New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-17
FIRED BEFORE HIS FRIENDS
SUICIDE OF THE ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGEh of
THE ALADDIN. JR.." COMPANY.


THE ALADDIN. JR.." COMPANY.
r,r.. friends were chatting together YESTERDAY
afternoon in a small furnished room at No go Wess
Th,r,v e,ghth.st when OF them suddenly drew
a revoIver from his pocket. placed 1t against MS .
bra,s, hred and fell dead The suicide was 'o'
w MURRAY twenty-three years old. assistant s.aee
manager of the Aladdin, Jr.," company, which -
n,avin9 NJ the Broadway Theatre. His frends ""o
were with him were Hugh Chatham ana "eo' ..
po,Iingbrooke both members of the company. ~
was in Murrays room that the suicide occu'ie'
For an hour previous he had been talking 10 MS
friends without anything in his manner TO ihuca'e
that he contemplated such an act
Az soon az Chatham reallzs what had happeheu
he rushed out Of the house and brought doctor pu'
tho Iatter,s services were not required Then po
liceman came lie glanced at the body ana then
looked around the room. On the mantle-piece Jay
four-page letter covered with large wiring whie"
read ITO Nc George and Chat: MY dear lr'eh'a
What | am about to do will cause you 10 'hi'I~
your troubles have been my troubles. my troubles
hclonc IN me We have hal good times. and all that
hut This is nv time. J. W. Murray To wnom IL
NAV concern: by this these letters IL VIII insure
or corvict any jury. no blame Will be attacneu "
my friends J. W. Murray. Ny dear friend NC
will YOU and George kindly pack my TRUNK anu
oblige sincerely yours. your old friend Bill
The dead mans middle name was William and ne
was Familiarity known to his friends as BIZ! or
Willie The letter which he .eft was written d.
will be SEEN ina rambling manner. insure anu
Convict" probably meant assure and convince fiis
friends knew tina, he had been brooding over some
trouble for some time but the nature Of it, notwith-
standing their close friendship had never been con-
hded 10 them They first noticed MIN pehaNihs
strangely two weeks ago. when he suddenly began
10 drink heavily He said It was to drown MS sor-
row His friends thought 1t was love afar tnat
was on his mind but they never questioned MIN IN
that direction and he never said anything 10 assure
them that their supposltlon was correct lie went
IN No % West Thirty -seventh-st. yesterday morn
ing TO get his friend Boingbrooke TO take wax
with him I'm the afternoon. and they were drinking
in a barroom at No las Broadway. where they
me, Chatham. The three friends then went TO-
gether to Murray's room. Chatham occupied
room In the same house. ,,,
way and within hour nearly every MEMBER OF
the company with which young Muiray was cor,
necteI He'd the house. anxious TO obtain more
EXTRAVAGANZA Company which produces Aa-u'i,
Jr for the last six years having first started rs
callboy. He was born IN Chcaso; "hefs ms hc
A mechanic. He held gooi posluon N tn' com
pany and had trouble there. as far AZ could be
learned. Albert Jubre, member OF NE , i.i!llan
room Yesterday morning. and they spent som" tme
talking together. The young man was tn'n "rl-.hS
his farewell letter lie showed 1t TO Jubre. ana
remarked This Is nv finishing letter, II you know
what that means" His friend did not read the
letter and thought Murray was only Joking me
young man was a favoriie win az VINO Knew
profession The Nc" referred to In his letter Is
William Mccarthy. a member cf the company. The
fact that H. Ia been drinking heavily Tor several
weeks led MANY Of hem 10 believe That his suicide
was nothing more than drunken freak. Chatham
and Hollin gbrooke said. however. that the young
man was sober when the suicide occurred