The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-02

Worried over financial matters and do
nestle troubles Edward c. Miller of Terre
Haute. executor of the Standard Farmer
of that city. committed suicide by taking
poison in this city Wednesday afternoon
The people living in the neighborhood
of POS W Court-st did not consider it
anything strange yesterday afternoon
when a man, who appeared TO be alto
gether out of place in that locality, went
to the above number and entered the
house. In fact no attention was paid TO
him. and as the house was without
tenant the people supposed he was look
ing over the place with a view of rent
ing The occurrence was forgotten until
about 4:3O o'clock when some children
about the house discovered the stranger
lying on the floor inside He had the
appearance Of being asleep and the
children amused themselves by throwing
small stones and sticks at him. He did
not awake and one more venturesOme
than the rest climbed in a window and,
upon making a closer examination, dis
covered that the man was in dying
condition.
Children Frightened.
Frightened almost out of her wits the
little colored girl who made the dis
covery ran from the house and soon
alarmed the neighborhood Numbers Of
people soon gathered about the house
and talked over the occurrence in sub
dued tones. There are a number of dis
reputable resorts within a stones throw
Of IN
arrive We're the inmates of these places,
who stood about half dressed, bare
headed and laboring under great excite
ment- These people are all very super
stitious and the fact that a man should
come into their neighboThood to kill him
self was looked upon by them as an ill
omen. Some suggested that a physician
be sent for and a boy named Albert
Wade ran over To Westinghouse, where
he encountered Detective Kinney, TO
whom he related the circumstances. The
latter returned to the house with the boy
and few moments later hastily dis
patched some one for a physician. DR..
c. VI. Eisenbeiss was passing on Wash
ingtOn-St.. and he was called. The man
was dying and he lived only about five
minutes after he arrived.
Coroner Notified.
Coroner Beck was notified and arrived
on the scene shortly after NIiller's death.
In searching his pockets a number Of
letters and papers were found which ex-
plains Miller's reasons for killing him
self In 1856 he was married to his now
divorced wife in a little town in Knox
county, this state. and they lived to-
gether until May Is, 1898 Two children
d. We're born. and after living in a number
Of places they removed 10 Terre Haute.
and Miller took charge of the Standard
Farmer, an advocate of the peoples
party. Until this time he and his wife
lived happily together and no clouds
arose to mar the happiness of their do
nestle circle The Farmer was not a
success, and it seems Miller, as we'll as
the men who were backing the enter
prise. lost considerable money in the
venture. He had secured the services
of a young man named Roscoe Mcbride
TO assist him about the office, and il is
from that time that he dates his
troubles. Mcbride boarded at his home,
and according to AIiller's story became
very friendly with Mrs. Miller. Her
husband did not accuse her Of unfaith-
fulness but says that he believed she
thought more of Mcbride than she did
of him. After several quarrels over the
matter the couple separated and in a
short time Mrs. Miller applied for and
was granted a divorce on the ground of
failure to provide.
Came to- This city.
A few weeks ago Miller came to this
city and went to work for E. f. Parker,
a job printer. at 80 and Al w
Georgia-st., where ne worked up until
the time of his death It was known
among his friends that he was contem-
plating suicide, as ne told number of
them he intended doing so. and tried to
borrow a revolver from some of
them. They all supposed that he was
merely talking and would not kill himself
and they did not give themselves any
anxiety over his statement to that eff
feet. He was not a drinking man, but
was somewhat eccentric and a few
years ago lost several hundred dollars I'm
trying to solve the mystery of perpetual
motion. This made him somewhat des-
pondent and among his personal effects
was found the following note, which
was supposed to have been written
shortly before he swallowed the poison
which caused his death:
1.-THE present financial crisis explained
its base and its effect, the future and
what will be the ultimate result OF the
work Of congress. A remedy which is
not everybOdy's remedy. If you want
information read the histories of other
nations"
1t is evident that the remedy he spoke
OF was suicide, and in this way he could
be relieved Of all the cares and burdens
OF life.
Letter to the Press.
The following letter was also found in
one of his pockets:
ITO the Press-Having been a news
paper man for years. will you see that