Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-22
DEAD IN HIS ROOM
We'll Known Mans Remains
 Found by His Landlord.

Co. was found dead this morning in his room, 43 Union street. He had a room there for over year, and the proprietor and his wife, MT, and Mrs James Lango, told Democrat reporter this morning that he was a model man. He was home early last evening and retired apparently Tn hls usual health and spirits. Nothing more was seen or heard of him until this morning, when MT Lango ssit his small boy into the room to look out through the window and see # there was anybody at the door of his bicycle shop. When the youngstor opened the bedroom door he saw the body of MT Naggs on the floor and huyriedly returned to the kitchen and told his father. MT Lango looked at the body and then notified Medical Examiner Crane, who went to the house and found sufficient evi- dence in the pockets of the dead man to satisfy him that he had long since planned to do away with himself. In one of his pockets was found slip of paper on which was written the following instructions regarding the disposition of his body and ef- fects:
 Everything I have now or will have in the future goes to the Wa terbury Boys club, everything with out any exception.
 My trunk and contents can be se- cured by going to the last place I roomed and asking for 1t. Superin- tendent Combellack can do this.
 T desire that my body be cre- mated at Fresh Pond. L. l.; my ashes after cremation to be placed in the ground at shallow depth in some spot where the sun will shine.
 Superintendent Combellack will kindly see that these instructions are carried out.
 CHARLES NAGGS.
 ''3, "A, '06."
 The body was lying with the facc towards the door and in one hand was clutched a piece of paper con taining some white powder which it is believed he used to kill himself with. The body was removed to Bergin's morgue
 Charles Naggs was born in Ireland about 45 years ago, but came to Wa terbury In his boyhood and lived here ever since. He was supported by an old gentleman named Timothy Lawlor and his sister, who took ;aIe of him when he was baby and later on brought him to this country. They lived for years in the Colwell place, Baldwin street, nearly oppo- site Stone street. After the death of Mir Lawlor and his sister Naggs went to board with Thomas McAvoy of Baldwin street, and remained there until few years ago, when ne took a notion to live up town. He received good common school edu- cation and was bright. but somehow he had rather peculiar views regard ing life, and the older he grew the more they worried him. He was very sensitive, and yet good natur,i In the extreme, so much SO that those who knew him intimately thought the world of him and will regret to hear of his untimely death.
 About twenty-four years ago he met with an accident that cast shadow over his whole life. and 1t Is thought the oddities so noticeable in his makeup was due to the incident. At that time he was working in the polishing department of the Buckle Co. for Foreman T. F. Halpin. par- nuns circus was in town and the shop was about to close to give the hands an opportunity to turn out and see the parade. me boys vera cleaning up and Naggs got up on the bench to throw belt of the pulleys. when in some manner he got caught in the shafting and was whirled around several times, his body strik- ing heavily against the ceiling. When he was released and placed on the floor the bones of one arm pro- truded through the flesh, the other was fractured, and he .bled so pro- fusely that 1t was feared death would ensue before physician could be secured, but owing to the skill of William Shepherd, then foreman of the toolmaking department. in ham, ding Durniquet, the flow of blood was stopped and the boys life saved. One arm was so badly mangled t had to be amputated, but after sev-' eral months treatment the other was finally saved and he was able to work h the factory in another de- partment and remained there up 70 the present. He always worried about tn loss of his arm and claimed that had it not been for this handi- cap he would have made his mark n the world.
 Medical Examiner Crane also found s102 in bills in the dead mans pocket.
 Considering that the letter .n which he refers to the cremation of his body was written over a year ago, 1t is plain that he had this thing in mind for long time, but kept put ting 1t of from day to day.
 Another note found in his room vas not quite so we'll written as the one printed herein. It. is evident that 1t was his last attempt and was probably done just before he de- eided to commit the rash act. As nearly as 1t could be got at 1t was as follows:
 Give money in pocketbook to winner of the state league" What seemed to be the word root" fol- lowed. Then came Hartford" and another undecipherable word. after which the note ran. ''and say don't try outside of the Waterbury" An- other undecipherable word and then ssCf.o .ff sh. ns..h