Washington Post, The (Newspaper) - September 14, 1909, Washington, District Of Columbia WASHINGTON SUBURBAN tha finest In the are now being ad- in The and warmer tomorrow probably light tp Temperature 58. NO. SEPTEMBER 14. 1909.-SIXTEEN mmm President of Union Trust of New Cuts FOUND DEAD IN HOTEL ROOM J. w. of Victim of Nervous Suicide Left Sanitarium Only a Fe Days Was Still Under Care of a Home Under Pretext Was Once Known as Financier in the Big Institution Weather Effects of Recent Joint W. i Trust late afternoon ftt the Grand Union Hot liy Ills throat with a He had bern HI for several months ana from prostration a result of Mr. was president Trust ml the on parly in after he with the at Unit lime only nt and Mr. Castle uf awaiting h lt of tills heavy work h d was taken ill alt i Karly hi that month ho placed the uf Dr. ordered bv Dr. Dana to to 1's sanitarium at N. Y. a it Mr. Castles left New k M witli a named left fur the lie re- there until last when time to New York with the Was to Go went tn at MO Park icd making one or i the of while Huran was out Mr. Custley packed a and left the shortly ID saying thai he was going n would be bacK early m the probably before 12 Mr. i was apparently on the road to fium Ills waa to go for a stay be- com tig bach to his hen failed to return to Ins i paid attention to it 2 and v castles not and H was that not been seen at 'the of the Horan be- and notified Mr. F. at his the cortun Search at Once tun i and Ely P. of Thirt an old .Mr Cast with Jotin M started t at to try to find out what had missing The men u nt A i lust to t he Ho liad they to n 11. then crossed to the Grand Mr. name Ho had roistered at 1 loi k and It was then after 7. the men went to i second knocked but received no ton C cities then put to vs ami tuoke It Mi Castles lyinK on a. dressed 01 in His throat was In 11. of 336 was hurriedly failed in. but i t and the doctor I he thought he had been dead at least r so that he must have taken almost immediately after going Mr. Removed Clothes in scattered all It looked as though had i utT outer in and had evidently thrown -ni he thein off they happen He had a small table close to the foot f bed Uie far corner of the he placed the travelling tin had taken from the house w contained only a few minor i of that he iM have wanted for ti s little table was an empty had contained some M- i was born in Polk 1 01 years and after re- i. H school education went m- business in Tex. He i -i partner in the largest wholesale in the but in ft and went to New where he bought out the big business of Philip i Became Bank I i I lio president the mi a consolidation of New leading C and other wealthy men of i South then started and organized to be the largest trust company of and Dixon and they Mr. Castles to its that time on he became known as banker In the A f ew later he made the acquaintance of J. president of the National and In 1904, a new president for the Guaranty i list if deposits rose from to i In 1908, after Mr. Castles decided to resign the Guaranty and it was fen rumored that he would become head tne Metropolitan E. H. n man and George Baker went Guaranty Trust after Mr. and on the Monday following I resignation aa head of the ember 16, he was elected as president the Union Trust to the late Edward Union Trust Company Js known as Mr. Rockefeller's banking and under played an important part in the days James president of toe National was chairman of the committee Castles to fill tbe vacancy left by Castles was a director In the following North and East River railroad Chesapeake Railroad Com- Hanover National Maryland Trust of Trust Cobban of New and the Northern Assurance He was a member of the Boston Club And one of the directors in the New Orleans Marat FALLS TO DEATH BRIDGE Balancing on Manhattan Tumbles 150 Feet Special to New an iron 22 years today fell 150 feet from the Manhattan end of the new Man fee died on the way to the Elver was standing on the of the structure handing up The Job requires all the nerve rigger has and a lot of balancing Elver reached out too far to seize a plank and lost his The other heard the strike a rubbish pile 60 feet from the THREE CHILDREN SHOT Little Girl Boy and Third FOR STRANGE MAN Grudge Against Father Believed to Be Motive for Brutal Crime at N. Children Left in ed Spot to Suffer All Search So Far Without Special to The Washington N. Sept. of the most cruel murders that ever shocked a civilized community was revealed in this city when three who liad been lured from their homes by a strange were found den In a thicket of golden rod in East one one and the third wounded by a revolver shot In her left The child killed was Theresa 7 years daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 30 months son of Mr. and Mrs. Ercole was shol through the and his aged was wounded by a bullet through the left It Is supposed that the crime was com- mitted by some one who had a grudge against the father of one or the