The Topeka state journal., 1897-11-23
DEAD MANS
SHOES TELL.
Identity Of the Man Who Killed
Himself at Milwaukee
Is Discovered by a Name Found
in His Shoes.
ISJAMES CHARNLEY,JR
Son of the Defaulting Treasur-
er of the Board
To Aid Presbyterian Schools
and Colleges,
WHO STOLE 100000.
ISJAMES CHARNLEY,JR
To Aid Presbyterian Schools
and Colleges,
WHO STOLE 100000.
The Disgrace Preyed on the
Young Mans Mind.

Milwaukee. Nov. 23-The body of the
young man who registered at the Ho-
tel Pfeffster on Saturday night has been
Identified by Douglas Charnley, of No.
90 Astor street, Chicago, as that of
James Charnley, Jr., son of Charles M.
Charnley. defaulting treasurer of the
Presbyterian Board of Aid for colleges
and academies.
Chicago. Nov. 23.-Grief and chagrin
over the disgrace of his father, Charles
NJ. Charnley. according to his friends,
drove to suicide James Charnley, Jr.,
who was found in his room in the Hotel
Pfeifster, Milwaukee, with bullet hole
in his heart.
Charles NJ. Charnley, formerly presi-
dent of the Presbyterian board of aid
for colleges and academies disappeared
last summer, short some $4,000 of the
funds entrusted to him. Tnis weighed
heavily on the son 5 T11nd, and II IS
said that for some time the young man
had been i'll. The sister and brother of
young Charnley, both of whom are out
of the city. were not notified at once of
the second disaster that had come to
them. The brother Charles is in New
FORK and the sister, Miss Constance, is
at Smith college. This second chapter
in the famiIy's sorrow comes with q
crushing weight as young Charnley had
assumed the place at the head of the
family which his father had SO recently
left vacant.
During the days when the story of
Charles NJ. Charnley's shortage was be-
ing exploited in the papers and ever
since, young ChaFnley had remained in
this city and borne the brunt of the
TecriminatiOn. nOtOriety and disgrace
For months previous to his fathers dis
appearance. it is said. the impending
disaster which had hung like Damocles'
sword by a single thread, likely at any
time to be broken, was known to the
young man.
The identity of the young man who
committed suicide by firing a bullet
through his right temple after taking a
deadly dose Of morphine, was esta blish-
ed in q singular manner. Up to last
night there was apparently nothing to
show who the dead man was. He had
emptied his pockets of everything which
might give q cleW and all that remained
for the police to work on was d hand
herchief with the initials IT. s" and a
gold band ring on one of his fingers en-
graved with the words Easter Sun
day" It was also discovered that all
Chicago, but there were no marks that
would give the slightest clew.
Hundreds of people viewed the re-
mains yesterday, but all failed to rec
ognize the suicide. Last night how
ever, a newspaper reporter from Chi
cagO was in the city, visited the mOrgue
and with deputy coroner made a thor
ough examination of the clothing. The
discovery was made of the name j.
Douglas, Chicago" in the suicide s
shoes. The reporter on returning to
Chicago, looked up the name in the city
directory and found that J. Douglas liv-
ed at 80 AstOr street. On arriving at
the Astor street house he was met by
Douglas Charnley, cousin of the suicide
who Informed him that J. Douglas was
his uncle, but that he was in Europe
and consequently could have no con-
nection with the Milwaukee mystery
During their conversation the thought
struck Charnley that his cousin had
been wearing pair of his uncle's
shoes and Immediately light was
thrown on the mystery.
1t appears that young Charnley, the
suicide has been out of work for some
time, but that on Saturday he engaged
with a firm at some place in Kentucky
to go to work as bOON-keeper He left
the AStOr street residence early in the
day, bidding his friends goodbye and
was not seen by them afterwards alive.