The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-01-29
GIFTED ARTISTS DEATH SHOCKS
 FAMILY HERE Kills Himself While His Mind Is Affected VICTIM OF HALLUCINATION Mother And Brothers Reside HeTG--Had Been Highly
 HOnOTed
VICTIM OF HALLUCINATION

The tragic death of Charles '. liar
 vey, aged 43. a prominent sculptor of New York city, who gashed his throat
 with a razor in Bronx Park. Satur-
 day, shocked relatives and a number
 of friends in this city who had watch
 with much interest. Harvey has two
 brothers living here. Bridgeport had
 been his family home for the last
 decade. He occupied a studio apart
 1947 Broadway, News York city.
 Harvey was the son Of Mrs Ellen
 Harvey of 566 Brooks street, this city.
 A native of Great Harrington, Mass,
 he went to New York at the age of
 2S, when his family moved there, and
 when they came to Bridgeport 10 in New York. David F. Harvey, the wei known musician and letter car rier. and John J. Harvey, a drug clerk, both living in the Brooks street home, are brothers.
 Harvey's body was found yesterday morning by Jonathan Duerk, a college student, along the west bank of the Bronx River. The body lay face up directly underneath the Long Bridge. Nearby were two razors, with one of which M-. Harvey apparently had kill ed himself.
 The body was removed to the Ford ham morgue, where it was identified by S. E. Fry, a sculptor, and Clifford Carlton, an Illustrator. In the dead mans pockets were found $101 in bills. some small change, a bunch of keys and three cards bearing the inscrip- tion, Charles r. Harvey, 1947 Broad way.''
 Harvey for many years and that he was his most intimate friend. For the last six years, he said, MT. liar vey had possessed the idea that he lowed Several times he told MT. Fry that voices were continually telling him to kill himself if he did not wish | to be killed.
 The last time that MT. Fry saw his friend alive was last Wednesday. On | that day MT. Harvey came to his | studio and said the voices were more | than ever and that he in by his friends condition and | at once made arrangements to have him examined by a physician. That afternoon MT; Fry and MT. cian. After the examination the doc tor made an appointment with MT. Harvey for Saturday afternoon, at which time he intended to call into another physician. MT. l Fry said yesterday that he had in tended to have MT. Harvey taken to sanitarium: Since Wednesday after noon MT. Fry had not seen his friend until he identified his body yester- day.
 F. Graham Cootes. an Illustrator, WnO occupies d SIuQiO ly dCTOSS the hall from MT. Harvey's, about o'clock Saturday morning saw MT. Harvey leave his room and go down the stairs to the street It is thought ne went at once to the spot where his body was found. The evening before he had attended the theatre with MT. Carlton and had seemed much de- pressed
 MT. Harvey was the son of re fred army officer. He went to New r York city at the age of twenty-three 70 study drawing. His work attract ed the attention of Saint-Ga udens with the result that he changed his course of study to sculpture, and took ID his new work under the guidance of Saint-Gaudens. When Saint-Gau- lens retired as instructor in the Art Students League MT. Harvey succeed ed him.
 In 1907 he received the Grand Prfx ie Rome, which entitled him to a two rears' scholarship in Rome, Italy. MT Fry said yesterday that the trouble with his friend was that he was never satisfied with his own work. He and because Of this he rarely finished my of his figures. Satnt-Gaudens once said that Harvey was the best American sculptor of his day. and if le cou-d q only have been satisfied with lis work he could have made fame md fortune"
 MT. Harvey returned from Rome lbout two years ago. He had lived in he Lincoln Square Arcade for the last eighteen months.
 At the time of his death MT liar 5ey was working on medal for the .henoistry department of Cornell Uni yersity, and was just completing a lrinking fountain which was to have ,een erected in the public square of | town in Massa chusetts. For this, is stated, he was to receive g, 800.
 MT Harvey was a member of the Art Students League, the Ma iona l ;culptors' Society. the Architectural Ieaeue of New York, and the Ameri- an Academy at Rome.
 FOLEY KIDNEY PILLS lways give satisfaction because they