other of the Wounded Boy t little who only ten days ago graduated from dresses into is dying in Pax ton He cannot for a revolver shot has a great hole In his His Pan- also at Paxton suffers resit for the in her left rm is and in consequence the have been able to glean but little from her concerning the of the crime and tlie Identity of the All day ions two owned by the New York Central Railroad ed at the scene of the crime and finally traced the scent ot the murderer to a car half a mile from the soot where the crime was But despite the efforts of 40 police officers and plain clothes men little apparently has been beyond the apprehension of several suspicious who were after they had explained their movements during the past 24 Dragnet Is Tonight a great covering the whole of Now York Slate ann extending into Canada north and vania on the has been and the local police announced that they ould have the murderer within twenty hours They declined to state on what grounds they based their The children out for a walk last evening in Bleecker street and a short distance from their home they were costed by a strange It is said the stranger assured the little In- fusino girl that she need not fear because he was a friend of her The four were seen going up Third from that time their ments are One Victim an One of the victims was but a toddling and after the murderer had fired bullet through the baby's body the little still was left lying on the around to suffer all The baby's little Fanny though shot through the spent the night sitting beside her little and when day broke boy A few feet away from the little lay the body of the WALL BRINGS One Man Killed and Others Injured When Ruins Crush Adjoining Sept. 13.-One man nine others more received cuts bruises today when the walls at Transfer and Storage Company's recently destroyed by demolishing two adjoining buildings more than a dozen men in the The dead Herman an em- ploye of a local with those who were seriously was in a two- story hotel next door to when the accident Policemen and men worked until late this evening be- fore all the victims had been removed from the Two tearing down the walls of the BlancK when ihe crash Both rode the ruins to the ground in ave stories CLOUDBURST INGULFS Mother and Daughter Drown and Two Men Terribly to Tbe Port. N. Sept. a pioneer business their Miss and Albert aged 26, also of swept in a cloudburst ing an arroya near here last Mrs. NIckle and were drowned while Kickle and Kessler in- may even If recover fro Visa drowned while ler was trying to save was alive with the body of girl tightly In He was delirious and stm believed Sept. TKe whole lower the state of Lower California is a state of as the result of and according to received here It is stated that a number of towns south of La Paz been swept away and many persons The homeless people are suffering for and relief will be sent to and VISIT IN Paulhan Drops in on Friends at Then Flits Back to Sept. 13. M. ban put the to new use this Wishing to pay a visit to the Chateau miles distant from he pointed his in that and flew leisurely cross settling near the entrance to the After chatting for a short the remounted and flew back to the He waa absent for about an and a and dous greeted his The crowds gathered around him and bore him In triumph on their Sept. 13. Wright made two flights Ing the fact that a flying In strong wind made the afternoon he made a flight of ten minutes with Prof. as Sept. H. the American arrived here Mr. started for Paris He has not yet decided whether he will go to Frankfort and where aviation competitions are be before returning to the United COURTS MISS Youngest Son of King of Greece Would Wed. Philadelphia Special Cable to The Washington Sept. Vienna of the announces that Prince youngest son of the King of contemplates Margarita whom he at the banquet given in celebration the betrothal of Prince Miguel of ganaa and Anita Margarita the ter of Anthony DrexeL of 'The family is living 3STEW POST POR Rumors He Will Be Succeeded Here by Renewed in Sept. is stated in circles well informed in government matters that Baron Kogoro to the United who called home to confer with the for- eign office on various matters of im- will not return to It is said that ese ambassador at will succeed him as FATE WITH HER No Objection at Court to Marriage With Kiss High Personage Quoted as Saying King Victor Would Give Her Due Rank and Sept. high In. touch with previous preliminary ments regarding the marriage of the Duke of Abruzzi and Miss Elkins said today contrary to popular the real hitch was not due to objections on the part of the Italian royal but to the attitude of Miss Miss Elkins would accept said this would be no place in the way of the riage by his I that the king the royal family have offered to grant their not to a morganatic union but te a marriage which clude the privileges and rank for Miss Elkins to which the duke is queen was not pleased with the