The morning call., 1891-12-16
BY STRANGULATION.
Suicide of Charles II. Hinton, a
Well.Kn0wn Citizen.
He Tied Cord to a Trellis-Work and Around
His Neck, Then Dropped His Heavy
Weight Upon 1t.

The family of William NJ. Hinton, resid-
ing at CAT Folsom street, was suddenly
plunged into the depths of affictiOn yester-
day by the horrible discovery made by Guy,
one OF the sons, that his brother, Charles
ID. Hinton, had committed suicide during
the night
Shortly after o'clock in the morning
Guy arose from his bed and went out to the
backyard where he found the body OF his
brother suspended by piece of window
cord to trelis on the rear fence. The
BODY was in sitting posture. with the
hands almost touching the ground. This
was due to the fact that the trellis was not
sufficiently high to enable the deceased to
suspend mis- body so that his feet would not
touch the ground, and he had deliberately
tied the cord to the trelis- work, placed the
moose around his neck. then allowed his
body to fall into sitting posture, the
weight-almost 200 pounds-thus placed
upon the cord causing strangulation. How
long ne had been dead IS not known.
AT ONCE CUT THE CORD.
Guy Hinton at once cut the cord which
held the body, and after arousng the FAM
lily summoned DIR. Kenyon of 664 Mission
street, IN the hope that life might not be
entirely extinct, but on his arrival no saw
tnat life had ceased for some time, and all
the horrOr-stricken and afflicted family.
The body was taken to the Morgue and
an inquest was held. The testimony de-
veloped the probable cause of the suicide,
as 1t was shown that for some time Charles
Hinton had been afflicted mentally, having
the hallucinati0n that all his financial af-
1alrs were on the verge of going wrong. and
that the world was leagued to bring about
his downfall. He had even questioned the
porter of the building in which he worked
In ha ~ of 1xt,
The deceased was and has been employed
Tor some time as librarian in the Law De-
partment of the Southern Pacific Railrna
Company, where his talent as reference, de.
veloped by constant reading, made him ex-
remely useful.
MOST REGULAR IN HABITS.
He was known to be most regular in his
habits, was never known to drink or dis
slpate, aud bore reputation for honesty
and soDrlety, while he was also one of the
best liked and most companionable of all
the employees in the Fourth anu Townsend
streets railroad building
de was born in Louisiana about forty-one
years ago, and his father, William NJ. lin
ton, was the founder of the Evening Post
and It's owner for many years, in partner
ship with Henry George and Senator j. p.
Jones. From the initial down to about
three years ago young Hinton filled the
position OF pro0f-reader, for which he was
well qualified. He was always CHEEKY in his
disposition, and the manner in which his
promising career vas ended has heen a sur
prise and mystery to all who knew him best
On only enc occasion was he known to
show the least signs of dependency, and
that was when his younger sister died few
years ago, shortly after her marriage. He
was deeply attached to her and the blow
struck keeny. Business cares sat lightly
upon him and nothing was ever known to
disturb his equanlmlty of mind. He was
unmarried, and had accumulated a comfort
able competency by careful and judicious
Investment