The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-05-29
.CHOKED BY GAS.
t.. L. Hunt Takes His
Own Life.
Chaplin, the Missing San LeandrO
School Principal Turns Up at
National City.

!: OAKLASD-A young man, believed to be
: Thomas /. Hunt Of % Mint avenue, San Fran
cisco, committed suicide at the Gieschen House,
corner OF Sixth and Broadway yesterday morn
5ng. Dependency, caused by lack Of WORK and
- 1I-health, prompted the deed.
- The tragedy was discovered about II 80
O'Clock yesterday morning by a servant whose
suspicious were aroused by strong smell Of
gas coming from Hunts room. She knocked,
nut receiving no answer forced an entrance and
found the young man lying on the bed dead.
:: Hunt had removed his coat and vest and laid
= down upon his back on the bed. The burner
- had been unscrewed from the gas fixture and
placed on the floor, thus allowing the gas to es-
. cape at fun head. Hunt had been dead sew
eral hours when first discovered.
- The CorOner's Office was at once notified, and
DEPUTY Henry EVers hurried 10 the spot. The
=. remains OF the dead man and all OF bis effects
= were taken possession OF. HIS identity was
established by the contents OF letters found on
The following letter, postmarked San MateO,
May 10. was tlOm bis wife:
:: ;: Ma: Poor Deer Tom: You don't know how my
heart aches for you. Words cannot express L
. wish knew what was best TO say, but the fog IS
so thick / cannot see. know how miserable and
- sick you are, and am poWerless TO help. nave
been thinking over me coming TO the city. II IS
=; very well. J. ?. talking about furnishing the
" IN Qney but doing IL IS another thing II ne wants
p to. why don't he help you; but Tom could never
= come and live with you under those CIR
=: urastauces 1 suffered enough when 1 did
IN oversrep into it again. If he would
only hen you till got on my feet once again we
Haig ht see our way out then, but Just now am at
INV Wits ends for fear get out OF money before
get work l have studied the matter over tlIl
think it would be the wIsest thing you could do
:: would 20 to get near enough TO l.. 5. j. and let
Uim keep you. Tom. You are SICK man. never
:. sdw YOU l0os worse Dear If you were only com
. fortsble / could give you this much plezsure-I
e could write often and tell you how succeed
a.. why. when get 20 thinking of you. then myself
i feel crazy Tom, you should not think me
- heaTtess, but how can be otherwise? Why, II L
P ave right U p to thinking / would commit suicide
2 NGW ~.
not have loving regard Tor you / would not feel
giving way 10 my feelings.
: . hls aftern II has poured all afternoon and
:: have been as near crazy any one ever was an
NOT getting ght of. though to-day am SICK so
think my fears gTOundles5. SO now l can
j.. pitch in tor anything. ! shall most likely try
= he state asylums. The thoughts OF coming TO
;: 1he city make me sick. / have II so badly have
: suffered so much misery there.
- Tor II Is every Dit IS black Tor me as you and We
3: leach worry about each other.
=. Don't write after " Wednesday because 1 may
= leave here Wednesday. Excuse paper From low
ing vile, LILY
Another letter addressed to Hunt at Liver
more bore date OF May / s. and was signed Ed
ward Butter. Still another was from The
motherIn-laW OF the deceased. Mrs. NJ. a. T J.
berg Of san Diego. Two letters presumably
written by the deceased and ready for mailing,
were addressed 10 i. S. j. Hunt, Seattle, Wash.
The body was removed to the Morgue where
> an inquest Will be held on it to-day.
!: line landlady OF the Gleschen House says
the young man came to her place on Sunday
and asked for room that had gasiet In it.
lie very particular about It's having gas.
.. =. He Then paid his 80 cents and at o'clock
entered the room, and did not again leave it.
AS the gas is turned of at II O'Clock every night
he had five hours time in which 10 accomplish
=. his deed.
!. Int lhgence from Livermore shows Hunt 20
have been wife heater and a man with a bad
reputation. IL was known there through his
trialin the Justice Court for attempting to Kill
-. bis wife Lillian on last Friday week
Hunt had come over from San Francisco and
tr8eked his wife to LiVermore, where She was
stopping at a clearinghouse He gave out that
lie was a detective. and when he found his wife
be accused her or deseItiDg him and tried TO
choke her to death. Timely assistance saved
her life.
The young man was then taken into custody