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Show fTs. killmar dies Hi HIS 01 HAND Apparently Temporarily Insane, Re Commits Suieiile. in Unusual Un-usual Manner. BIDS FAREWELL TO PARENT'S j IN LETTER HE LEAVES BEHIND j Young Man Came From Nevada. , and Was Stopping at I Wellington Hotel. 'Leaving a long farewell letter, full of incoherent but pathetic touches, to his parents in Spencer, la., in which he declared (hat he had been branded us a fool and barred from heaven on account ac-count of failure in his work, j'hnt he had been excluded from society because of his rcpurntiou as a fashionable hobo, a nil that the police were compollod to specially guard tho city on his account, F. S. Killmar of McGill. Xov., 30 years old. committed suicide in a spectacular manner by hanging in this city late Sunday night or earlv Monday morning. Cold and rigid in denth. his bodv was found suspended to a pieoe of baling wire attnehed l.o a wrecked locomotive I tender in the Salt Lnko & Ogdon .Railway .Rail-way company's yards at Third West, and South Temple streets about 7 o'clock Mondaj- morning. . Tho growsomo discoverv was made by employoes of the Salt Lake & Ogden Itailwiv company, who reported it to tho police. Sergeant Mempcl and Policemen Po-licemen Golding and Monro hurriod to tho sceno and cut the bodv down. Acting Act-ing Coroner Dana T. Smifh was called and ordered the bodv sent to O'Don-nell's O'Don-nell's undertaking parlors. There will be no inquest. Undoubtedly Insano. Killctar's touching farewell to his parents, found in his pockets, lecves no doubt as to his temporarv insanity and sIiowh Mial he previously had contemplated con-templated self-destruction. According to tho farewell letter, he attemptod to commit suicide bv drowning somewhere in Nev.ida rocently bin failed uud came to Salt Lake to recuperate Killmnr enmo lo Salt Lake last Wedncsdav, stopping at the Wellington hotel., at Tnird West and South Ten.plo streets, in the rear of which ho hanged himself. TIo paid his room rent, a week in advance and, according to the hotel, was extremely sociable and of cnod habits, neither drinking nor smoking. Ho remained in his room most of tho time Thursday but was not soon about the hotel Friday. He emerged from his room about -I o'clock Saturday afternoon aft-ernoon but returned to it nearly in the evening. According to the clerk, he appeared dazed during the time ho spent, in t,ho hotel lobby Saturdnj' afternoon. What hour ho left his room again, to commit nuicide, is unknown. Climbing to tho small platform of the wrecked locomotivu tender, hn fastened fast-ened one fmd of a short piece of baling wire to a lantern holder, tied the other end around his neck and lunged from the platform. The fall did not brcnlt Oontinuod on Pa.au Two. F. S. KILLMAR DIES BY HIS OWN HAND Continued from Page One. liis neck and dcatli was due to strangulation. strangu-lation. When the body was cut down one hand was extended to tho back of the nock, grasping iho deadly wiro, and fiugor-nail marks on his throat showed that he had tugged at tho tightening cord in his death agonies. Parewell to Parents. In addition to the farewell to his parents, $176.0f in cash and mining stock worth $3000 were found in his pockols. In a suit caso at the hotel also wero fouud two endowment insurance insur-ance policies for $1000 each and considerable con-siderable clean clothing. Tho farewell to his parents was as follows: "April 5. 1008. Dear Parents- 1 am go-Inp go-Inp to commit suicide because I feel my life has been a failure. My work at the smelter at McGill has not proven satisfactory, satis-factory, and I have been branded as a fool, which bars me from all rlphts to heaven. Despondency followed and I attempted at-tempted suicide by drowning. This failed. I came to Salt Lake to recuperate, but my reputation as a fashionable hobo excluded ex-cluded mo from all socloty and the police were compelled to specially guard the city at an extra expense and the hotel at which I stopped was put to extra expense ex-pense for extra servants, po thnl whatever what-ever insurance money is due on two policies poli-cies is required to pay off my indebtedness. indebted-ness. The difficulty Into which 1 am precipitated precipi-tated Is due to -callingr myself a mining; expert on account of having had mine and smoUur experience. But this experience experi-ence consisted only in office work and must bo classified as such. ; Unless one makes good one suffers the consoquoncos. The penally attached is most severe I and rather than suffer It I take the above measure. This, my clear paronts, is joing lo make you grieve unbearably, but wc all make mistakes In our lives and I certainly cer-tainly hayo In mine. I feel the horrible consequences and am In tho depths of despair to realize my chance for heaven Is gone. I havo always been good, but havo not held out to the end. There is no criminal charge against me. I have killed no one. T havo robbed no one. I have not Intentionally wronged any ono, but tho fact of working only at my special spe-cial work, being idlo at times, has classified classi-fied me as a fashionable hobo, and in the West the punishment Is severe. My financial matters are all shattered. Thoro Is a note on ellnry Wise at McGill Mc-Gill to the amount of $100; also one month's pay. The balance of ready cash goes with Insurance money toward pay-In pay-In fir charges against me by hotel and city. This is a beautiful land, one of sunshine. sun-shine. It would be a nice place to locate In. My chances, however, arc gone. I must leave this world forever. Grieve not on my account. Enjoy the last days of your llvps and heaven Is awaiting vou. Your son, F. S. KILLMAR. Telegram From Father. A telegram from, his father, TJ ,T. Killniar of Spencer, la., sent from Des Moines, la., under date of April 4, found in his pocket, shows that he must have acquainted his parents" with his circumstances. It reads: l' 8. Klllmar, Wellington hotel, Salt Lake Oily. Utah Do you want to come to Dos Moines? How much money do you need? Answor quick my cxponso. F. -T. KILLMAR. Tho undertaking parlor wired .Kill-mar .Kill-mar 's parents for instructions as to tlio disposition of the body, and in response received a telegram Monday afternoon lato ordering it shipped to Sponcor, la. I Tlio telegram was sent by a brother of the dead man, .1. H. Killmar, from Des iM (linos. It instructed Iho undertaking parlors to turn Killmar 's personal effects ef-fects over to the locnl lodge of Masons, indicating that if the unfortunate man did not belong to tho Masonic order, his relatives do. Thn body will leave Sponccv at 7:10 o'clock this morning. |
