The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-31

MOTIVE FOR SUICIDE BIS|
NOT YET BECOME AppIp,
Believed by Relative,
Domestic Trouble Was :.
of Self-Destructio,

comins uoannounced from =,
west. George Macy, a saIona
gambler. went OF tho homs :,
r. Marsh. his mother-In-law g..
East street. rented a room ana
days OF uncommunica,ive lIte, =.
suicide by inhaling chloroto,n l.
Marsh's body was d,scov.-'.
o'clock Monday afternoon bv NJ
and her daughter, Mrs r..
The police were at once n,sss
Seant Roberts made a nr.,ininl
tlgation and SUMMONED Corona, 4
who took charge OF Mac ',ohss
clded mat no Inquest was neees,,
sent the body TO O'DonnelTs ~
pending word from relatives
Death Carefully PLANNED
Evidence is abundant ina, t..
fu!ly planned the ending Of hls Il.
body lay undisturbed in bed. eIss
dress, Macys posture was on IN.
ly sleeping His hands wers
rs II In prayer. his Masonic m.
prominently displayed. On tbs
side the bed stood a bottle -.
a quantity OF chloroforn. bu, ~. ~
half empty. Another bottle ~.
containing enough carbol!c acI 4
three or four men. was also iowi 4
room.
In the clothing OF the dead -,
found $6.T5 in cash and. a rscei.s
the National Bank Of the Rem,hIii. ;
Ing that Macy had, on Jan,,srr \
posted with that institution So
able to the Red Cross Germ p
Dany upon receipt Of goods g.
Harper is investigating this "a.
the case.
Motive for Deed Yet Unkuum
What motive led to Macy's s.s-.
life Is as yet a mystery. al,horrf
believed that domestic ;roublsf 2
the principal part. Six years an
Marsh resided in Spokane. Wa&
younger daughter. Cecile, was ~
In a hotel in Cordova. Alaska. ~
met and married Macy without ia =
er's consent or knowledge. hs- sr
nation of the union being ths =
the couple TO her at Spokane
They visited me for six weskss
Mrs. Marsh. but never liked q
and after they went away ssldo, |.
from my daughter. did not kprT|
suspected that they had separate
last / heard from Cecile. sevetil 4
ago. she was In Wallace, Ida N
she is now DO not know"
Was Silent and Reserved 7
Macy came. SAYS Mrs. MARI 4
nounced to her home Friday, q
20, shook hands with her and d
daughter. Mrs. Stockton. asked q
was given a room. He volmtesnI
definite information OF his plans Y 4
bles. only saying that he and VI
had separated and that he vas q
way 10 Wyoming 10 look for ~
In the saloon business. Mrs. Nan.
that when she questioned him a n
daughter present Whereabouts, \
ed "A direct answer. He did not n1|
meals with the family. usually =
his room late at night and let
10 O'Clock In the morning. Nh
and her daughter declare thn g
time did he attempt TO place biz
a friendly footing,
Mother-in-Law Puzzled
II cannot understand" aH
Marsh. why Macy should have
my home TO end his life. ! had
known nothing OF the man slnes
my home in Spokane, nearly %
ago. | moved 10 Salt Lake shorty Z
wards. Macy had occupied @
every night up 10 last Friday -
Il l,tr, until SaruT1ET
{ o'clock, when he was In the Hs.
a short time and went ous, NJ
about { O'Clock Sunday morning =
front door was locked. ne "uM
to get In and apologized Tor mal n
trouble. He did not seem ~
time. About 10 o'clock 9unoA
ing we heard a noise IN ms lvL
some one vomiting. srlea ~
and found II fustencd. AL 49,
forced the door open ana lo.
while not locked it had ossn
with a chair. We saw MACY p
in bed with a folded tower over
When the officers and coroner -
found the chloroform and caIoeS
Started Letter to Daugnfs
On the table In the room vas .
written letter. evidently oeeuh - -
the commission of the sel '95ss 49,
1t was addressed TO Miss LOIS WI, w,
risburg. Oregon. and began: ~
Daughter r''-but nothing more ss
Letters found among MAG, :, n
show that lie was a member GA
lodge, f. and 4. NJ. Newport. W.
OF Spokane camp No. 90. "oo'n
world. :, ,tszs
Local officers OF both Of Ia ,Iss 4
have telegraphed the sse5etaiI saDsstIsa ~
OF these orders for intorm,aI.aoas. 4
structions il any as 10 the oisp'
remains. - uhoz 4
erce is made IN the unia"sSSist niiamsSist
left by the suicide is daa9s9.s .9ss. =
former wife. Whether me .1ss ~,
lead or was divorced no one a., 49, ~
to know. Mrs. Marsh is n,ar una, 4
preston that the young wonsr nsr.,
&c years OF age, but she N
her, 80 huisf
Macy is remembered as ,asns as1.a Z
seen In the pool and caru vi ivssl q
,ity al intervals during las, szs
1one Of those OF whom indu.,s i,,srs
lid he discuss personal ma.
on