The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-08
SUICIDE IN A THEATRE BOX
CHtPLES TALBERT SHOOTS MN
>ILF ar THE COLUMBIl.

lrrsrN LIMA singing INC Last NhofW-
when the Corset MAKER FIRED. Kept
RiEhi On Pew Heard the shot-I@Gt
Letter Tor Police and CorOner.
man sitting In bOE at the Columbia
Theatre az Forty-ssventh street and
seventh avenue last night shot himself
IN rho right temple with a revolver while
no principals and chorus we're singing
'fe ss' number Of the burlesqus. He
t,sd instantly In q pocket was found
eitar addressed TO the police and the
gorcnar signed Charles Talbert- and
giving Inc address S0s PARA avenue
The hoy which the suicide occupied
With q woman and two other men. al
though % is believed that he was not
rsnro- Il their party. 70 on a level with
To FaIcony At the EFT oi the stage. The
splnl = the shot did not carry very far
tecauss Il the din of the singers and
orchestra Men and women sitting near
lrossd up frightened. but the performance
continued without interruption. and al
though many reached for their coats and
regar leaving the theatre there was no
ranic The woman and the men in the
noy vIth the suicide and eight men and
women in the adjoining box got up
t4rredly and went out. Their haste
did moro than the slight sound Of the shot
o. calse uneasiness.
Charles Talbert was a corset maker
and was Is years old. His stors occupied
me ground fOoT of Sos Park avenue. over
which he and his wife lived. He had no
children He had gone 10 the theatre
alone 50 far a. the ushers and others
could recall and sat quietly through the
performance without attracting atten-
tioU
Inc show az the new bu1esque mouse
tbs week is The Jersey Lilies Fanny
vsdier the leading woman. and the rest
q the sixty or % members Of the CON-
pany were singing Maiden Fair The |
orchestra was laboring hard to keep up !
With tb- fun chorus. Suddenly Tai |
bart took the revolver from his pocket |
ani pu' u 10 his right temple He did |
no' nsa and spoke no word He just
pulled the trigger and fell bach in his I
char lead
The actors on the stage and the or
cfest-a men looked up Involuntary
a. ~ sound Miss Vcdder went right 4
1r Fading the song a. IL nothing had I
ta1pentd and the company backed her
% The orchestra sadsr gave HE baton
a. extra twitch and the men under him
paved louder than ever
A few u the audience In the front part
81 the house jumped % their feet
An instant after the shot the two boxes
q tie lett Of the stage. In one Of which
t's suicides body lay we're IN an up-
par One II the two men m the stage
box caught his foot IN a chair a. he got
u his feet and fell. shouting loudly for
-er az he went down. The other man
pulled him up again and helped him out
Il tss box and away
They and the woman disappeared.
4 moment or two later tho chorus was
'Hshst the curtain went down and the
,l a1re a good part 81 which wav stand.
nsrving 10 find out what had happened.
zen 0ut a little more hurriedly than
lsH. bat In good order
T.ber BODY was taken out u the
theatre through an exit close to the box.
through an alley and % the West Forty
seventh street police station There two
..''s7 we're found IN the pockets u the
r0 tho me addressed 90 the police and
nor To- which the writer sid that
DR. 4 Fox would tell the reasons for
.- 100 md the other addressed 20 DR. .
s o F.1
Too other letters were addressed a. ,
w. 0a'nsrne Schonhern. Ss6 Park
."u." Iur Mn Lena Talbert. SIS PARK
a.nrI" la.barts wife. Mr.. Schonisrg
.s al.frs-s u tho building where
albert lived A. the Coroner did not
.''-snga'- The case last night none ~ the
s'Ie-s we're opened
ln.o' captain Fennelly. in command Of
10 West Forty-seventh street station.
's' 100 Broadway near the theatre. Ne
"a barge II the removal Of the body !,
.1' frf"d the few policemen who could
% collected quickly 10 disperse the audi
srrs
r A'red J. Fox went TO the police ],
N"r with Mrs. Talbert a. soon A. they :
g. '-rn 81 word 81 Talbert's death !.
.' Pm las known Talbert for some time =
'- -'t that the men had been melan- :
..' '.- the last Two weeks and had !,
..'' .I-Er" ~ being demented :
F."e ago. Dr. Fox said. Talbert
an. ur took a revolver from his =.
'''' s'a started 10 kill himself. DR.. :,
Ton N.. ~ a. the houae At the time, n
'f .'a gIn away from him. Talbert. :,
saw vas 10 good bodily health.
h'''-" gong 10 the theatre last night !,
''-T' .f.'ri up DR. Fox az the Hotel :.
'''.'." seventh avenue and Fifty :,
pr. street where the physician was
|I.Hs hI- conversation was in "A
1Esrsrf
Nf' Ia..'~' said that she could give no Y
.'''h .'- l'r husbands mental trouble
.' '.'d" unless he had lost money
F ~n" I'D not know that he had
''' '-'unl". DR.. Fox said that vi
A'-' .af 'mIr up a good business IN III
a. 'an years and apparently was i
f1srs.r, b.