The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-12
.STAKED HIS LIFE AT FARO,
AND SHOT HIMSELF At TIE EVERETT
HOUSE WHEN hrs MONEY WAS GONE

"oo'G WHEN his MONEf WAS "oNh-
georr. N. y.,wr.... . y,,...,,,~~n r.-
spend, A Month u,.,,.~" . New Yorh
| came uJot,i r,raiiv fhe S,aun .usts
uln." and Then He Kilis Himself
A big, handsome man. with dark eyes and
hair and black moustacbe. reristered himself
on the blotter Of the Everett House ON Oct. IA
as George r. Lawrence. Pittsburgh. Pa"
| It was not long before the hotel clerks also
learned that he was a LAWYER by profession.
A bedroom with n small parlor adjoining ON
the fourth floor was assioned 10 him.
He had been in the hotel hut a dav or two
when he said to one OF the hotel clerks In the
confidential way men ask such questions:
is there any faro game in the neighbor-
Eyes" was the rep,y. -but ia hard 70 get
He apparently did not follow up the CONVEX.
snhiact ~ ana,,,a e"ns no y, ~ ' p,. sae
onso vi an o"m eh ih o. 'o ye.e,.
any t a,meaty IN getting into New York gam
ing r1use II man were properly introduced
his card. "and you will have O trouble getting
into Days or anywhere else" Mr.. Lawrence
evening and nearly every evening following
| 10 gambling. AT any rate. before very long he
told several boarders in the hotel that he had
been hitting it. and now 1t was hitting him"
he subsequently spoke OF having lost several
| hundred dollars.
,,. n,'s.'', n'sn. nc announeea tnat nc
was pusteu. having blown In everything
| pockets. He had preyiouslv intimoted Tint he
hoa horro,,oh. l., 80 -. o.ia' No
that he had lost what belonged to s another as as
mum % own money nc alun seem 70 leei
whom ho conilded his .osses believed he was
out Of pocket many thousands Of dollars. they
he had been indulgng in.
There Is reason TO believe that he pawned
got, but his luck did not Change. aud he was
he had talked about Hc gave no indication
Seriously ne G by his oa aes ne
Mr.; Lawrence remalncd in tho h9rc! on Tues
and WIEN not na chatt eI vi ' dereat
people on, general subjects. He seemed In
talked awhile Will the pr%pristor 8, The Ever;
roo end s on San sPssr Tsnt
tho i9iIqgwns hoRr for b. dated letter refer.
Gne hea ndt the 1sport q his pistol and his
Everett House about noon yesterday and asked
for a NJ L H. The hall boy who took his
fi nsia to Mr.. nawfsn's' rooms said on return,
in e;SmGiRanss VIII tsrir9m NJ Is%sepse
Ackey said he lid not Believe Bell th es and that
he would go up stairs and look for Mr.. Law
When in doing this he found the doors Of
eas tie 9aes a o tho moS Sed4oso
He saw Mr. Lawrence lying dead on the bed
Tn ewoyer Gnehd In his right hand
soaked with blood. Mr.. Ackley inform ed the ho-
tel authorities and n Coroner was telephoned
i3r When Deputy Coroner Weston respondedto
bullet hole was found in the suicides right
naS edns ss eF Ths
bedclothes. as well as the pillow Immediately
under tho wound. were soaked, with blood.
the outside Of the beddIns: 0' alD 10y ~
On u table adjoining the bed was an envelope
which this was written: ' p'''. ". VIZ VI
DEAR SIR: Kindly say nothing to the news
repoesS hS 14re fact is all that i
George V. Lawrence. Aionong ahela city. Wash:
'Ae reporters '"a' '"s G &c 99 T. hawnEscr."
on the other sheet was this CONTINUATION:
Monongahoa City. Washington county, Pa,
and DR.. Charles s. Shaw. !520 Pennsylvania
avenue, Pittsburgh. Allegheny county. Pa.
and oblige. G. 4. LAwRENCE."
No watch was attached to the dead mans
watch chain. and there was but S2.07 In his
pockets Conspicuous among his effects,
which chiefly consisted Of enough clothing to
I'll the large satehel that was In the adjoining
different brands.
After the deputy coroners examination the
body Of the suicide was turned over to the I'M
Mr.. Ackley said yesterday that he studied
law in Philadelphia with Mr. Lawrence. who |
was the son OF former State Senator OF Penn |
he had no children and was doing we'll in his