Morning journal and courier., 1893-04-24
TOOK HIS OWN LIFE.

@. Il. Marston, a Boston Travelling
Man. Commits Suicide at the New
Haven House-No Cause Assigned
For the Deed-Hfs Remains Sent to |
Boston Yesterday.
@. e. Marston, aged thirty-one years, a |
travelling salesman for Chase, Merritt &
Co., wholesale boot and shoe dealers at 80 |
High street, Boston, committed suicide in
his room at the New Haven house some
time between and 9 O'Clock Saturday
morning. After the coroner and medical
examiner had Investigated the case the re-
mainsrwere turned over to Lewis & May
cook, by whom they were shipped to Boston
on the 5:52 train yesterday afternoon.
All the indications point to the fact that
the deed was premeditated. Between z
and O'Clock Friday evening Marston came
to the hotel and was assigned to room 1872
on the third floor. After reading the pa
pers for few minutes and securing some
writing paper and envelopes he was shown
to his room. Some time later he ordered
glass of whiskey, which was served to
| him in his room, and this was the last
| seen of him alive.
The next time he was seen, however, was
about 9 o'clock in the morning, when the
chanbermaid went to his room, thinking
he had vacated it. She raped on the
door and receiving no response she tried
the knob of the door and found that the
door opened She glanced in and saw
the form of the ledger lying on the bed
dressed. 1t was during the noon hour that
she went again to the room to arrange II
and found that the occupant had not as
yet arisen, but was lying in the same
posture. She informed the house
keeper of the fact and remarked
that 1t seemed rather queer thai
he was sleeping 30 soundly. At THU
the housekeeper went to the room and en-
his back, dressed, with the exception o.
his shoes and coat, which were in the room
beside the bed. The face was partially
covered with blanket which had faller
over 1t, and approaching the side of tn
bed and lifting the blanket the tr1th of thu
situation was explained, for there on tn
bed beside his head was q 32-calibre Smitl
G Wesson revolver of the latest patter1
and entirely new, while from little hol
on the right side of the head trinkled
little stream of blood which had gathered
in small pool on the eoverlet directly un
J der 1t. Realizing that the man was deat
and had died by his own hand she left tn
room and then notified the clerk in tn
! Office of her discovery.
The suicide was a most deliberately plan
| ned one, and it is believed that Marstol
came to this city for the direct purpose o
taking his own life. Upon the table in tn
room were found five letters, four of whicl
had been sealed and directed, while upol
the top of them was an open letter whiol
was addressed to Seth q. Moseley.
The letter to Mr.. Meseley requested tina
as little notoriety be given to the suicide
act as possible, and requested him to mott
fly Chase, Merritt & Co. The four othe
letters were sealed ana directed to friend
: simply by their Christian names. A
these letters and the mans effects wer
turned over to the coroner.
The letters which the coroner has in hi
possession undoubtedly explain the caue
/ | of the deed, but this will never be know
unless those to whom they were addresse
: care to make the contents known. Frol
an entry in the memorandum book whic
was found on his person and which ws
seen by the clerk of the hotel, was foun
3 this entry: "Have written for a divorce