The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-04
WERE THESE SUICIDES?
yOTTHS FOUND DEAD IN BRoAD-
w.y GARDEN HOTEL IDENTIFIED.
:. Van. SON or the Manager OF = Rine Manu-
mctur,nE company OF springfield - Tho
c,ber y baltimore H~outh-soth MaEe
,..cL appnrcntiJ-No Obvious Reason.

ono was son OF the Manager OF a Rlne Mnnn-
r,r,ur,nE Company OF springfield - Tho
other n baltimore fouth-Both WAGE
struck, AppnrcntiJ-No obvious Renson'
The young man who registered at the Broad
way Garden Hotel on Sunday afternoon a
ucck ago as Robert Monroe, and who, with
a Young man who was in the habit OF visit
inc him there. was found dead In bed OF gas
,snhySlation lato Saturday night, was idcnti-
eed Yesterday as Ernst Hayden. son Of the
.upcrintcndent Of a ritlc manufacturing CON-
many at springfield, Mass. His companion ap.
nsor- TO be samuel Sykes OF Baltimore, al
though the only evidence Of that is n letter OF
recommendation signed by tho principal
md Secretary of the Baltimore City Col
Iovc, which refers TO Master Samuel
syk, q" as a youth Of mental capacity and ono
10 be trusted. This letter was found in the
pocket OF one of the coats found in the room. A
brown derby hat, which was beside the coat,
was marked with the uamc of n Baltimore hat
ter, 80 that the probabilities are that Hayden's
COMPANION was Master Sykes of Baltimore.
The Identification of HAYDEN is II very positive
one. 4 description of him furnished by n woman
whose husband was teaching him Jig and clog
dancing tallics exactly with that Of the man in
the Morgue under the name of Monroe. In ad-
dition to that, Martin Glynn. II plastercr, of 1922
lllTl avenue, VIM a IL sllknN 'Nih"iithhNo
with Hayden, called at the Morgue yesterday
and identified the body of Monroe as his.
Glynn didn't know the other man Mt all.
II would appear, from Information obtained
Yesterday. that the two youths were stage
struck. and had come to New York for the double
purpose of learning dancing and other bust
ness" peculiar TO the variety stage, and OF or
ganizing a vaudeville company, which they
were to take out on the road. They had evi.
IDENTIFY worked industriously to accomplish both
aims, and seem to have been moderately sue
~cessful. There is apparently no evidence
70 sustain the theory that they committed
suicide. 1t is true that the two youths went
to their room early. but this could be accounted
for by the fact that Hayden had been dancing
steadily for over three hours under the eye Of
his instructor during the afternoon. and was
probably tired out. Those who last saw them
alive say that there was no evidence Of discour-
agement about either man. That they were out
Of money is true. but they had a considerable
amount early in the week. and were expecting
o remittance from Hayden's father at any time.
Hayden's movements since he came to town
are pretty well KIN WIN. but it is impossible to
learn anything about Sykes. Where or under
What circumstance the two met is not known.
They seem to have struck ng a strong friend.
the vaudeville enterprise, Hayden was alone q
week ago yesterday when he went to the Broad.
way tiV u anu tLkhkti Il IOOlD. ITO
people in the hotel inferred that he was a theat.
fical man from the fact that the first thing he
pictures Of actresses. He also inserted adver.
tisements in daily and theatrical newspapers.
Snn9unSing that n IN at, cal, women e With
Garden Hotel. On the bureau in his room he
had a large sign TO the same effect. He intended
to hang this sign outside the door OF the room.
In a drawer in the bureau were found a lot Of
photographs Of actresses. With m such |,
splendid" too stout" ana others more or
across the figures. All tho pictures were ap.
sykes appeared on the scene for the first time
on Friday afternoon. He came in with Hayden.
passed him that he had some business with the
young man and that he would probably spend
The hotel at ali on saturday. One OFT Of the cham ham
bermaids saw Hayden go out alone. and tho
clerk saw him come In alone at about, Z o'clock;
entered it again. for he was with Hayden when
the latter took his dancing lesson. and was dead
hotel was broken open late saturday night.
The gas which asPhy1isted the men escaped
let to a small gas stove in one corner Of the room.
The gas was turned on full. the pipe was dis,
Sonnec ed from the stove. and the stove had
been moved to another rart Of the room. How
the gas came to be turned on Is one Of those mys.
teries that will, apparently. never be explained.
were unable to get the slightest clue to the
identity OF either man., 4 second search. maze
yesterday, brought 10 llgnt several papers. On0
of these was the following letter.:
BALTIMORE CRY COLLEGE, Dec. 10. 1896.
This will certify that Master Samuel Sykes
ras a student here for about ten weeks, bur.
ing his connection with the school he showed
Of the regulations. He promises to perform well
any duty with which he may be charged. Re.
Across this was stamped in red letters @F. A.
soper. principal" There was n postscript, writ.
ten in a different hand, as follows:
IA regards the character Of MaRtpr Sykea
am pleased to say that. having known him for
the past six years, can only speak in the high
"THEoDoRE RosHscHIR."
eceipted bill for $2s; made out to Z. Hay,
Ssnjos At Gs5 Third avenue. was also found
It was dated ed Sept; 20. 1897. There was also a
Can come back. Can come any time;
Banjoist Dean was out of town yesterday, but
his wife said to a Sun reporter:
last Monday morning a young man came t.
on the stage, but couldn't because he knew
nothing about stage dancing. My husband
t tSaf 6s zig won ana G nsg 1 aehei II m anf ba ass man ws saif
make him proficient in both in a month. Mr.
Dean guaranteed to do it, and the man paic
when asked for his address said that Il didn'
matter. as. he was an out-of.town man and wa
was agreed that he should, take two lesson,
day. and on Tuesday he came arount
anu worked DOM morning ana AFTERNOON
He knew nothing about stage dancing. bu
seemed so anxious to learn that Mr.: Dean drew
Number of figures on n piece OF paper ant
gave them to him SO that he could practices a
bone. We expected him Oh Wednesday, hut IN
didn't come at all. He didn't show up on Thurs
day, either, but on Friday he came around will
efriend, who sat in the Office while he took hi
lesson. Hayden was u man about "a years o
ege. and had brown hair. His friend had blacl
hair. He didn't introduce us to his friend. Oh
Saturday, morning Hayden came In at abou
II 80 o'clock. After he had been here an lou
his dark:haired friend came in and inquired TO
hin. When he heard he was taking his lessol
he said he would wait. At about 2:3O o'clocl
the two went away together.
There Is nothing more that ] can say abou
Hayden, excepting that, when he paid MIR. Deal
Tor his dancing lessons. he took tho money fror
roll of bills which must have contained sey
eral hundred dollars. IIo seemed to have lot
OF money. and not TO care how no spent 1t. III
was certainly q stagc-struck young man"
Martin Glynn. the plastcrer. who identitle
hayden at the Morgue; went down to see tn
body, because he had read in the morninI
papers of the two men being asphyxiaied an
suspected that Hayden might be one OF the meI
knew Hayden first several months ago" h
SAID. Il took a room In the boarding hous
where l live, and we struck Mp Il friendship. II
tOli me that he was from Springfield amt tina