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Show continued to exert hei evi. ti.fluence over him. and finally drov hi. a to suicide. Tby went out w '.ti often. I do not know where they wen. ! talked with her about the bov and ah said to nte that If she were 1 he would rather her boy would go with an older wm. in who knew s few things than with a young, ignorant woman. "I ordered the woman out of my house a few days ago. but she refused to go unttl th$e term for whlrh her rnt mas ENDS LIFE IN PRESENCE OF MOTHER Love for Her snd Infatoa-tlon Infatoa-tlon for Another Woman Confronted Youth. TRAGEDY FOLLOWS NOISY CAROUSAL Mrs. Sylvester of Kendall Square-Accuses Roomer of Causing Boy's Act Crushed between, love for hie mother and Infatuation for a woman said to be more than twice hie at. Oeorx Sylvee-ter. Sylvee-ter. II yeara old. ton of Mrs. Minnie Sylvester. Syl-vester. I Kendall square, i shot himself thraaak tha brain a (a minute before laet mldnlxht after he end his mother I li I MBS. 0. A. BOYD, . Who rented a room from Mia. Sylras-tor Sylras-tor and with whom th latter say her ton was Infatuated. . pald had expired. I still Insisted, hut she stubbornly refused. I talked to her about I mr boy. I did not rave nor make a fuss. I hut talked earnently and tried to show her, I where ahe waa tn the wrong to court the attention of a boy so much younger than herself. Wer Carotiainf In Her Boom. I asw three men go to her room, carrying car-rying heer last, night. L do not know who they were.' They left after my boy had kill, himself "Thse men and this -woman were ca-rousing ca-rousing In the room, when my boy went there also, lie had been In the room only a Utile time when I went to the door and asked him to coma away to his own apartments. He came with me. and a few momenta after we had come down statra ha lft and said that be was going upstairs again for Just a minute. Then he came down stairs at 11:3ft o'clock after af-ter remaining there onlv a abort time. "I had prepared to retire and was In mv night robe. He picked me up In his arms, for he wss as strong aa a man ihouah he waa only a boy of II. and carried car-ried me to my bed. Mnmma.' he esid. Tm not going to stay up there very long with them. I am comlnc back to you. They are Irving Irv-ing to get me away from you. I would rather die than leave you. and 1 Just gliees I'M do It "Mrs. Aovd had endeavored tn entice him away from me. to go somewhere :ve uh her. 1 knew this for he had told me so before. "I was startled and horrified by his we He and his intimation that he contemplated con-templated suicide. " 'No. dear.' I pleaded, 'don't ever think of doing such a thing and leave me all ! atone in the world.' Her Struggle In Vila. " 'Yes.' he said, as he appeared tn suffer suf-fer mental torture. 'Yes, I'd ret her do it than drive you easy. I believe I'll e u ' "With these words he rushed for the gun. knowing whre it was kept. I rushed for the weapon also to keep him from securing II. fearing that he would kill himself. I pleaded with mv boy as e struitgied for the revolver, and I was unable to take it from him. In the struggle strug-gle we ran Into the kitchen. He wrenched himself free aa !. streamed, and ran tq, the dinina room, where 1 had matle a bed f"r htm. "And the.," the mother ssld, burv-inc burv-inc her fa-e In her hsnds. her voire al-met al-met undletlnBuiahabie because of her so he 'and there he ehot himself." Mrs Bvlvemer. overcome by the Sight. said as her form was ghekea by the misery mis-ery of her grief. The revolver with which the boy committed com-mitted suicide ass taken by the police at the time the dying bov waa transferred trans-ferred to the emergency hospital. MBS. BOYD DENIES BHB CAUSED 8TJICIDB Mrs. O. A. Boyd was seen In her apartments apart-ments on the third floor front of tha Sylvester Syl-vester rooming house, t Kendall bquare, shortly nefore noon today. The Interviewer was ushered Into the sitting room, when Mrs. Boyd was called by another woman to a room at the back Kit of the flat. A big plumed picture i was on the bed In the alcove. Beside It was a black and white striped wrapper. Mrs. Boyd returned to the room. "Are you Mrs. Boyd." she was asked, ffhe Is tall, has a fine figure and masses of tawny yellow hair, done Into tha latest mode. Her features would ladles te that ahe is not younger than Mrs. Sylvester bad sa M. "I am Mrs. Boyd. she answered, "What do you want?" "1 would like to have a statement from you about the unhappy tragedy ot Last night." T'Come here. Mrs. Boyd, cried a women's wo-men's voice again from the back room, "olm't you aay a