The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-06
He SLASHED
THROAT FROM
EAR TO En-
Walter Jiles Commits Sue
al O~41vnid CIIy
CAUSED BY DISP0NDENCY
Cowboy From CoaIgate Took
Dose of Morphine.
CAUSED BY DLSP0NDENCY

Oklahoma City, 0. T., Dec. 5.-In a
dining room in the rear of Jake Kauf-
mans hotel on First street, Oklahoma
City's second suicide for yesterday was
discovered about s o'clock last night.
The room where the tragedy occurred
is fitted up with three cots and is occupied
by as many persons. The employees Of
the hotel noted the fact that The door Of
the room was locked all day yesterday,
while no sounds from within were heard,
ana last evening when the room clerk
conducted one Of the lodgers back 10
the room and could neither open the door
nor arouse the inmate, his apprehensions
were aroused and, returning to the hotel
Cnice he telephoned police headquarters
and two officers promptly responded to
the cali.
One Of the policemen crawled over the
partition from an adjoining room and
opened the door and when lamp was
brought in a terrible spectacle met the
Mortified gaze of the beholders.
The floor of the room was swimming
with human blood. and lying on his back,
crosswise of the bed, was a man with his
throat cut and the he'd clothing about him
saturated with his life blood
The dead man was recognized by the
hotel people as Walter Jues, who came to
the hotel last Sunday from Chickasha.
where ne had been employed as a sec
ton hand by the Oklahoma City and
Western. on section number 20. the first
section north of Chckasha.
Coroner Street was summoned immedi-
atley after the body was discovered and
repaired to the scene Of the tragedy. but
after noting the dun pucl,et knife, which
was found covered with blood on the
fCor. together with other evidence of the
manner in which the unfortunate man
came to his death. concluded an inquest
unnecessary and had the body removed
80 the morgue
All appearances indicated that the man
had been dead for several hours, as the
blood Upon his person and about the room
bad begun 70 ciot and dry.
The knife with which Jiles took his life
was dull one, and it must have re-
Quired considerable effort as well as much
nerve to accomplish the deed.
Little was known of the man except
what had been ascertaIned by the board
ers at the hotel in casual conversations
during the brief time he had been at the
hostelry. which is patronized largely by
railroad employees.
He appeared 10 be about So or 80 years'of
age, and talked much about roulette and
gambling generally. and some Of the hotel
guests gained the impression that Jiics
had been unfortunate at the green table
while in this city
a renorter who last night visited the
scene of the tragedy. found a possible
clew to tho cause of the mans suicide.
which had escaped the attention of the
officers. 1t consisted of a fragmentary
portion of q letter. spotted with clots Of
blood which lay on the floor. The writing
was identical with the map's signature on
the hotel register. The decipherable words
Oh the slip Of paper ar given herewith:
on one side Of the slip was. 80
e2ough Of this me week con-
sJantly all she has said:
get this letter and do let got
that little hoy all g Harry"
on the other side appeared:
me Annie. and me
for not writing the place
She is So 10 me. if she had only
. Judgment a place to take
dear
While a story of reproach for mis-
Judgment and consequent despondencv
could be easily woven from the frag-