Death By His Own Hand

"Give me two dozen morphine pills," said a young man of twentytfaree years, to a clerk in Brown's drug store atxrat 10:30 yesterday a. m. "I want to stop my headache." An hcur afterwai-d, Edward J. Twim lay at the home of Mrs. A. G. Hdrsch, 14 S. Ingalls, from the effect of pofeon administered by himself. Apparently Twiss had gone straight home from the drug store and had taken the entire amomnt of morphlne he had poirchased. When found he was unconscious. Drs. Lynds and Hughton were. at once ca lied and they wopked over him for three hours, trying to Gave him. However, their effqrts were without aira.il and at 1 :15 he died. í Tlie remnins were laken to the undertaking rooms of' O. M. Martini. wlicre Coi-oncv Ball began his of[i;-i:il dutjes by empajielling the following jury : A. V. líobiíon, AA'in. Clark, John R. Miner, Toni Mintay. Wm. Stuigeön ami A. B. "Wines. After examlnation ii' the physicians and one o.r two otliar witnesses, the jury renÖBPed the verdict that Twiss died "from the effect of morpliine or some otJier narcotic poison, adiministered by his own hand." AU' the messag-e that the young man liad to leave was embodied in a brief letter that raai as follows : "Mamma : Treat Hirscli's folks kindly they were good to me. Treat well. I loved lier ; abe was more ,to me thiui anyone else in the wórld. I uu going to Will now. Am tired of living-. Wnen yoiu have put me in the grave, use Mrs. Hirsch kindly. She itreated me well. Good-bye. ED." The sweetheart mentioned in the note is a young lady of Port Huron. AVill was hde brother, who died about a year ago. Mr. Twiss' home was in Port Hurotn, where hie parents are Very welltodo people, tJie father beiog an aldnji-man of the city. Twiss has been Btudying law in the office of Frank Whipple, eince leaving the law depiartment oi the University last May. He dil mot ga-aduate here, as stated in this jnoaiiing's papea's. He 'had been in Ann Arbor for about a week, vdsitinsr the famiily of Mre. Hirsch, with whom he luú lived wheai hiere at öcnopl. Yestea-dtiy he had ejcpécted to go home and luid ordei-ed a hack nto take him toi the train. AViien tlio canriage carne íoír him, Twiss was out and beiftxre tlie next train went he had connmitted the fatal deed. This Mr. B. R. WliippU-, ol Poa-t Htu-oin, anl lit. '92, of tlie üni -ersity, arrived to take charge of the body, which was Bent hoimO on the 11:05 train. In comversatiöo with the Courier, Mr. Vhipple was asked his opinión of the cause of Twiss' rash act. He replied. : "It was undonbtedly due to despomdiency and not rto any lo- affair. as the papers have faisely stated. He had been and a week ago tast Friday night, .was intoxicated ín Detroit, before coming to Ann Arbor. Whlle in this condition, he was arrested and on Saturday morning was brought ijito the justice court oí Detroit. He was let off without 'ine. Thcmce he canie to Ann Arbor. This affair had undoubtedly played upon his mind continually, and his sliame was so acute that he hated to go home. Add ito this the fact that ie was inclined ito be 'blue' and I think yoti have the cause of his aetion. Twiss was not a heavy drinker. Ocoasíonally he liad a contimied 'spree' ike the one in Detroit. He was a toe fooking fellow and as srood hearted as he was prood looWm. Tlie iffnir will almost kill his paronts, who are qnite wealthy people of Port ITuron."