The Detroit times., 1908-08-07
SHOOTS SELF DEAD
! IN HOME of His
SWEETHEART
LOSS OF WORK AND Ill HEALTH
PROBABLE CAUSES OF CHARLES
E. MooRE's suIcIoE-PoLIcE
QUESTION GIRL.

In the home OF his sweetheart. Miss
Lenore Brown, No 265 Baker-st..
Charles +. Moore. aged 10, who lived
in the Avon apartments, No. PA Mont
calm-st east, committed suicide late
Thursday night by shooting himself
through the head with revolver.
Alone with the young man In the
house at the time was the girl, whose
parents are visiting In Hillsdale,
Mich, and the tragedy places her in
rather an embarrassing position. She
tells a straightforward story, however.
and the authorities are satisfied that
she Is telling the truth. Coroner
| Parker Investigated the case but has
not decided whether TO hold an in
quest
Miss Brown spent the night in po-
lice headquarters, not as prisoner,
but because she was afraid to stay in
her house alone after what had hap
! pened. She was questioned by Capt.
Mcdonnell, in an informal manner,
Friday morning, and the captain ex-
pressed himself as satisfied that the
girl was in no way connected with
the shooting
The weapon with which Moore shot
himself belonged 10 Miss Browns
father and was always kept under the
mattress OF the bed occupied by Miss
Browns mother for purposes Of pro-
lection. as Brown is q railroad switch
man and frequently works nights.
Miss Brown says Moore knew where
the revolver was kept from having
heard the fact mentioned, on more
than one occasion, by members OF the
| family.
Il met Mr.. Moore in Sykes cafe, No.
| 8 and 10 Park-pl. east, some time be-
fore 10 o'clock Thursday night" said
Miss Brown. my people are we'll &C
quainted with the Sykes and Charlie
spent considerable time there. When
stopped in, Thursday night, and
found him there said, Are you going
home with me, Charlie?' and he said
he would. / don't know just what
time we got home.
I'VE had not been in the house long
before Charlie took off his coat and
said he was going to stay all night.
told him he couldn't. but he insisted.
He was drunk, and you know how Ii
Is with a drunken man. You cant
reason with him. So | simply had to
put up with il. So Charlie went into
the side bedroom, while / went into
the front bedroom and prepared to go
to bed.
"A few minutes later I walked out
into the sitting room, looked into the
other bedroom, and saw Charlie lying
on the bed, apparently asleep. Then
| returned to the front room and was
just getting into bed when l heard a
shot. Without stopping to dress my
self | ran to the door of the other
bedroom and saw what had happened
Then ran In my nightclothes to
Charles June's house. next door, and
told him what had occurred. And
that is all know about It,"
| Miss Brown says that she had been
keeping company with Moore for the
past three months. having become
acquainted with him some two or
three weeks previous to that time.
They were not engaged. however.
Moore had not been working for
the past six weeks and this fact, to-
gether with the fear that he was
losing his health, is said to have
preyed on his mind. He has occasion
ally suffered from brief periods of
mental trouble, members OF his family
say.
Miss Brown says she can assign no
reason for the suicide. She was asked
pointedly IL they had quarrelel, previ-
GUS TO the tragedy, and she replied
most emphatically in the negative. She
was sharply criticised by the police
authorities for allowing Moore to re-
main In the house with her alone or
asking him to accompany her home In
the first place, II, as she claims, he
was under the influence OF liquor.
What could do?" she asked, in
| desperation. You can't reason with
a man in that condition"
You could have called an officer
and had him removed"
Miss Brown simply shrugged her
shoulders at this.
Miss Browns parents. Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis Brown. left for Hillsdale last
Monday and Lenore was To leave Sat
urday for Jackson, Mich. to visit rela.
tives there. The family formerly lived
In Traverse City. coming TO Detroit
some four years ago.
Moore lived with his mother at the
Montcalm-st. address. His father
Charles Moore. ST., died several years
ago. Several brothers and sisters sur
vive.
Moore was last employed In the
local establishment of the Hartford
Rubber Tire Co. leaving six weeks
ago to go to Decatur. ILL.,. where he re-
NAMED but short time. Previous to
his employment with the Hartford
concern he worked for various other
rubber companies in this city.
Miss Brown left police headquarters
at $50 O'Clock Friday morning to re-
turn to her home.
That no exclusive Flights 10 the use
| OF docks ON Belle Isle can be given
by the park commission TO anyone Is
the opinion OF Corporation Counsel