The evening times., 1897-12-21

New York. Dec. 2I.-An old man, firmly
possessed of tie idea that e, e,erything that
is is wrong, comnittc cd suicide in Brook IN
yesterday. He was William Hanson born
March 10, 1881, at Huddersfield, York
shire, England, aud who ed in the
United states when eighteen years old.
The full particulars Of his soniew wha : prosaic
life, which included farming, tchool teach
ing and matchmaking, We're ret forth in n
neatly written paper that was found in his
room The document wound up by tay-
ing:
The financial legislation OF the Repub.
lican part has been infamous and uu-
just l cease to support it,"
This Old man could make a god ii, ing,
but he Interested himself more in pro. .ects
for the lettcrEent OF the human race than
he did for the betternient OF himself. He
had 4 furnished room in the house II Mrs.
Forsyihe, at No. 121 Vanderbilt avenue
Brooklyn. Silently re went in and out.
never bctra ying in his manner the prob
lens lie was wOkiing in his mind. Eyi
dently thG problem. became to him tasks
beyond his strength of mind, for he gave up
the struggle Sunday night.
Ga Saturday he bought bottle OF cyan
ide OF ictassirm and bottle OF brandy,
and spent Il C day in his room writing the
histOr~ OF his life. Sunday evpnin. e
wrote letter to his landlady and then
prepared for death. lie poured n portion
OF tie brandy into II glass. Into the
brandy he pourel deadly dose OF tue
poison. Into another glass he poured wat-r
Then lie drank the liquor quaffel the
water after it. lay down and died.
The letter lie left behind breathes the
spirit of 9 kindly albeit disappoint cd nian
There is patlios in every line oI It, Think
OF an o.d man sittin: down in the sight uf
death End penning the following:
Sunday Evening.
Mrs. Forsyth and Daughter:
Dear Lauies-Ioukuuw the circumstances
In which anu placed My family are Oh
Jects OF charity ana 50 am /. AS society
no longer neeus my services, and / can
not gain livelihood, my spirit must die
with my body.
Forgive me for suiciding In your house
by taking cyanide OF potassium in brandy
and water.
AN eiuery gentleman, Mr.. David ZeIly,
viii, IN Ill probability, call to see ile on
morning or noon. Please do not inforin
any one or my death until he makes his
appearance.
am profoundly sorry to make you any
you viii bear that Christian charity for
my stricken family ana myself that cir
cuinstances deman1.
Believe nIe 10 lie yours with sincere re-
spect aud sorrow. Farewell.
fs~ WILLIAM HANSON.
1t seems scarcely Necessary TO sa IiIur..
after this. Mr.. Zeily arrived, took charge
OF the body and notified the family oc
the suicide in Tow1nua, Pa. The oI
man rill have a decent burial, and all he
will leave behind him will be memories.
Members of the Liberal Club Of this city.
which ,neets every Friday night at No,
% East Fifteenth street, will remember
him. for Ec was n member. He will he
too, by the Broo,lIyn Phiio-
sophical Society, of which he was also
member, and before which he frequently
lectured-
Here a.e a few sentences called at ran
dom from q mass of sem-interesting manu-.
script left behind by the old man:
The guests at the Bradley Martin bal.
thought they Were drinking wine; they were
drinking .ea rs.
Nan isa naachfnet ha cannot he patented
Ter thousand groan and swea. and starve
thai me iiiay loaf and hathe and eat.
TIE lire OF adversely is not always
chast ening fire.
1f chuich.-cers reasoned, there are many
preachers who would be working In the
streets.