Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1867-09-18
Singular Suicide Of Young Man in Chi
{From the Chicago Pos

. III {From the Chicaeo Post, 9th.
"A, a sin uisr case of suicide occurred lss,eve-
Mig. shortly after ten o'clock. in Khnger's
saloon, under the Sherman House, on Ran
dolpn street, wherein young man named
Ioomas y 1oungput sn end 10 his existence
oy SHOOTING himself in the head. He had en-
'ereo tne room short time before, and, taking
teat IN qulet portion of the room, and or
6sred and drank two or three glasses OF beer.
Ibe eaioon was crowded at the time with busy
takers and drinkers, who were startled nv
hearing the report Of pistol All eyes were
turned in the uirection from which the sound
processes, and Young was seen to rise from
ms seat throw his arms out wildly. and then
stnk back into his char, a corpse. The muZzle
OF his pistol had been placed against the rirnt
temple, and death must have ensued Instantly.
The pistol, a single barreled one, was ouite
new, as II purchased TOR the express deadly
purpose
Upon the table by which he had been sitting
was found mourning envelope, bearing ths
date August 81, directed in a feminine hand.
TO the deceased, who had written thereon, in
lead pencil, the words: please notify nv
friends in Brooklyn, and they will pay my
funeral expenses"
The BODY was conveyed 10 the Armorv,
where the Coroner heid an inquest tn morn
ing. The clothes Of the deceased were search
eo, and the following articles found therein:
Two neckties. an ambrotype of an elderly la
dy, apparently his mother; small package OF
gunpowder. and a box of cape. a little over
ink sketches OF a comic character, very weil
executed, entitled "The Adventures of Tim
Tlckler, the Donkey Doctor" two pieces of
poetry, evidently cut from newspaper, en-
titled "Antony and Cleopatra, " and .'Rock me
10 sleep, mother" and a small black covered
book entitled ''Glad Tioings-Come TO Jesus"
the first few leaves Of which bore evidences OF
perusal Inside the book was a letter from
bis sister Ellen, informing him OF his brothers
death.
The deceased had been for three years past
reside mt OF this city. having been in the en-
ploy Of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, by whom he was paid a salary OF Sl00
per month as an operator. At the time OF his
death he was only nineteen years of age
W retiring. bashful disposition, he had
mingled but little in society Of either men or
women. OF late it had been noticed that he
had gradually become addicted TO drink, but
was nelther noisy nor quarrelsome while
under its influence, and when its effects had
passed on, would be found as usual At his post
On Monday morning he resigned his position
IN the office, and announced his purpose to go
home to his friends, giving as a reason therefor
that he wished to attend the funeral of his
brother, Information Of whose des IN he had re-
ceived. During Wednesday afternoon he was
he was going to start for home. Young made
no reply, but turning hastily away, burst into
tears 1t Is thought that his emotion arose
from the lact OF his having already determined
upon self-destruction.
From the letters and papers found apon the
person Of the deceased, it is believed that the
fatal act was prompted by sheer loneliness
and melancholy induced by his brothers
death The testimony ELECTED at the inauest
seemed to point to this probability. rather than
that the deed was the result of desperation or
mental alteration. At the time of his death
he was not Intoxicated, having drank but one
or two glasses OF beer. The Jury returned a
verdict to the effect simply that the deceased
came 10 his death from the discharge of pis.
tol in his own hand. His uncle, a gentleman
named Clements, residing in Geneseo, Illinois,
has been informed by telegraph OF the melau.
choly event, and is expected to arrive In the
city to-day.