The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-11
PRINCE OF TRINIDAD DEAD.
Ends His Life with Drugs in a Hotel
at lei Paso.

El Paso, Tex, Feb. 10.-Baron Harden
Hickey, better known as the Prince of
Trinidad, committed suicide at the Pier
son Hotel in this city to-day.
Servants in the hotel discovered that the
Baron was dead at noon to-day, and the
indications were that he died during the
night from drugs taken with suicidal in
tent.
He left letter addressed to his wife at
Corona, Cal, in which he stated that he
was going to die.
Deceased was married to a daughter of
John II. Flagler of New York, the STAN
dard Oil magnate, in 1891.
Baron Hickey attained notoriety some
time ago when he took possession Of Trim
idad Island and proclaimed himself mill
tary dictator
Baron Harden Hickey was the first royal
dynasty of Trinidad. He was born In San
Francisco on Dec. s, 1851 of a Catholic
and old royalist family. His ancestors
the IIlckeys, originally came from ireland,
having accompanied the banished Royal
Stuarts of England in their flight to
France.
The young Baron was educated at the
College of Jesuits at Namur and after
wards at Leipsic Here he established a
reputation as a first class and fearless
duellist When 10 years old he entered the
French Military College at st. Cyr, but
he abandoned martial life on the death
OF his father In 1873, and devoted his life
to sculpture and literary pursuits. His
talents first found recognition In the shape
of translations for English magazines. He
also wrote number of works Ia his ma
tive language.
In 1878 the irrepressible writer started a
weekly satirical paper in Paris called La
Tnbota, which landed him in constant
trouble. 1t was devoted to the interests
OF the royailsts and its editor, the Baron,
made ia appearances in the police courts,
paid fines amounting to 100000 francs and
fought no less than dozen duels.
Among his antagonists were Aurelan
Scholte, La Vertugjon, Talne and De Cyon.
lie was eventually compelled TO leave
France, going TO England. He was thor
oughiy conversant with the Sanskrit Ian
guage, and after studying it's literature
determined to propagate the religion OF
Buddha throughout the United States,
In the meantime he met and married
Miss Anna Flagler, the daughter of the
STANDARD Oil magnate, and gave up his in
tentions In that direction.
He then set about starting a new king
hNiil vi litE i5ldtu IIltAuAu. Dt1t tho
revolution In Brazil interfered with his
plans.
Papers found among the dead baron's ef-
fects indicate that he and his wife could
not agree.
He left some very rich Jewels In his trunk
here. one of them a crown
The baron arrived in El Paso on the
Srd instant and remained quietly at the
Pierson hotel, not making known his iden-
tity.
The BafJness has been wired for in
structions as TO the disposition of the re-
mains.
Baron Hickey's letter to his wife reads
as follows:
MY Deaest-No knews from you, al
though you have had plenty of time TO
answer. expect to leave this hotel TO-
morrow or the day after. Hardy has
written me- that he has no one In view
for buying my land at present. Well,I shall
have drained the cup of bitterness to the
very dregs. but do not complain. pre-
fer to be dead gentleman to a living
blackguard Goodbye. ! forgive your
conduct towards me and trust you will
be able 10 forgive yourself"
An examination OF the body by the ply
scans showed that the Baron died OF
morphine poisoning and that life had been
extinct for many hours. Very little money
was found among his effects, and II Is pre-
sumed poverty, together with the family
trouble hinted at in the letter was the
moving factor In causing the suicide.
On the hotel register he had written sim.
ply Harden Hickey Paris" He had
talked little with the other patrons and
kept closely at the hotel during his stay
1t was learned from casual remark that
he was expecting money from friends
Among his effects were found dozens bi
1t.
interest. Many of them bore upon his
scheme for establishing a military colony
on the Island of Trinidad. of which he was
to be dictator.
His papers also disclosed that he had
been interested in other and more ambi.
tlous projects, notably plot to place him
at the head Of a royallst government In
Hawaii.
There were also papers showing that he
had once been possessed OF large estates
In the republic OF Mexico. Among the
newspaper clippings was an account OF
his marriage In New York three years age
by Rev. John Hall TO Anna Flagler.
That the Baron had only followed his
own teachings in ending his life by poison
was evidenced by a book of which he
was the author, entitled "Euthanla, oi
the Ethics of Suicide" This little work
was illustrated by cuts showing a mar
I
! a girl sitting in her chair beside q bra.
sier of burning charcoal; man drowning
| himself from wharf; a man blowing his
| brains out while sitting on n bed and q
man lying on the floor with a bottle ol
poison beside him. The subject matter
was brief, plthy paragraphs showing 9
devilish system of philosophy which ths
author had evolved.
On the wicker chair beside the bed lay 9
| fve-shooter, the cylinder cells all loaded
| also &c. 80 in silver coin, a box Of was
matches and some articles of clothing
with a letter addressed to him to the Citl
Of Mexico, care of the American Club; $45
| in San francisco drafts, also $50 in cur
rency. One Of the letters was from c. S
Harvey of Los Angeles, relative to delay.
| in the selling OF certain properties, anC
asking when the baron was coming to Cal
| ifornia.
In a grip belonging to the dead man wa.
| found a quarter pound bottle Of chlora
| hydrate one quarter of which had beer
| used, also an eighth OF an ounce bottl,
Of morphine, a good sized bottle OF chlori
| dine most powerful hypnotic, and ther,
were, moreover, packages OF hypodermi,
| syrlnges. small packages of morphine
| packages of whisky and a number o
| packages OF drugs Of various kinds. in
Guiding a bottle of lozenges of sulphur
| salt.
A letter was found from annie" a
| Riverside, evidently the wife of the de
| ceased IL was a rather pleaqauf iaftar