The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-30
KISSED HIS MOTHER
AND THEN WENT TO HIS OWN ROOM
AND COMMITTED SUI
eide.
MERRIAM PARK SENSATION.
DERTRAM N. FARWELL GROWS
TIRED OF THE LIFE OF AN IN
VALID.
ENDS ALL HIS EARTHLY TROUBLES.
Was Only Seventeen Years Old, but
Consumption Had Fastened Itself
Upon Him.

Discouraged by continued i'll health
and convinced that he could not long
survive, Bertram N. Farwell, the sew
enteen-year-old son Of w. F. Farwell,
took his own life at the family resi-
dence, No. 1910 Feronia avenue, Mer-
RAM Park, at $3.50 yesterday after
noon. The instrument employed was
q revolver Of SO caliber, and so true
was the aim of the unfortunate young
man that death was almost instantane-
Gus. Bert, as he was known to his
family and friends, had been down
town during the early part Of the af-
ternoon, and when he returned, about
8 o'clock went to his mothers bed
room. Mrs. Farwell has been con-
fined to her bed for the last week by
reason of a temporary illness, and her
son remained with her for some few
moments. During the conversation he
said that he felt very tired and of late
seemed to have hardly enough strength
to move about. Before leaving his
mother he kissed her, and then went
at once to his own room in the rear
of the house. Soon afterward Mrs
Farwell heard the report of a revolver,
and, guessing the horrible truth, jump
and ran to Bert's room. There, stretch
ed on the bed lay the unfortunate
young man, with the blood gushing
from a wound in his left breast and
the revolver lying by his side. He
was barely breathing when his mother
reached him and expired almost at
once without making any sign of recog-
milton. DR.. Cobb of Merriam Park
81 I,,+ IL
of no avail. 1t was found that the
bullet had entered the left breast three
Inches below the nipple and. passing
through the body, had lodged against
the shoulder blade. The young man
had been in i'll health for a year or
more, and early in the winter he and
ms FAMILY had become convinced that
he was in consumption. He became
very weak and was subject to FREQUENT
spells of illness which confined him TO
the mouse, and during the past few
months he became convinced that he
could not recover. He wrote several
times to his father, whose business in
terests have kept him in Chicago most
Of the time, and told him that he could
not bear his present condition much
longer and must go to a farm or TO
some milder climate to regain his
health. At home also he frequently
spoke in gloomy manner of his con-
hluon, and in a sort of HELPLESS. de-
spair1ng way expressed the wish that
ne might become well and strong again
but he never spoke of suicide. and
such an idea never suggested itself to
MS relatives. It was not known that he
hadsa revolver, and it is supposed that
ne purchased the one with which he
tCok his life While he was down town
yesterday afternoon.
W. 1. Farwell, the father of the de-
ceased, was engaged in the real estate
BUSINESS in this city prior to 1892. as
the partner of F. M. Stewart. and was
very prominent in business circles dur
nis Tue real estate boom. In the year
mentioned, however, he transferred his
business interests to Chicago. and since
mat time has spent most of his time
IN tnat city, although his family has
continued to live at Merriam Park. He
was expected to come home this week
ana 1t was Bert's purpose to talk with
MN about leaving st. Paul in the hone
Of henefiting his health.
Mr. Farwell has been Informed bx,
wire of his sons death and will arrive
In this city today. Bert was one of
hVe children, there being one son a wear
Dr. TWO older and two daughters vOung
Pr. He would have been eighteen wears
old in May next, and last Septemher
was admitted to the freshman class in
the Mechanic Arts High school. Dur-
ing the winter he was compelled on ac-
count of i'll health to drop out of school
as he could not attend regularly. No
arrangements for the funeral will he
made until the arrival of Mr.. FarwnlI
today.