The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-01-30
SCALE" MITCHELL A SUICIDE
THE NOTED SARATOGA GAMBLER
SHOOTS HIMSELF.

the senator in Tie shoots Himself.
Failing Dead nj once Door 1T II BE.
lieyed lie Meant 10 Kin the senator.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. Jan. 2s.-Caleb Weeks
Mitchell, former President OF the village
Of Saratoga Springs and known to sporting
men all over the United States az Gale"
Mitchell. committed suicide at $50 o'clock
this morning by shooting himself through
the temple at the entrance TO the law offices
of State Senator Edgar T. Bracket In the
Town Hall. The act IL believed here TO
have been that OF an insane man. and II Is
also believed that Mitchell, his reason gone
through long brooding over real or fancied
wrongs. for which he held Senator Bracket
partly responsible. intended to kill the
senator before taking his own life. Many
facts brought out during the day show
that the suicide and. mayhap. a murder,
had been planned with some care.
Mitchell lived at the corner Of Phila and
Court streets, and for several weeks had
been out OF the house little. He had grown
thin during the winter and day after day
he would sit In his library with head bowed.
brooding over subjects that never seemed
TO inspire q cheering thought. Frequently
he would talk to himself. and now and again
he would jump up M pace the room,
gesticulating as IL to more strongly impress
his audience Of one Of the truth OF his num-
bllngs. His wife and daughters tried TO
cheer him, but they feared that reason had
gone not to return, because they knew
that there was insanity In the Mitchell
family. They remembered that his mother
and two brothers had become insane and
they feared that the faint had passed TO
him.
This morning. when he greeted his fam
fly, he seemed to have more Of his old
determined manner than he had shown
for weeks, and when he said he would
take a short walk before breakfast, some
OF the family urged him to do 70. When
he left the house, as his family supposed.
there was nothing unusual In his appear
ance. When his body was found In front
Of the door TO Senator Brackets ONCE.
he was clad in old clothes and thus dis
guised TO such an extent that the assistant
janitor Of the Town Hall did not at first
recognize the suicide, although Mitchell
was well known, at least by sight, to al
most every man, woman and child In the
village.
When he left his house he must have
gone directly Il the hardware store Of
O. d. Town. in Broadway, a few doors
south OF Caroline street. Stepping up to
the first clerk he saw, he said:
Il want a good revolver. one that is
warranted TO kill disturbing cats on sight.
A number Of pistols were shown to him,
and he finally bought one Of the Iver-Jones
make, 81 calibre. While he was examining
the revolvers he seemed to grow excited.
and when he asked the clerk to load the
he purchased the clerk refused, saying:
I'm sorry. but l can't q that. It's
against our rules to load a revolver In the
.oh, we'll, III do IT myself then said
Mitchell.
Taking up a box Of cartridges he loaded
all the chambers and. paying his score.
walked out. leaving the remainder Of the
box Of cartridges on the counter. With the
loaded pistol In his pocket Mitchell walked
across Broadway TO the undertaker's shop
of II. Burke.
is Mr.. Burke inf' inquired Mitchell Of
an attendant. When told that Burke had
not come down yet Mitchell remarked:
'Um' I'm sorry. | wanted TO see him
on a matter Of business
ANAN NaE =. ~ h"'AANF AAAAA1ND- ANS
2 O'Clock. and Mitchell must have imme-
diately crossed the street again and pro-
oeeded 20 Senator Brackets ofios. which
IN on the ground floor Of the Town Hall.
He tried the door. found Il locked and,
turning To go away. saw Henry Parmenter.
sseaator Braokett hasn't come down
vet, . said Mitchell 10 PaTmenter. what
time does he usually get heref'
A1Sont think he'll be here for some time,
replied PATmenter. Z
Mitchell.
sOh, some Of 'em ought 20 be hsre most
any time now was the answer. and the
assistant janitoT walked away 90 another
part Of the building, lea wing Mitchell tai
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sought was driven Iart the building pa he
way 20 TAKE the early morning train for
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