Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-08-19
OF IDENTIFY
THE SUICIDE
Albuquerque Merchants Unable
to Place Mysterious Man Who
Purchased Clothes in This
City,

City,
whether the mysterious unknown
man who committed suicide i'm El
Paso sunday vas a resident OF Albu-
qucrquc or had merely been q visitor
here win probably never he known.
Joseph F~riedberg Of Frtcdbcrg Bros.
Of this CITY. the firm whose trade
mark was found In the trousers and
hat of the lead man. said that 81 was
impossible TO place the Identity of the
man and that he could not remember
having made a sale to anyone who au-
EWcrcd the description exactly. Three
months ago a fclt hat and pair Of
trousers wcre sold TO an freshman who
pHrrly answers the description and
who worked for Tho American Lumber
company in the Zuni mountains.
Tho re- paeo Times gives the fol-
lowing details Of the suicide:
Lying on a bcd of brush, his cont
carefully folded and placed beneath
his head. the body Of an unknown
American WIS found yesterday morn
ing alongside the wall of the old Nc
Religion house. neal SturmNillc-uu-
tho-Mosa a bullet hole in the right
temple told the cause of death. and
o cheap .3S-calibcr revolver lying on
the mans waist, together with a note
la his pocket. explained the rest OF
a story of effort %unavalling and OF
unsuccessful attempts to dnd work
"Whrn "a man has lost everything"
the unknown had written ON u sheet
Of paper from "A letter pad. 'it is time
for him to make an end ! have lost
my health and hearing besides. I
have worked hard al my life since
Naa able 10 do anything, but the
odds have always been against me, SO
| have decided to quit"
Then the pcnril evidently hocamo
too soft to suit the pleasure OF the
writer, When the pathetic note con-
tinncd on the back Of the sheet, the
pencil had been sharprncd again The
note continued "If ! could sec any
way ont ! would not do IL. but / am
broke, and have no friends. SO do net
Judge mc too hard
Had Only Two Gents.
Mute evidence of the fact That the
unfortunate wis without funds was
furnished when q search of his cloth
ing disclosed an old-fa. hiouod gold
plated pair of cum buttons. ana two
copper cents, both mlntod in 1900.
Tho body WIS found yesterday
morning by G w. Rocdrckcr. drafts
man for the g., It n S A., of 500
North stanton street. and George
Hoadlcy aud sam Piokeus ana George
Pickcns Of lb2G boulevard.
Under the shoulders ana upper part
of the body was piled brush. the pis-
tot was lying over the abdomen, ana
both arms were stretched ont by the.
sldcs. Sclf-destructiou was probably
contaminated some time saturday, ae
rain had fallen on the body ANA the
clothing WIS quite wet Near tho
corpse was a box of 3S-caiibcr $. &
W pistol cartridges. nearly fun.
The unknown man is six feet tan.
weighs about 1865 pounds. has light
sandy hait that had been parted ON
the left sido. wore a small red mus
tacho. and was rather frccklcd.
His hat rs q tan felt, with the mark
of 'Nladc Exclusively for Frlcdbcrr
Hrothcrs, Albuquerque. y. NJ. ON the
sweat band. aud a price mark.
'Sl-3 t02" The coat IS dark brown
with stripes silk padded and lined.
douhlc-brcasted. and has the mark Of
'Mulcalr Brothers.' Montreal i'm the
collar a pair of light gray striped
trousers bears the mark OF Fricdhcrc
Brothers, and the shoes good quality.
black leather, are marked Win n
~'IIornbilt' brand. and Mayer. Mil