New-York tribune., 1912-01-29
Pupil OF ST. GAUDENS,
| HAUNTED, KILLS HIMSELF.
Charles Y, Harvey, Sculptor,
Cuts Throat to Escape lmag-
mary Enemies.
HEARD VOICES FOUR YEARS
Was Winner of Prix de Rome in
1907 and Regarded by
Fellow Artists as Man
of Genius.
HEARD VOICES FOUR YEARS

Three students from Fordham College
came upon the body of man with his
throat cut on the bank of The Bronx
River near the Cascade yesterday af-
ternoon A razor was clutched In the
mans right hand The boys gave the
alarm, and later in the day friends rec
opnized the body as that of Charles Y.
Uarvey, a talented sculptor. pupil Of ST.
| Gaudens and winner Of the PriX de
Rome In 1907.
One Of those who identified the body
was 5. f. Fry a sculptor, OF NO. 1881
broadway. and another was 'liitord
Carlton an illustrator. of the same ad-
dress Harvey had occupied a Studio
orroe,te Cartons in the Lincoln Ar
cade Mr.. Fry had lived with Harvey
in Rome and the two had shared the
same studio there
Let us give him the recognition ne
,iAd him by the public during his life'
said Mr.. Fry last night. Had 1t come
10 him three or four years ago II mish'
have meant the saving Of a HE ana ''e
enrichment of the worlds sculptures by
an immortal group or two.
His mother lives in Bridgeport conn
4 passion for drawing brought him 10
New York and he studied mere III '"e
Art Students League.
Harvey attracted the attention oi 81.
Gaudens who persuaded him TO take up
modelling. He studied under that great
master here and at his studio In New
HAMPSHIRE. When Harvey finished his
apprenticeship st. Gaudens, VINO was
then giving up his place as instructor
in sculpture at the Art Studehls
League. made IT easy for Harvey TO gee
the post. ] met Harvey in Rome aHd
we became fast friends.
even then-that was four years ago
Harvey spoke of hearing voices. lie
thought they were trying 10 hound nm
out OF Rome. He finally left the city
and travelled through France and Eng
land. returning TO this country about
two years ago. I met him again shortly
after he came here. And the voices
followed him here. But for some reason
he never heard them in the summer
only in the winter.
He had plenty OF work and was never
short of money. He had S10l in his
pockets when he was found dead, And
why should he be short OF work? Hadn't
he a letter In his studio from Saint
Gaudens himself giving him a commits
sion for certain piece Of work. say
ing that he Cthe master) thought there
was no one in the United States who
could do the work as we'll? lie did
medal for Columbia University and had
similar commission from Cornell
But his trouble was this: He tried to
do his work too we'll He never finished
any big thing. lie had great ideals
The one thing-that elusive. indefina BILE
something was not I'm the work No
one but he knew that, and I'm his quest
for perfection he found madness. and ne
ended it all"
Harvey's studio was locked. but Fran
els Miller, a painter. whose studio was
near. told OF the bust the dead sculptor
had finished just before his death. IIo
could find no words i'm which to describe
it adequately. but spoke Of il as mar
velous head.
He was so afraid of those self-Created
enemies Of his" said Mr.. Miller. that
| could not urge him 10 put his name on
his studio door"
Harvey was at work on a fountain for
some city in Massachusetts when he
took his life. He was last seen alive
Saturday morning, at : o'clock. At that
time he was locking dthe door of his
studio. His neighbor across the hail.
F. Graham Cootes, the illustrator. saw
him. and. remembering that he had been
to the theatre with Clifford Carlton.
asked him If he hadn't been to bed yet
mo" exclaimed Harvey, as he hur-
ried out.