Husband of Delia Bridget Rockford.∼DEATH CAME In a Cell This Forenoon in the Gloomy City Prison
Wm. G. Pomeroy Died
There After Having Been Incarcerated on a Charge of Intoxication
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Wm. G. Pomeroy died in the women's department in the city prison at 10:20 o'clock, city time, this forenoon. He was placed in the lockup yesterday at about 5 o'clock on a formal charge of intoxication, but in reality was incarcerated to undergo treatment.
Pomeroy, who has been employed in various liveries in the city as a carriage driver and so on, was afflicted with epilectic convulsions as well as delirium.
Yesterday afternoon, Dr. J. J. Thomas was called to Pomeroy's relatives home on Barclay Street to attend him and found him in such a condition that it was deemed best to remove him to the central station for treatment. The patient, who was blonde, pale and slender, and about 37 years of age, was taken downstairs into the women's department, where a cell was fitted up and made as comfortable as possible. The usual remedies were applied from that time on, he being incarcerated at about 5 o'clock, or 4:20, as the official time has it on the record.
Pomeroy was seldom violent, but was excessively weak and his condition alarming. This morning the doctor prescribed whisky and other stimulants, saying that it was necessary to administer them to prevent death.
A consultation was held by Mayor Moore, Chief McDowell and others relative to the case, and it was suggested that Pomeroy should be sent to a hospital.
"They won't take a delirium tremens patient there without a guard," said the chief.
"Then why not send him to jail?" asked Officer Donnelly.
"He can't be sent there without the papers," was retorted.
And so the case stood. At present there is no proper place for the victims of excessive potations - that is, no place aside from a cell in the city prison, or a bed in some hospital, which according to the officers, will accept no such patients without a guard furnished by the city, or relatives or friends of the delirious.
IN THE DEATH CELL
________________
The death cell is one of three downstairs or women's department, in which gloomy portion of the prison three or four other victims of alcoholism have met their death. Sunlight seldom or never penetrates through the barred windows, whose tops are above a level with the sidewalk. Whatever light reaches them comes in through the grating.
Charles Wagner, a stranger, who was with Pomeroy when he died, or very shortly after he breathed his last, was also put in for intoxication and nursed Pomeroy through the night. He was by the trembling man this morning shortly after 10 o'clock, when Pomeroy rolled from the bench, or bunk, upon the floor, and grew instantly rigid. Wagner picked him up and laid him on the bench, and then Wagner ran out and upstairs, giving the alarm. Accompanied by Operator McDonough, he returned and found Pomeroy at the last gasp.
Wagner said that Pomeroy had talked with him during the morning and appeared rational. He also conversed with the Captain of the Salvation Army, saying to the captain among other things, " It was a sad Christmas for me." He told Wagner that he had separated from his wife and other domestic details.
To Captain McDiarmid, he complained of intense pain in the region of his heart. At that time he was standing with his hands clenching the iron bars and was trembling violently. The testimony of all is said to the effect that he was at all time rational and that he suffered little except from exhaustion and nervous prostration.
Pen Perkins, who furnishes the prison their meals, said that Pomeroy ate a little food this morning and asked for some warm milk, for which he had gone to procure a short time before death ensued.
Pomeroy, after his arrest, was laid on the bench on the iron side of the cell, his bedding consisting of a quilt and a few other bits of fabric, his coat being under his head. When he died he was in his shirt sleeves. In death he looked as natural as if enjoying a tranquil sleep.
Shortly after Pomeroy's death the cell was visited by his younger brother, Harry Pomeroy, who lives with his wife and mother at 34 Barclay street. The young man was greatly affected, bending over the body and weeping. He was accompanied by a couple of young friends and said that William had gone to work yesterday for Ike Brown, working as a driver, and had laid off because of weakening and had gone to his mother's home, whence becoming beyond control, Dr. Thomas, city physician was sent for and took William in his buggy to the lockup. The entry then made reads as follows: 17 Jan 5, 4:20 pm, watch, book and papers, drunk. And then this morning another significant addition in another hand,: Released by death at 9:40 a.m. Jan. 6, 1900.
