The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-02
SUICIDE ENDS HONEYMOON
BRIDEGROOM HURLs HIMSELF
FROM A HOTEL WINDOW.


1n Robert y. F1asr or Yopkcrs Leaps from a
wiadow or the Murray Mn Hotel In THIS
en-, on the uornIuG Arter His Marriage
His RaInd DcrnnEed by Busineas worry.
DR.. Robert NJ. Flagg, q prominent physician
OF Yonkers, came to this city on Thursday af'
teruoon accompanied by the members Of his
family and Mrs. Eleanor Turner. Tho party
drove 10 the residence OF the Rev. Cuthbcrt
Hail. where DR.. Flagg and Mrs, Turner were
married. Yesterday morning Dr.. Flagg COM
mitted suicide by leaping from a second-story
window OF the Murray Hill Hotel. His skull
was fractured and ono OF his legs was broken,
but he was stil alive when removed to tho
homo Of his friend, DR.. William Tod Holmuth,
Jr., 465 Lexington avenue. He died there last
evening.
DR.. Flaeg recently returned from Europe,
where he had gone in the hope OF restoring his
shattered health. He resumed his large prac-
tice in Yonkcrs and his work in tho Hom9o-
pathlc Hospital. of which Mrs. Turner, n widow
Of SO years, was head nurse. DR.. Flagg had
been attentive to Mrs. Turner for several years,
and his intention 10 marry her was known by
his mother, two sisters and two brothers. The
match was not only approved by the members
OF his family, but they also advised him to
hasten his wedding day, as it was thought that
under the care such q wife could give him his
mental anu pnyblCAl COnultIOu WOulu DC RTohIly
improved. DR.. Flagg, however. insisted upon
waiting until he was free from certain bust.
ness embarrassment which had perturbed
him for q number Of years. These embarrass.
ments were caused BY the failure Of his elder
brother, Howard W. Flags, who was at one
time engaged in the manufacture Of hats In
Yonkers. DR.. Flagg, who is described by his
family as a man utterly unfamiliar with bust
ness matters. had Endorsed his brothers paper
for q large amount, and his inability to meet
tho notes worried him greatly, affecting his
health. Since his return from Europe 1t was
noticed that his mental condition had not I'M
proved and 1t was feared that he was on tho
verge of nervous collapse.
On Thursday morning, however, he APP
peared to have regained his usual spirits, and
the members Of his family were agreeably
surprised when he announced that he had con-
cluded to be married at once and that the
DR.. Flasg. his two brothers, and his younger
eister, accompanied by three or four intimate
traSnai to AP New NE York kuF1 fhcy 'o vent an hr st'G to iRe
residence of the Rev. John Hall OF the Fifth
not in. and d'' tie ,ei party .P proceeded to the the r wsS
denoe Of the Rev. Cuthbert Hall, 46 East Sew.
sntieth street. Or. Flag and Mrs; Turner
to the Murray Hill Hotel, where they took din.
ner and remained oyer night, the others OF the
Ing In DR.. Flagg's manner during the evening
TO excite attention. Apparently both husband
ehstted pleasantly While at dinner dinner. AHu A''
They appeared in the dining room for break.
was then remarked for the first time that Or.
tlags was In = highly nervous condition.; He
Gale for al t the m0 % T 81 papers and left the
Mrs. Flagg mildly demonstrated. entreating her
husband 70 be calm. Leaving the table, they
floor, at the southeast corner OF the hotel.
They were in their room nearly an hour, when
thA nnN Min N n z thu hNfnl 0-1rn - Nla he ~.
sons passing in .Torticth St Street sS''' saw va a. han han
and, after a moments hesitation. plunge to the
pavement below. In the descent his body
over into the gutter, his head striking heavily
on the curb.
e,ssss, who s' Was passing at The ti%e and saw
Pr; rlaS william dnimR F fFGa the .H wln the ini sn!lsf man pG,
the b hotel Iod found Sna M5s; ,Glsss {yi Rss on 4s1 he I door SSs
their leaving the breakfast table and the time
I a Flower Hos Hosspi laI ambulance iIDm wa WAS S caiied. and
The dying man was removed to the house OF
associated as q member OF the medical stan OF
Flower Hospital; Or. Fi9gg had sustained a
s . cd 5nnSeSns Of fr sse aren IT t bone r qi see i ssali f fPa
1lp oetSr eon Gh sSsPn 10 INK, w sna R Re died s9 D o !sld eee
Ae1N VA A"ee SL<tAAA4SV WAN Z
husband until his death.
Among his friends and relatives at Yonkers the
cause assigned for DR.. Flagg's suicide was tenn.
been threatened with nervous prostration, and
It Is thought that the excitement attending his
wedding precipitated a violent attack. He was
the son OF the late DR.. !. W; FlLgg OF Yonkers,
o prominent homeopathic physician, who died
In 1884, and a member OF one OF the oldest fam.
flies in Westchester county, He assumed his
fathers practice, upon the %latter's death and
Phared the fanily's social position: He was
t~dentihed with a number OF organizations in
Yonkers, prominent among which were the
jenkins sAledica Society and the Westchester
County Medical Society, and he was a director
OF the Hollywood Inn, "a club organized for the
benefit OF workinguen.
aged mother. Miss Lucy ". Flagg, his elder
sister, said that the family had feared the
worry Of business, difficulties would ultimately
affect his reason, but his marked improvement
on Thursday had led the family, to hope that his
marriage would mark a turn for the better in
his condition. Little Is known OF Mrs. Flagg's
former marriage, except that she was divorced
from her first husband, and, with her child,
where she was subsequently,, made head
purse of. the Homeopathic Hospital. Mrs.
Flagg's, condition last night would not ad.
NIT OF her being interviewed, and she was still
unable to tell what had happened in the room
prior to DIR. Flagg's leap, except that there had
Peen no quarrel. The body will be taken Ia
Yonkers for burial as soon as the .Coroner's
permission is obtained.