The sun., 1891-07-09
HE SOON RAN HfS COURSE.
xoUN0 SIMEON SHIRE COULDN'T STAND
THE PACE HE HAD BET HIMsELH

1oUN0 SIMEON SHIRE COULDN'T STAND
THx PACE HE HAD BET HIMSELF
lie vve.iaa't stay at Hose. .,s m, yyou,S
Have fieasure-whsn HTS Father ne.
eass Diseustss sad Minuse Dsiten
Wesries He shot Himseif In the Head.
Simeon Shire. the third son Of Jacob shire Of
400 East Sixty frat street, has been causing
Z his parents all sorts Of anxieties for tho past
year. Jacob Shire ID q member OF tho nrui OF
Milius. Shire d Co, Manufacturers Of men q
furnishing goods. At 9. 9. and 10 Great Jones
street. Simeon was q strongly built. good
looking young man with dark hair and DARK
syes He liked good clothes and he liked fast
society. and spcnt much money In following
ia easlisht wanderines. Although he would
not have been twenty yenrs old until asptem.
ber. he knew all the ins and outs Of fast life and
Was proud OF his reputation.
About . year ago Simeon quickened his al
ready lively pnce nnd made the money fly
Jacob Shire. who loves order. has had q rack In
his hallway In which are slides. On each slde
u the name OF one OF the members OF his fam
ny. When any one Of the family 10 cut, his
slide 10 out. When he comes In. his slide 10
put In. Simeon Bhire's slide was behaving In
chaotic manner and Jacob Shire grew more
and moro annoyed.
Blk months aRo Bimeon's slide contracted the
habit Of being out for q week at q time. and
Mr.. Shire began to Investigate. He soon found
The cause In curly headed young woman
from Chicago named Minnie Dalton or Grin1n.
She came from Chicago lasr fall. and at some
public ball In the winter shc met Young Shire.
She was living at 33l West Fifty-ninth street
with another woman, the Widow Griffin.
and . young woman known - Carrie.
Simeon Shire became q frequent visitor
at the apartment so frequent that his name
was put on the letter box above Mrs. Grifin's
name; not his name exactly but Sidney Shire.
For the foolish boy or tho curly headed young
woman was ash lmed Of the name Simeon. aud
thought Sidney sounded more aristocratic.
They say that when jacob Shire demanded OF
Simeon why he was letting . young woman
saii him Sid" the young man replied that he
Rrenossd to marry her. ....
Simeon continued to 40 to the apartment In
defiance d his fathers orders and in some
way Simeon \eot hold Of plenty Of money. A
few weeks sko Mrs. Griffin and Carrie and
Miss Dalton g MIN packed up their traps and
moved to 3S7 West Fifty-ninth street. They
had the first floor flat and furnished 1t In .
style that was rather Raudy. On Tuesday
evening "sid" wentbome and after dinner he
started to 20 out His father stopped him
end asked whore he yAs @ @eSipg, e., A ssorm fol.
could ave up this eirl p. leave the hoas. ioE
ss seIsI,,S " shs Srl nor Quit coming home and
Miss Dalton Grlfin 10 authority for what
e asr es a'in
4 sSs .5d strsM hat f. was in
sSlnss.@ VIZ VS.. s' home WI Miss f Ts'SS.e .IIn h.s
srest fool 10 bind herself TO . disinherited
aS sssS ana toid him that home Was the
s pS and xfss sa
cd It. He satd death was preferable I, life
amy Y bs Ss H. s a n !ad
esr:n n' She iistsnsS 10 lis hafanrues for several
bours-until nearly u o'elock-and then she
ssySiyer and bis passion. Lived her:
bis hat and walked over to her side: She
at Ssr e
KID ~. &. s s1;SsaS l:sF
The boy walked over to the door and stood
ns hst epd eSknS ssd a.
:. shink III 20 into Sfs .he bsdrooms or And as ssc
ssid nothing, be walked past @ ne, r. into her bed.
portisre. She could hear his ronel scratching
% n Of aass ss
heard the scratching Of the pencil She was
There was pistol shot-.heavy. dsafenine. |
She started up and throu gh the smoke she saw
him lying on the floor. She laughed and then !
she walked into The bedroom, m, sd tdo;al was licking
laid. and get up and 60 home"
But Sid didn't get MP. So she half turned him
over. and then she saw a black hole in his |
forehead with blood tricklng down. She let |
20 OF him. and as his head rolled back. she
screamed again and agntn. Then DR.. j. p.
Henry was called. He said that the boy had |
died instantly. A messenger was sent with q
note to Jacob Shire's house. and the police |
IA O'clock YESTERDAY ming Jseoh Shire
Detective .Ncwonmb. came. Jacob shire |
stayed on the door step until they had cot the |
women out OF the way. Then he came In and |
looked at the boy and read the note he had |
lett. 1t was scrawled on billhend Of the firm |
OF Milus. Shire d 10. 1t asked the father not |
10 blame Minnie. but only him. Simeon, who |
had been wicked son.
About daylight the boys body was removed |
to his home under IermiI from Deputy Cor
Rt tho door Of jacob shire's home. and the boy |
lay behind the darkeued parlor windows. In |
the fiat over in FIT, ninth street Minnie sat |
thrumIning on q piano: Her curls were ar
ranged carefully. her lips were smiling. and |
chs seemed as free from care "a the sounds |
from the piano were free from melody. "He
wan ed to marry me. and didn't want him."
she said. with AN apologetic smile.
Figbtins the whiskey Trust
ale q ,t,1n 4.