Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-03
A MUSICIAN SUICIDES
Z, C. Parker, Leader Of The DanhalieF
Blnd, Blows HIS Brains 0ai.
FINANCIAL TROUBLES rnE CAUSE.
Had bcon Contemplating Scifuosiruc.
ton FOR Some Timo-A Nu,e Of *.
piaualIou on iiis Dead Boiy.

GLOW can man kIl. himself
onsilJ2" was the startling nud siguin.
cant query which told tale OF trouble
and contemplated ssltdosifucIon aud
which was pfoplunIcI by r.. g..
Parker The we'll SHOWN anu popular
leader Of the Denhalter band, ~ d
friond, week or ten dbyo ago.
This morning ho answered the quea.
ton Tor himscli In - trasical mauncf
by blowing bile brains out with a to.
volvef la the Uinlah hotel on Com.
mcrclal street.
Yesterday forenoon be went 90 the
place 10 question about % O'Clock and
a'bei n. l.. iisrs, the proprietor, Tor o.
soomi saying that he wa, Tired aud
wanted quiet place in which to rect
for while. Micu says he noticed d
a3r1 " dJco.,I aud weary oIprcision
On nis c0unlouancc aud a,ked n he
hhu ucru "uut last night.n Receiving
"a negative fuply, he directed Parker ~
room e, on tho thifl door OF the hotel
AZ Parker entered ana locked the door
behind him hu UuiUincI Miefa 81 eco
thht he was not disturbed, ~ be would
gut up himself without being called a.
tojn a. no ielt ~ disposed. Toe two
men were friends anu with those words
they parted.
Nothing more was surn OF Parker
uuul his iiiriUsH body was dIFc1yrfrI
nhUfly before ten O'clock this morning.
Between ca nud seven O'Clock u tound
rrstmbling heavy thud wna hrnrI 81
tue direction u the room, but tue nj.
teudauia thought that the bod had
probably fallen down, and paid no
more attention 10 tho matter until
about ton O'Clock, whom the nllht clsrk
remarked TO Nc, Micfa that u seemed
strange that the occupant Of room 20
had not emerged from that apartment
Aimee lac entered yesterday.
Micfa also looked upon the pf0lractcu
Retirement ~ rather singular aud nj
ones decided that an Investigation |
should 10 mAie. Going 90 the room
they found the door still licked, the |
tfansom closed tight aud everything |
almost under seal BY means VI u |
duplicate key they easily opened the |
door
A. they did 10 they were horrincd nj
HNNaNN HAAfA - AAN NA ANN II ANN IN q |
hrnp, face downward, biz head To- |
wards them anu pool Of blood upon |
TIE carpet. A revolver sliii partially |
clutchod In bis right hand, with on. |
empty chamber, briefly related the |
story Uf suicide.
Au examination Of the body disclosed |
terrible hole ia tue ieft side OF the |
head above tue ear. From II projected |
fragments Of shattered bone a. brains |
o0zrd out aud blood ran 20 the floor. |
A more minute Inspection revealed
the fact that the muExlu Of tho reyOl.
vor hhi been placel In the right ear
when the shot waH fired. The bullet
had gone completely through the
mead anu having Loot its force had
iailun upon The n0Or near the wall.
Tue placing Of the weapon IN the ear,
thus MUM ng the sound, anu the
closed condition ~ the room nra given
az reasons fOr pursUus la tue hotel not
nearing the discharge OF the revolver.
The thud which had been heard three
OF four hours before was evidently !
caused by tue fall OF the body alter
the fatal shot had teen fired.
The coroner wa, notified aud imme.
diatoly removed tho remains 10
Skowcs's Undertaking establishment,
where the clothes VI tie deceased man
were searched. The only scrap u
pager In his possession was Walker
house note head upon which was
wilton boldly and lugibly tue follow.
lux apparently calmly pTcmuditalcd
declaration In the suicides own hanI:
SALT LAKE cirr Utah, April 30. 1904
10 my friends
"rhero Is divinity that shapes our
ends rough hown though thcy may he.n
Tho greatest crime that can bo laid at
the door ufmy liio ia misfortune. have
no friends % mourn Tor me, s1 bury mo
In q pO.tor'a hold, without expense or
ceremony There was mover time whom
1 wanted 10 1.-Two a. badly us now, but /
must act az ouuo,
10 my friends whom ] have docoivedi
Ny heart has BLEED Tor you and could / |
have gone ou Tor only a Tow wooks
nOuld have boon I'LL right. Never did "A
man lay down lIiC as ] am about to do. |
meeting my friends Tor the last time and
only spoAkinga s on ordinary occasions.
DO not pray you, speak too hastily Of
my life, Tor have had some good attri. !
Iutis along with my bad.
Yours forever
T.. q, PAHEEu.
From the dating Of the aute norton
.atewell message II seems conclusive