New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
MAN KILLS HIMSELF
TO FREE HIS Wife
Writes He Wants Her to Have
Luxuries Which He Could
Not Give.
SHOOTS SELF AT HOTEL
Leaves Letter to Newspaper to
Explain, He Says, How 1t
Feels Arranging Last
Trip for H.

After writing six letters among tneni
one IN a newspaper. a man believed 10
he Bruno ]. FEEDER. of Nos 316 and 3lo
East 14th street. fired 4 bullet INTO MS
head in room in the Grand Chlol
Hotel YESTERDAY He was found uncon-
scious at s o'clock last night and dled
an hour later in Bellevue Hospital Inc
time of the suicide was fixed in the let
ter to the newspaper as $50 a m. Dut
is believed TO have taken place some
time later.
On Monday morning at IL O'Clock the
man. who was a bout thirty-hve years
old and well dressed. registered az the
hotel as L. Brown. of Kingston. y. Y.
He made a request not TO be disturbed
and was assigned to a room His nom
appearance caused Daniel Carragher.
head hall man, to open his room with a
passkey last night.
Carragher found the man fully dressed.
sitting In an arm chair, with a bullet
wound in his right temple and a new 81
caIibre revolver lying in a pool of blood
on the floor. The man was uncon-
scious. A policeman was called and he
summoned a Bellevue Hospital ambu-
lance. The man was hurried 70 the hos
pital and died in an hour.
one of the letters found in the room.
addressed ITO the officer" said that
the writer had left several letters. one
TO the Coroner. one to his mother and
one to his wife. and hoped everything
would be all right. In the letter ad-
dressed TO the Coroner the writer said:
Enclosed YOU will find SO and a re-
CENT for a gas bill which 1 wish given
to my Wife
In 2 pocket of the mans coat there
was a letter addressed 10 Bruno j..
FEEDER. No. 316 and 31S East 14th street,
from the Macarthur Construction Com
pany. 1t offered him a place as agent
at S125 month and expenses. The let
ter to the newspaper said:
planned this suicide and will write the
following a bout how man feels arranging
bis last +riD for b You can use this
fiIT anv wa Wav YOU wish write this note just
Iift;e Ift2P9 div. ~ Tp TIL now I felt good am
NOT a coward. but determined 10 accomplish
sornething that must be done so as 70 save
a woman who l deariy love my WIZ, anu anu
haD 70 be free so that she may marry
man who can give her love, luxury ana
honpiness I could not do that / intended
" leave her but then she could not marry
again unless she gets divorce She loved
me true and 1 love her Therefore l com
1ritt Nth a better man than I was God bless
her and my child Ruth Yours truly;
1t's $50 a. m am going now.
Feders body was taken to the morgue
The police took charge of the sealed let
ters
Mrs. FEEDER lives on the top floor at the
East 14th street address. with her three
and a half year old daughter. Ruth She
expressed little surprise when told that
her husband had committed suicide. and
said that he had left home on Sunday
after a quarrel over money matters. and
she had not seen him since. Her hus-
band. she said, owned the Lenox En-
nIovrnent Bureau. at No. 1876 East 4th
street 1t was his gambling. she said.
that brought on the quarrel OF Sunday.
Coroner Holtzhauser. declaring that
there was no trace TO be seen of the SlO
FEEDER said he was leaving for his wife
in the Coroner's care. ordered the De-
tective Bureau TO make an investigation
IF the circumstances surrounding the
fnding of the letters The Coroner.
however. did not open the sealed letter
4 addressed 10 Mrs. FEEDER. and is not sure
that the banknote may not be inclosed
N it.
Feders letter 10 the Coroner starts OFF
very formally. Il. the undersigned,
{ reads. herewith state that l viii com
nit suicide at the Graz Union Hotel
today, in the forenoon, and beg the
Coroner TO advise my mother. Mrs Ber-
.ha FEEDER, who is the matron in the
Montefiore Home" He also gives the
Coroner the addresses of his wife and
ais sister. and adds his hope that he will
nave a decent burial in a Jewish cene-
.ery. Il am sorry, Coroner, 10 have
,aused YOU this little trouble, but this
s your duty. also thank YOU in ad-
sance for your kind attention in looking
fter the before mentioned matters /
nm going forever" the letter ends Be
ow the signature are the words Il am
twenty eight years old.