The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-10-13
Henry Walter, q Young Tele.
graph Operator, Commits
Suicide at the Pal
ace Hotel.
Two MOurnful Messages and q
Pathetic Farewell Letter
81 Am Thinking
of the Folks
at Home"

uc dl0CC AOtCA 10 q AS"AJ
large frame building standing at
the northeast corner of Ohio and Pa
ciic streets, and there, this morning,
in a little room on the second floor,
facing southwark, Henry Walter took
his life. The shafts of the October
sun we're beginning to beat back the
misty hosts of night, and the day OF
doom, at least for this young man,
was family reaching above the frosty
and far horizon. This was the time
and the hour he had chosen to release
bis troubled soul and send it unherald-
ed into that "grand and glorious
etc. nifty" for which, it seems, he had
YEARLY and impatiently longed, 10,
for many days.
Henry Walter arrived in Sedalla
on the train from the south at o'clock
last Thursday evening. Upon alight-
ing at the union depot he was met by
John Hester, the.colored porter, and
by him taken to the Palace hotel q
block away, the porter
CARRYING HIS vALIsE.
Walter registered as from Arenz-
vile, ILL.,, washed and th5n sat down
to supper. At the same
table sat the landlady, Mrs.
Annie Ingram, who says that
she noticed nothing unusual about
her new guest, save that his eyes we're
extremely red and inf imed,as though
he had been weeping. He also had
little to say, and seemed to be IN
rather a melancholy mood, though
all this did not excite any comment
or attract any particular attention.
The same evening that Walter ar
rived, travelling woman named Nc
REYNOLDS was robbed at the Union
depot and she, too, was guest at the
Palace hotel. She wac sitting
at the supper table or in an adjoin
ing room and was Historically relating
her sorrows and misfortunes, when
Walter turned to Mrs. Ingram and
with light laugh remarked that he
believed the woman was crazy. This
was about all he bad to say during
the meal, but it was observed that III
PAID RAPT ATTENTION
to all that was said by persons IN til
dining-room.
After supper he sat about the offic'
and retired at q reasonable hour
being assigned to room No. II. Th'
following morning he ate a heart,
breakfast and was in and out OF tn
hotel during the remainder OF tn
day. About 1880 o'clock in the after
noon he fell in with the hotel porter
John Hester, and invited him into
saloon to take a drink. 81 will have
email beer" said he to his colore'
friend, for whom he seems to hsv
formed a liking, "and you can tax
whatever you please" According t
the testimony Of the negro, Waite
was greatly depressed and remarke
that he had had some trouble wit
woman in Nevada, no; that sh
had gone back on him and that b
could never get over it. He aske'
Hester to reserve room II for hin
that night, as he might remain in s.
dalia several days and then again b
might not be there longer than tn
morrow.
Walter was at supper Friday ever
ing and ate heartily. After this b
returned to the Office and occupie
most of his time until 10 o'clock i
READING THE NEWSPAPERS.
Who knows but that, on tt
eve of his own tragic dealt
he was reading of Boulangt
or Balmaceda or some humber. tire
creature who hid felt the bur
den of life greater than he coul
longer bear.
Mrs. Ingram's room is on the fir
floor and Immediately beneath TIL
occupied by the unfortunate mai
He had retired at 10 o'clock and r
auested the porter to come to b
room sometime during the night, b.
the negro was tired and sleepy ar
neglected to do SO, fortunately,
doubt for him. About daybreak ye
terday morning Mrs. Ingram W
awakened by the falling of the sto'
and ho rrno