The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-04-07
STRANGLES IN
A WIRE MOOSE
F. S. killmar Commits Suicide
in Shocking Manner
When Deranged.
LEAVES RAMBLING LETTER
DESPONDENcY DUE TO FAILURE
IN HIS WORK.

Without the courage to face life's vi
clssltudes, F. S. Killmar, young, in good
health and with plenty Of money for a
new start in the world, hanged himself
yesterday morning back of the yelling
ton hotel at South Temple andzs Third
West streets.
killmar's dependency was apparently
que 70 his failure to meet success when
ne went to work for the SteptOe Valley
smelling & Mining company, at McGill.
New. This failure crushed him. He was
an ambitious man, but lacked strength of
character. and his failure ceaselessly
gnawed at his heart until he resolved upon
self destruction
He left farewell letter to his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. F J. Killmar. of Spencer.
Iowa. 1t was a cruel letter for srieving
mother and father to read. The ram
bling sentences indicated that, killmar
must have been driven insane by his
thwarted ambition
Killmar was not more than thirty years
OLD. He arrived in Salt Lake from Nc
Gill on Wednesday. Before coming here
he had worked for the Steptoe company
at McGill. which is building the great
smelter for the handling of the copper
ores of the Nevada Consolidated and the
Cumberland Ely companies.
Failed to Make Good.
In his farewell letter he admits that
his departure from Nevada was because
Reaching Salt Lake. he registered at the
Wellington. paying a weeks room rent in
advance. Those who became acquainted
with him about the hotel remember him
as a pleasant young man, who apparently
did not drink or smoke, and seemed to
have no other bad habits.
On Sunday night, he left word with the
hotel clerk that he was to be called at 8
o clock in the morning. When he was
awakened. he dressed himself and left the
hotel.
He did not go far Walking back of the
hotel to the BambeTger coal yard, ne
climbed upon an old engine tender. Fas-
tening one end of a piece of baling wire
to a lantern hook, he wound the other
end about his neck. Then ke- leaped from
the tender. His feet dangled about foot
from the ground
In the drop from the tender, his neck
was not broken. and Kilimar slowly
strangled TO death.
Strives to Save Himself.
In that awful moment when he realized
that he had swung himself to the brink
Of eternity, life must have. seemed sweet
or to him, and he must have made iran
tic efforts TO free himself and return 10
the world that he had thought of torsak-
rg. Marks of finger nails upon ms
throat showed how he had torn at the
wire that encircled his neck, vainly stTiy-
ing TO free himself. But the love or NE
returned too late His struggles were III
vain. AS he eXerted himself TO escape
from fast approaching death, the wire
cut deeper and deeper into his neck.
Inconsistencies must have speedily
ended the suffering of the unhappy mar
But when he was found dead. one arm
was lifted and rested at the back OF MS
head. Indicating that with his last Ell
fort he had striVen to loosen the choking
band at his neck. His arm was IN such
A position that 1t did not fall to his slde
as his limp and hfeless body swung at
the side of the tender.
The body was found yesterday mornlils
about Z o'clock by some passing WoIklisH-
1t was taken down by the police -yustlce
of the Peace Dana T. Smith. acting coro,
nor after making an investigation, said
that an inquest will not be necessary
Letter to Parents.
In Kilimar's possession were found
S176.O5 in money: two life insurance poI-
cies. each fer S2.CO0. payable to his par
ents. and mining stock Of par value OF
sSOOO. He was plentifully supplied with
The letter left by Killmar was as fol-
Dear Parents: I am going to commit
suicide. because l feel my life has been a
failure My work at the smelter at NC
Gill has not proven satisfactory ana
have been branded as a fool. which DarS
me from all rights to heaven. Despon-
dency followed and | attempted Sucloe
by drowning. This failed.
Il came to Salt Lake 10 recupeIdte, pu'
nv reputation as a fashionable hobo eX-
cIuded me from all society and the po-
lice were compelled TO specially guard the
c;tv at an extra expense and the hotel
at which l stopped was put to extra eA-
nense for extra servants so that Whatever
insurance money Is due on Two pohc-es Is
Ieouired to pay off my Indebtedness
.!The difficulty into which l am pre-
cinitated is due TO calling myself min
mo 1xnert on account of having mining
and smelter experience. But TINS eN-
ma n9nsr he classified as such.
UNLESS one makes good. he suffers the
consequences. . -. o,,,,.,
The penalty attached is most severe,
and rather than suffer II, take 'ie
above measure. ,.
.s'This. my dear parents, is going to make
your grief unbearabe but we all MAKE
mistakes in our lives, and certainly
have in mine. I feel the horIlpie cor