The arrest of the unfortunate young man was, the entry shows, the seventeenth this year.
William G. Pomeroy was the son of Jenin and Mrs. Elizabeth Pomeroy, the father being dead for some years and the mother living at 34 Barclay street, with her son, Harry H. and his wife Mrs Mary E. Pomeroy. The brothers had for years been employed about horses and liveries, among others for Lung Brothers and P. Gillen. The deceased had been separated from his wife, and leaves her and four or five children living in rooms upstairs at 125 East Federal street. Coroner Morrison was notified and the body was removed to Gillen's morgue.
This afternoon Coroner Morrison had a conference with Dr. Thomas and others interested in the case and decided that it was not necessary to hold a post-mortem. Dr. Thomas said that Pomeroy had been subject to epilectic convulsions and that they, with the addition of Christmas and New Year's potations, had been the cause of death.
Vindicator 6 January 1900
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Death certificates not in use at this time, only ledgers. Mahoning County ledger states Wm. G. Pomeroy died of heart trouble at age 36 years, 3 months & 23 days.
Family Search
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William's brother, Harry Pomeroy :
United States Census, 1870
Name Harry Pomeroy
Event Place Ohio, United States
Gender Male
Age 3
Race White
Race (Original) W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1866-1867
Birthplace Ohio
Genin H. Pomeroy M 39 Ohio (born about 1831)
Elisabeth Pomeroy F 26 Ohio (born about 1844)
William Pomeroy M 6 Ohio
Harry Pomeroy M 3 Ohio
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Note: Brother: Harry Pomeroy
BIRTH 14 Apr 1866
DEATH 6 Apr 1934
BURIAL Belmont Park Cemetery Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA
GPS Add coordinates
MEMORIAL ID 187279346
Wm. G. Pomeroy Died
There After Having Been Incarcerated on a Charge of Intoxication
_____________________________________________________
Wm. G. Pomeroy died in the women's department in the city prison at 10:20 o'clock, city time, this forenoon. He was placed in the lockup yesterday at about 5 o'clock on a formal charge of intoxication, but in reality was incarcerated to undergo treatment.
Pomeroy, who has been employed in various liveries in the city as a carriage driver and so on, was afflicted with epilectic convulsions as well as delirium.
Yesterday afternoon, Dr. J. J. Thomas was called to Pomeroy's relatives home on Barclay Street to attend him and found him in such a condition that it was deemed best to remove him to the central station for treatment. The patient, who was blonde, pale and slender, and about 37 years of age, was taken downstairs into the women's department, where a cell was fitted up and made as comfortable as possible. The usual remedies were applied from that time on, he being incarcerated at about 5 o'clock, or 4:20, as the official time has it on the record.
Pomeroy was seldom violent, but was excessively weak and his condition alarming. This morning the doctor prescribed whisky and other stimulants, saying that it was necessary to administer them to prevent death.
A consultation was held by Mayor Moore, Chief McDowell and others relative to the case, and it was suggested that Pomeroy should be sent to a hospital.
"They won't take a delirium tremens patient there without a guard," said the chief.
"Then why not send him to jail?" asked Officer Donnelly.
"He can't be sent there without the papers," was retorted.
And so the case stood. At present there is no proper place for the victims of excessive potations - that is, no place aside from a cell in the city prison, or a bed in some hospital, which according to the officers, will accept no such patients without a guard furnished by the city, or relatives or friends of the delirious.
IN THE DEATH CELL
________________
The death cell is one of three downstairs or women's department, in which gloomy portion of the prison three or four other victims of alcoholism have met their death. Sunlight seldom or never penetrates through the barred windows, whose tops are above a level with the sidewalk. Whatever light reaches them comes in through the grating.
