Dr. A. L. O'BRIEN
Shiner Gazette, 25 Apr 1900, page 1
SUICIDE AT YOAKUM.
Dr. A. L. O'Brien Stabbed Himself to Death.
Yoakum, Texas, April 22. –
At an early hour this morning Dr. A. L. O'Brien committed suicide. The particulars, as developed at the coroner's inquest, are as follows:
Mr. P. D. Smith who lives at Dr. O'Brien's home and whose room is near that of the doctor, testified that about 10 o'clock this morning he heard a noise in Dr. O'Brien's room as if someone moving about and talking to some one else. In a short time Dr. O'Brien went out of the room alone.
This was the last seen of him until about 3:30 a.m. when a passerby discovered his body in the eastern portion of the city. A pocketknife, which was proved to be that of Dr. O'Brien, was found near the corpse. There were two stabs just over the heart, two gashes in the left leg near the femoral artery, and the throat was cut almost from ear to ear.
Dr. O'Brien was for a number of years local surgeon on the Aransas Pass railroad, and ranked as one of the leading physicians of the section.
Temporary derangement is supposed to have led him to the rash act.
Dr. A. L. O'Brien, 20 Jun 1852 – 21 Apr 1900, was buried in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery.
Source: http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlavaca/obituaries_o.htm
Shiner Gazette, 25 Apr 1900, page 1
SUICIDE AT YOAKUM.
Dr. A. L. O'Brien Stabbed Himself to Death.
Yoakum, Texas, April 22. –
At an early hour this morning Dr. A. L. O'Brien committed suicide. The particulars, as developed at the coroner's inquest, are as follows:
Mr. P. D. Smith who lives at Dr. O'Brien's home and whose room is near that of the doctor, testified that about 10 o'clock this morning he heard a noise in Dr. O'Brien's room as if someone moving about and talking to some one else. In a short time Dr. O'Brien went out of the room alone.
This was the last seen of him until about 3:30 a.m. when a passerby discovered his body in the eastern portion of the city. A pocketknife, which was proved to be that of Dr. O'Brien, was found near the corpse. There were two stabs just over the heart, two gashes in the left leg near the femoral artery, and the throat was cut almost from ear to ear.
Dr. O'Brien was for a number of years local surgeon on the Aransas Pass railroad, and ranked as one of the leading physicians of the section.
Temporary derangement is supposed to have led him to the rash act.
Dr. A. L. O'Brien, 20 Jun 1852 – 21 Apr 1900, was buried in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery.
Source: http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlavaca/obituaries_o.htm
Dr. A. L. O'BRIEN
Shiner Gazette, 25 Apr 1900, page 1
SUICIDE AT YOAKUM.
Dr. A. L. O'Brien Stabbed Himself to Death.
Yoakum, Texas, April 22. –
At an early hour this morning Dr. A. L. O'Brien committed suicide. The particulars, as developed at the coroner's inquest, are as follows:
Mr. P. D. Smith who lives at Dr. O'Brien's home and whose room is near that of the doctor, testified that about 10 o'clock this morning he heard a noise in Dr. O'Brien's room as if someone moving about and talking to some one else. In a short time Dr. O'Brien went out of the room alone.
This was the last seen of him until about 3:30 a.m. when a passerby discovered his body in the eastern portion of the city. A pocketknife, which was proved to be that of Dr. O'Brien, was found near the corpse. There were two stabs just over the heart, two gashes in the left leg near the femoral artery, and the throat was cut almost from ear to ear.
Dr. O'Brien was for a number of years local surgeon on the Aransas Pass railroad, and ranked as one of the leading physicians of the section.
Temporary derangement is supposed to have led him to the rash act.
Dr. A. L. O'Brien, 20 Jun 1852 – 21 Apr 1900, was buried in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery.
Source: http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlavaca/obituaries_o.htm
Shiner Gazette, 25 Apr 1900, page 1
SUICIDE AT YOAKUM.
Dr. A. L. O'Brien Stabbed Himself to Death.
Yoakum, Texas, April 22. –
At an early hour this morning Dr. A. L. O'Brien committed suicide. The particulars, as developed at the coroner's inquest, are as follows:
Mr. P. D. Smith who lives at Dr. O'Brien's home and whose room is near that of the doctor, testified that about 10 o'clock this morning he heard a noise in Dr. O'Brien's room as if someone moving about and talking to some one else. In a short time Dr. O'Brien went out of the room alone.
This was the last seen of him until about 3:30 a.m. when a passerby discovered his body in the eastern portion of the city. A pocketknife, which was proved to be that of Dr. O'Brien, was found near the corpse. There were two stabs just over the heart, two gashes in the left leg near the femoral artery, and the throat was cut almost from ear to ear.
Dr. O'Brien was for a number of years local surgeon on the Aransas Pass railroad, and ranked as one of the leading physicians of the section.
Temporary derangement is supposed to have led him to the rash act.
Dr. A. L. O'Brien, 20 Jun 1852 – 21 Apr 1900, was buried in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery.
Source: http://www.txgenweb2.org/txlavaca/obituaries_o.htm
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