The evening world., 1900-01-02
CUT THROAT
WITH RAZOR,
Brooklyn Man Kills Him
self in Boarding.
House.
he Was DBSPONDBNT.
Butler Loft Three Letters Be-
fore Committing
Suicide.

Rxievfns that the people vhs itvs1 n
the next room rad an X-ray apparatus
turned on him through the wall. lA0uA,
Butler. killed himself ~ - 0tale 0tsoo9.
Brooklyn. by cutting his throat Nth .
razor to-day.
Butler was . partner IN the lsStraa
4 Butler Co.. Of q Pearl sarost. this
cty.
Butler went to the STATE stssss hserd.
ing-house six weeks aso. He aaid he
had hssa travelling In fAyti end CSsoa.
lie MAS last seen alive at o'clock
la; nlsht.
lie WAS not down at . O'Clock this
morning. and Mrs Sutherland. the laad.
lady went up to call him. Seeing bloo1
an the floor. she sen, James Watson.
another boarder. upstairs. lie found
butler dead In bed. with his throa, cut
from ear to sar.
Ran. Ore Was addressed TO Mrs.. Ar .,
butler. EiGin, Neb. Another vas for
tho Bartram 4 Butler Co. g PsSl
street. New York. ard the third ~ss ad-
dressed to J. r. Bar:ran. 4. Pearl
street. New York
Little WAs known abou, Butler al the
boardins-houss. lie was very rsticsnt
until yesterday. when he said TO Mrs.
Sutherland:
i've bssn . very bad man
You've always been all right here, a"
Mrs. Sutherland replied.
Il have been a very bed man" he re-
p>ated. Every one 10 watching me
The people In the nsxt roam have an
. N.ray instrument directed toward me
and they know all"
Then Butler told Mira Sutherland tina,
he had $3.50 coming to him In Man.
haitian. bu, that he had been . little
s.ow In getting It.
A; o'clock no wrote q dsseatch.
which he said vas 10 his brother. He
wanted Mrs.. Sutherland to take Il to q
telegraph Once ct once. She sest her
husband. Butler gave him the nonsy
10 pay for It's transmission. wSsa
Sutherland 30, to the telegraph oacs
ne found that the despatch would 80,
more money than Butler haA 0ivsa hin
and no took II back.
Butler took II and did not insia IN
sending It.
This 10 the despatch:
Nv. A. Butler, Orlando. ~ \ -"
Wire ~ 90 Nine. Sutherland. y oAass
street ~. n you lose this 4 wtIl =
hurt you. y II lifs OF dsesh b me %
no, reiuse. She 10 my boarding m6otrsss
DO IT, Answer yes or no tg.es6h!
In IN. poehs,s az Tia As.h r,.s -
found n number Of lsiterS 1ddrcoec1
20 I.emue' H. Butler. Santiago Dc Cuba
They we're from J. B. nsr,ran. a|
Pearl street. and related 70 the sale Of
cattle. Tney Indicated that Butler rep
resented Bsrtram In selling the cattle.
Butler was about nifty years old and
seemed % lie rsspectAble AID ints,li-
Bartram Bros. Al q Pearl street. are
commission merchants trading hot wSpn
this country and the West Indies. But
lsr came from Connecticut and was en-
p!oyei by the Arm 40 . salesman, -Four
YEAR, aso he and J. u. Partram organ.
lied the Arm % the Bartram 4 Butler
Tradins COMPANY
J. II. Bartram IL the President OF the
oompsnv. Bartram and the Treasurer.
Seth w., Fox, went TO the coroner's
cured the letter. LET, for the company.
Mr.. Ber,ram said AFTER he mad reed ;hSm
that they concerned business matters
end threw no lIgh' on the cause OF th0
ouictde. Ne Ssi1 ihAt Butler n hesn
h ve trore " fflss, yc,rs snd tor
several yrars nsd bean the business
MANAGER Of the company In Iisyti. lie
came north six weeks ago because SUI
fcrine from asthma.
The company, Mr Bsrtram said. vas
in good shape financially and thers W0s
20 business reason for the suicide. Al
Batter mad several hundred deIlafs on
deposit with the company the letter
asking 80 from his brother proved. Mr.
bsrtaln declared. that he was out OF
his mind when ne killed himself
Mrs. Anna Butler. he said. MAS the
0s!cides mother.