The San Francisco call., 1898-06-01
Ernest Faubel Who Committed Suicide at
 Alta Plaza
Alta Plaza.

:. bel, acQuainting him with an inten- tion on the part of the latter to put an end to all the ills that flesh Is heir to, as far as he as an individual was con- cerned. Faubel also notified the Cor oner that his body would be found in Alta Plaza Immediately deputy was sent to the plaza, but nothing of the homo genus, cold and stark, was discovered. The search fortthe writer of the letter was not relaxed, however Monday evening he was discovered in a saloon on the corner of Fillmore and Clay, engaged in a game of draw poker, quite f-possessed and out wardly calm. To the small band of re- porters that were on his track he, in answer to their many inquiries, had but one thing to say and that was that the Coroner's letter might be of some use yet. Yesterday morning the body of Ernest Faubel was brought into the Morgue.
 Faubel was young man with bad habits. His father had supplied him with money to start milk depot and repeatedly he was called upon by the creditors of his son for the payment of debts contracted by the latter The suicide was a man of small business ability, which, coupled with a taste for strong liquor, was the cause of his failure in the commercial world Until two weeks ago he lived with his father and mother at their home, 2432 Sacra- mento street. Coming home one night about two weeks ago, and under the in- fluence of drink, he announced in cold blooded fashion that he had deter mined to commit suicide. His mother remonstated with him, attempting to drive such thoughts from his head. The son in a frenzy of anger drove her from the house.. and the woman fled for her life.
 After that Faubel moved downtown. where he lived in circle of disrepu- table people of both sexes. About week ago he was arrested for disturb ing the peace, and his father was called on to pay for the damage he had caused in his nocturnal maraudings. Becoming sated with the life of thes streets on the Barbary Coast. Faubel returned to the haunts of his early days and indulged his passion for drink.
 The letter which Faubel wrote to the Coroner is very carefully indited. and shows a chircgraphy that a man of fine ability as a penman might envy. Not tremor can be discerned in the writing. In fact, every letter seems to have been measured. If there was any emotion back of the hand that penned those last few lines to the Coroner it certainly received no outward manifes- tation, either in the composition or the chircgraphy itself. The letter reads as follows:
 Coroner Hawkins-Dear Sir: By the time you receive this letter l will be dead 10 the world. You will find my remains at Alta Plaza. l wish to be buried as pau per. Throw me in plain redwood box; that will do just as good as casket; also save expenses to my friends as I have no parents. l died as l have lived-always happy and contented. l am perfectly so- ber-also have my right senses when I committed this deed. Which no doubt will be a surprise.
 I am better off now than was before, as l have friends in both places-in heaven also in hell-so 1t makes no differ ence to me where l go. One thing I will ask of you, MT. Hawkins-and that is to notify my relatives of my death. They may cast their last looks at my remains at the Morgue, where I will lie on a mar ble slab. l owe a few bills, but they will be paid in the other world. I am man in business, dispose of 1t in some manner and give the receipts to the Red Cross So- ciety.
 Regards to all the boys and girls. have