Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-27
IN A BLOODY POOL
Colin w. Campbell Puts . Bullet
IN His Brains
NE WAS VERY etsPoKDEhT


Colin w. Campbell. young man %
years u age. Killed himself yesterday
sfteFnoon IN his room IN the Grinnell
block
His act % self destruction was delib-
erafely planned Whea the door Was
burst open Campbell lay On his back
with his overco4t spread under his head
in such position As to keep the blood
from running on the carpet A 3s-eall-
bre American Bulldog revolver was
grasped la his left hand and large.
ragged hole in his left temple from
which blood and brains were oozing
showed that death had been instantan-
eousL
The shot which ended his life was
heard by several roomers In the block,
but Isaac Stoutesdyk and James
Brummel were the first GO reach the
door Of No. u They kicked the door
down aud seeing the awful sight, one Of
them ran for the doctor and the other
ran 10 call the landlady. Coroner Locher
Was notified and decided that no inquest
was necessary. On the dresser was
found the following letter:
-MoSpAy. Sept 3
MY DEAR BRorHER-I write you
thess few lines 10 tell you am very un-
happy and curse 10 myself and every
one belonging 10 me- Please do not feel
bad at what am about TO do. ss II is
only me-. IL il Was any other member II
the family il would be different. AS
don't amount to much. 90 | was told this
morning. You cannot think how felt.
| Give my love to all the family. Mary
will feel bad. but you don't know where
she is. 50 she will not know; and tell
Nellie that was 80 proud when she
came back and spoke 20 me that IL eel
me thinking that would like to see her
once more. but don't believe / can. %
good by, Thomas, Mary and all. l re-.
saain your loving but unhappy brother
COLIN CAMPBELL.
"P. S.-Please tell Charles Brady 10
forgive me and give him this gun
Good bye. write soon. No woman OF
whisky in this"
On the last page Of the sheet OF note
paper was written: Tell Nellie to get a
shirt that fits me.
Don't bother with me. Don't lose
any time
His Brothers Story.
Thomas Campbell residing at No. III
Clancy street. a brother Of the dead man
was seen He said Colin had visited
him ut o'clock at White 4 Friant's mill
aud had left his watch with him. He
| thought nothing strange Of that as he
had often done 90 before. He said
Nellie in the letter meant his Thomas
oldest daughter and by Mary he re-
ferred 10 his lThomas) wife. Thomas
said his brother had been out OF work
for three weeks He was a single man
80 years old. and had boarded with him
until about a year. ago when he left and
had been boarding in various places
He had roomed in the Grinnell block
about five weeks.
James Brummel said he had been q
partner OF Colin for seven years, anc
was with him a few moments before he
shot himself He accompanied Colin I.
White x Friants 10 see Thomas anJ
noticed that his friend was despondent
He asked him what was the matter anC
Colin replied that he had more troubI,
than he could bear. While at the fac
tory he left his gold. watch with hil
brother. Mr.. Brummel says he tried I,
cheer him up, but he would not b,
cheered. Monday these two friends
walked out into the country 10 look TO
work. At that time. Mr.. Brummel saws
Colin was very cheerful and they had
good time, though they did not tine
work. The remains were taken to Ma
sons undertaking rooms to await inter
ment