El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-02-15
NIB. FLAGLER'S POSITION.
Hs- Sill Claims That Baron Harden
Hickey did not Suicide.

AAS Oil OldlluS 1udU OhIOu 110A uCA
Hickey did not Suicide.
john II. Flseler, the multi-million-
aire Standard Oil maa nate arrived in
thi city on ye-terday' 3 Limited from
st. Louis. He was met at the depot by
Chief of Police Lockhart and Manager
Fisher of the Piersop, and there was
conference of over an hour among the
three in the room at the hotel where
the baron departed this life. ALI the
details were go e over for the benefit
of the visitor; it was explained to him
about the book on the Ethics of Suicide
being found on the chair, aud the var
led assortment of drugs discovered In
the grip with the paraphernAlia for
administering the came hyperdermical-
ly; also, how everything bad been re-
moved from the pockets OF the cloth
ing, letters destroyed, and such other
evidences as might tend TO suggest the
suicidal act. Then DR.. Gallagher was
sent for, and his version of the si'ua-
ton given.
The result was that Mr.. Flager an
nounced more emphatically than ever
his belief that his son.in-law. the
that death was due to an overdose
of choral hydrate. The heart OF the
deceased, he said was weak, he could
not stand high attitudes, and because
of consequent nervousness, resorted 70
the use of hypnotics, including chIorsl
hydrate. There was no reasonable ex-
cuse for the mans committing su1c de-
He WAS the oply son of q wealthy
mother living In San Francisco, he was
| the finding in his possession of $500 In
In drafts aud currency, and he
was en- route to California where
his wife was waiting to receive him.
The baron, Mr.. Flagler told reporters
who saw him, was running coffee
plantation down in the repu bic, but
| the altitude was too much for him,
md be could not stay there long. he
was q great schemer, but his projects
latives could not approve OF them or
extend substantial sympathy. This net
tied Baron Hickey. and this with bis
eccentr: cite. account for the express
sion used in the last letter to his wife
which found it's way into public print.
Moreover, this expression, which, by
the way, has been made SO much OF,
was but the result OFFS transient within
upon which 30 stress lie to he laid at
lations between Mr.. Flagler and his
son-in-law.
The distinguished visitor said Mrs.
| Harden Hickey was much prostr rated
| by the sad news, and was taking it
much to heart. She and her husband
were on the bes. terms, and like him.
self took no stock in the suicide the0-
ry. Mr.. Flaglr had not heard from
San Francisco, but 10 doubt the body
reached there all right, and would be
| inferred in he FL e S3O, 1000 mausoleum
Mrs. F. G. Hickey, the mother of the
deceased had erected there. The lat
ter bad but lately removed the re-
mains of her husband from France to
San Francisco for int ment in this
tomb. At $40 p. M, M. Flagler re-
sumed his journey to Riveraide where
the baroness and two children await
| him. He seemed much impressed With
the late barOn's Intellectual attain
ments, as lingnist and as an author,
and in this latter matter. Mr.. Flagler
declared that the Ethics of Suicide had
nothing to do with the ba-on's demise.
he, Mr.. Flagler, had read the book him
self, and laid no particular stress upon
it. 1t was the work of an eccentric
mind, rather than anything else.
Mr.. Flagler notwithstanding his en-
ormous wealth, is man evidently of
the people whom any body can easily
approach aud talk to. He dresses
plainly, assumes no airs, and appears
to be q very genial good fellow. he
certainly made an excellent impression