New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-24
4 BANK MESSENGER'S SUICIDE
ri. suoors HIMSELF IN THE CELLAR OF
HIS HOME.
THE son OF WEALTHY NoNIfA'i0"'
WITHOUT AMRITloN-HIs CAREFUL fHS'


WITHOUT AMRITIoN-HIs CAREFUL f"H'
ARATIoNs FOR DEATH.
yosenh Roome Harrison. bank nessen .ss.
twenty-six years old. who lived WIN ne s,,nArod'
Iohn F Harrison at No. . West oie ' -
d,ua,,,etb-st committed suicide some 'iii'e o'
rnesdav night by shooting himself 'h'o '' a.,
head in the cellar OF his parents hoi''' ,.
was discovered by servant III MI -,
family on her going INFO the cellar cor ;, as
aav morning TO start fire In the iuIH". Ar
I'm a sitting position on an up'Wheo ' ,h,
NV ord mere was A chastity wound In 'he r's"'
temple. .,,. ., u,ter
Far q few moments the girl was unable 10 ",'e
n sound Then she gave d series VI ,
Sh,,ors aud tainted al the feet OF the dead man
The shrieks alarmed the household anu wv 49,,
mans sister HE father and another se'N''
80 ,our T., The cellar. The father ana s's''
,.ors overcome with grief Their sobpihs a'""
several neishbors who assisted MT anu Is
r,son upstairs restored the servant e.'i :"
so,ousress and summoned Or John G. Max Oh ~
- East one .hundred-an nd twenty -se'eh'"-S'.'
=, ~. .a,oil,. uhysic!an He made an eXamiha''o'i
., tho body and found that the young Tia" ~
been dead several hours .;ors
tn. younr man had made peculiar preparations
for his suicide He had turned clothes hai"pv'
bottom, IN and placing ii beside a square o''oh P'
lar seated himself or IT, sith his back aef'"e' i
,,ior icing n clothes line tightly round MS "a's'
spd ,he pillar In such way as to sustain '''' ~
-, - ,,rriybt nosition When all had beeh pre-
ns-es he had evidently placed tie pi9'o' q" 80"
,h, ,a,,nle and fred the bullet tearing s'e'
ho,a IN mis- skull and passing completely '"'o"e
his head Death must have been instantaneous
,rno MATTE FOR ,he suicide as far as can W
,rred seems 10 have beer remarkably SlE"''
voung Harrison VAS messenger III '"e -n
Nevis Banl We had been in the employ u ''
81. for ahou, seVel wears. The young i'"'' ~
,,o,reed 20 work his father. John F. harfiso"' ""0
,s now more ,haa seventy years Old being "'''iN
retired contractor. hut il was Mr. HARRISON ''S,''
that his son should not be mere iaeI, aHu ~
,ha.efore placed him in the bank VIII NV -,
81 which he well acquainted ne sI,. ~, m
however was never advanced from tne ~ mi
nbIch ne was appointed when he entered ths p",,N'
pocrn-lv Young Harrison had been accuse W IA
vlsctnc his duties Pie was reprlhdiiue o ~" ~.
-, i,nnrove and on Tuesday MI iANerIi'olc, ~
e shinr told him not 10 take up MS Woih OH ,t'
following day until his father mao peth 49, ,ho
no.ed VIII The Young appeared TO rec Nv, NY
order good N auredly. He remained a. INC "" III
Tor some time writing letters ana wen nU e. bs
did not tell his father OF mis- susIeisiui r.i,b
dinner with good appetite HIS sister taIk WI va
I'm !, the dining room late in the evening ana
YIN She retired he cheerfullv babe her gOoohlsh'
That was the last seen of him aliVe. s.,or, q.
IN tho rnantlepece in the dininESrooHl %
manning a note was found written by me YounS
,,on and addressed his father. IN " tL', !ouis
man said that he was Urea OF h'i"H an" " w.
mined 10 kill himself. , 10, =. ,,.a.
The cashier Of the bank said yesterday that IL Wa
imnosshle for the Young man TO nave peeH 4 ~,
fa,lter "a ne handled only paper ana no. HioNcS
lie described young Harrison as man u. s'V ~.
bab,ts but without ambition. and said mat me OILY
cause for his suicide seemed 10 be MS susnenS!on
from the employ o. The bank and his fear oil oeihs
reproached for II.