The Daily Union Sacramento, Cal. Tuesday, November 17, 1874 CITY INTELLIGENCE What Shall They Do With Him? - About 11 o'clock last night citizens Charles HIBBARD and Joseph KUNA delivered to officer CHAMBERLIN at the station-house a young man who gave his name as Wm. LOVELL. It appears that Mrs. GOVE, who keeps a boarding-house at Eighth and E streets, had been, with her daughter, in bed and asleep about an hour when the noise made by Hibbard, one of the boarders, in entering the house aroused her. Before she fell asleep again she heard loud breathing, apparently beneath the bed, and looking under saw a man! Considerably alarmed she called for help. All the boarders soon presented themselves, and the intruder was conveyed to the station-house, as mentioned above, though on the way he made a strong effort to escape. When the jailer commenced to search him he threw his hands up, without being told, and with such promptness that the officers immediately concluded that the had been in a lock-up before. He appeared to be stupid, possibly from the effects of drink, and scarcely answered questions put to him, though he did intimate that he came up from San Francisco two weeks ago. In reply to the question as to what he was doing beneath the bed, he responded that he knew nothing about it. He had in his pockets $26.75, which showed that he had not been compelled to obtain lodging surreptitiously. He was slightly acquainted at Mrs. Gove's establishment, having taken a meal there with a friend on Sunday, and he also had supper there last evening. Later in the evening Mrs. Gove went out shopping, and while she was absent, the front door being left unlocked for the convenience of the boarders, Lovell doubtless entered and quartered himself where found. The police do not know what charge to make against him, as it does not appear susceptible of proof that he went to the house to steal anything, and besides his appearance and actions are such as to suggest that he either is suffering from delirium tremens or is insane. THIGH BROKEN - A young man named Herman KRIDER, who had been riding with his father on the Riverside road, near Sutterville, Saturday afternoon, while in the act of jumping from the wagon, had his foot caught between the spokes of one of the wheels, and the wagon being in motion, his thigh bone was broken. ROBBED - Sunday afternoon some thief gained entrance to the basement of the building occupied by P. HART & Son as a grocery, and stole eighty or ninety pounds of butter. As a Chinaman had been seen hanging about the premises, it is thought that some one of his nationality appropriated the property. WATER WORKS REPORT - Mark FOSTER, Chief Engineer of the Water Works, reported to the Board of City Trustees yesterday that during the week ending November 15th, 7,267,500 gallons of water were pumped, and 26 5/8 cords of pine wood consumed for fuel. The works were running 92 hours. WILL PLANT - The City Trustees yesterday authorized the Street Commissioner to purchase, at twenty-five cents each, 300 Australian gum trees , to be planted on R and Tenth streets, and also at the Plaza, as a preventive against chills and fever. ARRESTS - The only arrests made yesterday were those of T. HOTCHKINS, by officers DUNLEVY and HARVEY, for being drunk; Charles SYLVESTER, by officer DOLAN, for the petit larceny of a vest, the property of Mrs. SMITH. BRIEF REFERENCE H. WACHHORST returned to the city from the East yesterday. Three car-loads of immigrants arrived yesterday from the East. Owing to the affliction in Judge CANTWELL's family, there was no session in the Police Court yesterday. At Tenth and I streets, about 1 A.M. Sunday, ______ SMITH was garroted by two men and robbed of $30. Philip SCHEID, who met with such a serious accident last Saturday, is doing as well as could be expected. Two healthy vagrant's are going about town calling at residences and requesting a few bits to enable them to leave for San Francisco. Charles CROCKER and D.D. COLTON went up in a special car to Radding yesterday, to inspect a coal mine about thirty miles from that place. W.A. DEWEY, having finished his contract for the construction of a wing-dam above Colusa, has returned with his pile-driving apparatus to Sacramento. At the Branch State Prison grounds yesterday morning two men were seriously injured by the explosion of a blast. A surgeon was summoned from Folsom to attend them. A dispatch from San Francisco yesterday mentioned a rumor that Al COURTWRIGHT, sent from this city, and three other prisoners, had succeeded in breaking out of San Quentin. James H. MOORE, a young man employed as a clerk by the Central Pacific Railroad Company, died at San Francisco Sunday. The remains will be brought to Sacramento for interment to-day. Among the passengers by the Sacramento Valley Railroad down train yesterday afternoon was a lady from near Placerville, who was violently insane, and was being taken by her husband to Stockton. The Sacramento Rifle Club, of which Phil SCHEID is President, did not have their regular shoot day before yesterday, but in a body paid their unfortunate friend a visit at Deterding's, his present quarters. CORONER'S INQUEST Coroner COUNTS had at first decided that it would be unnecessary to hold an inquest in the case of Mrs. CANTWELL, who committed suicide Saturday evening, but on more mature consideration, decided that it was his duty to do so, and accordingly an inquisition was held yesterday afternoon at Judge CANTWELL's house. This interfered with the arrangements made for the funeral, and it had to be postponed until to-day. The following evidence was taken: MISS KATE L. M'MILLEN Testified: Was at home last Saturday evening when my sister was sick; Judge Cantwell told me she had taken strychnine; I saw her a few minutes afterward; she did not deny it; said, "You do not know what I have to contend with;" all she said up stairs was that she and Herbert could not get along; this has been my home since last April; do not know of any further trouble she had with the family; she never confided in any person; she never intimated to me an intention to commit suicide; for several days she had