The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-02
THEY AGREED ON SUICIDE
Ht SB4ND rs FOS'sD DEAD. MS
bride INCONSCIOF
Rau' Torrra. From MeNico. Opened Vein
in itis Young wifr's Arm-shc Turned
on the Gas The, wrote ApoIegesic
Nate Ia Their Puzzled Cau,rn, lui.,

Rail Torrea. n Mexican % wears old
and hts wife Elsie. 10 whom he had been
married onlv a few weeks tried to die To-
srther yesterday N their rooms on the
second floor OF :Di West Eighty third
street The husband succeeded. bur his
wife was alive when their rooms wer-
entered She was weak from loss Of blood
a, her husband had opened a vein IN
her arm. and was unconscious from the
effects Of the gas which she had turned
on and which had caused his death She
WIS taken 10 J Hood Wriy hr Hospital a
prisoner
rorr-a his friends said came 81 a we'll
10 do family IN the city Of Mexico Hia
father mother and wife died few years
aSp ii" left his daughter Nita. nov o
y-Srs old with a married sister in Mexico
and came 10 this country He vas en-
uloy.d ~ the Remington typewriter
Compl~-' as Gers EarIv this fall
when ~. was living at ITO IVES, Eighty
second street with a friend. I.nls \ gI~ros.
be met Elsie Muschw.r"s a miiIiner
who lived around the corner at cOI West
Eighty third street N ~. - s- wh.r-
h.. sill.d himself
They w.r. married IN C-,r,,sr Raul
ttA "" pdCu"oV tFiSl1. ls,ls
AsI-ros. wn-n~th b = SIT. h = too, rooms
at r0l W.s' Eighty -th,rd street he insisted
that L'.is occupy ono Of tn. rooms LUIS
ID .mp. owed AZ = Rrnad nj r,.si and always
went dpwnto~n wrh ms friend in the
morning Yesterday morning Raul told
LuIs that he had a title cold and did no;
thInN ne would 90 =" ~or%
Al II ~ n'cloc. IIi- received a letter
NV dear ais. ~ ran. when this
meets your eye. both Elsie and | will ha
dead II ~ a terrible Grim. which | am
about 10 commit We lov. each other -
Bur II hs- to ha You must understand
how much | have -uN.rssi To take 'hIs
step | wish to he buried with NV wife
We are married and should not he -.pa-
rated
Hi- four rings he si-h.d To he sent tn
huh. Nua he had LEI, an crris- IN
M rapla with vim IA MS old friend "nIld
draw MA bac> -aIsry from ~" office
and u-- y for ia" funeral expenses
Their" followed "A postscript written
N lngiI~lr Nv hari- wife
NV dear Las II" xro's i viii
-av gpOd-nv 'n yu's iur-.-r
Dom forget ~ aud forgive hat w.
do such harm :" you 10 not wish that
nv husband ,H.IIl should =" 'rG- ~
all alone NoII go"i friend.
'trsrr
IJt- called up PuNt" t"ait il!t sr~
and presently vas old that a pnt"-r...'
mad Ir!-t ba..n sent 10 the hous- al; ,,.sl
foInd Raul dead ami Elsie unCp;.s ipIs
In the. am bulanc-. Mr.. Torr-a r."'v",l and
SAID >Er had turned on the gas anil ter
husband had made the iDcI-Ion ~ he" arm
Las Agu--rps went 10 the houS.' ~ rh.'
afternoon with I Gomez Maiil-I-r'.
30. -ptarv 10 th. NeScan Consul On
tn~ iioor w.r. small fragments of a l.''"r
v-ltf-u IN Spanish. po--Ibly a letter which /
lad been delivered to Raul AT o'"lork I
On th.. tabl.. Vas the letter of Instructions !
whI"h hi- friend had promised I.uis h" (
would leave Their, LUIS could give no |
reason for Ra"ul'- act II" tho'D. ht thai !
p-rhap- Raul wa- respondent becauSs'
ms wife expected to- go TO Germany in ,
"A coupi. Of weeks To -e- her family II
h,. Ws- h. had hidden It we'll Lui- aid
Fls,.'- phrase. forgive that We do such
harm 10 you E'iIs was sure meant that
. hoy were sorry that their at would |
cause him INCONVENIENCE.
The body vas removed to an under |
taking establishment Luis Ag,i..rur said
h." Thought II likely that u would ~.
sent 10 Mexico for burial