The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-03
THREE MEN ARE SUICIDES.
Q. ". PLYER, n. y. 6ENIN, AND o. E.
HAD BHOOT THEMSELVEa.

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Charles w. Plyer committed suicide yesterday
By shooting himself In the temple at his apart
monts, % West Sixtieth street. For Ave years
Mr.. Plyer had been at tho head OF the insur-
ance department of the National Wall Paper
Company at A18 Broome street. He was %
years old, and was twice married. On Sept. 10
his second wife died, and It was grief over this
loss that caused him TO take his life. A picture
ct his wife was In his hand whom he was found
dead.
Father lost his grip after his wife died" said
Charles H. Plycr. a son of the suicide. He
attended to business tho Same as before, but
when his mind was not occupied he was con-
ttnuhlly bemoaning his lot. 4 I'm all alone in
the world now was the expression he uttered
continually. When 1 left the house this morn.
ing about 7:30 father was talking to himself in
his usual strain. but I thought nothing OF It"
About half past 8 the housekeeper went so
Mr.. Plyer's room with his mail, and found him
lying dead on the bed with a revolver in his
kand. Charles III. Plyer was notified at his
ofice by telegraph. and q message was also
, sent to another son. George g. Plyor Of Phila-
delphia.
Mr.. Plyer was born In New York and al.
ways lived here. He was q man Of means and
owned . good deal Of property near his residence.
He was o graduate Of the New York College,
the College Of PHYSICIANS and Surgeons and the
Columbia University Law School. His inter.
est In science gained him q fellowship In the
10 ZEN a M . %aii SSSS,ssyc 81 pnsyaR Was o Mnsn
n aasS; ssS%i h 1ifs sSd took sF0 charge MTi r y ih gene insa up
Charles, was employed in the law department.
The officers. Of the company were. greatly
though they, had noticed the morbid turn his
thoughts had taken lately.
su Ta' b soa y. will TRee BE i, TAXI" niii s ss, SaEzie to in F tSe fans:
Frank B. Genin. an insurance agent. IS years
shootins himself through the head with a reyolv.
er.in tho bathroom Of his residence, at PAS East
GGeniinn,, once a vel. K halter a and furrisr Of this
city. Among the things remembered of John Gen.
Kossuth and the purchase at auction at q large
price of the first scat for Jenny Lind's first con-
% sss s't ne Il bats ssP for tSs o is' &e,4 At Sns 1iP pcli ss
million, was divided among his widow and three
ten years ago, being estimated at about 500:
O00. The settlement Of Mrs. Genin's estate
Sotaa iH% sssIiasd ihi ess tSsni 6sSTo snis' amount an @ pEank
,h He on made Ss,r ysF ,SS sd Investments ATS t the ? only Y p~ 5So,ats,
he ssii I HRs o'' Tsi sne ~ !ssii dnisSe dAt ave as1s ss an ~e aso.
three years after he had married, and he had
occupied one OF the mats on the ground floor
since then. Before this he had lived at various
hotels, and had been very reckless in his ex.
penditures. One Of his last Investments Is said
10 have been In one of the proposed bridges
across the Hudson. His health had been fail
ing for some time, and for several weeks he had
been respondent and had spoken Of his life as
about over A. week ago he visited an un-
dertaker and selected the coffin In which be
viii DO buried. Yesterday morning. in Gro
Eemerked: There's nothing left in life for me.
might Just as well blow my head of" An
hour later his widow found the body.
Charles K. Shade, 26 years old, an insurance
clerk who lived with his parents at Ill West
Seventy eighth street, committed suicide yes
terday morning by shooting himself. Young
Shade had been drinking heavily for some
time. He went home. IT is said. In an intoxi-
Gated condition on Wednesday evening. He
retired to. his room on the second floor, and
kept walking about the greater part OF the
night. About ESQ o'clock yesterday morning
his sister Clara heard tho report OF a pistol
shot coming from his room. She rushed In and
found her brother lying unconscious on the
smoking pistol in his right hand. DR.. Phillips
Of 100 West Seventy-eighth street was called
In, but the young man was dead before his
arrival.
Tho suicide had been q clerk in his fathers
insurance office at 80 Pine street Tho firm Is
Charles Shade & Co. Tho family say the young
man had no love affair, and was not in any
financial trouble.