The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-01-04

Il NV Jan Leaving a letter CIV
ing philosophical reasons for ending
his life. Royal H Mineron, son of
DR.. Joseph MillerOn of Salt Lake killed
himself by shooting last night
About II a. m today Proprietor Roberts
of the Hotel Roberts received a telephone
communication from DR.. Milleron of Salt
Lake to the effect that he had received
a startling letter from his son,
Royal H.. Milleron. stating that the son
was ABOUT 10 commit suicide at the no.
tel and asking If this was true Mr..
Roberts commenced 10 investigate and
found the dead body of Mr.. Mileron in
"A barhtub in the bathroom connected with
assigned lasf night The body was nude
and the tub partially filled with water.
A pistol was found in the tub, from which
a buliet had been fired through the
heart Mr. Roberts at once cOmmuni-
Gated with the city marshals and sher-
If offices, and City Marshal Henry,
Sheriff Harmon and others officers. and
DR. F. W. Taylor. city ply stefan. were
soon in the room The dead mans cloth
there was every indication that Mr. Mil
ieron mad proceeded in an orderly, de-
termined manner TO end his existence
Letter Tells the Reason.
A letter written in firm hand was
found on the table. on which the dead
mans watch was laid. The letter read
Jan. ,. 1905. IL p. MO Whom 1t May
Concern: l am Royal H. Milleron of Salt
On the night of Friday. Dec. 30, 1904. 1 be-
gan a journey, Ostensibly for Chicago.
In the Rush Medical college However,
upon reaching Provo that night, acting
on preconceived plan. / quilted the
tram unknown TO anyone Ny intentions
We're TO get a room. inform my people
ana 1rlenaS, and put an end TO my eX-
isteucC. NV reasons viii be considered
insane and my sanity doubted by the
ordinary intelligence. This act is not
either known of nor Influenced by any
My reasons are almost entirely ethical
and have TO do with myself and rela-
Through scientific study and deduc-
ton, and rather extensive philosophical
tnat all the SPECIALIZED supernatural IS
pure fallacy. This forces me into the
position of an unwilling materialist and
robs existence of its highest attractions
Through other influences developed
along similar lines. / have ~Ome TO regard
life as untenaDle and intolerable- ! be-
lieve then human life to be at the dis
poSal OF its owner choose to stop mine
that is all.
the ties of love which bind ME TO parents
and sisters
Fear 1 do not feel at all 1t is no
! part of philosopher to feel fear-that IS
/ for the ignorant and unimformed-
If publicity could be avoided in such
a cast 1 should be pleased. but as a citi-
zen of the world 7 recognize the impOs-
Sibility Of the realization of such hopes
The enpaneling Of eoroners jury
enough You will find me shot by one
I or more A. caliber bullets as near
/
/ clothes in which / wish to be Inferred
/ YOU viii find on the bed dislike un-
! tidiness and hope 1 shall not make any
| well not to tell my people too abruptly,
as l have written, using special deliN-
cry stamp TO insure prOmptneSs
"This might be called a case of lusti-
fable homicide. | have merely killed a
! man who has been interfering with my
| contentment and piece of mind beyond
| endurance. The man is myself.
! IF ] should write a book l could not
offer any more convincing proof 70 the
average person that these few pages
/ contain that 1 fool Well, so be It,
/ do not think so myself.
Letter From Father.
The following letter was also found in
the dead mans valise:
Salt Lake, Dec. 18th, 1904
! pear Son:
parting The possibility that it may be
forever. so far as this existence exists.
admOnishes me to say let by-gOnes be
son. my only son and representative. has
never for a moment been lost sight Of.
Nor do I intend IL shall, while I am
1 permitted to serve out the remaining few
/ days allotted the living. Ny heart and
! hand VIII respond to your relief (nly
Your father u MILLERON-"
only S1.I5 in cash was found in his
/ cIothing and il is not probable he had
much money when ne left Salt Lake. His
\ lette- Indicates that he did not intend TO
90 &c Chicago He came 10 Provo on
\ the JVln Is ne States. anu ltSlHttltG d.
| M II. RoyIe. Chicago and has had a
room at the Hotel Roberts every night
! since then, but had not taken has meals
/ there. He appeared TO be from p TO 81
years of age and was quiet and gentle
manly when around the hotel Last night
/ Mr.. Roberts noticed him sitting in the
office reading as he went to bed and
/ shortly after Sir. Roberts thinks ne heard
him go up to his room. This was about
/ IL o'clock.
Ends Life at Night
/ Mr. Milleron then evidently sat down TO
! write the letter. and when il was COM
/ plcted undresSed and entered the bath tub
| where he fired the fatal shot Mr.. Roberts
/ who sleeps under the room. did not hear
i it. and death was no doubt instantaneous.
/ Mr.. Milleron had placed one Of his over
! shoes on the door knob to the bath room.
| probably to prevent any sound from es-
/ Gaping. and the door leading from the
room to the hotel was locked
It was decided that there was no neces-
] sity for holding an inquest. The remains
were placed in the custody OF Undertakers
/ Berg & Son, and held till the arrival of
| TJr AJilleron. who came down on the
afternoon train to take the romans back
] 10 salt Lake.