lb. vlctlni of rom. tr.n(. I'b.nU.. 111. wind at lime, .eeuiei cl.l In a mintl.of tbo mo.t lingular li.llucln.tlon. When l.borlnir uniler the., eiiell., bjr which liow.k.tUckeJ at lrreirutar Inleri.l", h. wouM almpl horrlf th. other xueat. bj hi. unu.tural grimace., facial contortion, ami plijrilc.l f.li. The., eshlbttlon. were only of ahorttlurallon how. rer,.uil after they wcr. orcrlli. unforlunat. man woulj rrlajiM Into a irf.cll normal atatc. II. wa.iioii-coluiniiulc.tlT., but when liri-aiiml to talk ho would do ai t-almljr and Intelllientl. II. wa. well drrawtl. .eomett to liavo plenty of inuti.r, paid bl. bill, prompt) and noerr drank lliuor of an klod, and altogether a K.red to b. an atreeabl. fellow ex-ceptlnir ex-ceptlnir at audi lime, aa h. wa. ruljoct to delirium trrm.n., l.ait nlRhlliKiirevr mncli worwand meed nllalr up and dawn Hi preru lie. excUiuilngt 'Vhero 1. Ibn man who I. In tumult of mo with th. In lenllon of kllllnz me?" Then ho would Uk a handful of alleer coin, and IIIiik them toward, tho celling and cry out, "There h. I., tli.ru ha la." All attendant of th. houi. wltnea.ed thla Jut proceeding and Interrupted Ilia crary wan and tried to calmhlni. but ho refu.ed to m comf.rted and drew a cket knlf. on the aervant,wliu ha.tlly withdrew from lUnabtfa pre-aence. pre-aence. . Th. atran. lioarder calmeil down ahortly an.erw.td and lelt tho bulMlnj and croMed the .trt-to tho Union 1'aclflo hotel, atao managed by Mr Wblttemor, and .ni.ie,l a room from Frank Herrlcka, th. night clerk. Ho paid for It and rellrvj. Ho had not In-cii long In hie nmly .ngageil apattmenl whenh. mumed hi. .traiig. antic. Clerk ll.rrlck Informnl him kindly but firmly that he inu.t cenw bl. noW, a. ho waa dl.turhlnRthe fieace of th. other lodger., llo cmo down .talra and waa gleeu another room, but continued making a tiolaa until nearly 4 o'clock tut. morulinr, when , Mr. ll.rrlck. tiollt.ly but po.l tlTelylulormedhhnth.l hia patlciic lia.1 teen i'Xbau.lel. and uulet. he quieted down Immediately ho would .end for tho pollc. "All right," replied the maniac; "I will gu to eleeii and not troublo you auy more." II. wa. apparently a. good a. bl. word, u no eoutid eMapeil from Ida room after that. Hhortly no. for. all o'clock Mr.llerrlck puahed th. douraaldo leading Into th. room occu pled by hia nolay loilger and wa. cou Irouteil by a light ao ghaatly a. to atmot laralyio him. lilng on tho floor upon hi. back waa HcnKdt with an ugly gain In hi. throat. At hi. .Id. wa. a email ocketknlle, while tho floor wm roerred with blond. The fact wa. mad. apureul lhat thoun fortuu.t. man had attempted autolde. .Mr. Whlttemoro waa notified and aoon appeared on thu ac.no and pro ctxnled to m.k. a haaty examination of tho body. The man Mien .howed algna of returning coueclouane.. and It wa. not long Uforab. wa. abl.to coutii.o Intelligently. Mr. Whtltemor. InrjulriHl ol him why he hail endeavored to trrmlnuto hi. career lu audi a de.perato maimer, "Oh," replied tho would-bu aulclde, "liecuaethey were after m.." "Why did you not lu.k. a belterlob of II!" further iUerlod Mt. Wliltti-niore. Wliltti-niore. "rilraply liecauw my knllo wa. too .liorl,"ho unhe.llatlugly rrndfd. Tho llco wcr. notified andOnicer DonoTan wa. xjoo on tho ground Willi th. "hurry up" and rtmoid th man InthoC'lly Hall andalt.rward. to He Mary'allo.pllal. llu wild hi. hnmowa. In K.tioleon, Henry county. -Nel.ru.Va. He wa. reeling caally thl. afternoon, though at lime. h waa wild and de lliloua, Tho altoudlug pliy.ltlau 1. of th. opinion lhat lie will rocuror. |