The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1883-05-17
Strange Suiclde.

Between two and four o'clock Friday
Amasa Stone, one of Cleve
lands wealthiest and most conspicuous
citizens, committed suicide at his resi-
dence on Euclid Avenue, in that city
by shooting himself through the heart
For some years Mr.. Stone had been
in i'll health and at times was COM
PEELED to relinquish cares of business
and seek rest aud recupel alton in travel
and seclusion. Within the past few
months he had been subjected to Sc
we're mental strain by the embarrass-
ment of the Chicago Union Iron aud
Steel Works, the Kansas City Iron
Works and Brown, Bonnell & Co.'S
iron works at Youngstown, in all of
which, we believe, he had the coll
trolling interest. The effect upon his
health was marked and the excessive
labor thrown upon him to eXtricate
these establishments from their diff
culties Frustrated him physically and
no doubt at length threw him off his
mental Daldnc0,
For five or six weeks he suffered
acutely from insomnia and indigestion
growing steadily worse and more de-
pressed in spirits, though seldom com
planning. Often he slept not more
than two hours night. At length he
became convinced that he could not
recover. Thursday night he was sleep
less and did not leave his bed in the
/, Il to l., f..
that he felt exceeding distressed, in
describably SO.
At about two o. clock in the afIernO III
he was left alone to try to get some
sleep. No noise was heard from his
room and it was supposed that he was
quietly resting. About four O'Clock
his wife went 10 ascertain how he was
and discovered that he was not in bed.
Going to the bathroom she found the
door locked. A servant was called
who climbed through the transom and
found Mr.. Stone lying dead on the
floor, beside his body the revolver
which had sent a bullet directly
through his heart.
Mr.. Stone was partly dressed and the
theory is that after trying in vain to
sleep he had taken a bath and was
dressing when i'll paroXysm of pain
or sudden fit of uncomfortable melan-
choly he seized the weapon and fired
the fatal shot with unerring aim
Strange to say, the report of the
pistol was not heard by anybody.
Relatives and friends are plunged in
the deepest distress by this sad occur
renee. No suspicion was entertained
| that suicide was contemplated.
Mr.. stone leaves a widow aud two
married daughters, Mrs Colonel John
Hay and Mrs. Samuel Mather A son
| Adelbert, for whom Adelbert College,
founded by the deceased, is named
died while attending Yale College
Mr.. and Mrs. Hay have been abroad
for a considerable period and sailed
from Liverpool on Thursday for home
Mr.. Stone was born in Charlton,
April 9th, 1918, and served an appren-
ticeship of three years after reaching
the age of fifteen years, to the builders
trade He was prominently connected
with the construction and operation
Of several railroads. He moved t.
| Cleveland in 1850. In 1877 he built
and endowed the Home for Aged and
INDECENT Women on Kennard street.
He gave $75, 900 to the Women's Chris.
| tian Association. He gave $500 ,WH
for the establishment of College in
Cleveland to be Gamed after his only
sou, Adelbert, who was drowned some
years since, in the Connecticut River
while student at Yale College.
During his years of active life he
acquired an immense fortune, esti-
mated at from $40, 900, 900 to $l5, ,00O, 900,