The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-12-03
GUILTY LOVE.
DRAM ATTIC SUICIDE OF AN
ERRINC COUPLE.
THBY LOVED AND DIED TOGETHER.
Tho Dead Bodies of Victor Cyrier and
Mrs. l.. n. Caron Found In the same
Room by Cbambermaid in tho
Virginia Hotel, Chicago
Poison and the Pistol
End Their Lives.

CHICAGO, Dec. "A dramatic double
suicide occurred at the Virginia hotel
early yesterday morning. The dead
bodies Of Victor Cyricr, a young drug
clerk, and of Mrs L. H. Caron. the
wife of Il druggist in whose employ
Cyricrat one time was, were found in
the same room by a cham bermaid
The woman who was several years
the mans senior and beautiful little
brunette, had died of poison. Cyrier
had shot himself and died stretched
across the bed in which the woman
lay. Mrs Caron and Cyrier had been
at the hotel since Tuesday night and
were known as Mr. and Mrs. Charles
d. La Pointe, under which name Cy-
rier had registered as from st. Paul
They had conducted themselves like
persons Of refinement and were appar-
en- ly very happy together.
In the morning IA chamberm re-
ported she could not get into the
room No AL. The door was forced
Lying in the bed, with her head on
a pillow, was the woman, her left arm
extended to where her dead lover was
lying at her feet, while the right COW
cred her head. Across the foot of the
bed the man was lying on his face.
Both had evidently been dead for
several hours. There were no marks
upon the woman's body and letters
left in the room proved that she had
taken poison. Cyner had shot him
self once behind the right eye, again
in the right side of the neck and sent
third bullet INTO his body just below
l.
fatal
Four sealed letters were found in
the room-one written by Mrs Caron
to her husband, and the other three
addressed by Cyrier to n relative in
the city to a druggist in whose en-
plov he had lately been, and to Miss
Flavia Cyrier, Bonboniers, Ill, which
place had been his home before com.
ing to Chicago. The following is the
woman's Letter:
To all: A farewell TO our dear friends Life
is no more u happiness To MS Vic is not to
blame We die here to ether tonight as true
n ends. Farewell husband and dear little
Shield Hope you will remember your mother.
kiss to THIS little one who has no mother to-
niEht. q, so young without mother what
Will she do: MRS f.. T.. CARoN,
Cyrier lefta letter covering several
sheets of paper, on which he had
WIlbltu III Tue same strain as MIS-
Caron, saying in one place: "She
died at $3.50 this morning. ! can't
write any more; can't open my eyes,
and in another something about the
poison, by which 1T was inferred that
he had swallowed poison before shoot
ing himself.
DR. Charles Cvrier, a cousin of the
dead man, said last night: IL am not
surprised. Victor was n man who
would not hesitate to take his own
life. got him his place with Mr..
Caron about three years ago. lie
boarded with the Carons be-
/ cause Mr.. Caron desired to give
| him part of his salary in that
form. Early last summer | noticed
/ that he was paying too much atten-
tion to Mrs, Caron. rtmonstrat4 ID
with hun, but he assured me he had
too much respect for Mrs Caron to
compromise her About three weeks
ago Mr.. Caron found them together
in a compromising situation. lie came
to me and told me of Il, saying he
could no longer keep my cousin Vic
tor went away and did not see him
again till Sunday night when he came
to my house lie said he knew Caron
was looking for him and said he was
ready to be found, at the same time
. showing a revolver,