prospect the duke contracting a union with an American but her objections would duke's fate rests with Miss Elkins If she should say the the duke would be at her side tomorrow and the marriage would not be Sept. duke of the who arrived here yesterday from his successful exploring trip in the laya left Marseilles today for Italy In an BOY A Shoots at Then Turns Stolen Revolver on Sept. 14 years shot and killed self In the woods near here today when about to be arrested for robbing a cery and hardware i A sheriff's posse John and his also 14 shooting at a with a stolen surrendered Washburn fired one shot at Deputy Sheriff before turning the wepon s Opening Street Sept. 15, Southern cal trains now stopping at 14th will 7th st. station Virginia Supreme Court of Special to Tbe Sept. Virginia court of today transacted the Hughes vs. and sub- i i Valz partly The next cases docket are Mccomb and Baugher va. Mother Intimates Case Will Go to Maryland CLAIMS SHE SAYS Autopsy Son Did Not Shoot In Presence of Mrs. Her and Body of For- mer la No Broken Bones but Braises Jaw Aie of Powder In the presence of tha geons representing the family and Navy friends of and her the former Lieut. James N. of the marine was disinterred and an autopsy performed at Arlington tional Cemetery yesterday Contrary to assertions that have been no arm bones were found but the face of the dead officer bore marks of having received vere there a contusion over the right while under the left side of the jaw there was a large At the conclusion of the George Tully ing Mrs. and who made the announced that the bullet was three Inches above the right and was clean also that there was no Indication that the hair or scalp had been burned by Dr. Raymond who represented the Navy declined to make a saying he would make a report direct to the Secretary of the Navy Claims Says Van Dyke Van associate counsel with Henry E. Davis for Mrs. said that the condition of the ound In the head caused by the bullet showed conclusively that 11 waa im- possible for Sutton to have fired shot which ended his Mrs. the stated that the results of the autopsy were all that she expected and that they substantiated all she has said about manner Sutton was She was emphatic her statement that the contusion over the right and the lump under the left side of that o his brother of- before that he was unable physically to nave handled the gun which fired the fatal Dr. Vaughn out following statement after topsy 'The body was state of except the on the and which was We found no bones dirt find a contusion the right eye 2 inches Ions 1 1-2 Inches The bullet wound is 3 Inches above The right car and clean There are no signs of burning hair or abrasions of the Two other cuts were one on top of. which may have been made at the former autopsy at and the other a short distance back of the bullet A small piece of foreign which without close tion we believe is a fragment of found at the base of the skull left side of the The muscles of the limbs and trunk were soft and and show that the young officer of powerful Dr. Vaughn will make a full written re- port of his examination to Mrs. Sutton this Mother's First View ot For the first time Mrs. Sutton saw her son in Calmly with fortitude she stood ordeal of seeing her son's body raised from the earth where It had rested dearly and exposed to Only a slight moisture of the eyes showed 'the battle her will was ing with her mother The long battle to remove the stigma of suicide from her son's memory added in steeling her for the At nto time during the six hours consumed in the work of dis- performing and reinterring with all the rites of the Church did the mother give way to her Mrs. accompanied by her at- Henry 13. Edwin Van parry Van Mrs. W. F. Mrs. Marie was the first to view the lace of the officer er the cover of was For a few minutes Sutton gazed into the features that more than four years ago she saw for the last time in Suddenly 3lie ened clenched her with determination not to give way to ner walked from the The work of minutely examining the body was then Arrive at at The party arrived at the cemetery at proceeded to the where thi earth covering had been At the grave Mrs. Sutton party were met by Moses depot in of the P. H. of national cemeteries disinterred of Major resting place on the geon Raymond and Ma superintendent of Arlington As the oak box the casket was raised to Button was to a Her eyes arid frame save a This was as soon as lie was borne o an by ab pawned nas her through the of battle she baa The then the iii the rear of the autopsy was to exposing the damp metal casket still draped in the remnants American again not as a tribute to the service the man had to his but to away the dampness thick layer top Then the was With Body of Mr. Rhodes then W Attc Davis and Messrs. Van These entered a nasty and repaired carriage of- Here words of cheer and were the accompanied by Mrs. her at- not bier at they allowed Mrs. Sutton