The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-28
SHOT HIMSELF.
f. A. Miller Sends a
Bullet Into His
Head.
DEED DONE IN PROVIDENCE.
Is a Worcester Man and
Lives at s Gladstone
Street.

Frank A. Miller, proprietor of a cob
bling shop at Gladstone street in
South Worcester, shot himself in the
head yesterday morning at the Ma
tional hotel. 115 Orange street, in Provi-
dence
He was taken 20 the Rhode Island
hospital and died at l o'clock without
having gained consciousness.
Miller's identity was not known to
the Providence police when he was dis
covered after his attempt to erd his
life, but papers found on his person at
the hospital by DIR. Peters led the doe
tor to believe that he was F. A. Miller
of Worcester.
The Worcester police were notified
and it was found that Miller was out
of the city, His wife was told OF her
husban's act and she left this city for
Providence yesterday Afternoon with
the hope of reaching her husbands bed
side before he died.
According to people living near his
nome in South Worcester, Miller has
not been himself for six months past.
He was at one time man who could
earn a good living. Six months ago he
had trouble and left his home, Accord
Ing to a story told to a Spy man, Mrs.
Miller gave her husband some money
TO pay a bill and instead Of doing 80
he took a trip to Montreal. Twelve
years ago he made an attempt to end
his life by taking dose of poison, but
il was discovered in time to save his
life.
What Millers motive was in trying
to end his life yesterday morning, is not
clear to his friends in Worcester. Ac-
-tn fnlA
guests and the proprietor of the Ma
tional Hotelwhere Miller stopped,h he had
acted strangely, but no one considered
for an instant that he contemplated
ending his life.
His friends in Worcester are of the
opinion that he was jealous Of his wife,
and letter found in his pockets by the
doctors at the hospital showed that this
opinion was true.
He registered at the National Satur-
day night, and stopped there the fol-
lowing evening. Monday evening he
came into the hotel Office between 10
and II o'clock, and was assigned to a
room by Patrick McCalla, brother of
the proprietor who was on duty at the
time He registered as G. e. McBoxer.
His hand was shaky, and his writing
was Identical with that found in let
ters on his person at the hospital. Mil
Ter went to his room shortly after reg
istering, and was not heard from all
night.
Yesterday morning Patrick McCalla.
in passing through the corridor on the
top, near where he had assigned a
room to Miller, heard heavy breathing
and moaning He traced It to Miller's
room, and standing on a chair he was
able to look over the transorh into Mil
ler's room. Miller lay on the bed with
his head and face bathed in blood. He
had a gaping wound in his head, and
the blood had run down his face and
discoiored the white bed cclothing. On
the floor to the right of the bed was a
3S-calibre Harrington & Richardson re-
volver, which looked as if it had never
been used before.
Mr. McCaI1a made an attempt to get
into the room. but as the door was
locked he failed. Charles Fox. one of
the employees of the hotel went up the
fire escape and got into the room
through the window.
The injured man was taken to the
hospital, where an operation was per-
formed, a part Of the bullet being re-
moved. The wound. it was found. was
over the right ear, an inch and a half
above It,
The condition of the pistol when il
was found shows the determination
with which he entered on his work. The
hammer was pulled away back, the sui
eide evidently having attempted to put
a second bullet into his head before he
lost consciousness. The hammer had be-
come fixed, however, and could not be
forced down upon the cartridges.
Millers effects were of little value
and, besides the clothing, consisted OF
smoking materials. seven cents In
change and a little vest pocket ealen-
dar note book. This was taken possess
ion of by the police. The corner Of one
leaf was turned down. evidently to draw
the attention of the finder to an address
written on the opposite page, which
read, F. A. Miller, s Gladstone streef.
Worcester, Mass; care Mrs. Miller"
II was the presence OF this address that
suggested Miller as the mans name.
On one of the pages was the following.
dated June IS:
Dear Sir:-If had got the word