Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-29
CHARLES sARToRlUs ENDS LIFE
SUNDAY NIGHT BY DRINKING
POISON.
pEsPoNpENcY OVER LOVE
AFFAIR GIVEN AS CAUSE
Forces Attentions Upon Young Woman
Who Refused to Accept Them -
Hand. Her Farewell Note. Drinks
Fatal Drausht Of carbeIie Acid, and
Dies.

Despondent. and supposedly mental
~ unbalanced owing to fancied sfiei
over a love affair, Charles Sartorius,
aged 40. 3O5 West State street,
towerman employed by the chicago
Great Western railway, committed sui
eide shortly after o'clock Sunday
night by drinking carbolic acid. Sar-
torius made an unsuccessful attempt
on his life last November, when he
tried to shoot himself.
Sartorious has made life almost I'M
bearabl for Miss Bessie Shelton, aged
20, since he became enamored OF her
last fan while both were employed in
the Western Grocer Mills. Miss smell
ton politely, but firmly, refused Sar-
1orius attentions, and it was following
her refusal TO accompany him TO the
movies that Sartorius attempted 10
shoot himself. Since the occurrence or
last November Sartorious is said to
have bothered Miss Shelton more or
less with his attempts TO force mis- at
tenttops upon her. and following her
on the streets.
Hands Note; Drinks Poison.
Sunday night, al about S, Miss Shell
ton and a girl friend and two young
men were on their way TO McComos
Bros. barn to get livery rig. Sar-
torius met them at the corner of First
md Church, and thrust letter toward
Miss Shelton. She refused ii, but 1t
was taken by her male companion.
Sartorius went a short distance away,
pulled from his pocket a bottle, and
placed 1t to his lips. He then sat down
On the curbing writing in pain.
Later he walked north, and
turned east in Main street.
When he reached the Colonial
Theater he fell, unconscious. DR.. G. z.
Hermance was summoned, and the
patient was hurried in an ambulance
20 St Thomas hospital. Death came
shortly after the hospital was reached.
or about twenty Ave minutes after the
poison was taken
Leaves Other Letters.
On Sartorius person were two
other letters, addressed TO his sister,
Mrs. J. c. Crellin, with whom he lived.
In one he babe his sister goodbye. and
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love affair with Bessie" and in the
other expressed the desire that GER
tain lot he owned and some insurance
money go to Mrs. Crellin. In the let
ter to Miss Shelton, which was read by
the four young people. Sartor:us re-
ferred to his love and his dependency
because Miss Shelton had turned him
down.
Had Planned Death Before.
Since his unsuccessful attempt or
his life last fall Sartorius had planned
his death on different occasions. It re-
CURED almost constant watch on the
part Of his sister, Mrs. Crellin. and hel
husband, to prevent their brother from
getting hold of firearms. Sartorius ha6
ordered revolver from a Chicago
catalog house. and when il came it wa!
condscated by his sister. Another at
tempt was frustrated in a similar man
ner.
The bottle that contained the poison
that Sartorius took was found by Mis-
Shelton and her companions after Sar
torius had swallowed most Of the con
tents. The bottle was said to hav
held four ounces. The name of tn
dealer where the poison was secure
was obliterated. The young peopl
threw tho bottle away and broke
after it had been picked up.
Altho 1t is not known definitely hoy
much Of the poison the man took. tn
dose was sufficiently large TO perforat
the stomach, as free carbolic acid wa
found in the peritoneal cavity durin
the embalming process. The body We
removed to the D. c. Wilbur parlors.
J. c. Crellin said today that he d
not believe his brother-inl law hs
been mentally balanced for some tim
but that he was all right excepting {
the one subject Of his love for Mi
Shelton. In justice to Miss Sheito
however, Mr.. Crellin said that she W;
in no way responsible for Sartoriu
condition, as she had never, at az
time, given the least encourageme
to the attentions that Sartorius a
tempted to force upon the your
woman.
Coroner Boucher investigated d
circumstances of the death but he
no inquest.
Funeral Probably Wednesday.
Mr.. Sartorius' funeral will probah
be held Wednesday afternoon from t
Crellin home. Two other sisters su
vfve, in addition to Mrs. Crellin. TIL
are Mrs. Sophia Weitholder cook
st. Thomas hospital; and Mrs. Jenr
Holmes, Of Minneapolis. Mr.. Sartori
was the only son Of the late J. G. Sa
torius, and had lived in this city tive
ty-five years. He was born on fa1
near Conrad.