solitude brief fulfill that desire she had prayed tof nearly desire to again In the face of the she avows was dearth by hands hla oh the after- lying two years in the showed no of the of She was allowed to look for but a brief as her friends and attorneys feared it would be too much for an lapse of a Attorney Davis the others near and touched ner en the movement startled her but she betrayed no emotion the party was ready to leave the If was she straightened self to an almost rigid with clenched hands walked to her Entering the she was once some distance from the The real wort of the autopsy then was Contusions Plainly The face Lieut. Sutton was of a dark the to its being well The retained the same solidity it had when The contusion referred to by Mrs. Button's surgeon was plainly seen on the while the lump or bruise under the jaw on the aide also was Around the head was the bandage which the undertakers at the recent hearing testified placed there to cover the incision or the which had been made to remove the brain at the The curly hair still lay in lets at the The hands were crossed and tied on the chest ana were A uniform intact clothed the like the was in a splendid state immediately the glass lid of the casket was removed the lost its dark pink color and assumed that of chalklike This the surgeons was due to the The surgeons then began the removal of the This was by Drs. Vaughn and his Dr. Spear did not pate In the other than to take He carried a small notebook in hich he wrote the opinions of the two employed by Mrs. Sutton and then made his Dr. Spear remained silent the results ot the ex- As soon as the scalp was to a especially by with The hair around the bullet was closely scrutinized for traces The surgeons said that there were no traces of powder and that while the hair around the wound had been cut there still remained same 1-4 of an inch long which would show if it had been burned or The then was taken off and subjected to a examination by surgeons and Mr. Attorney Harry Van Dyke took an impression ot this the skull on a after which he traced the outlines Shot Not Fired at The hole in the according to the was clean cut and had been made by a bullet from a and could not have been fired as close a range as was testified at the recent Twp other marks were found on the but it could not be determined whether they had been made at the former autopsy or fore or One was In the center of the removed piece of while the other was just back of the bullet In the base of the skull and at an angle of about 90 degrees below the gunshot wound was found a small piece of foreign thought at the time by the surgeons to be a small fragment of This will be ex- further today to determine its Examination of forehead was next The contusions had not broken the bone of the but had made slight according to The by those at autopsy is that the contusions were caused by blows struck by a blunt The bruise under the it was might have made by a fist the examination of the the and ribs were ly and found to be in perfect The legs and feet were next subjected to the scrutiny the The consensus was that Lieut. Sutton when in life was a powerful man Attorney Davis Up until the time the autopsy Attorney Davis looked after Mrs. Sutton and her when the surgeons went to work he left for the and Attorney Edwin Van Dyke took his At the conclusion of the the surgeons and Mr. Dyke held a con- with Mrs. Sutton over the ad- of retaining the section of the skull for evidence at next Mrs. Sutton to She said diagrams could be taken of the but that she wished the remains of son to be The body was then placed In a new hermetically sealed casket and made ready for At 3 o'clock the Father assistant of St Catholic at the grave ready to perform the the reason for believing that had committed vanished from the minds of the dignitaries the Mrs. Button of q. mental and as. she herself expressed has seen fit to ers remove the the of ray Son placed upon At the the were 3Ars. leaning on bf P. attorney the officials of the lowering into the the the with Found at His Ship Into Rest ol His Party Left a Day's MarcH 4- Suggested That He Is Waiting for Cook's Story to Come Out So That He Can L Mate Best Bargain for a Reply to It Boatswain of the Erik Confirms Story Commandeering of Doctor's and Thought It Strange at the Silver Jewels in Hew Spirited is 19, years and Mist who of to city anc at 122 West their on Sun? day found that somebody had cleaned R out all their sihrer and their Misses kins and to an room to tell another whom they know as Miss Bertha about their The very word the supposed Miss Rosenfeldt heard slammed the shut and Mlea fingertips were painfully Motor Craft Being Measured for lie Post's ROOM FOR ALL TO SEE 1 Battle Associated Press arrived here Com- mander Peary's steamer Roosevelt was found to be In and wilP leave Harbor on Thursday or day for North From that port the Roosevelt will to New and if it be possible will take