| Notes |
- Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, December 18, 1884 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Suicide - A Former Pulaski Hotel Clerk, Well-Known All over the County, Hangs Himself - Most of our readers will remember the old Salmon River House of this village, and also its veteran clerk, Milo Stilwell. On Monday morning last, about half past ten o'clock, this experienced hotel man, tired of life, in poor health and unable longer to engage in active business, took his own life. He was found hanging by the neck from a rafter in the stables connected with the Hubbs House at Sand Bank, shortly after he committed the rash act. Mr. Stilwell had been in extreme poor health for some years, and latterly he had been unable to do more than care for himself and hardly that. He had given way to extreme melancholy and depression for some time, and landlord Hubbs had for some days feared that he might attempt the taking of his own life. It appears, however, that he had never been alluded to the matter in any way. From the manner in which the deed was committed, it is believed that the unfortunate man had had the matter under consideration for some time. About an hour before his body was discovered, he was seen by Mr. Lawson G. Calkins, I clerk for the firm of Costello & Curtis. At that time he appeared much as he had formally, there being not the slightest indication of anything unusual about him. Judging from the stable and its surroundings, the rope must have been adjusted beforehand. It was securely tied overhead and a loosely slipping noose constructed through which Stilwell passed his head. In order to reach the rope he must have clambered upon the breast high partition between the stalls, adjusted the slip knot about his neck and then jumped off to strangulation and a horrible death Milo Stilwell was a married man, but had not seen his wife, we are informed, for a number of years, she having lived in the West for a considerable time. He is said to have been nearly sixty years of age but he appeared to be much younger. The deceased was a brother of George Stilwell of the Ringland House and also of Mrs. H. A. Dillenbeck, of this village. His relatives, of whom there are a number in this county, are overwhelmed with grief at his tragic fate. Coroner Caldwell held the inquest on the case Monday afternoon, assisted by the following named Jurymen: N. Hazzard, L. H. Holland, John Simpkins, G. S. Sweet, J. W. Stout, L. L. Jones, Levi Gleason. The witnesses sworn were: George L. Hubbs, H. H. Walker, A. T. Ackley, Irving G. Hubbs, B. F. Abbott, Dr. W. H. Cox, Dr. J. M Brown. The evidence was in accordance with the above statement. The verdict was that "he came to his death by his own hands by hanging with a rope by the neck in the Hubbs Hotel barn while laboring under a fit of temporary insanity."
|
Abt 1824 - 1884 (60 years)