The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-05
Son Of Wealthy Californian Pam
lily Shoots Himself.
DEATH MAY BE THE Result.
any Lsfe Has Bees Fu11 81 Trsuese
apA J An Tired Of Lfsfn&r' Wes
the Answer Yoang %. 4. Thsyer
Gave when Asked To Expsain His
OeeA-I.efe q note for the Coroner.
Asking Ms Father to Be Not1aed.

n. c. Thayer, son Of 4. r. Thayer. a
wealthy resident Of Oakland. Ca. at
tempted to Kill him~aif yesterday after
noon at - Al the rear Of the Emerson
saloon, eis Second avenue. Gish sz-caii-
Der pistoi.
The ball went through his body. miss
Ing the heart by hairs breadth He u
cover.
my life has been full OF trouble. and
! am tired OF living" IL the way the
wounded man explains his act
Thayer II only "a years old. ard he has
che appearance OF being gentleman He
admits that his father. l.. n. Thayer.
who lives In Oakland, Is q weli-so-do
man. Young Thayer Is bookkeeper.
and has lived In several cities In Califor-
mia. He recently was In San Jose, About
zen days ago ne came 10 Seattle. Even
then . wound In his body from A-caii-
Der revolver had not completely healed.
Yesterday afternoon be walked into the
Emerson saloon. perfect stranger. and
called for . glass OF port wine. He took
81 with . steady hand ana tossed II down
his throat. Then he walked into a closet
at the rear OF the saloon. A few mo
ments later q pistol sho, was heard.
Mr.. Emerson hurried to che esoset and
found Thayer sitting down. his hands
ciasped on his knees and an old-fashoned
3z-ca.tber short pistol lying on the floor
There was q blood spot on his left side
near his heart
"What Ii the troubie." asked Mr.. En-
erson. Thayer groaned and did not
speak. Detective Cudihee arrived few
moments later and asked Thayer why he
tried 10 kill himself
III you suffered with the spells tina:
do" he replied. you won.d not wonder .
Then he told the detective briefly that The
time before he used a +4-csflber. and that
he stili had the bullet In his body.
Al police headquarters. where he was
examined to determine the seriousness Of
the wound iust received. II was found
that the wound In his body. lower down,
had not completely healed. DIR. Frank
Whiting decided that IL was best To re-
move Thayer 80 Providence hospital, as
the bal! had entered one inch under the
heart and passed through The body
downward. coming out at the LEFT siae Of
the sp.ne.
An operation will be performed today
by DR. Whiting and Or. n. y. Kline.
who assisted yesterday in tho preliminary
examination
That Tnaysr had determined TO Kill
himself vas made evident by the follow
Ing letter. wiiieh chias Reed found among
his personal effects In his clothing:
To the Caroner-isy the time this
comes into your possession. IL vii. be all
or with ms. Please communicate with
Lw fatter. f.. +. Thayer. 4st Eighth
street Oakland CAL
Tkayer war getting a,ong much better
than expected when a Po-~-fntel.igencer
reporter visited him a, the hospital last
evening He said thar he did not care TO
ttA the story OF his life. He did not at
tempt to deny. however. that ne had at
tempted self-unirder.
My lie has been fuii OF trouble" he
said in answer 20 question II any re-
cent event had happened 10 make him
weary OF lie.
"Au there was 10 H." he continued
''may h. summed np la the words. 4 am
tired Of living -
DIR. Within said last evening ,ha, the
chances OF Thayer's recovery were about,
ayen.