The sun., 1891-03-30
WASHINGTON QUlNLAN'S END

WASHINGTON QUlNLAN'S END
IT WAS HE WHO DIED NJ MORPHINE
AT TIE KENMORE, ALBANH
Last May ne AstenisAsA Wall strses ~
Disappcsri.s-His Fortune OF esSo.eoo
All Gone-A List OF Easter Suieiaea.
The man who REGISTERED at the Kenmore
hotsl In Albany on Saturday - 8. g. Spencer
OF Troy. and who WAS found dead In his room
few hours later with an empty vial that had
contained morphine. was Washington ouinlan.
the Wall street broker who failed last May. and
brother OF william J. Quinlan. Jr.. cashier OF
tho Chemical Bank The body was identified
by the brother. who went from his homo In
BROOKLYN In response to telegram from the
| Albany police.
It Is believed at Albany that Quinlan COM
mittsd suicide. On Friday afternoon he regis
tsred ct the Globe Hotel. which is Q block
from the Kenmore. a. G Holmes OF San Fran
cisco. He got . room there and later In the
day Left the hotel and took the key OF his room
with him. It was not long after that he regis
tered ct the Kenmore. When hs did not get up
Saturday afternoon 10 response to repeated
knockinGs on his door. the door was broken
| open and he Was found undressed In bed. Tho
Globe Hotel key was found on bureau and
also sealed envelope addressed to William J.
Quinlan. 1s6 South Oxford street. Brooklyn.
It WAS married personal" Tho Coroner
opened It aud found two Lake Shore bag
gaze checks tho Waiting card OF A. W.
simonson. and . prescription numbered
the same - the label on the empty vial.
But for the envelope and Its contents II might
have bsen supposed that hs had taken an over
dose OF the drug accidentally. His clothing
was carefully arranged on Q chair - though
he had expected to don It again.
Mr.. william J. Quinlan. Jr., arrived In Al
bony late Saturday niRha and Immediately
identified the body. He did not believe, he
said that his brother had committed suicide.
He said his brother had suffered from rheuma-
tism and sleeplsssnsss for several years and
was in tho habit Of taking morphine AZ o pal
liative. He believed that Washington had
Hes ordered that the body be sent to his home
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his death had resulted from an overdose Of
morphine tsken to relieve insomnia, from
which he bad lopg been a sufferer, Ihie
taking mild drugs, but had never known him
old and unmarried Practically ali his fortune
had been lost
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