St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-02
THEY DIED FOR LOVE,
Dramatic Double Suicide in
the Windy City.
BULLETS AND POISON USED
To Hurry the Guilty Couple
Into Eternity.
REGISTERED FROM ST. PAUL.
A Young Man and a Married
Woman the Parties.
REGISTERED FROM ST. PAUL.
BOTH LEFT FAREWELL WORDS.

CHICAGO. Dec. IA dramatic doubls
suicide occurred at the Virginia hotel
early this morning. The dead bodies of
Victor Cyrier, a young French drug
clerk and of Mrs. L. E. Caron, the wife
OF druggist in whose employ Cvrier at
one time was, were found in the same
room by chamDermaid. The woman.
VINO was several years the senior of
Cyrier and beautiful little brunette.
had died by poison. Cyrier had shot
himself three times, and died stretched
across the foot of the bed in which
the woman lay. Mrs. Caron and
Cyrier had been at the hotel since
Tuesday night, and were known
as MIR. and Mrs. Charles d. Lapointe,
under which name Cyrier registered
as from st. Paul. They had conducted
themselves like persons of refinement,
and were apparently very happy to-
getker. This morning chambermaid
reported that she could not get into
Room AL. The door was soon forced.
Lying in the bed with her head OH the
pillow was the woman, her left arm eX-
tended toward where her dead lover
was lying at her feet, while the right
covered her head. Across the foot of
the bed the man was lying on his face.
Both had evidently been dead for sew
eral hours. There were no marks
upon the woman's body, but let
tes left in the room proved
that she had taken poison. Cyrier
had shot himself once behind the right
eye, again in the right side of the neck,
and sent third bullet into his body
| just below the heart. Two of the
wounds were fatal. Four sealed letters
were found in the room, one written by
| Mrs. Caron to her husband and the
other three addressed by Cyrier to a
relative in the city, to Il druggist in
whose employ he had latterly been. and
to Miss Flavie Cyrier, Bourbonnais, ILL.,,
which place had been Cyrier's home be-
fore he came TO Chicago. The woman's
| letter was as follows:
"TO All: A last farewell to our dear
| friends. Life is no more happiness to
US. Vic is not TO blame. We die here
| together tonight as true friends. Fare
well. husband and dear little child.
| Hope you will remember your mother.
A kiss to my little one. who has no
| mother tonight. So young without a
mother. What will she do?
MRS. l.. E. CARoN."
Cyrier left in addition to the letters
several sheets of paper, on which he
had written in the same strain as Mrs.
Caro- saying in one place: "She died
at half past 5 this morning. / can't
write any more: can't open my eyes"
And i'll another something about the
same amount of poison" by which it
was inferred that he had swallowed
| poison before shooting himself.
DR.. Charles E. Cyrier. cousin of ths
dead man. said tonight: II am not
surprised. Victor was man who would
not hesitate to take his own life. got
him his place with Mr.. Caron about
three years ago. He boarded with the
Carons because Mr.. Caron desired to
give him part of his salary in that form.
Early last summer | noticed that he was
| paying too much attention to Mrs.
| Caron. [ demonstrated With him, but
he assured me he had too much respect
for Mrs. Caron to compromise her.
About three weeks ago Mr.. Caron
found them together in compromising
situation. He came to me and told me
of it, saying he could no longer keep my
cousin. Victor went away, and l did
not see him again until Sunday night,
when he came to my house. He said
that he knew CarOn was looking for
him, and said he was ready to be found,
at the same time diplaying a revolver"