The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-05-22
PLACED TIE PISTOL AGAINST. HIS BREAST
AND FIRED.

feet was reached when this yo,tils
man, with everything to live for, shot
himself In full view Of the audience. +
As Miss l.evey hegan her song. stand.
ing IN the center Of the stage, The ral.
ciun spot li:ht played upon her, and
the rest OF the house was ,larkened.
No one In the Erent, audience. which
Included many Of the society women
Of the city. noticed II pale faccd young
man loading II revolver. lie placed Il
cartridge IN every chamber and then
calmly awaited the end Of the song.
lust MS Miss I.evcy's Inst note died
away and the lights flashed up again
the audience saw the Tall figure Of
Crnw IN the box. In his hand he held
the revolver. On his face was III ex.
pressian that filled the spectators with
horror.
Miss l.evey, who was recently dl.
vorced from George N. cohnn, caught
glimpse Of the crazed man at the
Very moment that the lights were turn
ed Oh, and for Il few seconds SHE stood
rooted to the spot with horror. Then
she uttered Il scream of fcnr that could
be heard even In the street, and, plac.
ing lie: hands over her eyes, she fled
from the stage.
Even as this scream rang ont Crow
deliberately placed the pistol against
his breast and fired. The report was
followed by the hysterlcal screams OF
the women in the audience rs the
body OF Grow toppled forward over
the ruling half ont of the box. Their,
was Il wild rush for the doors.
A brief examination showed that he
was MORALLY wounded, anl he was
quickly carried through the stase ell.
trance to Homeopathic hospital am.
hunhce that lad been summoned. He
lived four days, never regalnlng con.
scl0uSness.
1t was II queer freak Of fate that Just
MS the bearers Of Crows form were
placing him In MI ambulance they were
met by the young mans uncle, Attor-
hey W. G. McEl,lowney. who had re.
ccived II letter from his nephew only
short time before announcing his lit.
tcntion Of seeking denth. Mr.. Neil.
downey was on his way to send ont
general police alarm for Crows arrest.
The letter had been written In the
stage box and dispatched by Il messen.
ger. .... -.t- o..
Young Mr.. Grow lived In a magnih.
cent home at 800 ,Brad,lock avenue. in
the east end Of the city. lie married
beautiful girl only year ago. He did
not have care In the world. but for
weeks he had been worrying over his
failure to make a vast fortune. He
was semitic sanitarium two months
ago, but he showed such marked In.
rrovement that he was soon allowed to
return to his home.
"plttsburg paranola" was the cause
Of young Crows net given by II. G.
McEllowney. another uncle, who Is
president Of the Union Trust company,
the II. C. FrIck bnnk. -
''lle has been studying the causes Of
different forms Of Insonity until lie be.
cane insane himself" continued Mr..
McEMowney. "Robert also for some
time had imagined himself TO be n fail.
tire because he Ind failed III II couple
" years to acquire millions. He WINS
bnly twenty-five, and he left school
Two years ago,
''lIe appeared to think that because
II that two years he had not obtained
The wealth Of n Carnegie or n Frlck he j..
was failure. This deluslon really
startM him. md when he began sit.
ting UP all night to read books on In,
sanity 1t finished the job. His mind be.
came completely unsettled"