The evening world., 1888-10-31

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Italians Life T~o-Day-Two Brief Notes
which Were Written by the Dependent
Man-Frasce Was Young, Handsome
and n Former Delmonico Waiter.
Andrea Franco. one Of tho proprietors OF
Ladjing & Francois italian restaurant, at ID
South William street, committed suicide
early thism morning by blowing his brains out
In q closet on the third floor Of the building
in which his restaurant is located.
According to one of the walters, Mr.. Franco
arrived at the restaurant earlier than usual,
md the door was unlocked before 7 o'clock.
When he came in Mr.. Franco was sitting at
%taurant, writing.
About 7 o'clock he finished his letter, put
It in an envelope and directed it and then
went out, as the waiter supposed. by the
Stone street entrance, to mail the letter.
This was the last time he was seen alive.
His partner. John Ladjing. who is an Alsa-
clan, had been to Fulton Market early and
He asked for Franco, and was told that he
had gone out to mail q letter. A fe~w.minutes
afterwards a boy from the printing. Office up
stairs came into the restaurant and said that
u man had shot himself on the third floor.
Ladjing and the waiter ran upstairs and
found Franco lying upon his back, at full
length on the floor of the closet, with his
head against the corner, slightly raised. He
had run down through the cracks in the
floor, and had stained the wall from ceiling
to floor in the store below.
A big, five -chambered 42-calibre revolver
lay at his feet. One, of the chambers CON
tanned an empty shell, and the wound in the
right side Of the dead mans head, from
which a stream of blood was still oozing,
showed that death must have been instan-
taneous.
The bullet, which was almost as big as o
mans thumb, apparently entered at the ear
and must have passed completely through
the skull, for blood had issued also from the
other ear. There were no marks of powder
on the face, and the man must have held the
weapon at some distance.
The two notes which he had written were
found in the pocket of his coat, IN one en-
yelope, which was unseaied and addressed to
his par ner, Ladjing.
They were taken possession of by tn
police. They were both ACCOMPLISHMENTS
of debt. one being in Italian and the other in
French.
The first, translated, was as follows:
l hereby declare that ] owe to Signor Angelo
Fornerio the sum OF $500, which 1 oblige myself to
ANDREA FRANCO.
The other note, also translated, was this:
/ declare that / owe Mr.. and Mrs. Abadte the
sum at their demand. ANDREA FRANCO,
Ladjing, the partner of the dead man, was
overcome by the tragedy. He said that
old, lived at ITO West Thirtieth street, and
that they had been in partnership ten
months, having bought out Playano, the
former proprietor, on Jan. l..
Franco told him only last night that he was
in trouble with his debts and said there was
also q woman in the case.
Ladjing offered him money to pay his debts
q nd advised him to change his place of resi-
dence and then get away from the woman.
He seemed to be very respondent, however,
when they parted at Twenty-third street and
Broadway.
Franco was q handsome young fellow,
rather stout, and had black hair and a dark
mustache. Both he and Ladjing were for
merly walters at Delmonico's.