The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-03-27
Suicide Was Travelling Salesman for
The A. Radford Pottery Company
Of This City---Sent Bullet Through
His Btain in Presence of Cham,
bermaide in His Room.

pare THO bed wnlcn he thought would be
iais bier, Anderson c. Ramsay, travel
ing salesman from Clarksburg, lail aim-
self down upon tine couch, ami. in the
presence of the woman. saot himself
tnrcugn the right temple in ais room at
the Palace hotel in Cincinnati. at four
o'clock Saturday afternoon, dying I've
hours late es...,-------s-'
He was fully dressed, and a moment
before had seemed to be about to leave
the building.
The maid was Mortified ami ran
screaming from the room to give the
alarm. In her excitement, however,
she ran headlong into tine iron lattic?
about the elevator snaft, cutting a
large cash in her forehead. Sac fell
unconscious 10 the floor. Sae lay in
q stupor for almost nalf an hour undis-
covered, and, reviving, staggered to a
house telephone and called Clerk vii.
liam Divers, who, finding the man still
breathing, took the revolver from his
aand.
The man was unconscious, and there.
fore no statement could be gotten from
MIN By the police. Though he aai been
gusst at the motel for six days little
is known of MIN there, except thar ne
travelled for the A. Radford Pottery
|. Company, OF clarlS.:burg.
wnat troubles, If any, were behiad
Sis suicide could not b., learned beyond
The fact that he seemed despondent Fri
day night and taat he drank considerable
A note which was pencilci in a
pocketbook indicated that ne contem.
plated suicide at that time, but that nc
altered mis- mind, only TO be seized with
sndden impulse to end mis- career SAT-
urday afternoon.
The note reads.
.'0h. Thelma, Taelma, Dear Oh. God,
could ] have you herel But can't. To-
night leave thee. God bless you.
Goodbye.
A. c. RAMSAY.
Telegraph James Ramsay. smitnton
w. Va"
It Is not known who Thelma is but
James Ramsay is relative of the sui
eide.
To the best OF the knowledge OF those
about the hotel money troubles did not
enter into Ramsay,s motive for suicide.
Friday ne received $40 from mis- house,
which he told several persons with
much pridel was more tnan the usual
installment and Indicated that tney were
pleased with the amount of business he
was doing. He seemed in TIE best of
spires Friday night, and then he made
no threats nor gave any signs OF undue
worry.
Saturday evening tine management of
the pottery here received message
about Ramsay's act and inquiry was
made OF them as to VINO ne was. The
hotel was notified that mis- home was at
smit0ton and that ne was member Of
the Masonic lodge at West Union. Gin
cinnati Masons then took temporary
charge of the remains
Ramsay was employed in Hartley's
store at Fairmont about two years ur
til little over month ago. when ne
came to the A. Radfori Pottery Com
pany highly recommended and was en-
ployed by the company as travelling
salesman He was ioing very well in
That line of work and the company know
nothing about MS troubles until tue
= -. came from Cincinnati.
1t appears that ne and ais wife
s,-arated some time ago and the one
r1iresSed in the note may be his wife.
sThs remains viii be brought 70 smita-
ton, mis- former nome, for burial