Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-31
4 DISGUSTED MAN.
uicide of f. r. AiIlman i Commercial
EEan at salt Lake-Morpiine the
mari bic cttrr.
BESSIE FISK,
Lock Box 556, Aspen, Cot.

| ulc1de OF r. r. - lllnan j. Commercial
Man at salt Lake-Morpiine the
| Chosen instrument of Ueath-A Re-
mnrkabie ctter.
TIE Salt LAX" i'r;I'un" oi Monday has
n ;l"t, IN "f Il Iicd; which occurred in
hat cry. 1t = ~:
There WAS another sIiciie in this city
| last Sunday evening, it being he third with.
in a week. f. +. Wilmer (or Willman) was
the unfortunate and he chose the morphine
route by hypodermic injections as the
means to hasten his journey over the river
Styx.
E. +. Whitman was a travelling man re-
presenting Pratt q SimOns, dealers in mil
linery ods st. Louis. He came to this
city March 5 and took rooms at the Con-
t!nental Hotel where he stopped until his
final shutIl!ng off of this mortal coil. He
seems to have been in yoo;l spirits until the
he day OF the final resolve, although the
rema arkable let ter lett behind and published
below, shows that his was not a life whose
ever hour was blessed with sunshine and
whose greatest trials were experienced when
choosing between two Joys.
HIS LAST LETTER.
The paper rccites that upon the day OF
lis death the young man appeared to be in
good spirits and none who knew him anti
cipated that ne would commit the fatal act.
He was found at his hotel in dying condi-
tiOn, and in the room was a lengthy letter,
addressed to no one, from which the follow
lg extracts are made:
II am tirr,! of trying to solve the great
problem Of this LIES existence and have
taken hypOd"rmic injections Of morphine
so that no post mOrtcm or autopsy is ne
cC.:ary.
| have met sunshine and cloudy friends
Whil9 sojourning on this green footstool and
none OF them have been worth the Cultiva-
tiOn, and as d last resOct will try and see
il the ferrvmam who p les his oars on the
dark waters of the River StyX will tow n
vuyAgcr bora Will, care ;t'td misery to the
fHr shore, Which nature tells us awaits the
weary. The only thing regret to leave for
is that have d good wife and little boy, of
whom am not worthy. ! may be called a
coward by the world at large. for thus tax
ng the gilt which all all wise unknown has
bestowed upOn me-, but should the casual
reader know the heartnches and the hours
Of absolute despair ihrve experienced, they
or he would at least say well, he has solved
he prnhIrm; peace be to his ashes even if
it is IN a rHnper grave.
do not ask it, but would feel deeply
-.r;,tifieI if the fraternity Of travelling men
If which | have been II cOufrerc, would give
ne decent burial. 1t matters littIe how
ever, what becomes OF this mould of clay
which has housed sttch a turbulent spirit,
Whi" have seen the trials and tribulations
ii TINS world, whether it is consigned to q
vauited sepulcher or is thrown TO the care
OF the birds Of he blue arch above.
We have been tHught, each and every one
rf Us at our dear mothers knees, thai
,h";c i "n i:iinitc power above who
tchrS the !"li "f The sparrow and notes
is resting place, but it seems to me after
due cOnSI"r;, ton Of the sub ect that it is q
prolonged fairy tale and if there is any
hereafter | imagine. however foolish it may
appear tn the casual reader, that it can
not contain, il ali the ICONS of time, as
m,Ich positive trouble us have had in the
iIst few years.
And if thcrt. - such IL thing AZ spiritual
existence on that other shore ani | have
any influence with the spirits who dwell in
the air, it shah be my duty in all the after
If. that shall enjoy to bless my wife and
boy and krcp rOs'atc tinge on the future
OF Peter Wikoff, of Denver, and to throw
I'LL the shades Of perditiOn upon Joseph
i'isner and ON IngersOl, OF Shreveport. La
For those two DcruiciOus and hypOcritiCal
hrutes are the cause of my unhappiness i'll
lie. NV life has been an exceptional one.
When launched my frHil bark upon the
>.,;t OF this wOrli's troubles, everything
seemed auspici0u4 for fair and prosper
o1S voyage. The sun seemed to fairly
Here he drops the sentence and after II
lew attempts to form Il word, he begins
,tgain:
"Btithe inhabt"tion OF the sky-and as