The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-04-24
HE WAS TIRED OF LIFE.
A MYSTERIOUS SUICIDE IN CHICAGO.
sydney Walters Takes Morphine in his
Room at the Hotel Richelieu, Where
He Had Been Putting Up in style
Two Women in the Case.

CHICAGO, April ia gentleman who has
been stopping at the Hotel Richelieu since
April TO- and was registered as Sydney Walters,
suicided with morphine in his room last night.
About $50 o'clock last evening a ehambermaid
passing Walters room heard the labored
breathing and notified the clerk. The door of
the room was found to be doubly bolted on the
inside and it took some time to force entrance.
When this was effected physician was imme-
diately summoned, and everything possible
done to resuscitate Walters, but he was too far
gone. The suicide was attired in a new and
expensive full evening dress suit, in
GLIDING the regulation swallow-tail coat,
white tie, bouttonaire, kid-glOves and patent
leather shoes. He had evidently intended to
die in good form and he succeeded. Why he
committed suicide is not yet thoroughly de-
veloped. That he had two or more wives and
was engaged in several gallantries is believed
to have had something to do with it. Mr.. Car
robson, chief clerk of the Richelieu, says that
Walters came to the hotel eight days ago. He
took the best room in the house, threw his
money around as though he owned gold mine
somewhere, gave big champagne suppers to
hosts of gentlemen friends, drove out in the
opera and was general swell all around. A
search for letters or other things which would
furnish clew TO the cause of the deed was
fruitless. The only writing found was upon
two kilograms, which read as follows:
UNION DEPOT, CLEVELAND, o. April Is
Received letters and am staying at No. Johnson
st. Mrs SYDNEY WALTERS
CLEVELAND, O., April Il.
Telegraph II you are coming and | will meet YOU.
MRs. SYDNEY WALTERS.
Mr.. Carrollson at once notified her by tele-
graph of Mr. Walters death and she arrived
here this morning and gave testimony at the
cOroner's inquest. She said that she was mar
ried TO Walters in Cleveland six months ago.
He was an Englishman by birth and was horn
in London, where he had done considerable
work as n journalist. Seven years ago he came
TO this country and did work for different pub
distinguishes about the country. She said
she received three letters from Walters-oDe
on Friday last the second on Saturday and the
last one yesterday. In one of these he said he
was going to kill himself. Business was bad;
was not any prospect of il getting better and
he was determined to end his life. "He tried
several times before to kill himself" concluded
Mrs Walters, shut he was always prevented
from carrying out his designs"
Later in the day Mr.. Morris Greenberg of this
city called at the RicheIeu and informed Mr..
CarrollsOn that Walters boarded with him IN
this city in 1887, together with his wife, an act
ress, whose name is Malvina Renner. He
seemed TO have plenty of money, and lived in
style. After residing with Mr.. Greenberg for
seven months the two moved TO the nOrth-side
where they started housekeeping at POS La
Salle-ave. They lived in the hight of style,
went into the best society, had a grand turnout
and were much sought after by the swell peo-
pie of the north-side. An adventure of gal
lantry, in which Mrs. Walters discovered her
husband to have been the principal, led to a
separation, and the wife returned to the stage
She is said to be playing in a variety theater in
Minneapolis at present. Her brother, George
Renner, is treasurer of the Olympic theater in
this city. To reporter he said:
Walters came TO this country eight years
ago and seven years ago he married my sister.
His past life was always shrouded in mystery
A great many people who knew him in the old
country said he had Teen a deserter from the
English army had been tried and convicted
and was Just about to be transported a con-
Wet when he escaped and came 10 America
He was a fearfully wild fellow and never sup
ported my sister, and she was coming 10 Chi
cago this week to institute proceedings for
divorce. He was continually in scrapes with
other women and several months ago, for
weeks he had three or four, and sometimes
half a dozen women at the La Salle-ave. house,
where they carried on scandalOusly. He was a
gambler and spent all he could get hold of IN
card playing. How many other wives he had
| don't know"
After his separation from Malvina Renner
Walters went TO New York and thence TO Pitts
burg. where he met Nora Erman. Subse-
Quently they went to Cleveland, and il was she
who came from Cleveland and testified at the
inquest TODAY.