Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-07-14
MARCEL DEFEVRE'S BODY BROUGHT ID
 CITY FOR BURIAL Facing Death, Wayward Boy Asked Mothers
 Forgiveness. WANTED PARDON OF WOMAN HE WRONGED Before Hanging Himself with Neck tie, Defevre Penciled Votes, Asking to Be Buried in Pine Bluff, and
 Repeating Evil Deeds.

The body of Marcel Defevre, aged A, who committed suicide in the Hot Springs jail by hanging himself with neck-tie, was broughs to Pine Bluff yesterday evening. and taken to the mortuary parlor of Ralph Robinson & son. whence the funeral will take place at 10 o'clock this forenoon. Services will bs conducted at Bell . wood cemetery by Rector H. A. Stoweil Of Trinity Episcopal church
 Tae body was accompanisd from Hot Springs by the young m5n=s step father and mother. MT. andi Mrs. J. Bruce Simmons; his sister, Miss Mary Defeyre, and brother, Ernest Defevre. Mrs. Simmons and her daugateS had been at Hot Springs for several weeks while Mir. Simmons and Ernest Defevre went to Ho, Springs Monday afternoon upon bsing noti- fled of the death of Marcel. Mrs. Sim mons condition is such that she has not been infcrmsd as to the manner Of her sons death.
 Young Defeyre was member of Pine Bluff local No. BPS. Stage Elm ployes and Moving Picture Opera tors, union, and members of the Organization will serve as pall- bearers ot the funeral today. "The Pace That kills." Concerning the circumstances pre- cs'ding and surrounding Defevre's death, the Hot Springs Sentinel Rec ord Of yesterday says:
 "The continual call of one of the. afternoon took Day Jailer Turner to one of the cells son the back row of the city bastile. where he found the dead body of Marcel Defevere, aged about 26 years, hanging. "Tle young man had tied long, black tie around his Snsch, drawin 5 the knot tight and fastened tae other end 10 the top of his cell. He had jumped from, the cot in the cell and when found life was extinct Whether or not Defevre was the Irigh! name of the young suicide could not be learned Yesterday morning he appeared before Police Judge Yer nal s. Ledgerwood on complaint of $
 woman in one Of the local sporting houses, who alleged that she had been paying for Defevre's clothes am. practically Keeping him for sever Il weeks She claimed that he had beaten Aer and her face showed cvi- dence of rough treaiment she cha ge :. Dsfeyre with having administered After hearing the evidence Judge I.pdyerwood decided fo fry him for pandering.
 "Defevre seemed 10 take his arrest quietly. He caatted with the prison CTS in the city jail and few minutes before he hangFd himself ',e had played cards with one of the men in the 'runarcund' He gave no intima- tion whatever Of his inten. ion. His mother and sister are stopping on Ouapaw avenue. Two notes were found on him, one, written to his mother, as follows:
 "'Dear Mother-Forgive me the life l have led. Bury me by my baby in P. B. for Gods sake. Yours to meet again."
 The other note was to the young woman who had him arrested, asking Ser forgiveness.
 ''The young mans mother has been i'll for some time and her condition was such that she was not told of her sons death. He is believed to have formerly resided in Pine Bluff, but told officials st the jail that he hal been in Hot Springs for the past six months"