word," warned the other woman. "1 have nothing to say." said Mrs. Bovd. aa her eyes hardened In their expression. ex-pression. "X don't want my name In the paper." "He already has year nsme. said a large blond woman In negligee, who then i en t rede the room from the room at the: rear. "He already haa your name, but I he hasn't any statement. Don't give him1 one." ' "You had company In your apartments last night?" "Yea, there was a llttla crowd up here." she snswered. "George Sylvester was la the crowd. wasn"t he?" "Why, yea. he was up hers with the crowd a little while. Just Ilka the rest of us." "Were you ever out with George Sylvester? Syl-vester? And were you and he very friendly?" friend-ly?" "I was never out with him. He wss no more friendly with me than the others of the crowd Now look here," she continued aggressively. "I don't want my name In the paper. I won't say another word." -Mrs. Sylvester, the mother Of George Sylvester, made the statement that you had led her boy astray, and that in that ay you were resnonaiMe for his death. It la up to you toiher deny that atatentent. or to. remain silent, just as you choose. Mis. Bovd was told. 'I denv it," she said, tossing her head-"I head-"I ill max no otbr statement." tshe aroe and stepped toward the door. The Interview waa ended- OEOROB SYLVESTER, Who killed himself la front of hU mother. had struggled for possession of the weapon. wea-pon. The tragedy waa witnessed by the mother, who fell fainting beside the writhing body of her son. and hy W. w. Walla-, a neightor. who hard the sounds of the'e'ruggle for possession of lbs meapon. and ho rushed to the aid of the mother. He was a moment to,, late to prevent the mad youth from self destruction. Wallace telephoned to the police department de-partment Immediately and the auto patrol with Chauffeur Brown and four poi- man, HendrVkson. Woodttrd. Riley .and Gillespie, rushed to the s-ne Hvfvesier was not dead when the polfcejnen ar-rtved. ar-rtved. but died before iw reached t he emergency hospital, when re In K. W. A ah ley had been sum mone A and was awaiting to gi-e aid. If poaeible. (leorge tfylvaater was 1 esrs old. according ac-cording to hie mother. They were the only living memoers of the family. Mm. Svlveeter. a graduate nurse, who received i her training In Buffalo, N V, and who came to Halt lake two yeara aao front Kanaaa City, Mo . opened a rooming house here. Her son rim hre aliwiit one ear eso from Kanntte ("it, where he hail reen atiendmg school. Mother Blames a Woman. The boy had been well educated for one of hia nit hy hi mother, and had traveled trav-eled extensively In this count t and abroad. Since coming here he had hen em cloved by the Highland Boy Mining company at Bingham. Lreavtfig his position In Bingham about three weeks ago. the boy had keen visiting visit-ing with his niotliei at (lei home. 2 Kendall Ken-dall iuate. Hi and his mother l.al pUnncd that he wo.uM return to hlr woi; oday. Instead, his b-wlv lc on a f-tin f-tin undertaking establishment of K d O'lMnneil A Co., where It was taken last night. Her voie broken by ecos. - her frame racked with the anguish ahe suffered Mrs Hylveeter laid the burden of the N. a death upon Mr a. G. A Boyd, a roomer in her home, thia morning The first ho k : of aeetng net eon's terrible a t wss giadu-rtlty giadu-rtlty being ovettme. when she f-iisniej i this morning lo relate the cinu!riani c-tltut c-tltut led lo the tragejy that robbe.l he: o! he. only i-hlld. "Mrs G. A. Boyd cam tn nu huuee about thn-e weeks ago She Tried t gt my boy to leave his home and go awav with hr. rtiie is a mother heislf and has bo vs. the Is old enough to be bis mother. Ordered Woman From House. ' She will reap the sorrow sie lias sown in ' f and disaster. "ilK. Rntd sallied to evert a powerful nfiuesme eei ui toy. He e-uied fa- iiut ted by her. tltoiigh h totJcs to br futy and he was stul in hi; frcah ind inno-ettt youth when he mt i-.er. ?ne led btai astray. anddepiu m pleas that she leavg toe houae and Wave me my boy. aba 9 , IS MBS. M3KKIE STLVBSI. F re dc ie tor ef a roomlnf hotire at Ko. a Kendall sqaare, who saw her ton end hli life. fainted, snd nelghrtors rushed to her ss-i ss-i eistsnoe. 8 he revi-vt toon, and ears I that Mrs. Bovd. with the odor of tntoxl-1 tntoxl-1 1-e.eta. aae o the room nendwg over the bov rtue'ratc d in .Mis. (ivlvesier .'heTge h- r e Hh- tep-pifilUv tor the hsTv a -th vnd Mr Bd elie rays left ttve .'O-'hpi. eftrr staV-ilng oei a faJding led. y-lit. h Mrs K ester sajs was broken bv ib Impart. "That ".omen s life should he forfeited for my boys hie." the frantic mother |