The New York herald., 1875-10-20
A PAINFUL TRAGEDY.
Suicide in an Up
town Den.
A DESPERATE LOVER BLOWS HIS BRAINS OUT
A Fortune Spent and Life
Wasted on a Woman.

Charles Revere, well known sporting character,
shot and killed himself at early hour yesterday
morning in house OF questionable repute in West
Forty-sxth street.
Charles Revere has been well known among the
sporting class of New York for years He kept Afast
horses and faster women and could be seen almost daily
the road with both About two years ago he be-
enamored of a notorious female named Styles,
although at present she styles herself ''Starrs" She
then lived in East Thirtythi street. near Lexington
avenue. She now occupies house in Forty sixth
street, Broadway, and it was in this house. and
while kneeng this womans feet that Charles Revere
sent bullet
WHEELING THROUGH BRAIN.
From the time these two strange people met un til
within months of the present writing Revere
the recognized clover" of the His friends esti
mate that he has spent $50, 900 this woman Some
two months ago Revere's money had grown exceedingly
light in his pocket and he began outstanding his
sources although he did entirely withdraw his sup
port from "Starrs" This evidence on the part of
Revere OF rapidly decreasing exchequer was
the signal for marks OF evident dspeasure
from the woman, who began skirmishing for
to supply his place. She made known
to Revere that his visits were no longer acceptable
and very succeeded in placing her affections on
the bank account of another gullibe individual for in
the language OF old Southern slave dealers, she Ii
"LIKELY wENcH,
and well understands the art Of fascinating the class OF
men with whom she comes in contact
Revere became desperate He pleaded with her not
to discard him, and again offered her his wallet She,
however immovable and refused to have anything
to do with her old ''lovern Having exhausted
his persuasive powers Revere began to threaten !,
rock and so far from being frightened deaed him and
dared him to harm her. A thousand times he swore
he would butcher her and then immediate himself that
the two might mngle and confound their bones in
quently exhibited it to her as the weapon that
sooner or later to echo with the signal of their mutual
death
on Monday Revere prevailed upon the to
accompany him to the at Jerome Park On
their return they spent the night eating drinking
and quarrelling. At five O'Clock iu the morning they
this woman's ROOM in West Forty sixth street
WITH REVOLVER HAND,
bleared eyes and haggard countenance that
told Of desperation Revere threw himself at the feet
of the woman and begged her forgiveness of the
past and her love for the future" She swore she
would grant neither. The desperate man drew from
his pocket roll of bills amounting TO several hundreds
of dollars and superb gold watch These he extended
as peace offerings; but their charms unavailng
With curse and bound the woman attempted to gain
the door and depart. The supreme moment had come.
Revere a moment before pleading for love, at de-
manded blood. Selling the miserable woman in his
arms he hurled her. with all the savageness Of tiger
back into chair and, kneelng before her, placed the
grinning muzze OF the revolver at her head. "Now
will you love me y he cred 'or shall l murder you ~
The woman had drank too much liquor to be able TO
appreciate the danger Of her position, and again she
ESDgAyoRED TO EscAPR-
Revere instantly struck her powerful blow with the
pistol telling her the floor and cutting cash
over her left temple. She cried Murdern and doubt
less Revere thought he had killed her To carry out
his threat often made, he placed the weapon to his
head and pulled the trigger The bullet entered the
right side passed through both hemispheres of the
brain and odgedn the skull on the left side Death was
instantaneous
An officer entered the house, arrested several women
who there, and then reported the case TO the sta
tion house. Coroner Croker teegraphed for, and
ten O'Clock he and his deputy, DR.. MacW Whinne,
reached the of the tragedy and ordered the body
removed to the station house in Fortyseventh street
post morem examination revealed the course OF the
wound and disclosed the bullet attened against the in
side of the skull The deadly messenger still wet with
blood, shown to "Mrs Styles who said d:-Why,
l didn't suppose 1t would be so latl"
At three O'Clock jury empanelled, and after
viewing the body was discharged until eleven o'clock
this forenoon when inquest will be held at the Cor
oners' office. The Styles all this while in
private room,
RADIANT DIAMONDS
and point lace and surrounded by female coored
She is apparently about thirty five years of age
and was doubt, handsome several years ago At
first sight her face is somewhat pleasing, but little
study readily dscloses the hard lines cold and ptless
as steel
Charles Revere used TO be wholesale butcher but
abandoned his business six eight months ago.
He forty years of and has lived for time
past at the Washington House. of Fourth avenue
and Twenty His remains removed last
evening 10 Greenpoint to the house Of a married
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