Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-29
IT WAS suicide
SAYS THE JURY
YOUNG MERRILL TEMPORARILY
WAS INSANE
Pasadena Youth Gave Up His Job In
Les Angeles and Took His Own
Life Rather Than See
Sister Married
Pasadena Agency.
i6h East Colorado Street.
Telephone Main 752.
Cable 10 The Herald.


Special Cable to The Herald.
PASADENA. June 2S.--The coroner's
inquest this forenoon over the body Of
George Merrill, whose bones were
found yesterday afternoon i'm the Little
Santa Anita canyon, resulted I'm YER
dict in accordance with the facts as
stated i'm this mornings Herald.
The coroner impaneled n jury COM
posed of George Monfort. Charles
Swan, d. f. Barnett B. T.. Sherwin.
J. J. Young and ]. II. Haver. and
these. after hearing the testimony sub
mitted by +. ]. Massing. one of the
young men who found the skeleton;
Albion Merrill, the father. and Miss
Mabel L. Merrill the sister of the
deceased man, decided that the de-
cedent committed suicide while tenn
porarily deranged.
The facts of the finding of the skel-
eton and the several reasons which
are supposed to have let up to the
tragedy were repeated at the instance
Of the coroner and there was no pos
sble doubt that the young man delib-
erately took his own life.
1t appears that the day before he
left his parents home young Merrill
gave up his job at the Los Angeles
printing office in spite of the fact that
his employer desired him to stay and
maze MIN all OIIeT OIL IL llDcTl increase
of salary.
Loses Sleep
His sleeplessness and his remarks
as to how hard it was to see his twin
sister married, together with his leav-
ing early in the morning without say
ing goodbye to any of the family,
without taking what money he had
and leaving his watch in a vest pocket
hanging in the wardrobe-these con-
vinced his family of the young mans
Intention of committing suicide even
at that time and made them the more
active and persistent in their search
for him.
The letter discovered inside an ac-
count book in an inside coat pocket
was not produced in evidence today
although it's contents were finally de-
ciphered.
In this letter the young man signed
himself simply George and asked
their forgiveness for the terrible deed
he was about to do-not naming the
deed, however. but appearing to take
1t for granted that his family, on find
ing the letter. would know what had
been done-but insisting that he could
not longer live as things were going.
The final statement referred, no
doubt. to the approaching marriage of
his twin sister Louie.
Letter Is Private
The letter was full of endearing
phrases and was Immediately turned
over to the emily no refuse to al
low it's publication on the ground that
such a course would add nothing new
10 the evidence and as it was evil
IDENTIFY intended to be private in char
acter it should so remain.
The remains of the unfortunate
young man will be inferred tomorrow
afternoon at Mountain View cemetery,
the services being private.
The Merrill family came to Pasa-
dena some four years ago from Mis-
souri, and resided here since that time.
The father is a carriage painter. The
son, George. after his school days. took
up the printing trade and was prosper
ing at it until the day when his mind
became unbalanced over the probable
loss of his twin sisters companionship.
He had never shown signs of insanity
before.
Crown City Notes
Chauffeur Jack Henderson is re-
ported from the Pasadena hospital to
be unimproved this evening. His re-
covery is still doubtful.
Two additional directors We're elected
last evening for the Aetna Bank and
Trust company. C. A. Kinney and
Henry NJ. Meday The two men have
eastern connections with prominent
banking institutions.
Dogs without license tags after July
are subject to confscation in this
city and their owners subject to ar
rest. Humane officer McAney states
that he intends to enforce the ordin-
ance strictly.
The Women's Improvement assoca-
tion of South Pasadena will give a
lawn fete tomorrow evening on the
grounds of the W. A. Gillette resi-
dence. Mrs. Gillette, Miss Moore and
Miss Custer have the affair in charge
and it will be the social event of the
year there.