Ada County ID Archives News.....Laborer Drinks Carbolic Acid on Street August 4, 1910
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The Statesman Journal August 4, 1910
LABORER DRINKS
CARBOLIC ACID
ON STREET
H. C. Young of Meridian Takes
His Own Life by
Poison.
DESPONDENCY THE CAUSE
Drinks Carbolic Acid and Falls
on Street, Dying Half an
Hour Later.

      In full view of dozens of persons
who were walking on the streets, H.
C. Young, a laboring man from
Meridian, stood on the northwest
corner of Tenth and Grove streets
and drank a three-ounce bottle of
carbolic acid at 3:45 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon. He tried to walk 
across to the south side of Grove
street, but began to stagger and fell
into the gutter, uttering pitiful groans
and frotning at the mouth. H. S. 
Osborne, foreman of the carpenter
gang working on the Yates hotel
building saw him and hurried with
one of the workmen to carry him out
of the street, thinking he was ln-
toxicated.
      "I smelled the carbolic acid,
though," said Mr. Osborne, "and saw
the froth comlng !rom his moutth, and
then I suspected an attempt at sui-
cide. I called Dr. Compton and noti-
fied the police department."
      An ambulance was also called and
the mam was hurried to St. Luke's
hospltal, where he died at 4:15 o'clock.
      Later developments disclosed the
fact that the unfortunate man was
H. C. Youn, a teamster of Meridian,
whose wife and one daughter are at 
Blackfoot, three other children being
cared for by friends in Meridian. D. 
L. Badley having chage of a 10-
year-old boy and a 8-year-old girl 
and O. K.  Deck caring for a little boy 
about 6.

Wife and Daughter Insane

      Young has always been a heavy
drinker and this sorrow coupled with
religious excitement cause by the
exhortations of a Holy Roller co-
pletely turned the brain of Mrs. Young
and she was confined to Blackfoot
about two years aog. Later an 18-
year-old daughter, who was being 
cared for by her grandmother in Mis-
souri, was sent to the asylum also.
      In talking with Mrs. Badley over
the telephone last evening she stated
to a representative of The Statesman
that no detials of the suidide had yet
reached her, only the bare news of
Young's death and she had not yet
had the heart to break the sad news
to the children, who were at that very
time looking out the window, "wait-
ing for daddy to come." Mr. Young
having written from Grandview
where he had a contract teaming, 
nearly two weeks ago, that they 
might look for him almost any time,
and every day during the past week
their time has been taken up looking for him, but Wednesday they were sure 
he would come.

Devoted to Children

      Mr. Young was devoted to his child-
ren, Mrs. Bradley said, and provided
for them librally and adways came
to see them whenever he was near
Meridian. His one besttling sin was
his lack of control of his appetite for
drink and when a drinking spell was
on him, he became very despondent
and moody. Friends in Boise say that he had been drinking haveily for
nearly a week, but three days ago had
sobered up and seemed to be feeling
more cheerful, and his act was a sur-
prise to all. It is thought that the
combined trouble of his wife and
daughter in the asylum with his un-
conquerable appetite, caused him to
commit the rash act.
      In his pocket were two receipts,
one for $2 from the Boston Dental
company and one for $5 signed by
D. M. Rosenberg each bearing his
name. This and $38.92 in cash was
all that was found on his person to
identify him. The bottle containing
the poison was purchaed from Wil-
liam A. Heyden of Meridean. Friends
state that he owns two good teams
which he has been using on the United
State reclamation work.
      Coroner Schreiber will hold an in-
quest today if it is thought necces-
ary.

The Idaho Statesman, August 4, 1910, p. 3
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