, 1870-11-10
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Scene III The t8-druosu-4sEnrxn,yn
DO You Likc M~7u
Ffo" fAe S7r rpfk Sun, Ser.raber 9,
NeofSe Henry Starr. aged 1t years and :
menths committed suicide BY taking I.ud.
an snam nnas on Saturday nishs. he resided Win
p7ofcstos A. e. Starr, is we1I-lnown lee.
tofe5 and man Of high standing A. citizen,
ana mas one son ard three dang ghter. living,
Two Of the latter btng married. Tho hody
of the deceased youth Vas yesterday Lid out
IN room IN the fourth story OF the house,
s'q r,nrr presented tea'. the appearance OF
beng deveioEed in an extraordinary degree.
Inc he"" Il large. Tho forehead Is ntosd
aEu siIghtly protruding, the intellectual To-
glous being unusually large. Tho nose IL
Prcmnent and well formed. and the chin and
lower u" massive Altogether tho face Is .
1nl czBt upon il, s1fttned BY pleas mt SMILE
Ihe father con:ucted the reporter to tho
Inom Of death, and. opening the door, young
GairawAy was discovered, srated BY tho sids
o. hls dead freud. Az the father removed
the cloth from the face Of the corpse, he ana
With tFemuloub voice:
Here IL III that is left Of my poor boy"
1eorSe was edncAtad 1t Clarke street school,
ana AteEwatd 1t Grove street (old No. 81, and
a. both Won for hl.utelf the highest poMhon.
his fritndh. By producing. without having
Ieselscd aIy instruction, oil paintings of CON
siderable m.rit- His eTo1it, too, ia compo-
=; s1tion we're extraoroiniry for 8 boy OF hia age
Three e.says. one on "6-lf-H1verum-nt,
one IN "lnblic School Education" and sn-
q -
reporter. and show evidence OF wonderful
mental power in one SO young. The paintings
aud mAhusellpts OF the dead boy Werc pro-
duced. and shown to the rer osteE By the af-
hlcted mother. Mr. and Mrs Stas1Here over
come with emotion az they handled and gszed
nthsocs Of the dead.
At the beginning Of the present year George
manifesto d peculiar bent for metaphysical
discussion. md, refunng 70 take anything on
philosophy. No explanation Of any fact TINT
fell shoEt Of fully accounting for /. waa deaua-
ed satisfactory; and hence the boy's mind xas
constantly kept in = state Of unnatural excite
meht. He bad 1attesly devoted much time to
the study Of Plato, and had read with avidity
Shakespeare. Pope. and other classical aa-
tho1e. His fonduees for argument on tha
immortality OF the soul and tbs future state
OF existence was often remarked, and he fro
quently expressed to his friends ss4opg de-
sires to fasnom the mystery beyond the vale
Of death.
In January lat, Alfred GaIraway. a youth
Of eIest responsibility and high intellectual
Attainments, became member OF Professor
starr family, and strong friendship spfang
up between him and George They would
"alk aud take recreation together, and con-
yerse fret " on religious and other subjects
Young Ga1rAwAy beatH testimony TO the fact
that lis de1d friend WAS Of = happy, mirthful
9islopltion, fond Of harmless pattines, but
strongly opposed to vicions pleasures, and
never in tho habit Of taking Intoxicating
| trinks.
On Saturday night last. Gar7away and
George leit home 1t O'Clock, aud proceeded
to Tenth street, where tho former delivered =
Litter for his employer. They went to Cooper
Institute. and thence down Droadway. On ap-
preaching the partition George complained Of
down, George calling fos md drinking two
| they started for home. At CAtmine aud
Bletescr etreet George stopped. and said to LIN
I friend:
my breath wilt smell Of the sherry. III
| so iLto the drug store knl get something tu
take away the odos. Don't you come With NE
In about ten minutea he rejoined Garaway
and sa;d, ~ didn't SCI, what I wanted I onlj
As they walked home, George was peculiarly
cheerful, chatting gnyly, OF biz future pros,
pecss, and dwelling On the subject with livel,
,nttrest. At ten o'clock the youths reached
1tof. Stars house, and entered GlrraSaJ
vet t up stairs frat, George following . few
minnter attetward- The family we're 1t even
ii & No1ehip in the basement, and George
c, led three times, Mamma =
| = Mnan !"
