The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-25
Mr.. WICKES'S ODD DEATH.
THE MILLIoNAIRE'S BODY FOUND IN
a BACk YARD IN DETROIT.
Ho Had Visited = House There While t.
toSicatcd, u II said, and Fell from .
Window. B~reaking Ills Neck - HIS
Friends In This CITY Greatly shocked.

Drrpo,r San. ,.-1 IT w;,,,s Ma yort
miii;orni,a s.lI ort ~, , ,ir,,r ~ On. hon..
Of Edna Enrl 115 Nome. avenue NJ 1o.30
o'clocL Iast ni,ht and was instant,v tined.
uis nocL wos hroran Tha oooi,ant 4. a mosA
ais,r.ssi,no :, A. well Ssn pr..,.
dat NJ th. Wictoo Rorric.rntor rornsry IRE.
nvantIx ,is,,ad n.,ro,t - hmsi,asa W.nam.
from Nav yort vss,sr,oy mnrnine and roe.
isterod ne Tho russell House He onont AK.
era, bonra In bia Vow ava ottar Iunch
s,tt,oJ cow. ,,,,o., n,,h H. io,a,
agent -, hia comn,ny VI, .isn ,aI,oa
20 s.t,I. :, ,Soai ,i,, t,. s,,,sInan
C.r Comn,rv vh;nh ,r,ias .ha r.trin.r.to.
cnrs h.or,n, Mic INV. nit. oorni.,od ~.
business hero. and late in IN. ou.rnoon vith
several old fr;snIs No h,,,n drinLina Th.
carousal ona,y wnnnd m with yIsit "a the
bonsc M m fnmo lont NV tho w Il worar nh.
Marty CONTINUED ,,ri.tirr .ror r.oahInn th.
rosor, ora ,bo ,ost saan - A. Tv,onns was
about q o.,,oo,. nhon 10 800 :, = .a.ond-
roor room twos n small stnrx on,rtmant
md during tho eveninu h. fraouentIv con.
n,oineJ ~ a.. ,,osoro.s IT. on.,I, v.nt a.
the window md sat unon tha ain wbIle n n.
m.lo con,non;or won't r. ant I,n,b This MN.
about 1o.3O o,ciocr
Tho occunontsn ~ ~. nIo,o NV. an, s,.-.,od
nv n cras,. r. ,vaa NJ onc. ,.or.d +hnt M
Wicks "A had fallen ont n, tbs w;ndov Son.
ran 10 his room and otbora 70 tbs ontsids
uhonc. ann. ~. nois. Thosa vho 80 Irto
the next ward war. horri0ed IN seo Tho unfor.
tnnnt. man Wing dood nnor hi. hail n.
Carstens and patiers were ca,,ed With haste
INT life was e,tjnct Death Ind han ,n.tan.
taneous. Tho window from which NJ Wics..
fail 4. about twon+r-oyo ,.ot from ~.
ground. He nrobably fall hand frat ana
haino a boavv mar vsiehirg mora +han
300 nonnds' bn strncs Tho ground WITH
terrific force. His bead strnct INN a
cobblo stone Tho ininrics which Mr. WicL..
recsiyed wer. fri,btrui nj. nool, y ma
onIv hrot an hut his hoad NOS crn.bod IN tn
order n mt IN. hodv in nrssont.bIs torr :.
was n.cessarv "a n,ace Tho ton NJ Tho had In
a n,,eter oost wb.n Oh. mon t.m go ~.
windov be carrtsd the curtain With him Ts
strnct unor tho STOW. noron.nt ,.imnn -
han with ths curtain urd.r him roron..
Downs ordered tho body taken to an UNDER
takers. An inquest will be held at 8 o'clock
on Tuesday morning.
hoha Ear. the woman VINO Keeps the house
was prostrated this forenoon and refused to DO
seen. one OF nor poarders says that she Is
sure that MIR. "lcHes was intoxicated when
come there in tho daytime. He had been .
frequent visitor at the house, so she says. and
she thought it was particularly ortunate that
no ono WAS IN inc uD-6LalT6 room when
the accident happened Foul play mieht
then have been charged. She said
her mistress was nearly crazed, az this,
was tho first accident or trouble thai
she ever had. She is sure that Mr..
not noticing that it was less than . foot high.
he fell backward She was sitting in tho par
lor by the window on tho first floor. under
c "n,an hns not 0oa, = Wa wasd ' on Srv. sh ns,t heard mn =
have been instantaneous. because whom they
reached the body 1t was Gurled up in q heap.
always his custom. and asked to see a Girl
namsd Roberta. md sh.' too refnssd 70 msEa
q statement this morning.
The following despatch was received this
aiteinooh w mayor Elheree from mo rev. LIE
Please Sc. tina. all ne.drul i. don. to tn. body of J. +.
arrange
Coroner. Walter 9TH H. w sh g u.1 tn. elS IesI s 40 '1 Of
the deceased. reached her. from Chicago to-
to n,s NEW a Yors at '9 yoo o,a,O %is the BODY ooSo WAS n. shiSD :.
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Friends OF Mr.. Wickes In this city were
greatly shocked Mt the manner OF his death as
r .o do W mon oorroctness' M'
Ernest +. walton, agent OF the Wlckes Refrtg.
orator Company. said: "Of course We must
face the actual facts as th.v ar. anal,v davaI-
oped. but assure you will be amazed II they
are anything like tho reports thus far received.
so far from being a man likely to 90 on =
drunken spree no was unusually temperate.
dined with him frequently. and never saw him
take even a glass OF wine with his meals. He
was not convivial nor even especially sociabie.
He was O driving business man. He WA IN ,
New York less than week each month com.
ing here twice n month usually for two or
three days each visit. When I'm this CITY he
was at his office. S74 Broadway, always before
s O'Clock in the morning, and It was NOT an un-
common occurrence for him to remain at work
until o or 10 o'clock at night. That was his life.
business. There was nothing Of the rounder
or man-about-town in his Inake-up"
Other friends spoke in the same strain. One
stated. as u circumstance showing how little
Mr.. Wickes cared for even the innocent reersa.
tions usually enjoyed by men OF his wealth and
position. that within a few months he had re-.
signed from tho Manhattan Athletic Club. the
only club In the city Of which he was a nom ,