The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-18
BELIEVED
SUICIDE
NO SIN
SaVarez, Accepting the Views Of
the Late Robert G. IngersoII,
Ended His Life.

New York. Oct. 1S.-Charles Savarez
was found dead yesterday in room he
occupied i'm lodging house at Is St Mark S
place. lie had committed suicide by in
haling Illuminating gas.
To make sure OF death he had stuffed
the sides of the door and window with pa
per, attached a rubber tube to a gas burn
er, placed the other end in ais mouth and
turned on The gas.
lie was only twenty-one years old and
had been living at the lodging house
about four months. The landlady, Mrs.
Schoen. said that he appeared to her 70
be of melancholy disposition. and kept
aloof from all other inmates OF the house
Addressed to the press was letter, in
which he explained his motive for com
mitting suicide. He wrote:-
Owing to my inability to enter the
social sphere I'm which / properly be-
long, | have been compelled TO take
this step TO end my suffe,tngs from
melancholia. as my mind would sure
ly have been wrecked had / longer
been compelled 10 endure the tortures
To which have been subjected for the
past few years.
Then follow several unintelligible lines
and the letter continues
always endeavored to do my duty
10 my fellowmen, but the love and
companiOnship Of congenial souls had
always been denied me. In spite of all
my efforts | have been unable 10 rise,
but i hope In another sphere to find
the happiness denied me here.
There was also i'm the effects sent TO the
coroner by the police a postal card. TO
which was pasted newspaper clipping OF
a matrimonial advertisement IL read:
A young man. diyinely inspired, won
derfully gifted. highly sentimental.
admirable orator, poet and writer. des-
tined TO become famous. desires ac-
quaintance Of a beautiful young wom-
an who will become his benefactor.
ACCEPTED INGERSoLLS VIEWS.
Among a lot OF newspaper clippings OF
morbid tenor which were discovered
among his few effects was an article
written by the late Colonel Robert G.. In
gersoll more than eight years ago en-
titled. us Suicide a Sin?" 1t showed signs
tNdti anu
IL IS believed that the young man, hav-
ing come To the conclusion that life for
him was no longer worth living had
adopted Colonel Ingersolls view that he
had perfect right To rid himself OF IT,
Under many circumstances "a man
has the right 60 Kill himself. When
life is OF no value TO him, when he
can be of no real assistance TO others.
why should a man continue2
Why should the poor wretch stay and
suffer? a little morphine would give
him sleep. the agony would be forgot
ten and he would pass unconsciously
from happy dreams to painless death.
Mrs. Schocn said that the young man
paid his rent regularly and was always
neatly dressed. but 81 was evident that
he had very little money His stepmother.
Mrs. Savarez, Is employed as a ianitress
at No 600 East 125th street. Her husband.
young Savarez's father. she said is cm-
ploycd in a leather shop in Canal street.
lie was great admirer OF lngerSolls
and more recently had become
IA student OF hypnotism aud Spiritualism.
When few months ago he inherited
several hundred dollars from relative I'm
Germany, ne left home to study those
subjects.