The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-06
CARRIES OUT THREAT ID COMMIT SUICIDE HI. l.. Little Shoots Himself in Room in Exchange Hotel LEAVES TWO NOTES One Addressed to His Mother and
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LEAVES TWO NOTES
One Addressed to His Mother and Other to Mrs. Essie White of Mo- bile-Signed by Different
 Names

H. l.. Little, aged 2s years, an insur- ance solicitor shot himself through the right temple with a ..3S-calibre pistol about o'clock yesterday afternoon in his room at the Exchange hotel, al Twentieth street and Morris avenue Death was practically Instantaneous. Police headquarters had been advised an hour earlier of the suicidal inten- lions of the deceased by Officer Old ham. The police officer had been in- formed by Augustus Lewis. a negro porter at the hotel, that he had writ ten two notes dictated by Little at the point of a pistol and that Little was threatening suicide. No official cognizance of the report was taken by the police.
 While Officer Oldham and several others were discussing the peculiar ac- tions of Little in the lobby of the ho- tel, shot was heard and someone said Well, he was a true sport; he fin ished what he said he was going to do."
 The hotel habitues and officers i'm mediately ran to Littles room and found him outstretched in the bed, a
 
 and his hands twitching violently. III a moment this stopped and it was seen that Little was quite dead. Shaws am bulance was summoned and the re- mains removed to the morgue for Q post mortem by Coroner c. L. Spain
 Left Two Notes.
 At police headquarters an examina- ton of the effects of Little revealed the two notes written by the negro porter The first was to his mother, Mrs. Manassas Little, who resides al ham.
 My Dearest Mother-No doubt you will think this is undue preparation I've tried in all ways to end, but ' an now going to do it. I sincerely hope We will meet in the world to come If
 Fl. L. LITTLE" The second note was addressed to Mrs. Essie White, a nurse at the Inge- Bondurant sanatorium, of Mobile, and read:
 Mrs. Essie White--No doubt you will think I am. taking something that cannot give. According to the way I've been treated I do not figure the flu tiire much greater. sincerely hope that some day you will become a mans wife who will be proud of you. My kind est regards to the steward. -."Receive this at the end It will bs the all of me. s. l.. WHITE. The police and Coroner Spain were rather puzzled by the notes and the two names used. They are at present in vestigating the Mobile end of the affair and 1t is believed that Little. under thu name of White, was married.
 In speaking of the suicide of l>ittlt yesterday afternoon Coroner Spain said: This man Little was very deliberate in his intentions to commit suicide. H' summoned a negro porter, Gus Lewis, tt his room about 3 o'clock and pointing a pistol at the negro he dictated two notes, and then chased the negro iron the room with the information that h' was going to kill himself.
 Reported Threats to Officer
 'The porter, scared, reported the ac tions of Little to the hotel clerk, whs notified Officer Oldham The officer tele phone to police headquarters, requesting Instructions on what he should do, as 1 was reported that an Irresponsible mal was in the Exchange hotel fiourishing { pistol and threatening to kill himself.
 While the police were deliberating ol what should be done. Little solved tn problem by blowing out his brains.
 Tt was known that Little was in an ir responsible condition for D. S. Smith who lives in the Exchange hotel, held short conversation with him just afte +the negro porter had been chased out o
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