The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-12-19
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

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Dec 1G, 1907
Following n death compact between
Hubert NJ Schmitt, aged 81, janitor Of
the Marquette university, and Thomas
NJ Stanton, aged 20 Of Chicago, both
men committed suicide in room Dab i'll
the Pianknton mouse 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 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 Coroncr-Wc both agreed to die
together. Thomas on account Of pcrsecu'
tion from his mother and auuts, and HUI
bert through sickness and also partly per.
secuted by Mrs. stanton after she had all
his money Please. Father Rector of Mar,
QU,ttc university, take care OF my body,
and give 1t a simple burial, or please uotl.
fy Fr Foley OF Sacred Heart church, 40
W Nineteenth street. Chicago, whore | lost
MY ltHltn. we wished To iH bilFl'1 III Lla
same grave. Please publish IN Chicago.
Another note read:
| wish my trunk and contents would be
given to Thomas Smith n seventeenth
place. Chicago-llubert,
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 & O'Clock Sun
day evening, when beer was asked for.
When at II O'Clock nothing had been
heard from the men II boy was sent to
the room but found the door locked and
received no answer to his knock,
William O'Neil. n 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 Schwctzcr 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 Scllmit having
walked in his blood.
Schmit had used a razor but evidently
the pain unneryed him for with n cut
of three inches on the right side, he de-
sisted and used the revolver. From the
condition of the bodies. the coroner be-
lieycs that the men were degencratcs.
Was Jantor in Chicago2
Schnit had repeatedly spoken Of liv-
Ing short life to other employees nj the
Uuiyprsity The intimacy hptWrnu rho /
men dated from their acduaintaucc at
Sacred Heart church. Chicago. where for
seven years Schmit was n ianitor. while .
Stanton was a student Schmit boarded
nt tine home Of Sfnut0n's widowed moth |
err Something over n wear ago he he.
came i'll with appcndicitis and sncnt n
year in a hospital. this eating mn All his /.
savings. estimated by Father Fitzaer- |
aid, who saw him often ut Sacred Heart.
at between $500 and STOO When me |.
was discharged ne found that another /
searched for work Findiug nnno an (
October 80 he came to NIilw9rl,an sc,E. /
ing Father Eitzrprald M tho AIaruuetta
university. He pnyc him - lrtfpr from .
Father Foley Of Sacred ITeart recon /
mcnding him.
u, NJ n-,-..
81 told him that would infprredc for .
him" said Father Fitzgerald til, morn
ing And | did with success. Mean .
while Schmit had returned to Chicago |
He had no father or mother, the latter .
having died 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 u corridor on the lower
floor He was honest, industrious aud
upright Poor, unfortunate fellow, he
was often Respondent and told me that
the world looked dark to him | would
cheer him ms we'll as | could 1t was
week ago that | spoke last to him and
then he seemed in good spirits When
he went away Saturday hc did not re-
turn aud we heard nothing Of him until
we rcad about the awful hupuuning in
Thought Him Queer.
n ltIlbN tHiiIOAF WHO Know nm wei T.