New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-08
STILL DOUBT AS TO HIS END.
REPORT ON THE DEATH OF w. RODMAN
WINSLOW.

DR.. CUFF COMES TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE
MAN DID NOT COMMIT STOCKHOLDERS NOT
SATISFIED WITH THIS DECISION.
DR.. w. +. Cuff OF No. 249 West Thirty-slxth-st.
by whom the of W. Rodman Winslow was In
vestgated for the Coroners office. made his report
yesterday. He examined the body shortly after 1t
fell from the seventh story OF the Seva apart
ment hotel on Sunday morning, and from that ex-
animation and the deposition under oath or the
widow and Mr.. Winslow's family physician. Dr.
Alexander Strong, No 267 West Sxty-seventh-st.,
he decides that the death was accidental
Mrs winsows evidence shows that on the morn
ing of his death her husband arose and. was his
custom. opened the window to regulate the tempera-
ture OF the ROOM She aroused by hearing the
Venetian blinds go up suddenly. and she asked her
husband: What time is itY' and he answered:
Eight O'Clock" He continued at the window.
which flew up suddenly" she says and startled
her. She says that she called 'Rodman" several
times. and receiving no response, she jumped up
and. not seeing her husband, ran to the window,
looked out and him lying on the ground below.
The sill OF the window is less than two feet high,
and In front Of II were several empty boxes. the
window works easily, and 1t is Mrs. Winslows
theory that her husband started to the window.
that 1t flew up and In leaning forward, he stumbled
against the empty boxes and fell forward and out
OF the window Mrs. Winslow says further: His
home was a most happy one. and he had everything
to live for and nothing to die for" Mrs. Wlnslow
is satisfied that death the result of accident.
DR.. Alexander Strong said that he was attending
physician in the Wnslow family for the last
twelve years and that he prescribed for Mr.. WINS
low several times in the last seven years for minor
complaints, and at time for anything serious
on the evening OF December J. about o'clock, the
Winsows had called at his office, Mrs. Winslow
being the patient He had prescribed for her. and
then Mrs. Winslow asked him to do something
for her husband. who suffering, she said. from
indigestion. The doctor says he made the remark
Ia Winslow did not look Ike a sick man
and that Mr.. Winslow had said that his indises
ton was about all that troubled him. save a
little fullness in the head, but he remembered that
that might be the result Of heavy meal. Inc
doctor Is satisfied that Mr.. Winslow did not suffer
from any mental trouble. 80
Dr. cuff said that he had made careful ex-
animation OF the body and found no evidence or
the mans having been shot. 49,
Although the evidence in the Coroners oHlce
establishes the theory of accidental death, there
are many who are not satisfied, and Who having
In mind former plumbers on the part OF that de-
partment of the city government, still regard tne
cause of Mr. Winslow's death as In doubt 1t Is
suggested that his business was not in pros
porous condition and that his life was not in all
respects a happy one. Then there are people VINO
live in the neig borhood OF the Sevilla who insist
that they heard a pistol-shot just before Winslow
plunged from the window.
The coroner's physician Dr. Cuff. who exam
ined the body Immediately after death on Sunday
morning and who says he never for moment
doubted that the death was caused by accident
did not make his report to the Coroners ONCE I'LL
late yesterday.