New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-17
WRITING HIS OWN OBITUARY

WRITING HIS OWN OBITUARY.
FORMER MINIsTERssrRANGE cONpuOHt
J. C. MOBILES ANNOUNCES Hrs INTENTION 10 mn
HIS LIFE AND THEN DrsAPPxARs.
large, corpulent man. neatly attired in dwk
suit and wearing silk hat. applied ct the efRes a
the Merchants Hotel IN Cortlsndtst last Friday
night for aroom and breakfast the following moxns
ing. He registered himself ~ J. c. Noblss. sna
gave his address as Atlantic Highlands. .New-Jemsy.
He was assigned to room No. %. When tho koy
was handed to him he inquired tho chsrgs for HI
room and breakfast and promptly paid the bill Hs
rose early Saturday morning and for hms befoss
breakfast occupied scat on the stoep
of tho hotel, and apparently m a
unconcerned manner read the morning papsrs.
After breakfast he sauntered around the corridors
of tho hotel exchanged greetings with the clerk
and talked with some travelling salesmen who were
guesrs Of the hotel. In the forenoon hs left The
hotel without stating whether ne would return
or not or where he was going. He fe-
turned In the afternoon and again applied
for q room, registering tho same a. before. He
was assigned to the room which he had previously
occupied. He spent the remainder OF Saturday and
all day Sunday almost entirely In his room, aud
was apparently occupied in writing letters He ap-
peared in nervous frame Of mind, and would write
for while and then rise and pace the room,
alternately writing and walking. Yesterday morn
ing he rose early and, after eating his breakfast
went to the desk and delivered up his key request
ing the clerk to reserve his room until this evening
as there was q probability that he would return.
He Immediately left the hotel
The following letter was received ct THE TRIBUNE
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NEw.YoRK, July II, 1854
Ed ~ Y. Daily Tribune ~
ss a s les ss e Ssss M
insertion Of the incosed 10 The DAILY TRIBUNE Ihsvo
neither my self family have the means 70 give ne
burial. snail be pronounced zyn-wculd God e
Agency will satisfy you that there method In y mad
ness and yet as my last ulterance nere and SOL
emmy declare that never intentionally injured mas,
Il you eannos give this place THE raIBusn please
dear Mr. Reid please do something for my injured and
penniless and belpless wife
my w rSs sSs torture e
relieve rather than proong her suffering
leave my effects at Merchants HOTEL where the lssa
trace can be found IN thirty minutes am no mora
Do not treat my family unkndly In what may say
alone am 10 blame. ]. g. N0BLEA
A sELF-wRITTEN OBITUARY.
The foregoing letter was accompanied by tho fol-
lowing:
SUICIDE OF JOHN @. NoBLxs
To ms Rey: J. M. BUCKLEY, Editor Of "TAs 0hristiss
nave only two reasons for dedicating my selwritsa
OBITUARY you. ~, Your abilities and observation
aaaiIy pcs prse i"eny e render impartial Justice e
the church OF God and those most injured by the life and
death Of the writer may be rgnteousy vndicated om
sink quietly into oblivion My public lie and
nsse Ss ne1s 20 s'aD
70 challenge public attention and comment
Your official position inspres the unnatural demand
for rindicaf0n IN such cases. l can only AID
Sa in ,..s ' terrible ossss s:s sSnfs':ns s scs % ins
famous cOwsraice solely and Wholly M BY Financial anassa.
faulty. the Church and the World Of prolonged suerma
doomed by the great Head Of the Church Of cns.
under al & q s %os
rst suceess astonIshed and friends ana proved
% Of subsequent NE lave been one prolonged
struggle 70 reenthrcnc conscience, to conqueTmy hab
who loved trusted and depended upon me- Each strugs
gle and All comoiued have only sunk me deeper sn9
deeper until jus ice to living sufferers demands az end
word ia ssi deieScs; whs. 4 never '"'sdsf zyp0e-
Born anworiay ealing aud unframed to br, =
both. Who is to blame Not the author OF my being
surely mot those who trusted to ny 49, fsss %
those who trusted my glowing and ssnsns as,v prSs re-
lnSoceat Ds sufferers No to say "ty osaht @ AaN
kmnsm" The fact Is Doctor the descriptire and PEI.
fs.sns we're perverted to base purposes aud Do
ceived the unwary. and among those the apest nnae
aud aud Lewis Miller q Canton, ONO, 4. v ssoa. d
the Shoe and Leather Bank. n \, and many
D,se'' %ss and able apsdcIers. No use to sAs
did not intend 20 deeeise those men and many o,nen
Ike them. Idld do H. whatever the uknlo" mignt %
and ALONE AN To blame
THE SUPREME EFFORT OF HIS LIFE.
NV last Effort at Atlantic Highlands was the supreme
one of my life. staked everything upon IT, with tne
fairest prospects Of success. Ny friends wiz
claim that fair play from the officers of the
ASSOCIATION and those who trusted to my skill
and energy would have insured that succesa
whatever their faults might have been mine wers
greater aud fatal have not one unkind word fo- Bro
Pres Luke, supsrintendent Champion. the Leonardo
Rrowne or any other man. Iir me Ministry that wa
my n G grsas sI i," fos that great s Aud
have done all such men could De expected 70 90 ~
St' what OF my famiyi o God. bow can 1 ever name
them in this terrible hour Tney arc human, oes 70
Last respon,billty for the dsgrace which IL now tneu
only reward for the forbcarsnce equaed oliy y nnS
snesrsw than the one Who now suffer most De
ceved BY my perverted gifts and talenta, sns sas
ss. sSrnSsa Ssrass ssms Of shame and Sorrow
me to loSe her e@ esr v rGeed and
caren to heed my last words and neither oy ac deec
or word to intimate the cruel injustice OF piame ~ ons
innocent as themselves OF the 81 share in the us8soo
Il alone have brought upon you all. -.
Ducior allow me to speak through my DEAD Ups 70 'ns
SSou will and must, but o, t0oughtless world De
;ust YES piteousiy me,eifm 10 one len IN pexnue~
norrrv choss only Td cds c0nsenIing 70 DO my wIte
tnd now fare we'll to ALL do not tear misntefprst&~
Zion OF what have written. make no plea IN extenusr
ton no claim to any special virtues. Ny friends xnow
+ would be incapable Of some crimes aud vice.: So1o
win pity me- Ibeg them 70 nestow lt where nsnE
,n,Iv heonrs None need look Tor my body. us WIZ
never be sesDuntil - can write no more
Judy IA, 1885, 'oAS ~ N"NA"~
MR.. NoBLEs's uNFoRTUNATE ENTERPRISES
William Baldwin, of the Methodist Book Concern
.a,d 70 TRIBUNE reporter u am not Intimately