The sun., 1910-06-15
KILLS HIMSELF IN Hts STUDIO
GUIPON'S ENGAGEMENT vas TO
ne ANNOUNCED TO-DAY.
iRNi illinE 10 Poison Agnes Testers Ilfe,
He wrote After Docior sald We
CoubtnJ tive sends Her Hls sa'.
Ings. writes Ibis VIII and shoots.


lngs. writes IIis VIII and Shoots.
Leon Guipon. an illustrator and deco
rator. shot himself dead yesterday In
his studio. at 30 West Twenty SECOND
street. Before doing II he Strengthened
his Affairs sending check for his savings,
s7.2i2 10 his fSncss. Miss Agnes Foster
Of ~ Winthrop strsst. Boston; writing TO
his friend Hiram {. Merrill OF SId West
iSith street. New York. and sending back
TO publishing companies two manuscripts
which he was Illustrating.
In his letter to Mr. Merrill he said that
he took tho stop because the doctors had
told him that he couldn't live. He did
not want 10 poison the life Of the girl To
whom he was engaged. he said. but b"
could not live without her. The engage
ment was To have been announced to-day
When Mr. Merrill. who is an engraver,
returned TO his home from a visit Ia a
publishing house YESTERDAY afternoon
he found the note he had stopped al
, Guipon's studio less than an hour before.
about quarter past and a. he received
no answer 10 his ring had decided that
his friend had gone out Il town. When
he opened the letter a bundle Of hanS
notes, s2OS. tumbled out with several
keys wrapped up IN paper. The letter
was as follows
Nav NOHE. June ~. 1910
a. a 4
had You know that the time / spent in
Europe trying 10 forget her did me more
harm than good When Se made up again
her warm. young love gradually brought
hack health and happiness 10 me When
! went to boston 90 ask for her hand I felt
like my old scll again and was full % hope
for the uture. thinking honestly that my
troubles we're pa-t and that happiness was
Just within my reach since ! came back
To New York. for no apparent reason my
heart went all TO piece- again. told YOU
It was my thrOat and stomach
! suffer more than word, can describe
No doctor tan help me aud I fully realize
that I am doomed. I do not want to poison
her bright, happy life. yet 7 cannot live
without her have fought manfully, bot
| am beaten
So thcr" b. Iu,t one honoFnblr path omen
Go me and I shall calmly -ieD into % herau-e
my course is clear Il b. bard tn leave this
n~ut liul World When one loves 80 strongly
and D.. loved a. I am nov The Great Judge
knov- that I am dong what D. bet 4
man about 20 ole t.ll. no he. You have
been "a good true friend O. ue and / an
sorry to gtve you thi, trouble
You ard 4 All divide aut,ablv an nv
pI,turrs and lclougiugs and de- whatever
you wish " th them. have already sent
her q cheek for E.zi2. al that remains Of
what had saved I enClo-e s2up 90 defrny
the sypenses my act Will Dau-' ana 20 pay
the rent untl all t- cleared away
Please zee that I am Cremated and my
ashe- throgn 10 the four winds
enclose the Key OF the inner room. lou
uin nnd @ oDer have reason FOR asktng
you not 10 give tho KEY 10 any one "a the
hou-e see that Mis- F1stsr- name does
not appear IN the paper
Farewell dear hiram Give my last
goOd wishes 20 your mother and Mac
LEuN GyIroN
Mr Merrill started for hiz friend house
az once He mt two policemen, who
went the rest ut the way witI Aim They
found tat the leJrh of tro strdiD door
had been tied with tV-ne ~ that g-a spring
lock lid not Work The door yicldsd u a
push
The artists body lay In the front room
near a window He vas shot through
the isit temyln Dr Wilkinson Il New
York Hospital said Jlat hs Lad been dead
for several hours On q" floor beside
him law a new revolver A receiptsd bin
from a department store showed tlAf he
had bought the revolver and box Of
cartridges last Monday.
An envelope inscribed Last will ai
Leon Guipon,- lay ON the table The
will. written on sheet II mote paper.
stated that h. was an orphan. that all
his blood relations were dead and that he
wished his paintings and personal prop
erty 10 be- divided between Nlr Merrill
and Miss agnes Foster II was useless.
he said. o. search for money. a. he mad
disposed of all that he had He wished
his body n be- cremated and the ashes
scattered
BY permission of Coroner Holtzhauser
the body was removed 10 the undertaking
rooms u Leon 7 stowe. 3O7 West Fifty
would make an autopsy
Leon Guipon was about 81 years old.
He was born in Paris. where his father
was publisher When the boy WAS y or
70 years Old his father lost nearly all Of
a comfortable fortune and with Leon
and the boys stspmother came % New
York, Leon engraved watch cases and
for some time was the main support Of
the family. Finally the enoroachments
Of machinery spoiled his trade. He had
an opportunity b study art and became
greatly Interested In u.
He was a member Of tho Art Students
League and studied also IN tire New York
school Of Art which was then under the
direction Of William NJ Chase. lie did
illustrating for HarDsr's the Csntury.
Seribnsr's and the Ladies Home Journal
Three Of his water color. painted In
Brittany In the courss of the European
tTip Of which he speaks In his letter.
are on exhibition In the American Water
Color SHOW. which is now making a orr
cult 0f several II tho larger cities.
Re met Miss Foster. whose father
Andrew J. Foster. h tho president n the
Peoples National Bank u RoKbury. Mass.
while she was doing settlement work In
Now York more than two years age.
About a wear and a half ago they had
Misunderstanding He returned frum
Europe last fall and there wssareooncilia-
ton. About three weeks ago he made q
trip b Boston and got her futhsr's ON
sent tn the marriage No date had been