Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-17
MADNESS g.
ENDS CAREER OF
BRILLIANT YOUTH
Became Rich by DUN, Efforts,
but Gambling FeUer
Ruined Him.

LONDON, Feb. 1S.-Behind the an
nouncement Of the discovery in a room In
a fashionable hotel IN Cannes of the body
Of 2. young Englishman who had killed
himself by taking prussie acid is re-
markahle story Of a clerks rise to wealth
and Of turn of fortunes wheel.
The young Engnshmsn, George Miller,
began his career In London as n clerk
In the Office of an iusrance company, and
after a meteor-like success he lost his
fortune In spite of desperate Efforts to
retain It.
His story was told by Henry Nathan,
his father-in-law, who is in business here.
'T frsts met George Miller when he
came to know my daughter. He was
then in the early Juveniles, clerk in an
insurance Office. He asked my consent
to his engagement TO my daughter and
he said:
az am young now, but l mean to
succeed. l am going to rise in life and
viii before long be a wealthy man
PROGRESS TOO
SLOW FOR HIM.
George combined real ability WITH
ambition and was able TO rise to an i'm
portant position in the company which
employed him. But his progress, while
It was satisfactory m a way, was not
quick enough for him. He married and
decided to establish himselfas fnancier
in ne west end, and with the capital
he had saved he took an office
He had become q real fnancier. But
he began to think fortune was not COM
ing to him quickly enough or IN large
enough measure to satisfy him. He
wanted more.
He undertook new speculations and
lost His losses at this stage had already
run into thousands Of pounds.
HE began to back horses heavily,
putting up thousands of pounds. But
be continued to lost steadily. When 1
saw him L began to understand by his
haggard LOOK how things were and i
tried to persuade him TO give up gam
bling on horses.
But / could never extract any promise
from him. He would say too much was
at stake, love, fortune, ambiton-every-
thing. Soon it became a regular thing
for him to send q telegram to his wife
during the afternoon saying he was de
tanned in town on business until late at
LAST LAST STAGE WAS
GAMBLE AT CARDS.
~ afterward discovered that this 'busl-
ness was gambling with cards. That
represented the final stage in his des-
perate gamble with life to win back
somehow-the money he had lost. He
had made fortune and lost it,
FINALLY he hung down his last hand
of cards He was penniless He came
home to his wife feeling he was a hunt
ed man. No money. No business. He
was broken and ruined.
THAT was only last month. Then he
decided he must get away from the scene
OF his successes and failures. A foreign
country might not only offer refuge, but
perhaps better luck He went to Mar
settles and the Riviera resorts.
"Once abroad he wrote and asked his
wife to go out and join him and to bring
the baby. Mrs. Miller obtained the pass
ports for the journey, and on the eve
of her departure she received another let
ter from her husband asking her to post
pone the visit.
CHOSE FINEST HOTEL
as SCENE OF DEATH.
I'm the meantime George stayed at the
best hotels and presented checks which
were valueless. These were disAonored
and subsequently warrant for his ar
rest was issued.
when he came to know &c thlg-he was
at Nice at the time-he left and went to
Cannes. It was ironic circumstance, of
which he was doubtless conscious, when
he selected the most fashionable hotel in
Cannes to PUT an end to the whole bust
ness, Tt was in surroundings like these
he. should have LIVED with his wife and
son.
But he was alone, and It was his last
ding of defiance against fate, which had
been hunting him. remorselessly, that he
should choose a richly appointed room In
which to die.
HE left note asking that his body
should not be sent back to England, but
that it should be cremated. That was
the end Of the tragic chapter"