, 1897-11-24
PREFERRED DEATH,
RATHER THAN TO HANG HIS
HEAD IN SHAME BEFORE
THE WORLD.
A Fathers Crime Drives a Son to Sui
cide-He Kept the knowledge
From the World Till Others Re-
vealed the Parents W~ickedness-
The Shortage $50, 900.

Chicago, Nov. 23.-James Charnlsy,
jr., the 2l-year-old son of Charles NJ.
Charnley, defaulting treasurer of the
Presbyterian board of aid for colleges
and academies. disappeared from his
uncle's house last Saturday.
The Milwaukee hotel people found
him dead in bed with a bullet hole in
his head. his right hand c%lutching a re-
volver. He had also taken a dose of
poison.
Grief and chagrin over the disgrace
of his father, according to his friends,
drove to suicide James Charnley. jr.,
who was found in his room in the Ho-
tel Pfister, Milwaukee. with a bullet
hole in his head. Charles NJ. Charnley,
former president Of the Presbyterian
board Of aid for colleges and academies
disappeared last summer. short some
s6O. 900 of the funds entrusted to him.
This weighed heavily on the sons
mind. and it is said thai for some time
the young man has 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 York, and the sister.
Miss Constance. is at Smith college.
This second chapter in the family's
sorrow ome with a 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 Charnley had remained in
this city and borne the brunt of the re-
elimination, notoriety and disgrace.
For months previous to his fathers
disappearance. it is said. the impending
disaster. which had hung like a Damo-
cles 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 estab-
lished in a singular manner. Up to
last night there was apparently moth
ing to show who the dead man was.
He had emptied his pockets Of every
thing which might give some clew and
all that rap,oirnJ fD- &hn ,e1:a. l.
work on was a handkerchief with the
initials ct. s." and a gold band ring
on n of his fingers engraved with the
words Easter Sunday"
1t was also discovered that all the
clothing he wore was purchased in Chi
cago. but there were no marks that
would give the slightest clue. Hun
dreds Of people viewed the remains
Yesterday, but all failed of recognition.
Last night, however. a newspaper
reporter from Chicago was in the city,
visited the morgue with the deputy cor
oner and made a thorough examina-
tion OF the clothing. The discovery
was made of the name. -. Douglas,
Chicago" in the suicides shoes. The
reporter, on returning to Chicago,
looked up the name in the city direc-
tory and found hat J. Douglas lived
at 80 Aston street. On arriving at the
Douglas street house he was met by
Douglas Charnley. cousin Of the sui
eide, who informed him that ]. Doug
las was his uncle. but hat he was in
Europe, and. consequently, could have
no connection with the Milwaukee
mystery. During their conversation
the thought struck Charnley that his
cousin had been wearing a pair Of his
uncle's shoes, and Immediately light
was thrown upon the mystery. 1t ap-
pears that young Charnley, the sui
eide, has been out OF work for some
time, but that on Saturday he engaged
with a firm some place in Kentucky to
go to work as b~ookkeeper. He left the
Aston street residence early in the day,
bidding his friends good-by, and was
not seen afterwards by them alive.