Charles Wagner, a stranger, who was with Pomeroy when he died, or very shortly after he breathed his last, was also put in for intoxication and nursed Pomeroy through the night. He was by the trembling man this morning shortly after 10 o'clock, when Pomeroy rolled from the bench, or bunk, upon the floor, and grew instantly rigid. Wagner picked him up and laid him on the bench, and then Wagner ran out and upstairs, giving the alarm. Accompanied by Operator McDonough, he returned and found Pomeroy at the last gasp.
Wagner said that Pomeroy had talked with him during the morning and appeared rational. He also conversed with the Captain of the Salvation Army, saying to the captain among other things, " It was a sad Christmas for me." He told Wagner that he had separated from his wife and other domestic details.
To Captain McDiarmid, he complained of intense pain in the region of his heart. At that time he was standing with his hands clenching the iron bars and was trembling violently. The testimony of all is said to the effect that he was at all time rational and that he suffered little except from exhaustion and nervous prostration.
Pen Perkins, who furnishes the prison their meals, said that Pomeroy ate a little food this morning and asked for some warm milk, for which he had gone to procure a short time before death ensued.
Pomeroy, after his arrest, was laid on the bench on the iron side of the cell, his bedding consisting of a quilt and a few other bits of fabric, his coat being under his head. When he died he was in his shirt sleeves. In death he looked as natural as if enjoying a tranquil sleep.
Shortly after Pomeroy's death the cell was visited by his younger brother, Harry Pomeroy, who lives with his wife and mother at 34 Barclay street. The young man was greatly affected, bending over the body and weeping. He was accompanied by a couple of young friends and said that William had gone to work yesterday for Ike Brown, working as a driver, and had laid off because of weakening and had gone to his mother's home, whence becoming beyond control, Dr. Thomas, city physician was sent for and took William in his buggy to the lockup. The entry then made reads as follows: 17 Jan 5, 4:20 pm, watch, book and papers, drunk. And then this morning another significant addition in another hand,: Released by death at 9:40 a.m. Jan. 6, 1900.
The arrest of the unfortunate young man was, the entry shows, the seventeenth this year.
William G. Pomeroy was the son of Jenin and Mrs. Elizabeth Pomeroy, the father being dead for some years and the mother living at 34 Barclay street, with her son, Harry H. and his wife Mrs Mary E. Pomeroy. The brothers had for years been employed about horses and liveries, among others for Lung Brothers and P. Gillen. The deceased had been separated from his wife, and leaves her and four or five children living in rooms upstairs at 125 East Federal street. Coroner Morrison was notified and the body was removed to Gillen's morgue.
This afternoon Coroner Morrison had a conference with Dr. Thomas and others interested in the case and decided that it was not necessary to hold a post-mortem. Dr. Thomas said that Pomeroy had been subject to epilectic convulsions and that they, with the addition of Christmas and New Year's potations, had been the cause of death.
Vindicator 6 January 1900
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Death certificates not in use at this time, only ledgers. Mahoning County ledger states Wm. G. Pomeroy died of heart trouble at age 36 years, 3 months & 23 days.
Family Search
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William's brother, Harry Pomeroy :
United States Census, 1870
Name Harry Pomeroy
Event Place Ohio, United States
Gender Male
Age 3
Race White
Race (Original) W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1866-1867
Birthplace Ohio
Genin H. Pomeroy M 39 Ohio (born about 1831)
Elisabeth Pomeroy F 26 Ohio (born about 1844)
William Pomeroy M 6 Ohio
Harry Pomeroy M 3 Ohio
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Note: Brother: Harry Pomeroy
BIRTH 14 Apr 1866
DEATH 6 Apr 1934
BURIAL Belmont Park Cemetery Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA
GPS Add coordinates
MEMORIAL ID 187279346
Husband of Delia Bridget Rockford.∼DEATH CAME In a Cell This Forenoon in the Gloomy City Prison
Wm. G. Pomeroy Died
There After Having Been Incarcerated on a Charge of Intoxication
_____________________________________________________
Wm. G. Pomeroy died in the women's department in the city prison at 10:20 o'clock, city time, this forenoon. He was placed in the lockup yesterday at about 5 o'clock on a formal charge of intoxication, but in reality was incarcerated to undergo treatment.
