The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-22
SHOCKING SUICIDE In BOSTON.
A New York Broker Kills Himself
at the Parker House. :
Business Failure the Cause
Of the Rash Act.
Boston, Mass, April 21. 1874.

BOSTON, Mass. April Fl, 1874
This forenoon the Parker House was the scene OF.
great excitement, the guests and boarders being
Mortified and excited to an alarming degree, when
II became known that one OF the most shocking
OF selfdestruction which it is possible to con-
ceive Of had occurred In the hotel Early in the
forenoon one OF the chamber girls. in passing along
the corridor upon the second floor, heard strange
sound proceeding from room 49, the door or which
was locked which resembled that OF q man breath
ing hard, as though he was choking or laboring In
his sleep. The girl stopped to listen to the doleful
sounds, and at first thought the man was possibly
intoxicated, but, upon listening again, she per-
ceived gurgling noise which, AS she said to tho
HERALD reporter, made her think OF blood running
from wound, and terribly frightened her. She at
once communicated her tears to gentleman who
occupied room 40, opposite No. 40. and he called
a porter, who commenced to rap loudly
upon the door, but without response.
stepladder was at once procured, and.
climbing up, he peered through the brass
grating over the door. The sight which met his
view was most sickentng. In the fnrther corner
OF the small room, near the window, crouched
down upon the floor, partly sitting, partly lying,
was the body OF q man
COMPLETELY SOAKED IN BLOOD.
The head was thrown back, disclosing q yawninR
ana horrible chasm between the chin and breast,
from which the last drops OF the poor mans lie
blood were oozlnx. The bed was dsarranged. az
though some one had just arisen from It. The
were covered with blood. Near the bed there was
a razor half open evidently the weapon with
which the deed was committed. The discoverers
MOST SHOCKING SUICIDE
at once made the matter known to the proprietors
the Second police station. rom whence two
officers hurried to the spot and broke open the
doors. The head of the unfortunate man was
found to be nearly severed from the body, the
vertebra being all that held the two parts together
CAUSE OF THE SUICIDE.
The victim was a man thirty-two years Of age
named julius p. Mason, who formerly belonged to
tins city but who for aSort ten years pasthas
Parker ! house. liz was q 6af brother o.
age business at No. II State street. His
near relatives reside at And0ver, Mass, where
enterprises in New York have resulted rather an-
successfully, and this produced dependency
on his mind which probably led to the commission
OF the terrible deed which ended mis- lite. In the
room where he was found was a sealed note ad-
dressed to his hali-brother the contents OF which
gave the reason Tor the seif-destruction, as Just
stated. There were also found In the room pack
age Of l s1 IN aa nsl laays YlseaS
Mason was last seen alive about halfpast eight
O'Clock this morning. He had arisen from bed.
put on his pants and coat and descended TO the
barrnOm. After remaining below few moments
he reascended to his room, locked she door and
evidently prepared for the deed at once. The
DlOOu upon tnc plllOWS ana the position III WHICH
the body was found near the mirror demonstrate
tnat he made two Ell ,rts be lore succeeding In his
dreadful design, and tnat alter INJECTING wound
upon his throat while In bed he arose, ana, walk
ing across the room, repeated it near where he
fell. Judging from the story OF the cRambermald.
she must nave appeared at the door very soon
ter the deed was contaminated, which could not
have been far from nine O'Clock or quarter past.
Coroner Foye arrived upon the spot as soon
as possible after the news had been conveyed
to him. The body delivered to an under
taker, by whom II VIII be prepared Tor burial, and
will then be turned over to the relatives Among
the
LETTERS FOUND IN THE ROOM
were one or two addressed to sLOGtie," who Ia
supposed to be the original OF the picture which
WAS lOand. That 'LOttie" was iOrmer sweet
heart OF the deceased is apparent from the fol-
lowing extract from one Of the letters:--
0 Lottie speak l must. You know your lghtest
wishes 10 sacred, but times matchless fingers
have passed and lett their imprint i'll eight long years
Have or nave not been pauentf know fuli well my
pride kept from when fortune favored liher
ally and many hnes then, have been upon the point,
Lote OF lying at your eet what was cruelty denied me
sad at heart plunged into business In eighteen
months made 5000, had furnished rooms n tho
Pavilion, on fremont street. with q good library
and and horses &c ,, DC -, still H., was not
society for without the ladies would be strange Doors
II could have forgotten GOODNESS Should have
gone into legitimate bushes III the place Of stock Bos-
ton paled upon my appetite and went TO New York.
where met me, but never bad as Mrs.
Grundy painted proving the heartessness OF those
who lawn only to frown"
The community greatly agitated over this
deliberate suicide, and 1T has been the means OF
exaggerated runors that a murder had been COM
mitted in the most prominent hotel OF the city.