The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-04-21
STRANGE SUICIDE.
sect a Revolver and
Shoot Me- Said
the Man,
AND THEN SANK
Beneath the Waters Of
Lake Quinsig-
amond.

For Gods sake get a revolver and
shoot mel" These were the last words
of an unknown man who committed
suicide at Lake Quinsigamond, near
Lake Park, last night about 7.S0 o'clock.
Theodore Richard and John Guertin,
both residing at 10 Bartlett place, saw
the man In the water and Richard
took off rubber coat he had on and
threw one end Of it to the man, telling
him to take hold of it, which he re-
fused to do, and instead picked UP what
looked like a stone and, after striking
himself on the head twice with all the
strength he coald muster up, he sank
for the last time.
Richard ana Guertin were both fish
ing near where the new wharf is to be
built at Lake Park, for about half an
hour, when they suddenly heard voice
crying out: "Helpg' MURDER Take
this one!" and 'Take that one!" Both
ran in the direction from which the
calls came, and about 200 yards from
the wharf, a few feet from the shore,
saw man struggling, in the water.
He appeared to be battling for life,
and Richard tried to help him. After
throwing him the rubber coat which he
wore, the man cried out, For Gods
sake, get revolver and shoot mel"
and as Richard started to get out in
the water to get hold Of him, he pulled
up something that looked like a stone
and cf7.ttoly ], i,,aralf furn .hpaX7U blows on
the head.
After he sank the last time, both men
ran as fast as they could to the station
at the corner Of Shrewsbury street and
Alvarado avenue, where they notified
officer Hall, who went to the park
with the men and found the dead
mans clothing lying on the bank.
Officer Hall examined the clothes and
found in the POCKET of a long black
overcoat, a briar pipe, a half-plug of
tobacco, several pieces of a Boston pa
per and two small pieces of wrapping
paper, on one of which was written
Charles Colthier, Brockton. Mass"
There was also a sack undercoat con-
siderably the worse for wear and a
vest, in the pockets of which were
found several other small pieces of pa
per with nothing written on them.
A black derby hat of Lenox make
size, TIA pair of SUSCEPTIBILITY
size 9-patched in several places, and a
necktie were all that the stranger had
taken off and left on the shore. There
were no pants or shirts or any UNDER
clothes, and from the description given
of the man by the two men, it looks
as though he had left on the remainder
of his clothes and entered the water
with them on. The necktie was a
made-up our-in-hand, and a small tag
bearing the name Of Howard & Cald-
well, Brockton, Mass was sewed in
side
The men were so thoroughly excited
by the Incident that they We're not able
to give any satisfactory description of
the suicide, but supposed that he was
well advanced in age, and was either
gray-haired or bald-headed. His cries
at times seemed to be about a girl
whom he did not want to have taken
away from him, and his actions were
plainly those of man who was de-
mented.
Officer Hall tied up the dead mans
effects and brought them to the station
and then telephoned to Station. 1. He
was ordered to note the spot where the
men said the man went down, SO that
ofncers could grapple for him this
morning. Later in the night, Allie Co.
burn, Officer Hall and a newspaper
man went to the spot and dragged for
the body, but got no results and aban-
doned the matter until this morning
when officers will be detailed to look
for the body. -