New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-10
SUICIDE
LEFT QUEER LETTER.
Sans Manufacturer Forced
Him to Destruction.

wan rho found himself over
-, wanted took the short way
ont If the difficulty last night tie vas
e,a.,., Rutcher. and he blew out his
b~.tr, :, 4, hatbtuh I'm the Hotel Raymond.
At No A. East 28th street. Two hours
later no died in Bellevue Hospital
He vas straight. well hammered. rather
ouie. man. his hair Etresked with gray.
and while he was grave Of speech anu
much wrapped up in his own Thoughts ~
did not show the marks Of the hsmmeflns
he vas taking at the hands Of fate He
had no money, and when his Dill was laS'
presented it had run up TO si2s
guest AZ the hotel. William A, Miles.
heard a shot early last evening IN th-
bathroom on that floor he found Butcher,
fallen hesdlong into the water OF the tup'
q bullet wound above the ear and re-
voIrer on the floor beside him. With tho
people Of the hotel. he did what could be
done for the dying man. and called the
poIice and an ambulance. He did not re-
cover consciousness
A letter. haltirg and disordered' toid
what the man wished the world 10 kno"
about his tragedy. 1t ran;
why-simply an I'D against T.. man,
lived to be fifty-sfx years Old. finds hin1seIt
a stranger among stransers-has three re =
sources. Stealing. begging or the next pest
thing. I have taken my choice
The cause.-the name of a manufacturer
of Bristol. Conn. was given)-as much 50
as if he had pulled trigger 49, s-,oo
on August ID. 'G9, l submitted devlc99
to him 70 be made He gave me price
gave him order. And the cash in full pay
ment After two months not Ssnpl9.
His first promise TO deliver the goods IN
On the Esd Of November my last visit to
him. when I explained fully n him my
situation, that was here stranger,s mona
strangers, that his delay had caused my
Denver association 10 withdraw. that Va
stranded and ask him II he did not feeI
justified in refundinS some of the money
I gave him 10 bridge me over-that all the
sales made to be RENTED to him No lie
had the money and would keep it.
Though made me tho best promise pos
sibJe tears in his eyes, that he Immediately
would get me out shipment About Two
months later did ship me ten machines that
will not pass inspection He * just -
guilty of my taking off aS though he pulIed
the trigger I expect he will place all the
blame on me all right.
No doubt | Will be missed as little as any
other ono person Outside of my sister and
my boy there is not soul on earth 10 drop
2 tear 1r to give a sigh. Ny last thought Is
OF one person MAY they always DC happy
ON the wall In a prominent place was the
photograph OF a young man in the uniform
Of West Point cadet. The detectives
guessed it to he the dead mans son. and
the ''one person for whom he felt regret
Beyond that it seemed that he was right IN
saying that he had no friends Six cents
and Il few shares of mining stock veTc the
only things of apparent value in his room
letter. sealed and stamped. was found
and posted. The police did not reveal the
address.
The invention to which he referred in his
letter was a machine for cutting butter
The police made inquiries from letters aua
addresses found in his belongings an1
learned that six years ago he was employed
by the Hamilton Silver Company, OF No
West 9th street. lie was I'll charge of thai
firms business west OF the Mississippi