Pomeroy, who has been employed in various liveries in the city as a carriage driver and so on, was afflicted with epilectic convulsions as well as delirium.
Yesterday afternoon, Dr. J. J. Thomas was called to Pomeroy's relatives home on Barclay Street to attend him and found him in such a condition that it was deemed best to remove him to the central station for treatment. The patient, who was blonde, pale and slender, and about 37 years of age, was taken downstairs into the women's department, where a cell was fitted up and made as comfortable as possible. The usual remedies were applied from that time on, he being incarcerated at about 5 o'clock, or 4:20, as the official time has it on the record.
Pomeroy was seldom violent, but was excessively weak and his condition alarming. This morning the doctor prescribed whisky and other stimulants, saying that it was necessary to administer them to prevent death.
A consultation was held by Mayor Moore, Chief McDowell and others relative to the case, and it was suggested that Pomeroy should be sent to a hospital.
"They won't take a delirium tremens patient there without a guard," said the chief.
"Then why not send him to jail?" asked Officer Donnelly.
"He can't be sent there without the papers," was retorted.
And so the case stood. At present there is no proper place for the victims of excessive potations - that is, no place aside from a cell in the city prison, or a bed in some hospital, which according to the officers, will accept no such patients without a guard furnished by the city, or relatives or friends of the delirious.
IN THE DEATH CELL
________________
The death cell is one of three downstairs or women's department, in which gloomy portion of the prison three or four other victims of alcoholism have met their death. Sunlight seldom or never penetrates through the barred windows, whose tops are above a level with the sidewalk. Whatever light reaches them comes in through the grating.
Charles Wagner, a stranger, who was with Pomeroy when he died, or very shortly after he breathed his last, was also put in for intoxication and nursed Pomeroy through the night. He was by the trembling man this morning shortly after 10 o'clock, when Pomeroy rolled from the bench, or bunk, upon the floor, and grew instantly rigid. Wagner picked him up and laid him on the bench, and then Wagner ran out and upstairs, giving the alarm. Accompanied by Operator McDonough, he returned and found Pomeroy at the last gasp.
Wagner said that Pomeroy had talked with him during the morning and appeared rational. He also conversed with the Captain of the Salvation Army, saying to the captain among other things, " It was a sad Christmas for me." He told Wagner that he had separated from his wife and other domestic details.
To Captain McDiarmid, he complained of intense pain in the region of his heart. At that time he was standing with his hands clenching the iron bars and was trembling violently. The testimony of all is said to the effect that he was at all time rational and that he suffered little except from exhaustion and nervous prostration.
Pen Perkins, who furnishes the prison their meals, said that Pomeroy ate a little food this morning and asked for some warm milk, for which he had gone to procure a short time before death ensued.
Pomeroy, after his arrest, was laid on the bench on the iron side of the cell, his bedding consisting of a quilt and a few other bits of fabric, his coat being under his head. When he died he was in his shirt sleeves. In death he looked as natural as if enjoying a tranquil sleep.
Shortly after Pomeroy's death the cell was visited by his younger brother, Harry Pomeroy, who lives with his wife and mother at 34 Barclay street. The young man was greatly affected, bending over the body and weeping. He was accompanied by a couple of young friends and said that William had gone to work yesterday for Ike Brown, working as a driver, and had laid off because of weakening and had gone to his mother's home, whence becoming beyond control, Dr. Thomas, city physician was sent for and took William in his buggy to the lockup. The entry then made reads as follows: 17 Jan 5, 4:20 pm, watch, book and papers, drunk. And then this morning another significant addition in another hand,: Released by death at 9:40 a.m. Jan. 6, 1900.