His mother stepped to the foot Of the stsir
-n1 told him rot to call 80. as they wero a
/ pEayers. George said, in his usual gentle ant
| courteous manner:
"Oh, e1cute me. m.mma; I only wies,etl tt
lit You know that had como in, and to asl
Ncu il should put out The gss.'
These were tho last words tho mother heart
her Ton utter.
George then seccnded the stairs and xeni
to Ga1Iaway's room, whore he remained abou
five minutes. During tbese fiye minutes, tht
only ci1cumstance that seemed ut all strange
in the conduct Of the boy occurred. Standing
| in ap uncertain attitude for \ moment, he Al
length sat down On Garraway'A knee, and
taking hold Of Ills friends ears, lookeG
earnestly in his face for rome time He thcr
aruse, and walked up and down tho room
| holding his hands to hts side, seemingly Ii
pain. Gt1raway thought bis friend WAS sick
and suggested that he should remsin IN Iii
room until the morning. George declined
with him to his room. To this GarrAwsy
fearing George might be unwell, consented
TLese1p N George said: q Don't come Jus
set !, come in the course Of half n hour"
In about twenty minutes, Gsuaway Won
up. On opening Georges room door he fount
should Mehtit, George s,ia "So," and Ga!
rAway thcrenpon got into Led with his friend
The two talked together for fex moments
George making eome commonplace remark
about next day being Sunday. After eho!
ause George held out Liz hand toward b
l IN HrA plf3s AWnnf NhAE
| hands with me7"
they shook hands heartily. After anothe
pause George asked:
"Do you like me, aasTawayS"
GauauAy replied that he had 4 very VAT
affection for him, and thcrcupon George pu
li- arm around his friends ncck and sAii
"Ga11away, am very sleepy"
1hey had no further conversation. and Ga
| rawav fell asleep. In tho course OF tho nigt
was nothing unnatural In tho aound, and Ga
| away again fell aeleep.
at about s o'clock in the morning aatraEa
! was awakened BY = startling noise, who
proved to b the dying gssps Of his ffien.
.. he die 70 he sAw bottle labelled "lAud
num" lying on the table, and = piece Of no
paper with writing ia pencil on It beside Il
J bottle His eye caught the words, Garr
{ way. forgive me- aud dreadful ansF
| C1Ou eQEGlEN N9B IATltA AoN
ssaira. and alarmed Mr.. and Mrs. Starr.
then went tor phyticiAn. and in few mi
d utes Dra. Denison and O'Nel were in stten
:. ancc-
r Meantime the father and mother hasten
> to tho bedside Of thcH eon, and on Eazi
= | upon his features set in death, Profess
= Starr At once knew that the case WAS uttal
hopeless.
r, Tbs bottle was e1nmiued, and found to &C
s t.in few drops OF lAulannm. A riece
dirty white paper. Jagged at the edgef. loe
T. ing Us II It had been cut With blnut kn
- t:cm tho margin Of newspaper, and bea1i
II | nron 1t in italic chAracttrr, awk~ardly g.
cuttd with zen and ink, this words, - Iaus
num-possop." WIS pasted around II. I
letter Is tho tide OF the tottle was written
somewhat crumpled quarter sheet Of n.
" paper, in light pencil, almost itlegihle,
r. with the letters well formed. 1t ruus as
l. lows:
n IL cannot help It. Ask GarTawAy to fotg
re me- am bis forever, but must see What il
yord. All forgive me. G. 4. STARR
i, It is supposed that tho fatal potion y
!. taken between tho time OF Georges 1eay
GarIaways aud Caravans going TO Georg'
He had evidently made mp his mind to con1
suicide; honce his putting ont the gas And
quettipg GsrrawAy not 10 Eeltght 1t.
!, medical men who have Investigated the c
ia believe that the boy Was lAbor1Dg undoE te
ee pnrs1y ineanity when he dla the decd