The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-05-26
rnmmitted Suicide.

William Myers, Jr., known among bill
liardists, professional and amateur, lies at
the home of his father, at Haddonfeld,
with a bullet wound clean through both
temples.
Shortly before 10 o'clock Sunday night
William Schlecht and others living near
the Pennsylvania railroad station heard q
pistol shot, but because of the mad dog
scare in that borough thought little of the
incident until a few minutes afterward,
when stranger stumbled over the body
of Myers, as it lay beside a seat in dark
spot on the north-bound track platform.
A doctor was hastily summoned and the
senior William Myers was sent for and ar
rived as preparations were being made to
send the injured man to the hospital. The
father refused to allow the unconscious
form to be taken to hospital, and had it
removed to his home, where the younger
Myers died about 3 o'clock yesterday
morning.
The shooting is a mysterious one. Until
nearly noon yesterday the relatives of
William Myers failed to locate the pistol,
and could give no reason for his suicide.
Charles Githins, the undertaken, who
had taken the body in charge Immediately
after death, found clean round hole on
the left side of the head back of the
temple, and a jagged torn cash on the
right temple, but there were no powder
marks or singed hair on either side of the
head.
From the nature of the wound it would
appear that the shot was fired with the
left hand, while Mr.. Myers was right
handed
MIR. Myers father and other relatives
could assign no reason for the young mans
suicide. He had lately taken charge of a
large chicken farm near Lemontown. On
Saturday last he visited his mother, and
early Sunday evening he was met on the
west side by Mr.. Schlecht, but he seemed
cheerful as usual.
According to Richard E. Elwell, con-
stable at Haddonfield, Myers was wanted
on two warrants, one issued in Camden
and one in Philadelphia. Elwell was
notified several days ago to take Myers
into custody, but the charges were not
specified.
The railroad station was dark at the
time, the electric lights having been ex-
tinguished.
Myers had considerable reputation as a
billiard player, and took part in number
of professional matches. He was known
as consistent player. For some time he
was manager of the billiard parlors con-
Quoted by Ives. the billiard champion, in
New York city, which establishment was
subsequently purchased for him by Frank
Draper and other New York sporting
men, but 1t was a failure.
Some time ago he took charge of his
fathers business, the Myers Chemical Fire
Pail Company, on Strawberry street, Phil
adelphia, but this was afterward turned
over to a syndicate and then young Myers
went into the chicken business, but this,
too, was unsuccessful
The suicide was married three times, his
first two matrimonial ventures have been
failures.
His first wife was Miss Jennie Voss, of
Philadelphia, to whom two childen were
born, one of them being a daughter
twenty -one years old, living with her
father. Mr.. Myers procured divorce
from his wife in South Dakota, and mar
ried Miss Sadie Drew, an actress. from
whom he was subsequently divorced.
His last wife, who arrived in Haddon-
field almost broken hearted shortly before
noon yesterday, was Miss Leona Hamilton,
a member of good South Jersey family
Mr.. Myers was forty-two years old and
an only son.