The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-21
SUICIDE WRITES
STORY FOR PAPERS
II Am a Dead One" Concludes
Jealous Lover in Explaining
His Act.

Il
plated the futility of life without love
Thursday morning. he snuffed out his
own light. choosing a spectacular sui
eide route after he had quarreled with
his waitress sweetheart. Miss Jessie
Upton, in the kitchen OF her mother s
home, at No. $50 Kirby-aye. west
He feigned first at death, firing two
blind shots from his revolver. think
ing TO brighten his inamorata into re-
lenting OF her decision TO cut him
adrift. After firing the shots. he
made a beautiful stage fall to the
floor OF the little kitchen. The girl
ran screaming from the house. then
returned. and, seeing him lying ap-
parently lifeless, felt OF his head. She
found no gaping wounds, no tiny
streams of life blood and ran dis
traught from the room again.
While Miss Upton and her mother
were In the front OF the house call
ing for help, Brooks arose from his
death posture, walked to a room up
stairs, which he had occupied as a
boarder, and sent two bullets 10 vital
!. spots of his body.
A letter found among Brooks af-
fects in the county morgue later by
Coroner Burgess, gives the mans own
version OF his love tragedy. II Is
evident from the letter that he had
intended killing himself the day fol-
; lowing a quarrel OF last Tuesday
night. He postponed the perform
ance until a more advantageous sea-
son. The letter has grimly humor-
Gus finale. IL follows:
killed myself. was in love
with girl, one that thought the
: world and all of. She went out
walking with other fellows. As
was about to go TO bed the
night before my death, l saw her
with another fellow and l thought
Il was not right OF her and | went
out and brought her home and
she turned me down, and wouldn't
make up with me again. told
her when she turned me down
that | would end my life, and /
have done so.
| know what II il to have one
you love with all your heart. The
girls name Is Miss Jessie Upton
and she was the sweetest girl in
the world I met Miss Upton a
year ago last December. and
never went anywhere with other
girls. I have had hard luck all
the time that | have been In De-
troit, but now my troubles are
ended for good.
The last words I said TO Miss
Upton were that | hoped she
would find a better fellow than |.
She burst out crying, and ! took
the last kiss from her lips and
bid her goodnight and put myself
out OF the world with her faith
er's razor God bless that girl as
long as she lives.
am not crazy and I am no
fool. am dead one.
CHARLES SIDNEY BROOKS.
p. ST. want this put in the
papers so every one can see what
! I think.
Brooks has been a boarder in the
Upton home since Dec. /, last he
halls from Chicago, where his mother
lives at No. 1141 wells-st. He was
thrown much in the company OF Jes'
sic Upton, 20 years old, and fair as
lilly. He made violent love to her and
his suit met with much favor, with
the result that they became engaged.
According to the young woman's
story, the man was insanely Jealous.
She says he would not tolerate her
speaking to another man. She work
ed as a waitress at a new hotel across
the street from her home. Tuesday
night, after he had retired TO his
room, Brooks looked out the front
window and saw her talking to
young man across the street.
He grew madly jealous and, with
out waiting to even put on his shoes,
rushed over to her and demanded TO
know what she meant by accepting
the attentions of other men. He seiz-
ed her by the wrist and started 20
drag her across the street. She drew
away from him and then he seized
her by the waist and dragged her
back TO her home.
Following this incident. the girl
broke of the engagement and said
she could never marry a man who
had such jealous disposition.
Brooks announced he was going
away. He asked the girls father for
permission to have a final interview
with Jessie and the interview was
granted.
He came Thursday morning. He
found the girl in the kitchen of the
house and he carefully locked the
door. Then he drew from his pocket
a shining revolver.
Il have just bought this" he said.
"and | have come TO ask you once
more II you will marry me. II you
don't marry me, ] am going to Kill
myself"
Jessie did just the opposite of what
they do in the story books. She re-
fused TO capitulate II was then that
Brooks placed the revolver over his
shoulder and fired the blind shots.
/ II liked Charley all right" said
Miss Upton, but he had no right TO
be so jealous. wouldn't hook up
with a man who wouldn't trust me out
OF his sight have always tried to
be a good girl. have tried to live
] right, the way my mother taught me
to live, and nobody has ever been
able to point finger OF suspicion at
me.
Il am sorry that Charlie did this
thing, but ! cannot bring myself tc
believe that It Is my fault"
Brooks body was removed to the
county morgue and his relatives have
hann