The arrest of the unfortunate young man was, the entry shows, the seventeenth this year.
William G. Pomeroy was the son of Jenin and Mrs. Elizabeth Pomeroy, the father being dead for some years and the mother living at 34 Barclay street, with her son, Harry H. and his wife Mrs Mary E. Pomeroy. The brothers had for years been employed about horses and liveries, among others for Lung Brothers and P. Gillen. The deceased had been separated from his wife, and leaves her and four or five children living in rooms upstairs at 125 East Federal street. Coroner Morrison was notified and the body was removed to Gillen's morgue.
This afternoon Coroner Morrison had a conference with Dr. Thomas and others interested in the case and decided that it was not necessary to hold a post-mortem. Dr. Thomas said that Pomeroy had been subject to epilectic convulsions and that they, with the addition of Christmas and New Year's potations, had been the cause of death.
Vindicator 6 January 1900
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Death certificates not in use at this time, only ledgers. Mahoning County ledger states Wm. G. Pomeroy died of heart trouble at age 36 years, 3 months & 23 days.
Family Search
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William's brother, Harry Pomeroy :
United States Census, 1870
Name Harry Pomeroy
Event Place Ohio, United States
Gender Male
Age 3
Race White
Race (Original) W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1866-1867
Birthplace Ohio
Genin H. Pomeroy M 39 Ohio (born about 1831)
Elisabeth Pomeroy F 26 Ohio (born about 1844)
William Pomeroy M 6 Ohio
Harry Pomeroy M 3 Ohio
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Note: Brother: Harry Pomeroy
BIRTH 14 Apr 1866
DEATH 6 Apr 1934
BURIAL Belmont Park Cemetery Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA
GPS Add coordinates
MEMORIAL ID 187279346
Wm. G. Pomeroy Died
There After Having Been Incarcerated on a Charge of Intoxication
_____________________________________________________
Wm. G. Pomeroy died in the women's department in the city prison at 10:20 o'clock, city time, this forenoon. He was placed in the lockup yesterday at about 5 o'clock on a formal charge of intoxication, but in reality was incarcerated to undergo treatment.
Pomeroy, who has been employed in various liveries in the city as a carriage driver and so on, was afflicted with epilectic convulsions as well as delirium.
Yesterday afternoon, Dr. J. J. Thomas was called to Pomeroy's relatives home on Barclay Street to attend him and found him in such a condition that it was deemed best to remove him to the central station for treatment. The patient, who was blonde, pale and slender, and about 37 years of age, was taken downstairs into the women's department, where a cell was fitted up and made as comfortable as possible. The usual remedies were applied from that time on, he being incarcerated at about 5 o'clock, or 4:20, as the official time has it on the record.
Pomeroy was seldom violent, but was excessively weak and his condition alarming. This morning the doctor prescribed whisky and other stimulants, saying that it was necessary to administer them to prevent death.
A consultation was held by Mayor Moore, Chief McDowell and others relative to the case, and it was suggested that Pomeroy should be sent to a hospital.
"They won't take a delirium tremens patient there without a guard," said the chief.
"Then why not send him to jail?" asked Officer Donnelly.
"He can't be sent there without the papers," was retorted.
And so the case stood. At present there is no proper place for the victims of excessive potations - that is, no place aside from a cell in the city prison, or a bed in some hospital, which according to the officers, will accept no such patients without a guard furnished by the city, or relatives or friends of the delirious.
IN THE DEATH CELL
________________
The death cell is one of three downstairs or women's department, in which gloomy portion of the prison three or four other victims of alcoholism have met their death. Sunlight seldom or never penetrates through the barred windows, whose tops are above a level with the sidewalk. Whatever light reaches them comes in through the grating.
