The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-29
Charles D. Fl. Kel1og9 Prominent Ac= countant Writes Several Letters Before Taking Fatal Dose
 Of Strychnine
Vestryrnan At St. Georges Episcopal Church, The Deceased Had Been Long III And In Moment Of Dependency Commits
 Rash Act--F1ad Been
 Rich Farmer

ussng sstrychrine than he had had In his posses szon for 10 or 15 years since he used it to Kill crows On his farrrs in New Fsairdeld Charles D. +. Kellogg, 470 MapIewood avenue. com nitted suicide last night in the ofnce pf The Dw0uve Co, 40 Tulip street. where he had been employed as head bookkeeper for the past eight years E7as body with hands across his Breast and a smile on his face was found lying on the floor shortly after \ o'clock this morning by hlss FPns Stanley T., and Charles D. H. ked- logs, IT,. who went an rearch of hirn non-appearazace at home Death f2sd taken place several hours before- Sn fhe table before him were four letters written by his just before he took the poison
 one of them was addressed to Cor sr,er J J. Phe1an, a1loea1er to e. F. Erorrre president of the conceTu ea11- pamya1ag him, another to his son, Stan lev T. and the last Do his wife. A nalae 6 Kellogg. The contents of tho let fers have not been made public, 9uf a fl Is kuown that he con6esees al<in4 zss.f=nn ReES5na the letters WEs ef1s1Gs 4 part,z1ly HiIsd elazS ef Haite1. H sss< caffors bedng that he had taken the poison. washed 1t down witha water end then lay awaiting death, It Is cQTIH10ET5d that the body was go conposed death from etrychnane podsoning or'ddl1airily resulting in cod1vzfls1oTs.
 Despondency over iHheadth and business cares are believed to have \ been largely responsible for the .deeas members of the family saying that he had been suffering with a heavy cold and Mir. Drouve says that he had not d that Mr Kellogg had been in a de- spouaeut mood i1or a number of days.
 D=4tes at the office had kept Mr. uzrrnsua11y7 busy of late and to the offlce after supper and work snR until about 10 o'clock On thds ac- count his nDn-appearance at home att fracted little comment and neastaess until midnight or after. Then Mrs: Kellogg feared that something haG kappened aroused the sons and had them start out in search for the niss- f7rw man When first observing the body, they could not reaaize that he was dead on account of the natural position of his hands and the peaceful En1zhs on l1As face.
 Hoping against hope, Dr. Jchn J. MacDona1d was cou1nn1rcasted with at fhs emergency hospital and resp onded sHth the ambulance. The machine ras used only to carry the body to the undertaking rooms of Hawley, TTEarno& G. Reynolds following ddrec- Hons of Medical Examiner S. M. Gar lick The letters were taken, sealed ana later turned oyer to Dr. GarEck. An investigation is being continued 1zag arnernOoR
 MT. Kellogg was born in New F'air- Held. Conn, and in the very house where his father, Barzi1lia K ellogg. xas born before hirn- For years his gather was the president Of the Pah- auioque National bank of Danb ury, and his son was bookkeeper in the bank from 1870 to '75, and a director in fhe same Institution from 1872 to '75. On the death of his father he retired to the family estates at New Fairfield where he took up the life of a gen. tsernan farmer Soon after he gained much prozninence throughout New England because or his experiments in farming and his interest in all agri- cultural pursuits
 In latter years. however. he met with financial reverses and in 1893 he came to Bridgeport where he obtained employment as a boOlzkeeper.
 In 1905 he entered the employment Of the R. G. Drouve Co, cornice man nzfactureze o6 40 Tulip etret Event sra11y he became MT. Drouve's conf denfiaa man and was intrusted with the collection of the accounts of the concern and the handling Of much money. By MT Drouve he was con aEdered very valuable eInploye. One of the letters he left was addressed to
 
 today to make known it's contents, saving merely that 'it was a private matter. :,
 MT. Drouve said he had not exam sned 1Fr- Ke1loggss accounts and books, but he felt sure they were all right. He could give no reason for MT. Kef- Roggss act except that he was despond- enf. MT Kellogg,s family believe he was led to take his life because of de- spoudency He had been III with a %----< failed to relieve. In the letter which MT. Kellogg left Addressed to the coroner he said:
 .'In order to avoid trouble and de- lay in the disposition of my body and that my family may claim it, wish Go inform you that I have taken strycnnlne for the purpose of self destructfon- I have had the poison i'm my possession for, curing colds for years"
 The letter in no wise indicates &xzhak prompted the act but was writ