The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-02-26
OLD AND HONEST,
He COULDN'T FACE
WORLD land DEBTS
East Side Saloonkeeper Counts
Last Si4 and Ends
Life With Gas.

years kept q homely lawabidinG saloon
for Hunsarians in tho basement Of No,
100 Second avenue. 10 dead at sixty
years Of aSA He killed aimself with
gas iaSt night because no could mo
longer look the world In tho face" a.
he put Il; he owed moro than ne could
pay or could ever hope TO pay. The
few opd.fashioned people Of Second ave-
nue. who gathered before the door to
murmur their regrets TO each other
to-day spoke OF nim again ana again
as the man who stood still too long"
When Baiogh opened the restaurant In
the primo Of his life he was . fine
ngure Of q man. over SIX feet tail with
. we'll niied out frame. Hearty, with
his guests. ne kept them in strict order.
They might sing II they wished. but only
the foxr songs Of the homeland. II one
chose TO take . violin from its cass and
dtaw from Il heart-searchinG melodies
or Thrilling music Of the Magyar dances,
he was welcome; moreover. respectful
attention was required Of the audience,
Never was Balosh's opsn during hours
prescribed by the excise iaw. Five min
utes bcfore closing time Baiogh went
about saying good -night to his guests.
With the clicking open of the door of
the cuckoo clock IN the corner the pro-
pristor shut OF the gas at the meter IN
the basement. Ltngersrs had TO srops
their way cut a. best thcy could.
Five years ego ths number Of rest
dents In the neiGhborhood who Mixed
Baiosh's way Of doing things began to
dwindls. Some moved. some died. The
younger generation went IN searoh Of
g1tttsr and noise and the sight Of pref.
~ Sires In stylish costumes. BAiosh
would not lot his place become the gath
ering place of tho gunner. tho young
woman trappers and the pickpocksts
VINO began to swarm along the street.
His $4,000 hank account fell TO nothing.
Yesterday . cheek came back maxeked
Insufficient funds."
BaioGh sent his wife to bed 1t
o'clock. He stayed behind and counted
UP the cash In me drawer. There was
just fourteen dollars there. He upeoed
upstairs and found his wafe's pocksebook
and put eight dollars In II. Then he
sa& down In the hack room Of the saloon
and wrote two letters. One was % the
pohcs and asked that he etaks take
charge q his funeral ana care for his
wife. ~ she would be left without rs,a.
uvss Or frlends. Tho other was b his
wife Weeping softly Shs showed Il b
some Of HE old customer VITO went to
gris~s With her. He had written:
MY Dear. Good and Much-I.oved wife:
BE not angry with me because. after
all these years. I desert you like a cow
ard. have always been An honest man.
have paid al my dsbts until a little
while ago. I cannot longer satisfy
those who have trusted me. can no
longer look the world IN the faoe. I
fear always the look Of Q man who
aye with his eyes: You have cheated
me. You bought when you could not
pay
IF you. dear one to me Tor 90 many
years. cannot hssp UP the struggle. fol-
low me- shAii BE- Glad when We are
together again. But do not come to me
anssy chat an Q coward. I beg.
"ALExANDER."
They found rim this morning On q
Tongue In the eaAk room. dead WITH q
tune fyom . gas Ut 70 his mouth. But
the city y net to bury him. There are
enough Of the o,d-sashiousd folk left In
Second avenue 70 So to that