The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-04-12
TAKES own LIFE.
Clarence Merriam, Brilliant
Topeka Young Man, a Suicide.
Death Invited at Hotel in
Boston.
NO CAUSE is KNOWN.
Eastern Representative Of the
Merriam Mortgage Company.
Father, E. B. Merriam, Seriously
I'll in Topeka.
NO CAUSE is KNOWN.

Boston. April 12.-Clarence NJ. Mer-
riam, an investment broker having
Offices in this city, has committed sui
eide at a hotel. No cause for the suicide
is known.
Mr.. Merriam's body was found some
hours after death on a bed in the room
he had occupied since last Saturday.
There was a bullet wound in the head.
Mr.. Merriam leaves a widow and two
children. He was a native of Vermont.
The police of this city say that Clar-
ence Merriam, whose body was found
in a hotel late yesterday. committed
suicide by shooting. Merriam,s friends
here cannot explain the act. They
say SO far as they know Merriam en-
joyed splendid health and was pros
porous.
Partial confirmation of the above
dispatch was received about $50 this
morning by Carol B. Merriam and
/ Ned Osborn, of this city, in kilograms
sent by DR.. Loring, the family physi-
clan of the Merriams in Boston. The
! kilograms from DIR. Loring merely
state that Clarence Merriam died sud-
denly.
E. B. Merriam, father of Clarence
Merriam, is seriously i'll with a combi-
nation of pulmonary troubles at his
! home. 1926 College avenue 1t is
1 feared that the shock caused by the
news of his sons death will have Sc
| rious results.
! This afternoon Mr.. and Mrs Carol
/ Merriam, Mrs. Charles NJ. Sheldon and
| MI Ned Osborn left for Boston They
| will reach Boston on Friday Mr.. Os-
| born IS one of the closest friends of the
| Merriam family, and was best man at
| Clarence Merriam's wedding in 1898
/ w nile there is no definite information
on the subject, the indications are that
the suicide was caused by Mr.. Mer-
RAMS i'll health For over a year he
has been under the care Of a doctor for
heart trouble. The doctors thought he
| was likely to have a stroke of apoplexy.
/ He had been troubled with obesity, and
had been dieting and taking special
I treatment for it for some time.
4 One of the circumstances of the trag-
edy which has not been explained is
why Mr.. Merriam had been at the ho-
tel since last Saturday His home is in
/ the suburbs of Boston, and his Topeka
| relatives have had no information
| which indicates that he has been stay
ing at any hotel.
Clarence Merriam's home is at New
| ton Center, about seven miles from
| Boston, but he makes his business
headquarters in Boston. He is the east
( ern representative of the Merriam
| Mortgage company of Topeka, and also
loan business. In June, 1898, he was
married to Miss Florence Smith of Wa
| terbury, Conn, and they have two chill
/ dren, a girl and a boy. Since his mar
riage, Clarence Merriam has lived con-
tinuously in the east. He is reported to
have been very successful in business.
Clarence Merriam of Boston and Car
/ rOl Merriam of Topeka are twins. They
are "a years of age. They attended
Washburn together. and both were very
4 popular with the society people of the
Il town. Carol Merriam still lives here
being connected with the Merriam
4 Mortgage company. Mrs. Charles M.
Sheldon, of Topeka, is the only sister
i of Clarence Merriam.
Frank Merriam of Topeka, an elder
brother of Clarence Merriam, said this
4 morning:
1--WE have no information whatever
about Clarence's death except that
conveyed in the first telegram from
the doctor there in Boston I don't
/ know whether the report that it was
a suicide is correct or not. Clarence
I did not live at a hotel in Boston; he
had nice home in the suburbs
/ $50 far as I know, Clarence has
had no financial or domestic trouble
Ny father was back there to visit him
] a wear ago. and found that he was
apparently very successful IN his busi-
ness. Clarence represented our COM
pany in the east, and was also con-
Quoting an Independent business in
/ financial matters. He had very nice
line of business. and an exceptionally
/ good class of clients.
"Clarence's health has not been the
best, and the doctors told him that he
was likely to have trouble with his
/ heart. He grew very fieShys and for
some time has been dieting and taking
/ exceptionally good care Of himself.
1T will be a very hard blow to his
father and mother. 1 suppose some
I members of the family will start for
the east as soon as this news is further
confirmed