Salt Lake Herald | 1896-01-12 | Page 1 | Walter Clark Nichols

Walter Clark Nichols DENVER Colo Jan 6The evidence evi-dence seoms to be conclusive that Walter Wal-ter Clark Nichols the brilliant young I literary light of New York who was found dead in bed in the St James hotel I ho-tel here yesterday committed suicide I although no weapon or poison of any description was found in the room I where he died The young man had written three notes requesting that I friends be notified of ms death One I note read Notify my father S E Nichols Buffalo Times Buffalo N Young I Young Nichols confided to friends after af-ter his arrival in Denver his fear that his prospects in life had been blighted I by his erratic conduct since the first of the year His father who is pension agent at Buffalo N Y has telegraphed that home he will come on to take his sons corpse