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Show WRIGHT LOUR ENDS SIS LIFE New York; Dec. 22. Wriglt' Lor- MM mor, the well known actor, committed ,'H suicide today by inhaling gal at his jH home here. Lorlmer was X years H old and began his stage carcerun Chi- H cago several years ago. He wis best H known In the production ofl "Tho H Shepherd King." which he'wrolo -with H Arnold Reeves. , H Lorlmer bad made a carefnl plan H to commit suicide, asbis booy was H found lying on the kitchen floor with jl the head in an open gas oven and IH pressed against tho open gas jets. The H gas jets in the room also were turned H Financial 'troubles are believed to H have been the cause of the suicide, as H Lorlmer told the housekeeper threo H weeks ago, when he engaged his proa- H ent apartment,, that he had been out jH of work for some time. Two days mW ago Lorlmer dlsmlssedhis Valet. H Wright Lorlmer was bom in Dana, VM Mass., and was educated at Colgate H university, after which he took a H course at Oxford university. H On his return to this country ho M decided to' go on tho stago and be- W came a membor of the - "Dearborn H Stock company" in Chicago as ultll- M ity man. H Lorimer first became widely known H in the production of "The Shepherd. 1 King" and in recent years has ap- M peared in several other plays. Ho H was a member of the Players and tho MM Lambs clubs. H |