Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-14
Eo-mer City Councilman and Well
Known Real Estate Man
Suicides in Office.
. LEAVES A PATHETIC NOTE.
E Gives Up After a Long Strug-
de 10 Live Down the
Bitter Past.
-rcbsses a Revolver c Few Minutes
Prior to the Tragcdy--i'riends
Tell of His Trials.

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MY Dear VIII; i.
cWhen ] found that the knock !.
d ers would not let me be honest I
a kent UP a losing fight to the end, !.
and may those who have helped /
j me m bringing the end about /
never be IN need of friends. (
d "A. A. r." :.
After making a most heroic struggle
y years to live down the bitter, Bit
r past. Alexander A. Robertson, eX-
tty councilman, and for some time
fanagcr Of the Equity Investment
S9mpany. gave up this morning and
ESrded his career in this world by blow
IA out his brains with Il revolver
k& Al HIS Robertson walked into his
E6fee. 2l9 south Main street. sat at his
Ia sk. wrote the above note TO w. S.
Eferrls at whose home he had lived for
many years, Then, turning to j. ID.
erheid. who has charge of the insur-
III W. r,.,
E&ce Department. anu " - i-eoNei'
Csho is employed in the real estate de-
Hrtment. he said:
# III any one calls me / am not In"
N The next instant there was a report
d revolver and Robertson fell 10 the
Il barrel of an liver Johnson IS caliber
6volver In his mouth and pulled the
bigger. The bullet crashed through
IL brain and nattened itself against
DC wall. narrowly missing Ml.
heid.
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~
||&The shot attracted large number OF
isons who we're passing the place,
nong them was DIR. Reynolds, who
leRiy rushed plto the place and did
10 ms power for the unfortunate
an hooerison was alive when DR..
eyneids reaehed his side. The physi-
~ qnokiy gave the wounded man an
9ecuoh VI Hitfo-siyccrine ana KEPT MN
Ter was also attracted by the shot and
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CONTINUALLY IIARASSED.
ms .a.. . , po,.,so,
ommItted the rash act He felt It
liposslple TO liye down me past ana
ho,,,, roit nm hhiasSseu pS .ne
s soSaat thal every man halu vas
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INITIAL TROUBLE.
rot several years Robertson WAS a
,,,n OF the city couhell from me
nm precnct' Nhle acting IN thiS
.pGcliy' temptation came. lie was
me tlne, teller In tho Wells
atg9 bank. He was accused of en-
e]@lhs large sum OF money from |
ne bank' and when arraigned in !
lufl received sentence of four !
ears an IN the Utah state prison,
re was taken to the state prison on !
az porda lOoI' pnt on Noy, Il hra rsoS;
mlng a prison outbreak In which the |
,ps' desperate and murderous con- |
NN took part, Robertson secured |
ONE Keys that had been taken from |
guard, and at the risk of his life hid |
lem from the oonvicts. For his I
rave act he was pardoned.
rprrn,D -, ,,y,
Ni"Np IN NEED
Immediately upon being released
ON prison he found a lifelong friend ,
The person OF Thomas Homer. The |
ller against the advice OF acauaint- |
lces and the protest of friends. took |
oberts0n into his office and made il
osslhe for him 10 once more he-
lme usoful citizen. me bitter past
a. never mentioned between them
q Homer never spoke Of it. He !