The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-13
Embezzling Insurance Agent
Suicides at Provo.
ON HIS WAY TO COURT
TOOK MORPHINE AND CARBoLIc
ACID.
First Attempt Was Unsuccessful
Drank Carbolic Acid in the Pres
ence of Attorney and oficer-Left
Letter, Showing That It Was
Preme5itated.
1snecial 10 The HeraIdl

Provo, April 12.-Simon H. Adler.
agent for the New York Life Insurance
company. committed suicide here this
afternoon by drinking about six
drachms of carbolic acid. On the 9Th
Of March, Manager Booth Of the New
York Life Insurance company at Salt
Lake, filed a complaint in Justice
Kings court at Provo, charging Adler
with the embezzlement of S134.24 money
belonging to the insurance company
Adler was arrested and placed under
$500 bonds, to appear for hearing in
Justice Kings court, which was set for
today at 10 a. m. Adler's bondsmen
were B. J. Beer and George McEarlaine
of Salt Lake. Adler, not appearing for
the preliminary hearing, his bonds were
declared forfeited by the court; but
upon receiving word from the bonds
men that he had missed the morning
train and could not reach Provo until
this afternoon, the order FORGETTING the
bonds was vacated, and the hearing
was set for $3.50 this afternoon.
j. NJ. Stull, attorney for the bonds
men, accompanied Mr.. Adler down from
Salt Lake on the Rio Grande Western
train that leaves the city at 2:15. He
says that, while Adler seemed to be a
little respondent he showed no signs
Of being particularly desperate.
Dose of Morphine.
After the train had run out from Salt
Lake about twenty-five miles, Adler
stepped into the closet of the car and
Immediately returning, seated himself
beside Attorney Stull. He was seized
wifi I-so
ton it was found he had taken a doze
Of morphine. No doctor could be Sc
cured until the train reached Provo at
$3.50, where DIR. Allen, who had been
called by telegraph, was awaiting the
train at the depot. The doctor admin
iStered a morphine antidote, and Adler
was soon able to take the cab for
King s court; but no sooner had he en-
tered the cab than he took a bottle Of
carbolic acid from his coat pocket and
drank about six drachms of the poison.
Young Mart Duggins saw Adler as he
stepped into the cab, turn his back
upon the doctor and attorney and drink
from the bottle. Duggins Immediately
notified DR.. Al 4 and the unfortunate
man was huT 'Iy sent to the court
house. EverytI, that could possibly
be done to restore MIN was done, but to
no avail. He soon fell into a stupOr
and died at $50.
Adler has a wife at Portland, Ore,
she having gone there but few days
ago TO visit her sick mother He also
has a brother-in-law at Eureka. He
expressed the fear while coming down
on the train that he could not get out
of his trouble with the insurance COM
pany without having to go to the state
prison. 1t is thought that his fear of
the penitentiary caused him to commit
the rash act. 1t is certain that he con-
templated taking his own life, for the
poison that he drank was purchased in
a Salt Lake drug store.
The deceased was about 80 years Of
age, and has for some time past been
working for the New York Life Insur-
ance company at Lehi. The remains
were taken to Jones & Graham's under
taking parlors, where they will remain
during the night.
Message to His Friends.
Among Adler's effects was found this
letter:
ITO My Past Friends. Goodbye and
may you forget your luminosity long
enough to grant my dying request. On
finding this notify James D. Stack, EU-
reka, Utah. and Henry Brown, New
Harmony, Ind. I don't want anybody
to look at me- I don't want an in
quest. Save me all notoriety. 1 don't
want anybody TO go to my funeral
and no weeping. CPresumption-no
preaching) Unless they want to nse
me for horrible example and let them
bury me in a plain box in a hurry and
dump me wherever they please. Boys.
you have treated me right. but let it
pass. Now thanking you for past ia
vOrs and hoping you may see fit TO
grant my last wishes. 1 am
IS. H. ADLER"