A MANIAC’S TERRIBLE SUICIDE Special Dispatch to the Sentinel. BOSTON, Mass., Sep. 21.—THe office of Dr. E. T. Williams, at Boston Highlands, was the scene of a shocking suicide yesterday morning.  The doctor was visited by George and Edward O’Donnell, who brought with them a brother Francis for examination as to his sanity.  It was evident that he was suffering from mental aberration.  He had scarcely entered the office, than with a yell he bounded towards the window.  He was seized by the three men and held for a time, but with a sudden effort he escaped his keepers, and breaking a cup, made several gashes in his throat with a sharp fragment of it.  He then inserted his fingers in the gaping wound and tore at the flesh and arteries.  He bled to death in a few minutes. from The Milwaukee Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) Wednesday, September 23, 1885, pg. 3, col. C

A MANIAC’S TERRIBLE SUICIDE

Special Dispatch to the Sentinel.

BOSTON, Mass., Sep. 21.—THe office of Dr. E. T. Williams, at Boston Highlands, was the scene of a shocking suicide yesterday morning.  The doctor was visited by George and Edward O’Donnell, who brought with them a brother Francis for examination as to his sanity.  It was evident that he was suffering from mental aberration.  He had scarcely entered the office, than with a yell he bounded towards the window.  He was seized by the three men and held for a time, but with a sudden effort he escaped his keepers, and breaking a cup, made several gashes in his throat with a sharp fragment of it.  He then inserted his fingers in the gaping wound and tore at the flesh and arteries.  He bled to death in a few minutes.

from The Milwaukee Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI) Wednesday, September 23, 1885, pg. 3, col. C