complained of a severe pain in her temples, but on Saturday she said nothing about it, although she had an unnatural color in her face; was not aware of there being any poison in the house - thought I had thrown it all away; she was down town Thursday afternoon; went alone but returned with Herbert in a street-car; she always thought her husband was kind to her, and her last words were that she loved him and that she never expressed a desire for anything that she did not get." DR. A.B. NIXON Testified: On Saturday evening last, about 6 o'clock, I was summoned to see Mrs. Cantwell to consult with Dr. NELSON; when I arrived I found Mrs. Cantwell insensible and in convulsions; I was informed by Dr. Nelson that she had taken strychnine, and that the convulsions were the effect of that drug; he told me that mustard and sulphurate of zinc had been administered as an emetic, but they failed to operate as such; he told me that he had tried to use the stomach pump, but on account of the convulsions and spasms about the throat he had been unable to introduce it into the stomach; I suggested that we could try again to introduce the stomach pump, and after considerable effort we succeed; we pumped warm water into the stomach, as much as it would hold, and then pumped the contents of the stomach out; we repeated this twice, when we concluded that the stomach had been well washed out and emptied of all its contents; chloroform in moderate quantities was administered to keep down spasms, but they continued to occur at intervals until death closed the scene; in my opinion death was caused by strychnine; was present when she died; never knew a case from the effects of strychnine, after unconsciousness caused thereby (similar to this one), to recover, and I have seen many in the course of my practice; this I remarked to Judge Cantwell at the time." DR. H.W. NELSON Testified: I am a practicing physician in this city; Saturday evening H. Cantwell desired me to come up to his father's house immediately and bring a stomach-pump with me, stating the Mrs. Cantwell had poisoned herself - had taken strychnine, and to hurry; I got the stomach-pump immediately, took also my satchel containing medicines, etc., and went to the druggist's (KIRK's) and procured the medicines that I presumed would be needed in the case; when I arrived I found Mrs. Cantwell lying on the bed dressed, surrounded by her mother, sister and husband; I said, "Mrs. Cantwell, I am sorry; why did you do this?" she answered, "Doctor, I am not sick; I don't feel bad." Her husband stated, "Yes she is; she has taken strychnine, I believe." I asked her, "Have you taken strychnine?" She answered, "Yes." "How much did you take, Mrs. Cantwell?" "Don't know, but I think about a teaspoonful." "When did you take it?" Judge Cantwell answered, "About an hour ago." She answered, "Yes." I remarked that if she had taken that about an hour ago it was strange that she was not dead; I brought a stomach pump with me, and, after the conversation, I got it ready and sent for some hot water. I asked the Judge to raise her in order to facilitate the introduction of the pipe or tube of the pump, the water and pump being ready; while attempting to introduce the tube, she took a spasm, and I could not get it down, and was compelled to pour down her nostrils everything that was for some time injected into her stomach; I suggested to Judge Cantwell that we must send for another doctor we sent for Dr. Nixon, and he came immediately; we were compelled to use a spiral instrument to pry her mouth open in order to admit the tube of the stomach pump; when we finally introduced the pump, we washed her stomach but three times, I think, and twice, I am positive; during the spasms we gave her chloroform to shorten them as much as possible; I requested Dr. Nixon to remain with the lady, and he did so; I went down town, and on my return the lady was dead; in my opinion death resulted from poison - strychnine; undoubtedly. W.R. CANTWELL Testified: On last Saturday afternoon I came home about 4 o'clock; she had dinner all ready; I said, "Go on, I will be ready in a moment;" she met me on the porch and kissed me as affectionately as she ever had, and walked out on the porch and took the bottle from her pocket, and I ran out and grabbed the bottle from her and threw it into the stove; she took some out in her hand and threw it in her mouth, and I then asked her if she had taken any of it, and she said, "Yes, I have; and I want some more;" I then took the bottle and threw it in the kitchen stove; last Summer (a long time ago) I bought some strychnine, and I do not know that there was any of it left; I bought it to poison cats with, and did poison the cats with it; I do not know whether this poison or a portion of it was what my wife used, or whether she bought it herself; I never saw the poison since I used it for the cats; I notified her sister at once that she had taken poison; her sister came down perfectly frantic; Gussie tried to pacify her; they came into the house; went up stairs and she threw herself on the bed; she talked to her mother and told her she had done it, and then took off her rings - one, a diamond, she wished given back to her brother (one given her by him). She said she loved me as she loved her own life, and could not live only for me. She and I never had any words at any time; she spoke of Herbert; she and Herbert had some differences; I told her not to mind him, that they must get along together and have a happy home altogether. She did object to my drinking, and that might have been one of the causes that led her to this. She put her hand to a chain that I had given her on out marriage day, and said "give this to Herbert," and our marriage ring she gave to me. "And the balance of my things give to my sister Kate." THE VERDICT The jury returned the following verdict: We, the jury impaneled to inquire into the death of the deceased, do find that Mrs. Gussie M. Cantwell committed suicide in the city of Sacramento, on the 14th day of November, 1874, by taking poison. Signed: W.D. GOODELL, Wm. M. PETRIE, W.A. CHITTENDEN, N.L. DREW, C.C. BROWN, J.L. DONNAILE.