part in the naval parade at the ton Capt. Bartlett is extremely anxious to weigh anchor and return to but there is danger of so prevalent In this season on the treacherous Labrador every pre- caution will be taken to put the veit in as seaworthy condition as Under the best of circumstances the steamer is bound to make a to probably not more than 6 knots an Commander Peary also Is lest Dr. Cook should reach New York although he adds that the Brooklyn ex- attempts to induce to believe his story will be Further details of Commander Deary's journey to north pole have gleaned from members of the expedition on board the Only One Eskimo at The only men to reach the pole were Commander Peary and one Wah by The other white members ot the various parties that left Cape Colombia were sent back one by one as Peary drew nearer daily his i Mathew Hanson and three the only members of the d party that made the final were left ot the the April and leaving and four Eskimos with 40 to make final dash for On the return the marches were con- and Peary and the Eskimos greatly from They had their first sleep at of the eighth march Trom pole in the Igloos left there was a violent On April 23' the party reached the vertical edge of land Ice west of Cape Eskimos were delighted to reach and the party slept for two Marvin Marvin left Peary on the way up on March 26, to return to the He had with him two Eskimos and teen The story of the professor's death was obtained from of the mos. April 10 Marvin was 45 miles from Cape He started out that The Eskimos delayed in packing the a fact that permitted Marvin to get a good start on When the Eskimos arrived at an open lead they noticed that the young ice was broken about 25 yards and they saw what like a man's body floating in of the Owing to the treacherous condition of the ice the mos not venture They re- the Roosevelt and Capt. Bartlett went back to the point and recovered Prof. vin's spare and personal which were still on the Ice where the Eskimos had left The superstitions of their race prevented the natives bringing the dead man's Marvin's records and observations Peary and Cook's St. Sept. Alan who was boatswain of the Peary auxiliary steamer Erik in 1905 and again in 1908, added his quota to the controversy On his he naturally saw much of Peary knew of Peary's He was also jm the In the summer of 1907, lay for week In ney alongside John R. in which Dr. Cook was ing- the Erik that year going to Hudson Bay for the Canadian Whitten says that the Bradley was abundantly equipped Cook's supplies for at least three the charge made by that Peary's Cook's adding that not only did the Torew ship take stores at but were sent 30 miles to visions t bat be did not was by ar- who In of the any event was .to ot the 4 away the ice and and find hfs been The Nero to Hotel Endicott and told the who sent for tbe Detective from found all of. the Southern knickknacks packed away between their and elsewhere about At first the woman denied that she knew anything the stolen but when she had made tbe trip dawn to police headquarters she admitted tbe She was recognized as an old when arraigned in the West Side police court wept bitterly and said that took the Jewelry Just for a House held her in Afford View of Races and Carnival Automobile and Cooperate Heartily With Plans for Saturday's Great Corinthian Yacht Club to Hold Open House for furbishing Vessels Assigned SEA PRACTICE ENDED Battleships Make Ready for HAS RECORD Her 12-Inch Guns Retain Best Rhode Island's Claim for Vermont's Championship Pennant Is Con- Figures Sent to Navy Department for Making Sept. Fifteen ships of Bear Admiral Seaton Schroeder's combined Atlantic fleet today are at an- ehor Hampton pre- paratory to their departure a week hence for N. where they wfU remain until their entrance into New York harbor for the bration The only vessels of the fleet still on the drill grounds are the battleship Missouri and the cruisers North New and and the auxiliaries Yankton and Many ot the ships are claiming the eted trophy wnich now flies from the battleship official scores have all been sent to Washington and the will be Claiming the The Island is putting Her men say New and Kansas beat the Rhode Island In ord but that their success in the battle practice work brought them to the lead with a general average of five points ahead It is stated that the Virginia holds the world's record with her 12-inch while tlie Rhode Island claims to have captured the with S and 6 Final Test for new naval collier sister ship of the arrived today from the yards of her builders Sparrows and began loading tons of coal pre- paratory to her departure for sea for her final tests to be observed by the naval of inspection and The following her standardization demonstrated an ability to dis- charge at the rate of tons an HOUR The same is expected of the can. These boats cost nearly each BATHERS BLOWN TO Explosion of Boiler Hurls Men and Women Through -San