The sun., 1901-06-07
H0RACEp pELL TIRED OF LIFE
yoUy0 ACTOR OF wBLL-KN0WN Ah'
IIY ATTBMPTS SUICID6.

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Had Joined Stock COMPANY Thsss fos
the sammsr Hts IAfssuattoa Tor the stag
and Hh Detsrmtnatsoa to Succeed.
c,,ru.sn luna a-Horace p. Psll Of
p.n family of New York and one Of
,he . .,ncs oompanv At the Euclid Avenue
80 Wv House sttsmpted suicide at 3:is o clock
this morning In his room In tho wyandos'
Cleveiands oestknoWh uoN"vo"a apMs-
ment house ror severa aays no nso oeen
complaining tha' no eouio ne''p1' n
sleep owing 10 hervoushess ne 'eemou
to have some secret uouo'e' o"' wh~. "as
his friends could nor discover Lss' msh'
be played AZ he opera house a. usua'' AA.hs
the part OF Pdnon' soook oroker IN ne
Charity BAH Aiter ne performance nc
vent to TIE "yahoot accompanied oy H'eh-
ard Bennett. feiiow actor "hose room
was near Pelrs on the same moor
About O'CLOCK tne report OF revolver
was heard. apparently having oeen nred IN
pell's room. Fred mckenzie. the elevator
boy, summoned Bennett and u h Raymond.
manager OF the Empire Theatre The three
entered Pelrs room. opening the door by
means Of pass KEY They found Pell 'yiag
on the floor. the blood streaming from
wound In his abdomen. A revolver lay on
the floor beside him. He was taken to the
Huron street hospital, where he lies In criti-
cal condition. his recovery being extremely
doubtful Upon the stage Pell was known
hv the name OF Robert Ransoms He was
A.. =, A.. .,o,,,
popular ons inc ihe'hpers Oh 'ne s'ooA
company. He was not drinking man
Osgood Pell, brother Of Horace Pell,
,.os,ardav morning rsceivad te,eursm
a.,
from 'leveiand giving MIN the news Oh the
ATTEMPTED suicide Al p NJ he left for
Cleveland BEFORE aoips he said; Il be-
,.",.. ,ha, 81. uho,. ,htn. w.s an .,oia.n,
e % brother tine wSos ry. sns nsa rSs nn r s.
il was due 10 an attack Of Temporary insanity
Z. was nue ~ a. s, u''A a,,a, ~ .. ,.p, ,h nr n."y
week % ago ago Just Just a, a''sr ne .sI. 'he company
hare and drew ,sooo Of hi. income He
'. US. Ii - - -. 80 ~. ,i..
Nasn very weii "eh ana l uied 70 set nun
vi ,ri,b @ ,Ss - sspsreuoe @ he Sould Ss, in c,sveIsnS
,hi, s,,r,,,ar ha wo,,ld n. h.,,a- e,,sd ,or a
I'M, summer p' "ou'' oe oe.'oi n,'ou ioi
pArf IN the fali, NOT even ms mother could
mi, ,his oorrtna recoiy.d lo,,sr ,ror,
oniF 'n'' ''o'nrn ,eoo'ea ".'e' ,'o'h
him oa'ed on Wednesday lie sa'a nothins
or that he was con,emnlst,na .uicds
81 - .a. , raI .,.
My brother mas not had any entansie-
nents and | do not believe that there was
any voman that might havs oaused him
,,.,, =, ,at,. Lt' ii,. -, 80.
20 a''eihp' 10 Vake ms NE ror iohs time
he has possessed an intense desire to be an
actor. He has memorzed many plays and
learned scores OF roles, and as result OF the
strain he broke down not long ago and for
several months he was an inmate OF an insti-
tuition, We believed that he had been re-
stored To- health, but the last time saw him
/ noticed that he had some OF the symptoms
that he had had before and that was why
tried to deter him from working this sum-
Iner."
Mr Pell comes Of family that has figured
IN the social doings OF the city for many gem
eratons Mr.. Peiis father was the late
John Rowland Pell who lived here and In
Westchester and who lived on the income
from the real estate held by the family. which
is very. extensive Young Pel's mother
was a Miss Hyatt She is living az present
with her son. 5 Ossood Pell. al Port Chester
The other sons are stephen and Theodore
Pell and a sister, Mrs Samuel Cornell Hop.
kins Young Pel was also a grand nephew
Of the late Mrs Walden Pell and is said TO
lave been one OF her heirs. He ia a cousin
Of Archie Pel well known in society and in