The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-22
MONTGOMERY MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
Charles [. Jones Ends Life
With Pistol
PLANS CAREFULLY MADE
Wrote Note Saying He Had Legal
Advice to the Effect That His
Wife Could Recover $780,
600 Life Insurance. II
PLANS CAREFULLY MADE

Montgomery. January 21.-(Special.)-
Charles L. Jones, aged 30, shipping clerk
for Winter. Loeb &c Co., wholesale gro
GERS, committed suicide by shooting HIM
self, this afternoon shortly after o'clock.
Jones went to the basement of the estab-
lishment and fired pistol ball through
his head.
He had lost his money, about $1,000, in
tootton speculation He said in letter left
that he had $4,000 insurance on his life
and had legal advice that his heirs could
recover the amount. MIR. Jones accounts
with his employers are in every way
correct, and he lost no money but his
own. He was a member of prom
inent family of Montgomery and leaves
a wife and child.
Jones planned his death with a DELHI
erateness that is astonishing. He wrote
a long letter to his uncle, Mr.. A. L.
Bayne, telling him what to do in the
closing up of his affairs. He wanted his
body turned over to Undertaken Tice
and prepared for burial. He told where
his clothes could be found and said he
thought the trousers he wore at his death
were good enough to be buried in. He
asked his uncle to take care of the inter
ests of his wife and see that she secured
the $4,000 insurance on his life carried in
the New York Life Insurance company.
Seemed in Good Humor.
Mr.. Loeb of Winter, Loeb &c Co., for
whom Jones worked said this afternoon
that the relations between the house and
the deal man were the most cordial He
a. h n~ff ft11.a
but had made himself very popular with
the People and quite useful TO the bust
ness. jIe had not shown that he iIteEced
to kill himself
Ten minutes before the shooting jones
was as gay as any in the house and
seemed greatly interest I'd in his business.
He went down cellar to look up some
goods and in a few minutes 'he shot
which blew out his brains was heard. His
associates rushed down and found him
gasping out his life
Prominent Family.
The dead mans family is prominently
connected. He was a brother-in-law of
w III. Bowdoin of the Bowdoin Car
Portland, ore. 1t is hoped that a COM
relatives. He worked for years for
.e5#f esa ty manufacturer and in the
rs lion aved about $1,000 the amount
H M cotton speculation. THAT was
rs 97.eia cause of the trouble said Mr..
,se tt afternoon. He took the loss
rs lssrt Id worried over 1t all the time.
m fraid he could not take care
iily and grew more and more
4srea aa every day. 1t is a great shock
b. aG or no one thought of so tragic
to his life."
r raj will take place tomorrow.
Ns7ibors Raised Objections.
orted that Booker Washington
-, overtures to parties to purchase
near the city on. the Woodley
ra 1n which to erect a school for
al teaching of the negro boys
itute. The people of the vicn-
ported to have raised objection
era )ned Washington not to do it.
the offer was for $40 an acre.
= orbes. local manager for the
7asa uch Piano and Organ company,
hes ur lnced himself as a candidate
of Mont gomery.
rH tor has issued eighty-one war
t4Hf a school payments for the coun-
December. The total amount
-d aE LIS.
W y e. Ligon and Gen. J. V. Clark,
f the rank of brigader. who
lsee ffsr assigned by the Governor to
-.fHasAr the Alabama military at the
Nu OF the President, have not yet
whether they will go or not.
give the Governor his reply
.iE Il week.
fh, ,rnor has received a handsome
IL w I'd invitation to the people Of
AiasH4T 0 take part in the Lewis and
srsff lsition this summer and fall at
.sise ,any, and has other prominent
= -e- will be named and that Ala
azH have a special exhibit. 1t Is
ea H. w. Goode. president, and
Reed, secretary.