The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-13
COLLEGE BOY A SUICIDE.
NEW FORK UNIVERSITY FREsHMlE
SHOOTS HIMSELF.
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Attributed 10 Overstady-Hle LEFT = RnSa-
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Indicate THAT IIia Mint wal Unhinged.

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Attvibutea to Overstpdy-He LEFT y Rnu-
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Indicate THAT rIia Mint was UnhinEed.
Harway Thompson Brooks, 10 years old. q
freshman in tho Now York University, killed
himself yesterday at his home at 305 West
Elghty-second street. The youth shot himself
behind the right cor with q 32-calibre revolver
about o o'clock In tho morning and died about
1 o'clock In tho afternoon. Tho suicide left q
letter saying he had an attack of the blues"
and that he was tired o, life.
Young Brooks was tho stcpson Of George
Murray Brooks, q lawyer at Ill. broadway.
His right name was Thompson. but since his
mothers second marriage he had adopted the
name OF his stcpfnther. He won the first prize
for oratory ut tho Hamilton Institute last year.
He was also fond Of athletics and was a substi-
tute In his college football team last fall.
For some time past the young man had been
acting strangely. His relatives attributed this
to overstudy. Ho went to his room about 10
O'clock on Tuesday night In apparently good
spirits. Yesterday morning about @ o'clock
his mother was awakened by the report Oft
pistol. She awakened her husband, who went
to his stepson's room. which was in the rear Of
the same floor. Mr.. Brooks found the young
man lying undressed on the bed with a bullet
wound behind his right ear. A pistol was found
later under tho pillow. Of the bed. Tho young
man after. pulling the trigger had;enough
pillow He died without .reRaining. conscious
ness. His stepfather said last night that he
knew Of no reason why the youth should have
have been oyerbalanced from too much study
Harvey he said. was very fond Of IRE
a arr and I am inclined to believe he shot him.
The following. letter. which was found on q
table In the bedroom, however, seems to ex-
plain why. the young man killed himself; .
used to be n man. God knows what I am now.
. Some devil has got into my, soul. When
come sSsrs,S hack aa shall H. be "a all Eieh tool ! m haSS had
God, pity her..haye none for,me
u have ,wilfully neglected my college, my
fpien %ac- and mo, Al; W. What Sod fool 70 bI ! have Y a hem and and
going away. I nm a coward. 1 have let these
blues come on me and given up entirely to
them. For Q month ! hive done nothing In
o brute-a wretch. Don't think OF ne again. I
am not a gentleman. ] am nothing. You have
all AMI S SisGra SO Kind b AND / 1T Fe 6sSe5o e Sn sr@c FOR up Pour I
own sakes. it is the only thing left to do-to go
away wherei / don,t know. This last Is more
t @orn ! oS Sa ma Ssan; u y ; yGs 9 %aS K knST n AZ ~ ! a had
/ am gone. Tell mamma III. come back-not to
worry. As ! say 1t the words seem a mockery:
! am ma not 1 worthy any yt Longer ger t to share hart tho roof o%
ing. Disown me Il You want to. I can't feel
any .p W Snf us SS9 20 Syo- an gentleman. pH Ew 4 am
o wretch"
On another slip of paper found in the coat
pocket Of the dead man were written tho fol-
In case OF accident notify George NJ. Brooks.
Ill Broadway, New York city. Unable to get
n nSm te-si d \ bad 3 R snils. s Msg %ss NsT xsa .seeo My
street, n. Y. city,"