The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-25
William Mullay's Last Message to The
WsFld.
SUICIDE ON The PORTLAND BOAT
blows or lhe Top of His Head with a
shoignn -Mu:iIated Eody Falls Into
tho sea-iuu Particulars of the Ter
rible Andr on uaps rorpoisc.

ljNhTDN, NOV. 20. --'' w len man ioStB
his ambition in this lie he had better lay
down and die If not TOO much trouble,
notify MY brother, John Mullay, GS Broad
way, East somerville"
This ncte, written on a quarter sheet Of
letter paper, left in the pocket Of fine
black Melton oycrco.t. and nice black
derby ha', left upon the deck OF the Port
laud steamer Tremons Captain Craig), Is
what remains 60 tell the story Of a terrible
suiciie which occnr.d on that boat last
evening on her trip from Portland.
The boat was of Cape Porpoise about
o.e5 r. IN, when the after watchman, Mr..
Steele heard he report Of n gun just out
side the door leaiing from the main deck
on the starbDaid side Of the hoat. Throw
ing gen the 'oor he WAS just in time TO
SEQ the form Of n man shoot down in the
bright moonlight from the saloon deck
into the water. lie gave one glance over
the rail, then ran 10 Captain Craigs state
room on the upper deck, that official hav-
ing just relrquished the wheel TO the
pilot, and notiird him that man had
shot Himself aud Fallen Overheard.
Captain Craig promptly stopped the boat
the man disappeared beneath the waves ms
possible; then cruised around the spot for
nearly half an hour. hut MI Co no purpose,
as no trace OF the unfortunate man could
be found. While this was being done,
Other officers of the beat were making an
Investigation, and horrible sight met
their gaze us they stepped from the main
saloon TO the deck just abaft of the wheel
on the starbonrd side Of the boat.
On the deck lay black derby hat, a
black melton overcoat, a short double-har-
relied rabbit shotgun, while scattered all
over the deck, and upon the sides of the
stateroonls were great clots of blood and
portlous OF tho brain of the determined
suicide
Upon the deck lay pi,ce of the up for
tunate's skull. about two inches square,
while upon the lower deck, almost direct
ly below the spot where the fatal shot was
fired, was clot Of the mans brain, as
furEu rs n mars hand.
From all appearance the man had stood
upon the rail or sat upon it. with his feet
hanging over the side and bis back toward
the side Of the boat, holding the gun either
under the chin or against his forehead, as
the entire top OF bis head
Mast Have Been Blown or
Two distinct reports were heard, and
when the gun was found upon the deck
there was an empty she'll in one barrel,
and beside the gun on deck was another
empty shell, while In one of the pockets Of
the overcoat were two loaded shells.
Stateroom a., in front of the window Of
which the fatal shots were fired, was occu-
pied by gentleman and his wife. This
gentlemen is OF the opinion that the first
shot did the fatal work, while the second
shot was caused by the falling of the gun
upon the deck.
In the pockets OF the overcoat was a let
ter as described above. This was in n
small square envelope and without any
direction. La the pockets were also let
Ter to William Mullay under date OF Nov.
Is. and signed by j. Arthur Jacobs: also
fragment Of an envelope, upon which
were the following portions of the direc-
tons Lec-Bartholomew- near B.
New York city.
In the pockets were also copies of the
Boston Herald and the Eastern Argus of
Portland, OF the date Nov. % Upon the
arrival Of the fremont nc her dock at In
dia wharf, Captain Craig notified Patrol
man Sloan OF station ., and gave him the
letter left by the suicide, together with
The Fragments OF the Mans Skull
and requested him to communicate with
the party mentioned in the letter, and il
found TO request him to call upon Captain
Craig, on beard the steamer. at once.
The articles were taken 10 the station,
and the Somerville police were notified
through police headquarters, and in short
time an answer was recsived that there
was John Mullay living at 6s Broadway,
East Somerrille, and that be had brother
living with him. He visited the Port
land boat this morning, and there appears
TO be scarcely any doubt that the unfortu-
nate was bis brother.
None OF the passengers upon the boat re-
member Of having seen any Que on the
boat during the evening with gun, but
Captain Craig says as he was passing
through the saloon during the evening he
passed man who, he says, wore an over
coat and hat like the one left upon the
dect by the suicide.
AS he recalled the affair after the shoot
ing. he remembers that the man had n
wild look in his eyes, but he thought
sothing II it at tho time.
fiautenant ItgCk Tried for Murder