Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-03
Royal H. Milliron Kills Himself
at Provo Under Mysterious
circumstances.
FOUND IN HOTEL ROBERTS.
First Intimation Of Tragedy Came From
Father in This City Who Asked Pro-
prietOr TO Investigate
Especial to The oNews.")

Provo, Jan, 3.--About II o'clock today
w. d. Roberts, Jro proprietor Of the
Hotel Roberts, received telephone
communication from Or. Joseph Mill
ron Of Salt Lake stating that he had
received a startling letter to the effect
that his son, Royal II. Milllron, had
committed suicide at the hotel and ask
ing Mr. Roberts II he would investigate
the report The latter went immediate-
ly to his room and found the young
man dead IN bath tub connected with
the room, with a bullet hole through his
heart, The weapon with which he had
killed himself was lying In the tub
filled with water. AS soon as the body
was discovered the officers were nou-
fed and city Marshal Henry Sheriff
Harmon and city Physician Taylor re-
paired 20 the scene, viewing the body
and deciding that an inquest was not
necessary The remains were then taxi
en- to the Berg undertaking psrlors,
where they are being prepared for ship
ment TO Salt Lake.
Millllron who II about % years OF
age, came 10 Provo Friday night and
registered at the hotel as H. NJ Royle
of Chicago. Since then he has occupied
dor his meals. where however, is not
known. Mr.. Roberts says the last he
saw OF him alive was last night about
II o'clock when he noticed him standing
near the office. That he had planned
the deed which terminated m his death,
il evident from a long letter found I'm
his room, dated Jan, p 1905, and adj
dressed ITO whom II may concern"
The letter begins as follows, II am
Royal II, Mllilron of Salt Lake, son Of
Dr. Joseph Mlliron ON the night OF
Dec. 30 1904 ! began a Journey osten-
aihly for Chicago, TO take UP the work
OF Junior IN the Rush Medical college.
However on reaching Provo that night,
acting on q preconceiye1 plan, ! quilted
the train unknown TO anyone My in
tentlons were 10 get o room. inform my
people and friends and put an end 10
my existence
HIS DOCTRINE or LIFE
Then follows n statement on the
philosophy OF life and a conclusion 20
the effect that all that Is supernatural
is false and that the possessor OF llfe
has right 90 take Il. he refers TO his
intention 10 fold HIS clothes neatly on
the bed and expresses the hope that his
act will result in no trouble 20 anyone.
I
q case OF iustnable homicide. / have
merely killed "a man who has been IN.
terfering with my contentment and
peace Of mind beyond endurance That
man is myself II / should write
book I could not OFFER any more con-
Yincing proof 10 the average person
than these few pages contain, that am
a fool Well 80 be II, ! do not think
so myself"
LETTER TO HIS FATHER.
Among the young mans effects was
found a letter written to him by his
father and bearing date Of Dec, %.
This was I'm the nature Of an affection
ate farewell aud contained the clause,
LET bygones be bygones" In II the
father expressed a desire 10 do every
thing possible to assist him during his
absence, and concluded by intl-
mating that perhaps he would !
never see him again as he was grow
ing old. IN his pockets was found the |
sum OF 81, IS In cash, this being all the |
money he had left
Or Milllron, who went down 10
Provo on this afternoons train was |
we'll nigh distracted at the news Of the |
death Of his son. To the News" he /
said that he could not discuss the |
tragedy until he knew more about II !
and had seen the body. MY hoy LETT us ,
on Friday IN the best OF spirits" he \
said. between sobs, "aud was going I
back 10 college TO enter his fourth .
term. can assign no reason for his
rash deed
While the distracted father would /
not talk and denied that he had re-