The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-08-25
LOVED WIFE
BUT WANTED
TO DIE BAD
Union PresSman Fires Bullet
Into His Breast.
LOST PROSPECTIVE JOB
CooiIy Attempts Suicide in
Hardware Store.
LOST PROSPECTIVE JOB

Oklahoma City, 0. T, Aug 24-About
o'clock yesterday evening persons on
Main street were startled TO hear a pistol
shot in the hardware establishment of W.
J. Pettee and company at 125 West Main
street. and the throng Of people who i'm
mediately rushed in there were confronted
with an awful scene-a young man was
bleeding from a bullet wound in his left
breast and his shirt front burning from
the discharge of pistol in his own hand
n an attempt at self-destruction.
Jack Boyer was the name given by
the young man who desired to escape
the troubles of this life. and he appears
to be about . years Of age. lie appears
as o beardiess boy and at the time Of Jhe
shooting was attired in a neat appearing
blue suit and wore a straw hat of the
sailor fashion.
F5e walked into the store unconcernedly
and asked Charles -Hrabe, who waited
upon him at the counter, to look at some
cartridges. he was shown some and then
asked to look at a 32-caLbre revolver,
which was also handed out for his in
spection, and while Mr. Hrabe was en-
q
Boyer slipped two cartridges into the
other weapon. Then, suddenly. after a
little conversation, he turned the weapon
50 that it pointed to his left breast and
pulled the trigger.
lie did not fan to the foor, but stood
leaning on the counter and it was a
shocking vision to the half dozen
startled people who were in the store at
that time Not six feet away from him
stood Mrs. ". Il. Higgins with lutle
child beside her and near them a Western
Union messenger boy. <Ir. Hrabe. ! II.
Coils and another gentleman were also
near the man at the time of the shoot
ing.
the wounded man was first carried to .
seat and later removed to the warehouse,
ia TIE rear Of the building, where Dr.
West who was Immediately called, wait
ed upon him and had him removed to St.
Anthonys hospital
The youac man did not lose conscious
nes sat any time and repeatedly asked
those standing around him TO let ni-n die;
that he had DO desire to live and wanted
10 die. He asked that q note for his wife
be taken from his pocket and a telegram
with it which he bad just received a
few moments before.
The note was written on a telegraph
blank and reads as follows:
MY Dear Nife-The telegram in my
POCKET viii explain all Better Tor me to
go than to drag you into poverty. Much
as it hurts me 10 part from you, I think
it best You viii be better far in the old
life than to be with me in my pros
pectiye future. 1 know you love me. pet,
as J love you. I love YOU too much to
ask you 10 share my lot. Remember me,
petite. as one who loves you better than
All the world besides. Good by. my own,
forever
tsigned) JACK"
The note was addressed TO Mrs. II. I.
Boyer, $40 Seneca street, Leavenworth.
Kan.
The telegram referred TO in the note
was from the Chronicle-Telegrap pub
lished at Leavenworth. and read:
I'VE have decided to make a change and
viii retain the pressmen now here"
Boyer is union pressman and had
been ira the city several days, having
made application q day or two before the
attempted suicide for position as press
men with the Oklahoman.
Or West was communicated with by
telephone at 10 O'Clock last night and said
Boyer was resting easy; that while the
wound had not been probed, he did not
believe it would prove fatal
That The wound did not prove imme-
diately fatal was due to Boyer's ignor-
ance Of anatomy. as he wanted the shot
10 bc q fatal one. but failed.