Jacob Wyse

1822 - 1856  (~ 34 years)

• Name	Jacob Wyse
  Born	CA 1822	, New York State, USA
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1851	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	shoemaker
  Misfortune	1856	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	committed suicide
  Name	Jacob Weiss
  Residence	1856	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-198633
  Died	28 Aug 1856	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I198633	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Family	Christina,   b. CA 1820,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F58410	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A man committed suicide in Preston on Thursday evening, [August 28, 1856] by taking a large dose of opium. Dr. Seagram, having been notified of the melancholy circumstance, summoned the following jurors and proceeded to hold an inquest, on view of the body: Otto Klotz-Foreman, Francis Brebenbach, Charles Holland, J. Guggisberg, John Roos, Anthony Lassert, Alexander Grant, J. Epting, Conrad Evers, Charles Meecs, N. F. Simons. His wife, Christina Wyse testified that he came home "in a sober state. He went into his room and sat down. I heard him draw out his medicine drawers. I then went into the room and asked him what he was doing. He then told me to look at the laudanum bottle and I would see. He also told me to call for Mrs. Rice. " Mrs. Rice testified that: "He told me that he had taken a double dose of poison. When I first saw him, he appeared sober. I wanted him to take a cup of tea, which he refused, saying that he wished to died, having been insulted in a tavern and could not get work." He said, "You may tell everybody that I did it myself." Edward Holder testified that he and Henry Brown were coming from the station in the evening, passing Wyses' home, when Margaret Rice called him back to say that Jacob Wyse "was gone, meaning that he was dying. I went in alone. He was laying on the settee fast asleep. Wyse was then quite black. The doctor was sent for and on arriving, bled him and used cold water to wake him up. When aroused, he cursed and swore at them to let him alone and to let him go. I stayed with him until 3 o'clock in the morning and thought him getting better when I left. I went back at 8 o'clock in the morning and found him wishing to get up and get to a pail of water. " Doctor Kroetsch testified that " John Roos called for me on the evening of the 28th to go and see Jacob Wyse. I could see or thought he had taken poison. I ordered him a cup of coffee, bled him and used a good deal of cold water on his head and face. I then went for some medicine and when I returned I found him in the same state and used the cold water again. I could not get him to swallow any more medicine. I was sent for at half past six in the morning and found that he was in such a state, I thought it not proper to give him any more medicine" Mrs. Rice, on reexamination, testified that Mrs. Konblunsky had earlier found her husband drinking in the saloon with Jacob Wyse. Dr. Carrier testified on the post mortem. After patiently listening to the above evidence, as well as two or three other witnesses, whose evidence was collaborative, the jury returned a verdict of suicide.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CA 1822 - , New York State, USA Occupation - shoemaker - 1851 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - committed suicide - 1856 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1856 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Aug 1856 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth