New-York tribune., 1902-06-28
SUICIDE CONFESSES GUILT
4 BROOKLYN LAWYER SAID TO Be
VICTIM OF FRAUD.

r,,,ss = Pearson a LAWYER ffty-two years old.
who in a farewell letter declared that ne was a
defaulter and a thief, ruined. disgraced and unnr
to live committed suicide some time in the nlsnr
Thursday al his flee. No. 213 MOntague-sI Brook
lyn. through asphyxiation by illuminating gas ne
was found by janitor on lounge II MS private
consulting room about 730 o'clock yesterday morn
ing. In the dead mans hand was the photograpn
OF corneIy woman. and at his side was BloIe-
letter. written apparently in haste and Win
nervous hand a page OF cheap yellow cap i4y
! a desk near by II was as follows
It is of no use I have. prayed for death but II Il
alone in Office for the first time in three WesSs
that have tried TO be; 10 do tnls- l muse 10 no.
miss the opportunity and my family VIII De se'eo e
Iive,-an goodby, You viii despise me. every one;
when all is known! am detaulte%rTtn1IeeI- % Ne ana
and children are left penniless. have read with
elusive. God win care for them. perhaps If 1
live cannot help them
The letter not signed The Biblical refer
ence was TO TIE following verses from jeremiah
bring evil upon them which they Shall not be able
TO escape: and though they shall cry unto me L
Then shall the cities Of judah and Inhabitants
they offeT ineense S q but they shan not save them
at all in the time OF their trouble -, -
For according the number OF thy c1tles were
thy gods Judah: and according 70 the number OF
the of Jerusalem have ye set up altars 70
that shameful thing. even altars TO burn incense
Therefore pray not thou for this people. neithsr
lift up cry nor prayer for them: Tor vii Ros s
their trouble
As soon as the jantor discovered the body he
found policeman. who called an ambulance The
ambulance surgeon expressed the opinion that Mr..
Pearson had been dead for hours The police took
charge o; the body informed Coroner Flaherty and
called up John H FuIcber. the Office associate OF
the dead man
About $50 o'clock a young man whistIing cheer
fully, entered office. seeing the police
man sitting there asked anxiousy about his father
man told him his father was dead, and that ne had
| committed suicide there in the night With cry
| OF horror the young man hurried 70 the inner
| again and again why he had killed himself AFTER
regaining in measure his sel1-coutrol. ne called
/ up an undertaken and sent word 70 Hempstead to
| have the news broken TO his mother as gently as
\ Young Pearson declared that he did not know
| why his father had committed suicide, He had
Tfver tnreaIe19d 10 60 SO II vas 6nousnt On
the bedside of his father in Brooklyn who is very
/ i'll The young man said his father was a total abb
/ stainer. church member. the president Of ths
! Epworth League in Hampstead. trustee IN the
NethodlSt church there and sunday scnoo! WORK.
| er and he was his father not defaulter-
tfaInlIy knew was the Day case wnen ne was sued
/ for real estate transaction IN which he was
| and ne was compelled to pay some money to settle
| #, which crippled his resources He was not rich
| the money affected him great deal
Young Pearson could not explain his fathers let
! ter, except thar he in financial difficulties
/ 1t is believed by many of his friends that Mr.,
Pearsons suicide can be almost directly traced to
! the judgment which was rendered against him in
| the suit of Mrs Olive 5 Day. OF No 81 West One
hundred-and d-thrty- -fourth-st, Manhattan The Day
case was real estate swindle, in which Mr. Pear
| sons friends say he was victim as well as Mrs
case, and sued him and several others for a large
| in East New-York A judgment against Mr. Pear
son was rendered in February. and he had Just
It cannot be told whether Mr. Parsons other at
Ialrs were n good shape until after MS books have
/ four children. James z Pearson. ir.. Leroy NJ.
Pearson. Edith Pearson and Mrs R c. Hutchin-
SON