Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-12-20
DEATH AFTER DEBAUCH
TWO YOUNG MEN KILL THEM
SELVES, BLAMING RELATIVES
FOR CHASTITY DEED.
EVIDENCES OF DEGENERACY.
Hubert M. Schmit and Thomas Stanton
of Chicago Found Dead in
Hotel Room.
LEAVE LETTER TO THE CORONER.

MILWAUKEE, WIS, Dec. 10, 15o''-
Following death compact between
Hubert M. Schmitt, aged 80, janitor of
the Marquette university, and Thomas
M. Stanton, aged 20, of Chicago, both
men committed suicide in room 243 III
the Plankinton house shortly before mid
night Sunday.
Lying perfectly nude stretched out on
the bed, the body of Stanton was found
with throat cut from ear to ear, the
head being almost severed. In a chair
a few feet distant was the body OF
Schmit in the same condition, with his
throat partly cut and bullet wound In
the right temple.
Leave Note to Coroner.
A letter, evidently written by Schmit,
was found by the coroner. 1t reads:
To the Coroner-We both agreed to die
together Thomas on account of persecu
ton from his mother and aunts, and HUI
bert through sickness and also partly per,
secuted by Mrs. Stanton after she had al!
his money. Please, Father Rector OF Mar
quette university, take care OF my booy'
and give it a simple burial, or please mott
fy FIR Foley of Sacred Heart church, As
W. Nineteenth street. Chicago where 1851
my health. We wished to be buried In the
same grave. Please publish in Chicago
Another note read
I wish my trunk and contents would be
given to Thomas Smith, "A seventeenth
place, ChicagO.-Hubert.
Under Influence of Liquor.
The men came into the Plankinton
house about o'clock Sunday morning
under the influence of liquor. They en-
gagged room 243 and retired asking to be
called at II o'clock No call came from
the room, however, until 8 o'clock Sun
day evening, when beer was asked for.
When at II o'clock nothing had been
heard from the men a boy was sent to
the room but found the door locked and
received no answer to his knock.
William O'Neil. porter then went to
the room, unlocked the door and made
the CHASTITY discovery. Two raZOrs lay
near the bodies, and on the floor near
the hand of Schmit lay revolver with
one chamber discharged.
Stonton Died First.
| The house detective and Detective
Leonard Schweitzer of the central sta
ton were sent for and the coroner called.
That it was a double suicide there was
no doubt, although the younger man,
Stanton, had apparently died first, for
there was evidence of Schmit having
walked in his blood.
| Schmit had used razor but evidently
the pain unnerved him for with cut
of three inches on the right side, he de-
sisted and used the revolver. From the
condition of the bodies. the coroner be-
lieves that the men were degenerates.
Was Janitor in Chicago?
ing a short life to other employees at the
university. The intimacy between the
men dated from their acquaintance at
Sacred Heart church, Chicago, where for
seven years Schmit was janitor, while
Stanton was a student. Schmit boarded
at the home Of Stanton's widowed moth
er. Something over year ago he be-
| came i'll with appendicitis and spent
year in a hospital. this eating up all his
savings, estimated by Father Fitzger-
aid, who saw him often at Sacred Heart,
at between $500 and $780, When he
was discharged he found that another
man had taken his place and he then
searched for work. Finding none on
! October 80 he came to Milwaukee seek
| ing Father Fitzgerald at the Marquette
Father Foley Of Sacred Heart recon-
mending him.
Had No Relatives
81 told him that / would intercede for
him." said Father Fitzgerald this morn
| ing: And [ did with success. Mean
while Schmit had returned to Chicago.
Ae had no father or mother, the latter
having died year ago in Germany,
hor did he have brothers or sisters or
bny living relatives. In fact, he was
absolutely alone in the world. He could
pot do hard labor because his wound
never properly healed. We gave him
| work, light work, such as sweeping and
taking care Of a corridor on the lower
floor. He was honest, Industrious and
Upright. Poor, unfortunate fellow, he
| was often respondent and told me that
the world looked dark to him. l would
cheer him as well as 1 could. 1t was a
week ago that | spoke last to him and
| then he seemed in good spirits. When
! he went away Saturday he did not re-
| turn and we heard nothing of him until
I'VE read about the awful happening in
the papers"
Thought Him Queer.
| A fellow employe who knew him we'll
and to whom he confded, said:
Hubert was awfully down-hearted.
He was queer, too. I often thought
there must be something the matter!
with him. l knew he was an orphan
pnd all alone in the world. All he ever
looked forward to was the receipt al
most daily of a letter from Chicago,
from his friend, Stanton. When he did
not get one he became nervous and
anxious. Saturday he left here at $40
saying that he expected another letter
from Chicago, although he had received
one in the morning If | don't get it,
he told me, 1 will go to Chicago tomor-
row That was all 1 heard of him.
When he was so downcast often asked
him. What's the matter. Hubert and
he would reply, 1 won't live long
| Father Fitzgerald of the university
said that Schmit's appeal would not he
IN VAIN He has made arrangements to
have the body taken care of. The cor
oner has notified Father Foley of Sa-
cred Heart church. who has promised to
notify Stanton's widowed mother to
make arrangements for the body of her
son. Mrs. Stanton is said to live on
Greenslaw street on the west side in
| Chicago.
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