Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-12-20
DEATH AFTER DEBAUCH
TWO YOUNG MEN KILL THEM
SELVES, BLAMING RELATIVES
FOR CHASTITY DEED,
EVIDENCES OF DEGENERACY.
Hubert NJ. Schmit and Thomas Stanton
of Chicago Found Dead in
Hotel Room.
LEAVE LETTER TO THE CORONER

MII4N y l. ME-, w IS, Dec. 10, 1JUG.-
Following a death compact between
Hubert NJ. Schmitt, aged 50, janitor Of
the Marquette university, and Thomas
NJ. Stanton, aged 30, Of Chicago, both
men committed suicide in room Dab i'll
the PlankintOB 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
mead 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 lis
the right temple.
Leave Note to Coroner.
\ letter. evidently written by Schmit,
was found by the coroner. 1t reads:
To the COroncr-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 all
his money. Please Father Rector of Mar
quote university take care of my body,
and give it Il simple burial, please mott
fy Fir. Foley of Sacred Heart church, 49
w. Nineteenth street. Chicago, whore l lost
my health. We wished to he buried in the
same grave. Please publish in Chicago.
Another note read:
l wish my trunk and contents would be
given to Thomas Smith, n seventeenth
place, Chicago.-Hubert.
Under Influence of Liquor
The men came into the Plankinton
house about 2 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 6 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. a 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 Schmt lay a 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 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.
Schmlt had used razor but evidently
the pain unnerved him for with a cut
of three inches on the right side, he de-
sisted and used the revolver. From the
condition of the bodies. the coroner be-
Heves that the men were degenerates.
Was Janitor in Chicago?
Schn,it had repeatedly spoken Of liv-
ing 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 q janitOr. while
Stanton was a student. Schmt boarded
at the home Of StantOn's widowed moth
er. Something over a year ago he be-
came i'll with appendicitis and spent n
year in a hospital, this eating up all his
savings, estimated by Father Fitzser-
aid, who saw him often at Sacred Heart,
at between $500 and $500 When he
was discharged he found that another
man had taken his place and he then
searched for work. Finding none. on
October so he came to milwaukee, seek
ing Father Fitzgerald at the Marquette
university He gave him letter from
Father Foley Of Sacred Heart recon-.
mending him.
Had No Relatives.
''I told him that [ would intercede for
him" said Father Fitzgerald this morn
inE. And | did with success. Mean
While SchmIt had returned to Chicago.
Ee had no father or mother, the latter
having died a year ago in Germany.
nor did he have brothers or sisters or
any living relatives. In fact, he was
absolutely alone in the world. He could
not do hard labor because his wound
never properly healed. We gave him
work light work, such as sweeping and
taking care of Il corridor on the lower
floor. He was honest, industrious and
,rl,+ 60,
was often respondent and told me that
the world looked dark to him. l would
cheer him as we'll as | 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
we read about the awful happening in
the papers,
Thought Him Queer.
A fellow employe who knew him we'll
and to whom he confided, said:
Hubert was awfully doWn-hearted.
He was queer, too. l often thought
there must be something the matter
with him. | knew he was an orphan
and all alone in the world. All he ever
looked forward to was the receipt al
most daily of letter from Chicago.
from his friend, Stanton. When he did
not get enc he became .ervous and
anxious. Saturday he left here at ). 30
saying that he expected another letter
from Chicago, although he had received
enc in the morning. If l don't get it
he told me, 1 will go to Chicago tomor-
row That was all l 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 be
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