Gilpin observer., 1909-08-12
ENDS HIS LIFE

OAOShSAp c0MOo iAsb 1ldu SOAAmIIICu
suicide by shooting himself through
the head at Cheeseman park in Den.
yer. Both VIII and Joe left on the af-
ternoon train Monday to investigate
the affair and see If they could learn
why their brother had ended his life.
Will returned yesterday morning and
said as far as he could learn the
deed was deliberately planned. The
suicide, who was bookkeeper for the
Colorado Packing company, camo
down to the office Sunday morning
and balanced his books and during
the day had visited Golden and the
White City. His trunk with all his
belongings was packed and 1t appear.
ed that the act In every detail had
been prearranged. No word of expla-
nation was found either on the body
Of the dead man or at the room.
Although 1t has been 25 years or
more since James II. Harvey was 4
resident Of Gilpin county he was well
known and liked in these parts. He
went from here to Georgetown and
then to Denver. where he entered the
employ of the Colorado Packing com.
pany, remaining with that firm IL or
Is years. Deceased was a member
of the Woodmen of the World, be-
longing to Occidental camp in Den
yer.
hr0 ,ey1,< - III ntt
last evening and the funeral was held
from Harris undertaking parlors this
afternoon at l o'clock. The remains
were laid to rest in the Masonic Gem.
etery. beside those of brother.
Christopher, who also met q tragic
death in snow slide years ago.
Tuesdays Republican contained the
following correct account Of the sad
affair:
Apparently with deliberation, yet
with no known reason for doing so,
James H. Harvey, cashier for the
Colorado Packing & Provision com
pany. yesterday morning committed
suicide In Cheesman park by shoot
ing himself in the left temple. In his
pockets two notes were found ask
ing that friends be notified.
The report OF the fatal shot was
heard by w. B. Dawson, a park en-
ploye. who summoned Foreman Kirby
and Park Policeman Kreiling. The
three discovered the corpse on a
bench and notified the coroner as
the man had died almost instantly.
Absence from his family may have
caused Harvey to become melancholy.
although he did not seem to be so
when with associates. His wife. Mrs.
Irene Harvey, and two daughters, En-,
incline. aged IS, and Isabella, aged
Il, have been in Hermosa, Beach, Cal.
for the past two months. They eX-
pected him to visit them there soon.
The man is said to have owned
considerable property. II. C. Gebhard.
president OF the company for which
Harvey worked, could not account for
the self-destruction and stated that
the man was not behind in his ac.
counts.
The suicide was SO years of age
and lived at 92S East Twenty-second
avenue"
The following dispatch from the
home OF Harvey's family at Hermosa
Beach. Cal. was received by the Re-
publican Monday:
Mrs. j. H. Harvey learned this
afternoon that her husband had COM
mitted suicide In Denver, and was
Frustrated by the news and is now
under the care Of physician.
AT the home Of her father. ]. X.
Mills, prominent business man, 1t
was stated that plans had been made
by Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey for him to
Join her permanently here within a
few months.
My daughter received a letter
from her husband only last Tues.
day. said Mr.. Mills. and he sent her
usual allowance. There was nothing
but cheerfulness in the letter-no
hint Of despondency-so the shock
was all the greater to Mrs. Harvey.
He was to have come here soon to
live. We cannot understand why he
should have taken his life.'
Mrs. Harvey has a small ranch on
the outskirts Of Hermosa. where she
Is living with her two daughters.
aged IS and a."