The evening world., 1903-01-08
Walter Alexander Rembert
Hall, Of This City, Study.
ing at Harvard, Takes a
Dose Of Morphine but
Will Recover.
HIS LOVE WAS REJECTED.
Young Society Woman, Prom
inent for Her Beauty, Said to
Have Cut Him Because He
was So Young.

Society circles of this city were stirred
to-day by the announcement in a de-
spatch from Boston of the attempted
suicide of Walter Alexander Rembert
Hall, a student in Harvard University,
who Is n of the most popular young
men in what is known as the ouns
set. Only last Friday night young Hall,
whose mother lives in a brown-stono
mansion at No. 81 West Seventy-frst
street. was one of the merriest at the
Assembly Ball given at Dslmonico's,
and after the ball he confded in his
brother, Lyman David Hall, a junior at
the New York Law School. that he was
engaged TO be married.
Hall. VINO is still living at Cambridge
attending the Harvard Law School, ac-
cording to the despatch from Boston, en-
tered a fremont street drug store at 10
o'clock last night. and after purchasing
some morphine. swallowed a quantity
and fell to the floor unconscious.
Prepared HIS Obituary.
It wal evident that he intended 10 end
his life. a. he had previously sent his
obituary to the Boston papers. Several
~bystapdens who saw the young man alike
the drug and then stasger toward the
door and fall unconscious across the
threshold. summoned an ambulance. and
the young man was taken 10 the City
Hospital. where several doctors worked
upon him until he was restored to con-
~sciousness.
When Lyman David Hall, the brother
OF the young man, was Informed of his
attempted suicide to-day. he exclaimed:
THE poor fellow. l can't understand
what made do such a thing.
walter came down from Cambridge
last Friday Just on purpose TO go TO
ms dance as he expected 70 meet there
the young woman he has been very at
tenttye to for months past. She Is a
young society girl and really beautiful.
! knew that he was courtlrg her. but 1
80 young, He had known her about a
year. h lives on the west side very
near u home. After he had told me of
nothing about 1t as he did not wish Il
to be known until he had hnisned his
studies at Cambridge. On Saturday
theatre tickets for himself Ai and Sis
sweetheart and i did so and gave them
to him.
Perhaps They Q~unrre1ed.
ION Sunday evening he came to the
house and todd the servants that he
wanted to see me very particnaarly'
He left a 0G note Sf% FOR T ms in S,R . iae" the
theatre tickets and saying that he
could not use them and Intended TO go
back to Cambridge on the midnight
tra4n. He did not mention that he had
had any quarrel with his fance, but
Judging from the sudden change I'm his
plans, I suppose they must have had
threw hin over and becoming despon-
dent he determined to take his Me.
He Is very impulsive, but always
TO keep him from any such foolish
thing. II / could only have seen him
Sunday ] am sure / could have helped
brother. you see, and he the Kid of the
Hail is t~wenty-four years old. He is
q nephew Of Gen: Robert Toombs, of
George His family on both sides are
When asked to reveal the name OF the
young woman who is supposed to ave
lifted his brother young Hall replied
that h wa the daughter OF a wealthy
family and lived on the west side. He
said she was one of the most prominent
young girls, especially for her beauty,
among the members of the assembly
who met to dance at Delmonico's every
Friday night.
Wrote to the Newspapers.
FtOSNk hAp oduiV biHN lHt young tldI
entered the drug store on Trem1nt
street, Boston. which Is kept by a mar
named Woodman, the editors OF the var,
tous Boston papers received the follow
ing account OF the young mans attempt
on his life, written by himself and &C.
eomponled by a half-tone photograph:
No, Is Remington street.
walter Alexander Rembsrt Hall
t~wenty-six, a nephew OF Gen. Rober
Toombs, Of Georgia, was found to-
night dying from morphine POISONING, He
was trying. TO a a cab near the Parker
House. The primary cause OF the sui.
eide Is not known.
was engaged 70 a young woman
very prominent In New York society
hut who had broken IN the affair' win
the declaration that in future she lpvel
10 one. He had passed out Of hel
On a slip OF paper folded in the note
the youth ventured the opinion hat ne
thought the manuscript would make a
A late despatch from Boston an.
mat the young man IL wei
enough to-day TO be removed TO hi,
rooms In Cambridge.