The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-31
SUICIDE AT NIAGARA FALLS
A NAN DIES LEAVING I0VE Mes
StGES 10 LTLLIiN Rts>IL'.
n. stnnd. on n Reef In the River, shoots
Himself. Inil- Int" ia" Rnp'ds ana 10
sv,pt over the Falls - Peopl. IN the
Mainland see Him Take HIS Own Life.
Letters Addressed to Lillian Russell.

Ie >IUHUs NN " ~
Uums,If. InIl- Into ia. Rapids and IL
sv,,t over the Falls - PeOpi. an the
Mainland see Him Take HIS Own Life.
Letters Addressed ,o Lillian Russell.
NIAGARA FAILS. Y. y. March 80. -Hirpolite
Schneider. a Frenchman. who Is supposed TO
have come from Plt'sburg, committed suicide
a, the Falls this morning. IIc was about 80
years Oil lie walked down Falls street and
made INJURY a. to the whereabouts OF tho
whirlpool Then he crossed the bridges Lead
ing from the mainland 10 Goat Island. The
neA, seen OF him was when people on tn"
mainland had their attention drawn TO the
form of a man standing out ON a reef IN tho
river. \ pistol shot had Just sounded and then
the smoke Of the second shot toll. tho people
that the man in the river was doing the shoot
ing. He was seen to place the revolver to his
forehead, and then he pulled the trigger a
third time. lie was seen 10 fall over in the
water AMI the rapids swept his body over the
the Falls some few hundred feet below. Peo-
pie standing on Goat Island bridge got a good
view OF him as he passed under 1t. but he was
deal Hi hat foated about 100 feet in adj
vance OF him and was picked up on Luna
Island. The body j. no doubt in the great
mas Of ice in front Of tho falls.
4 search on Goat Island at the point where
the man entered the water brought 10 light a
memorandum book in which several letters
are written in French. On the fly leaf OF the
hook is written: For Madame Lillian Russell.
artist and vocalist On the second page was
written: Il act with all my reason. and there
is absolutely nothing OF o lunatic or demented
in my BRAIN
on the third sheet he addresses Lillian Rus
sell in these words: Woman. loved and adored.
thou hast preferred my death to my life. and for
all Vengeance | wish that YOU be happy all the
rest of your days. Adieu." This letter Is
signed. and beneath the signature is the fol-
lowing: The biggest heart which the sun has
ehoue upon
10 his child Dahlia he writes: You can walk
with your head w. Your iather was absolutely
without blame. and they nsulted him unJnstIy.
no other man since the sun is sun has been so
insuited.'
given up 10 a letter to u. Westinghouse 4 CO.,
In which he says ,ha' they owe him an meal
culabie amount Tor having e~xperimented dur,
iIg right months in electrical and chemical
methods for tn benefit Of science. He iLti-
mates that they made a martyr OF him, by hay.
Jog 1000 Of their worEmen snit on him and
throw indecent signs at him, ana IN using their
influence TO prevent him from getting work
~.a-ewhere and earning a Living.
IL another letter LII ian Russell ia addressed
will be- found in my gray valise. llyours from
heart. and never 20 another"
The last letter Ia also TO Grand Dove dored,'
and saws: You pu sh me to suicide. And Your
heart is not to the height and yalor OF ms love.
and love has ALWAYS surpassed the eIcltatlons
which | felt sometimes
Nothing has been seen hereabouts OF the gray
yslise referred to.
I1rrsBUnG. March 3O.-The name of Hippo
lyte Schneider does not appear in the Pitts
burg directory At the offices OF the payma-ters
Of the various Westinghouse concerns here il
was learned that the name was not enrolled.
None OF the employees questioned ever heard
o. the man before.
Miss Russell said last night that Schneider
was undoubtedly the man who had been writ
ing letters to her for several months. The
letters always came from Pittsburg. She had
never seen the writer OF them. but he wrote to
say that he believed abe was his affinity. She
had amused many OF her friends by showing
the letters to them. and was Of the opinion that
Schneider was one OF the many cranks who had
q habit Of sending love letters to actresses.
From the letters she Judged that he was a
The last letter | received from him." she
said. was mailed to me from PittsburR last
weAs. II was a ram bling afalr and said that
tine spirit OF the writer would meet my spirit
soon and that the spirits would recognize each
other INN e,iiatelv even though they had
never met before. At Christmas time he mailed
his photograph to me and sent a long, letter
both Of which were sent back to him. That
was The Isst heard Of him until the letter