The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-07
IGNORED THE POLICE.
Kept in the Dark as to the Death
Of Martin E. Yates.
Windsor Hotel Suicide May Result
in a Strict Investigation.
Coroners' OfHce Not Notified. but
DR.. Donlin Gave . Permit.

The body of Martin e. Yates. WIN. ..
old in yesterdays Evening World /"
committed suicide In the Windsor Hotel
has not yet been taken to the home of his
parents in Goshen. Ind. as reported In
the morning papers. 1t lay this morning
in a casket in the undertaking establish
ment OF Graham Sloan. 200 East TWEEN
ty-eighth street. The latter have no idea
when it will be forwarded. They ar.
awaiting the appearance Of e. N. Bleu.
a relative of the suicide. Mr. Bleu start
ed for Philadelphia last evening, saying
he would be back to-day.
The police in whose precinct the Wind
sor Hotel is located are Indignant that
they were not informed of the suicid.
1t was only when they read 1.-The Even. !.
ing World" last night that they had
any idea of 1t. although according to law
they should have been notified when
the attempted suicide was discovered. !
Yates was found unconscious early ON
Sunday morning, and DR.. q. H. Bottum.
Of II East Forty-sixth street, was i'm
mediately summoned. The latter worked
over the patient almost constantly until
yesterday morning. when death took
place. During all that time no word of
any kind was sent to the police, and
even when the man died the Coroner's
office was not notified.
In some manner word was sent to-
Deputy Coroner Donlin, who rushed up
to the hotel. and. after reading a note,
left for him by DR.. Bottum, he gave the
usual permit for the removal Of tho
body. The rest of the proceedings was
In keeping with the policy of secrecy
which every one connected with the case
wanted to maintain.
asked DR.. Bottum this morning why he
had not notified the police when first
called In to attend Yates, he said:
cutting his ehrost shooRns h Smsifs sy
by jumping out Of window, / should
have notified the police. but where poi
my business to try to restore life
don't see what the police had to say to
DR.. Bottum did not know anything Of
Mr.. fates's anairs. nor did he know
whether or not the rumor, that the sui.
eide was connected with the family Of
old Dick" Yates. Illinois's war Cover.
IAN ! know is" he said, that Mr..
Bleu, told me Yates was connected with
all the prominent families Of that name
know the name of the undertaken who
had taken charge of the body, nor did
any or the hotel attaches and II was
with the greatest difficulty the reporter
found II out.
At the Coroners' Office 1t was stated
that Dr. Donlin never arrived until
about o'clock. The entry clerk said no
| report OF the suicide had been received
at all yesterday. He added that 1t only
had been ascertained this morning.
| Then when the clerk discovered he was
talking to reporter he said:
"oh. yes; DR.. Donlin reported the mat
ter when he got back yesterday after
Examination of the record-book
showed. however. that the case had only
been entered as having been reported
tion was called to this he got a little
excited and said:
You will have to see DR.. Doniin. He
will be able to explain everything. l
don't know anything about it,"
| Dispatches from Chicago state in ad-
| dition to what was published in "The
Evening World" yesterday that Yates
who was at one time a travelling sales
man for Barker's Supply Company OF
Chicago, generally stopped, when in this
city; with Henry E: Dsde. the Com,
of Mr.. Dade Is at 237 Broadway. 1t was
| stated there. however, that he had left
the city yesterday. and would not be
| back until Monday next.
Among the guests who arrived at the
Waldorf Hotel yesterday was Dr. e. H.
| Yates, OF Montreal. 1t was thought he
| was some relative of the suicide and
| had come on in response to a telegram.
| This could not be verified, as 1t was
stated at the Waldorf that DR.. Yates
had paid his bill this morning and de-