Show SPANISH SUICIDE an honorable hidalgo takes his life with his own hand by ily western Vt aird asad preg press to the HERALD NEW yone your july 30 30 3 francisco barco the spanish envoy and minister plenipotentiary to the united states committed suicide with a revolver volver yesterday morning in his room in t alie albemarle hotel he arrived in this city from washington basl ington on the 2 dinst and occupied I 1 a suit of rooms fronting on bradway his ills wife and one daughter were guests of james navarro at seabright NJ N J barco visited them several times during his stay here and on saturday he e called at the spanish consulate and conversed for some time with consul general suarez barco barre was abent to return to europe with bis his wife and daughter who intended visiting his e elder der daughter the wife of dallair de lasalle a wealthy land owner residing in paris the wife and daur daughter liter intended to remain with berthile her ber while barco went to madrid and then tho the three would return to this country in conversation with the consul general barco spoke pleasantly of his approaching visit to europe and of meeting old friends and associates returning to the ho bo tel in the afternoon after n 00 n he wrote anum berof ber of letters dined 1 ne in bis room alone and about seven gave his key to the clerk saying something to him in french which the clerk did not understand he lie says he lie noticed however ho weyer that barco looked pale and ana agitated and that h his is hand trembled he lie then left the hotel but soon re res turned carrying a package under his arm A little later manuel S suarez a spanish commission merchant merc bant called upon the minister by request and rema remained ined with him in his room until yesterday morning barco conversed pleasantly during the evening and aged urged r upon suarez the imp importance ortance of selling se ing three horses carriages and other personal ebli effects acts which he lie had brought on from he disposed of before big his jle departure for europe when buerez was about to I 1 leave e av e h however however barco bear betrayed ayed much agitation pacing the floor nervously and permitting his emotion to to find vent even in teats in reply I 1 to a question fuestion the minister eaid said jus is emo emotion f on was caused by his approach ink inic separation from his family and from friends friend slie he loved at last he expressed A deagro to go to early mass at the cathedral and asked his friend to call for him and accompany him suarez promised to call for him at five in the morning and bade him goodnight good night at it the tile hour named suarez returned to the hotel went to barcos room found thedoor the door closed but not locked and tho the gas burning di detilly tilly passing into the bedroom lie was horrified to see barco kneeling beside his bed his head d dropping ropi ng on his rich tarm which rested on the bed and the bod bed supporting his face his clothes were covered with blood while blood also stained the bedclothes and formed a coolon pool on the floor inthe right side of his head was a large bullet holo hole through which his ills brains wore were slowly oozing on the bed and by his side I 1 lay lay a largo large rev revolver olvar one chamber of which was discharged barco was already dead and his body was cold informing any ally one at the hotel suarez went at once to tho the consul general and the two returned to the lite hotel tha the police and the cor oner were then notified A dispatch was w as sent to senora baroo at I 1 t N J and to the first secretary ox odthe h legation gation IR at on oil the table in ili llie tile sitting room were twenty letters addressed addres cd to members of senor barcos family and to his fri friends endis they are supposed to bo be letters lie was writing saturday one of theiu addressed to the consul general slated stated that he lie intended to kill himself because his troubles more than hy lie could bear lib also asked him to take care of hi his hii i deflects and look after hii his wife and daughter the letter gave no details as to the nature odthe troubles referred to it is believed however they are of a ile had been living beyond his means and in ili striving to extricate himself from froin the difficulty by speculation peculation in wall he only became involved his frien frienda dabe believe these troubles 3 preyed upon his mind until ho lie became insane instine senora and senorita barco arrived in ill town last evening accod accompanied danied by the brazilian minister they had been told of the ministers death achen they learned they suffered the greatest anguish and are still prostrated senor barco was 52 years old he 11 was as the under secretary of the interior at the timo time of liia his ill appointment aa as minister to the united states in february 17 1881 the first secretary of the Leg legation ution arrived last evening from washington the secretary of the spanish em ent basy also arrived yesterday from euroia |