Sept. a score of persons were one probably when a boiler in the Lurline baths exploded Women patrons were blown through the window's of their compartments into the ana the building was almost completely The boiler was torn from its foundation and burled through the From the second of the structure men and women were blown through great gaps in walls and the Eliza an occupant one of the was hurled through a She is not expected to Mrs. Joseph sister of Mrs. was in the same room and was severely A harried count of the injured showed eight others severely BORDEN and Other Employes Are Thrown Fall Sept. plant of the Rail River Iron Works by C. IX of New York which following a strike of. the will remain closed operatives will continue plant comprises seven is be the largest concentrated manufacturing In the world owned by a single vidual The numbering struck 3 enforce demand for an increase of about tt per cent In their absence ao hampered the other ments that the management decided to weavers have to remain out until the increase Is QUICK DEATH FOB One Negro Is Killed on and complice Is Lynched by of killing of following the slaying of a was re- today a lumber camp 20 miles of Two Robert Gully Sunday entered the home of a man was failed to heed tft was shot Gray brained negro with not Gully shot him in the captured morning and made work of by a- posse ot Gray's FMt Afe An Use The busiest place in Washington waters was the Corinthian where the are being officially measured for The Washington Post Re- to be held on September IS. The measuring of the boats is one of the last of the preparations to he carried out by the boatmen for the big carnival next one other thing1 seems to equal it in The latter shall one see whole of the regatta and anil is Uo LO Potomac There is room In along the banks of Uie and in the drives and on the grass of the for a hundred to see the Visiting boatmen are making inquiries as to accommodations in and many oarsmen anxiously asking what arrangements be made by excursion boats so that home contest in The excursion boat managers arenow arranging the details of their own plans in this Along the river yesterday were many unfamiliar and signs of the home boats in the way of painting and It Is ed that a fleet of pleasure and business sightseeing boats will be on hand during the as aa the night Hotels Reduce Tt was announced that of Washington would make special for the crews of the boat clubs who will participate in The Washington Post water carnival and regatta CW apartments with Tho management is telegrams day from Baltimore and from boat clubs requesting reservations for their The Ebbitt House is run on the ican and these reductions are moie than 25 per cent of the regular The House will make practically the same special and is expecting a large contingent from other whose aquatic very over the Commodore of tbe Corinthian Yacht asked that his be to extend The Post cordial Invitation to all to make the clubhouse their headquarters while in Washington for this The members are always anxious show every courtesy to arul will every effort to make all Official Measurer At the Corinthian the official measurer is hard at work getting the data win enable the to put the boats in their proper formula is a complicated nnd ths task of measuring It is not possible to do more than measure sight a As no boat be allowed to start measured by the chosen it Is ab- necessary that all be at tha dock at the time assigned m From present indications there will be 35 starters in the motorboat 35 more motorboats have made but is feared that It will be impossible to get them measured In After each boat has been measured ond the figures the will be furnished a certificate signed by the official giving his The plans made The Post to vide opportunity for the public to view the and carnival are of Welcome to Commander in charge of the torpedoboat announced day in a telegram to The Post that the public will be welcome orr board the tilla daily from 9 a. m. to The whole spectacle can be seen from the day as well as Five thousand chairs have been fo the Playgrounds Association by the Julius Lansburgh Furniture These seats will be placed so that a fect view may be had from them of the of the to be given by the children at 7 p. m. After the the chairs can be turned lo face the tidal where Old King Cole will hold court in state on his royal distributing the These seals will also command a full view of the decorated boat parade and the spectacle of Pain's The tug Walter E. of the bia Granite and Dredging has been furnished to The Post by tbe tesy of the to be used as a press boat during the regatta and val. The tug is a splendid known In Washington and will accommodate about 20 Plans f oi Boat The tug will take the newspaper men aboard at the Boat Club at 11 a. when she wiil take a position off the course for the to the to for jn city I before The hour hyr clubhouse in wiJi of men for tJw A large modem automobile
