The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-18
Al. BENSON TAXES HIS own LIFE.

Another dependent and hopeless one,
weary with his unequal struggle with
disease and poverty. finding himself
anong strangers and cut eff from all
seeming possible sympathy. takes his own
life. The following brief note from Mrs.
Ella Glenn Shields, and the added clippln 2
from the Albuquerque Times, supplies
such facts and data IS Will be OF interest,
10 doubt. to some OF our local readers,
who must have known this victim OF his
own misfortunes:
'oneI Nurdolk.
send you the accompanying paper. as
this man boarded for a long time with
Miss Cook at l57 North Topeka avenue
l. y ellis bro. her-in-law, Merritt Miller,
Into the undertakes and recognized him
as a fellow boardeT al Miss Cook
It's horrible TO die, but | am sick OF the
horror of knowing Of so many who come
here for health. running out OF money and
taking their own llf-. Truly money ought
TO be a curse 70 those who have 50 much,
and some so little. lila u. SHIELDS.
Yesterday morning a5out II O'Clock
Mrs A AIvort, who rooms IN the Schus-
ter building. on Railroad avenue, between
Second ana Third streets, discovered the
body Of man lying IN one or the water
closets in the rear OF the building. TIE
body was lying in pool Of blood, aud
pocket knife lying by his side told tue
story. Mrs. AlvoTd called assistance AID
the body was TruIOTed 20 the undertaking
rooms Of O ". Strong. From papers
found on BIZ person il was learned that
his name was Andrew !. Benson, and he
was evidently a man Of culture and in-
teliizeuCe. Among his papers was found
a railroad ticket dated al y lchita, Kan,
Feb. 10, and good until the l2tb. 10 Albu-
Quaque. He carried several letters OF IN
PRODUCTION. among them being one signed
BY L y. Cudworth ". H Robb. c II
al OF Carthage. no. A8Otber one was
sizueG by fifty OF the leading business and
professional men OF Alta. joplin and Car
taag= No and the recount eudat.ous were
OF tbs highest order. He was 4 lecturer CT
ability. evidently, - newsp4per clippings
from 81 over the stare OF Missouri speak
highly OF him. The S@dsliz BsZoo O. Ocr-
IS, 1889. gives u account OF bis approach
lug mzrriag- 20 Mss Bertha u Long.
daughter 0t he treasurer o. the Missouri
Book comysuy, OF whic5 the deceased vas
secretary. He was president Of tas ECc1s
Publishing company. q monthly L&-z-
zine published IL Carthage, No aud .
the tzL OF 1855 Re was civ editor OF the
Daily Press. Cartilage. 80 From fSs4
10 4--s LE EE-44c%s II
aud spent the tine II lectur.EZ zx1
teaching schoJ- Das Of the clippings
contained Al accounS q bis trIal Isr
obtaining MONEY under false pye;szseS s1d
his subsequent acQuItSsL One ID lar and
lhirty-thru- cents Ia nC5sy, Ere 2-celt
postage stamps and = sUlA44 E3id ring ~sTe
also found il BE effects. TIE rgaZ VS.
set wiLC three garnet stones, bat two CO
them had been .os- TIE man - a. goorIr
dressed, and bis cIothiUE SHOWED i0uz zzd
hard service lie wzs about - yearS C
age. AID Tas eyldeutly q slFsrsr from
coasum ptiou. He arrives Il tse CITY Mon
6zy fnorni-E. and Z : tAouEAt became
cve- the cutlooE for srplcT-
meat The cause CO bis ceash wzs a stss
lust above the brs&ss o1ze, whica
severed the wind pipe, al1hc1gA tEere
were two stAhs ca either side
OF the Esud pipe u1dsr the
chin On the rlEht SIDE q hlE Deck were
zhe slight cuts. and O tie Izft sscs
there were two. TIE szppos3tlOa 5 that
he Err. triza 70 cut lis sEroz-. hat ths
knife was too duh 20 do tie wc-k he
then stuck i into hls EscE TIE Izss
blow was the fstzi cae- sud E@ Z 81 sboGE
an hour before discovered b. Mr. Alvor1.
his father. 2 D. BenssE * Aha No
aas been 1otl6ed oy Mr. -troaE. and a.
answer = expected TOD GAl glta ius-rZc-
tioas wsas % &C vita ths body. Eow
he arrived II tre CHS = mys-
terry. IS Ms railroad rlckzs eIp.rrsi
on TIE II Z. I'D &c Lad tie s2zs = ass
Possession EviiengIy he beat ais ERF
~ paid rs fare and &C -es presezs is