The evening world., 1893-11-28
A SUICIDE,
[voupg Insurance Agent Kills
Himself in a Boarding House.
his Roommate, Broker Mckee,
Awakened by the Shot.
M Motive Can Be Learned for the
Rash Deed.

Samuel II. Wilson. an insurance agent,
committed suicide in his room, in the
|ho rdlng-house 1927 Madison avenue,
barry this morning. by shooting himself
H. the head with a 32-calibre revolver
Nc was twenty-seven years old, and no
reason can be assigned for the act.
Wilson is said to have belonged to a
respectable family. His parents are said
% live in Erie or Pittsburg, Pa.
Some time g on coming to this
etv he hired a room iii the board
ng.house mentioned. and later shared II
with John r. Mckee. a broker. of 60
Broadway.
Wilson'S business seemed to be fairly
good. He had always a liberal supply
f money, and enjoyed perfect health.
He vas at the supper-table as usual
last evening. and afterwards left the
Tine before midnight. He adj did 'G mot
come back, at the promised hour. Nc
Kee retired early, and was soon asleep.
1t was about b O'Clock his morning
when ne was awakened by the sound Of
q pistol shot, n %springing out Of bed
be saw the prostrate form of Wilson
lying on the floor; The latter was clad
only in his underclothes. The pistol
clutched in his right hand, and a gaping
wound in the right temple showed where
the bullet had penetrated.
Instantly the house was in an uproar.
AN the other boarders came fiockfng to
|the scene, and in the midst of them
Mrs. Esler. whose husband, Peter G..
|Esler, Is proprietor of the boarding
house. Esler Is also secretary for sew
|eral lodges and benefit organizations.
Messengers were hastily sent in every
direction for physicians. but Wilson was
beyond medical aid.
Mrs. Esler did not want the body lying
In one Of her rooms. n she was be-
wailing the situation when Policeman
Andrew Brown, of the East One Hun
|dred and Twenty-sixth street station,
arrived.
From the corner of One Hundred and
|Twenty-fourth street. where he had
been standing, he saw people running in
and out of the Madison VENUE house,
up to the station and informed the Ser
|geant, who ordered him back again to
AXE charge of the body pending the
|~Coroner's arrival.
gene and gave. the usual permit for the
Femoval Of the body to an undertaker's.
No one at the house seemed able to
rive the correct address of Wilson's rela-
lives.
The. story OF the suicide soon got
oised about. and many seemed to think
hat Samuel H. Wilson, of 10 White
|treet, was the man who killed himself
nc lay tilot ht 10 TIC oiiiy Sdllutl II.
Wilson in the City Directory gave color
o the story.
Mr.. Wilson, however, personally dem
nstrated to the reporter that he was
live.
Mr. Mckee declined to discuss the
suicide or give any facts for publica-
ION when an Evening World reporter
jailed upon him at his office. He said:
ne on Madison avenue, and shot himself
ONE time after 1 O'Clock this morning.
hat is all l can say. His father has
been telegraphed to, and he will talk to
he newspapers when he arrives In the
ity.
II am very busy, and this work on my
|esk means dollars n cents to me,
While Wilson'S death means nothing.
II decline to state where Wilson is
rom or what his business was. Please
Excuse me-