Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-28
COT. CANADIANS SUICIDE.
sim Mystery ~ to the Missing securi-
tics.

WHAT CAPT. HoUaHfoy SAYS ABOUT HIS LOSS
IT IS SUPPOSED THAT $4,000 WILL COVER +
AN INQUEST TO BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON.
Twenty-four hours Of patient investigation
on the part Of Detectives Wheeler, BoardmaI
and Weldon have failed to produce any clue
that make more plain the situation which
Col. Canaday mixed up so thoroughly whei
he blew his brains out. Capt. Houghton. VIII,
claims to have lost about s13O, 00o says he is Al
much in the dark as ever. 1t is quite probabl,
that the captain will be able to secure a reissu,
OF much of the missing stock, for he said TO-DAY
that one Of the lost certificates was for 800 900
IT CAN BE DUPLICATED.
Yesterday he told STAR reporter tim
$4,000 Of the stock was in the Houghtor
Manufacturing Company. As the captain
and the company-name and all-are sc
closely related ii is easy possibility tha
the big certificate can be duplicated as soon al
/ the captain wants to have it so. Several shares
in the Northwestern Improvement Company
are not in the captains name and he is response
Bile for them. He has the numbers of these shares
however, and expects to come out square or
that proposition. OF other securities there
were, he said, some $1,000 worth-also the
/ property Of parties for whom he was practically
trustee-and $4,000 in cash, which was his
own.
HIS LOSS ABOUT $4,000.
"If I can only lay my hands on the 81 ,00C
worth of stock and the $4,000 in bills" said
Capt. Houghton this afternoon. 81 shall feel
very much relieved. Which probably means al
this time the captain believes his real loss to be
about $1,000.
/. To the reporters who talked with him today
the captain inclined to be mysterious,
probably because Lawyer Vale (who
held lengthy consultation with him
this afternoon) had advised hin,
to saw as little as possible Reference was
in Baltimore in which he intimated Col. Can
aday was implicated. More than that no would
not say.
SAID he WAS A DETECTIVE.
One Of the fruits Of Col Canaday's Suicide
was a somewhat remarkable piece of imposture.
Yesterday evening young man, who, tits said
Is employed as reporter on a morning paper
called at 92l q street and inquired for Miss
Helene Moore-the young lady to whom Col
Canaday addressed the last words he ever
wrote.
Miss Moore told the story to STAR re.
porter this afternoon. 1.-The young man
who came to see me-" said She Intro
duced himself rather mysteriously and i'm
pressively as chief of detectives sent
heTe especially by Superintendent Byrnes of
New York to md out what he could about Col.
Canaday. his business affairs and everything
else il connection with the coloEel's suicide
After e1patiating at length upon his wonder
fIl skill! he told me never again TO speak 10
either Detectives Weldon or Board man because
they were absolutely no good as detectives. He
said they had secured their appointments
through influence and not through merit and
were un Torthy moments consideration even
In case OF The slightest importance. He said
Further that Boardman and Weldon and
Wheeler were mixing this affair up SO
thoroughly that no man less skilled than
he would ever be able to bring out the facts.
Wh-n he had cautioned me at great length
about talking to the local officers he told
me he would be my friend and pro-
ceeded at once to relate the experiences he
ta.d he had in the Lizzie Borden case on which
he stated be had been engaged for some time
past / really believed his Stories but found
out this morning that he Is a reporter but not
on The STAR.
Those who know Of his shameful conduct
have expressed themselves with considerable
warmth. My father is here now and
he will protect me- If it is possible
impersonating an officer. understand that he
tod Capt. Houghton that he Was satisfied had
tine 81, 900 which the captain SAYS is missing.
and that on that information the captain en-
deayored last night to have me arrested.
ExoNER .TEs MISS MOORE.
To a STAR reporter Capt. Houghton today
said that there was no scrap Of evidence in
eliminating Miss Moore, and so far as he knew
s no reason on earth why. she
fact however. that until about o'clock this
m 1rning The captain labored exceedingly to
bring about the incarceration of Miss
Moore. He called at the first precinct
station and made the request. He
even went to the residences of at least two of
the detectives, but none of them would act on
the aimsy information which was presented.
AN INQUEST BEING HELD.
Ehad been announced that Coroner Patterson
deemed an inquest on Col CANADIANS remains
unnecessary, but this afternoon the coroner
upset that story by having Witnesses and a Jury
summoned. All the interested parties will be
at W. X Speare's undertaking establishment,
4O street, this afternoon at 3 o'clock.
THE FUNERAL NOT DECIDED UPON.
No. until 43o o'clock this afternoon will
friends Of the late Col. w. P. Canatlay congre-
gate to decide as to when and where the sui
cide's body shall be inferred. Capt. Houghton.
who was Col. Canadav's Partner, has called
upon those who knew the colonel to meet in his
(the captain's) Office, which is at No. 712 10Th
street.
Mrs. Canady telegraphed Yesterday:
Bury the remains OF Col William ?. Cana
day in Washington"
CAPT. HoUaHToN IN COURT.
Capt. j. @. A. Houghton was interested in
two cases in the Police Court today. In one
case he charged John H. Henderson of No. 1927
Vermont avenue with false pretenses. The
warrant charged that the said Henderson OBJ
tanned $50 from Capt Houghton by pretending
that he was the owner OF furniture in the house
mentioned. The case was continued.
In the other case Capt. Houghton was
charged with an assault on Thomas d. McFar-
land and he forfeited IS collateral.
AN UNGRATETUL LEGACY.
1.-THE manner Of me death Of Col. Canaday is
tale Of horror" said Mr.. George N. Arnold to
a STAR reporter today. Having known him
since 1865 and having had much to do near him
/ am not surprised AT the manner OF his taking
off, The only thing in connection with the
sad affair that does surprise me is that VIM p
Canaday. while sane, would be SO ungrateful
as to charge that the burglars were colored
men. This Is the most unkind cut of all.
Col. Canaday was poor and helpless ex-con-
federate soldier, with the uniform on he wore
in the army, in Wilmington. n. c., in 1866, and
the very buttons on his coat Confederate but
tons were ordered bv Gen. Ruger to be COW
cred. The colonel at that time was too poor to
buy others. From that date 10 the tragedy
yesterday be has had he unfinching. unyield-
ing friendsh hip of The colored reol le. His first
start in Wilmington as city mars hal was given
him by the votes in the board of aldermen Of