Charles Wagner, a stranger, who was with Pomeroy when he died, or very shortly after he breathed his last, was also put in for intoxication and nursed Pomeroy through the night. He was by the trembling man this morning shortly after 10 o'clock, when Pomeroy rolled from the bench, or bunk, upon the floor, and grew instantly rigid. Wagner picked him up and laid him on the bench, and then Wagner ran out and upstairs, giving the alarm. Accompanied by Operator McDonough, he returned and found Pomeroy at the last gasp.
Wagner said that Pomeroy had talked with him during the morning and appeared rational. He also conversed with the Captain of the Salvation Army, saying to the captain among other things, " It was a sad Christmas for me." He told Wagner that he had separated from his wife and other domestic details.
To Captain McDiarmid, he complained of intense pain in the region of his heart. At that time he was standing with his hands clenching the iron bars and was trembling violently. The testimony of all is said to the effect that he was at all time rational and that he suffered little except from exhaustion and nervous prostration.
Pen Perkins, who furnishes the prison their meals, said that Pomeroy ate a little food this morning and asked for some warm milk, for which he had gone to procure a short time before death ensued.
Pomeroy, after his arrest, was laid on the bench on the iron side of the cell, his bedding consisting of a quilt and a few other bits of fabric, his coat being under his head. When he died he was in his shirt sleeves. In death he looked as natural as if enjoying a tranquil sleep.
Shortly after Pomeroy's death the cell was visited by his younger brother, Harry Pomeroy, who lives with his wife and mother at 34 Barclay street. The young man was greatly affected, bending over the body and weeping. He was accompanied by a couple of young friends and said that William had gone to work yesterday for Ike Brown, working as a driver, and had laid off because of weakening and had gone to his mother's home, whence becoming beyond control, Dr. Thomas, city physician was sent for and took William in his buggy to the lockup. The entry then made reads as follows: 17 Jan 5, 4:20 pm, watch, book and papers, drunk. And then this morning another significant addition in another hand,: Released by death at 9:40 a.m. Jan. 6, 1900.
The arrest of the unfortunate young man was, the entry shows, the seventeenth this year.
William G. Pomeroy was the son of Jenin and Mrs. Elizabeth Pomeroy, the father being dead for some years and the mother living at 34 Barclay street, with her son, Harry H. and his wife Mrs Mary E. Pomeroy. The brothers had for years been employed about horses and liveries, among others for Lung Brothers and P. Gillen. The deceased had been separated from his wife, and leaves her and four or five children living in rooms upstairs at 125 East Federal street. Coroner Morrison was notified and the body was removed to Gillen's morgue.
This afternoon Coroner Morrison had a conference with Dr. Thomas and others interested in the case and decided that it was not necessary to hold a post-mortem. Dr. Thomas said that Pomeroy had been subject to epilectic convulsions and that they, with the addition of Christmas and New Year's potations, had been the cause of death.
Vindicator 6 January 1900
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Death certificates not in use at this time, only ledgers. Mahoning County ledger states Wm. G. Pomeroy died of heart trouble at age 36 years, 3 months & 23 days.
Family Search
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William's brother, Harry Pomeroy :
United States Census, 1870
Name Harry Pomeroy
Event Place Ohio, United States
Gender Male
Age 3
Race White
Race (Original) W
Birth Year (Estimated) 1866-1867
Birthplace Ohio
Genin H. Pomeroy M 39 Ohio (born about 1831)
Elisabeth Pomeroy F 26 Ohio (born about 1844)
William Pomeroy M 6 Ohio
Harry Pomeroy M 3 Ohio
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Note: Brother: Harry Pomeroy
BIRTH 14 Apr 1866
DEATH 6 Apr 1934
BURIAL Belmont Park Cemetery Liberty Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA
GPS Add coordinates
MEMORIAL ID 187279346
Gravesite Details
Brother Harry buried at Belmont Park Cemetery. Memorial # 187279346. Perhaps William is, also.
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