The San Francisco call., 1898-02-12
HICKEY'S BODY IS SENT HERE Remains of the Suicide to Be Inferred by His
 Mother. Father = in Law Flagler In- quired by Wire as to
 the Funeral.
Romantic Career of the Baron" and Trinidad Prince Which Began
 in San Francisco.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

FL PASO, Feb. 11.-In accordance
 with directions from the baroness, the
 body of Baron Harden Hickey, who
 committed suicide here yesterday, will
 be conveyed to San Francisco to-mor- row and turned over to his mother.
 Mrs. E. c. Hickey. A dispatch from Pana, H., from J. H. Flagler, father in-law of the deceased, who is en route to St Louis, inquired what disposition had been made of the body. The eff fects of the late baron were sent to the baroness at Riverside to-day.
 Physicians who examined the body
 agree that the baron killed himself with chloral hydrate. He was at the
 Pierson Hotel in this city for several
 days without limiting to any one his identity Among the effects were sev-
 eral letters from his wife. in which she
 repeatedly urged him to give up your
 beastly chloral habit"
 Among the telegrams received to-day
 was the following to the proprietor of the Pierson Hotel: Telegraph me, at my expense, in full, care Planters Ho- is yet made with the remains of Baron Hickey J. H. FLAGLER."
 The Baron's effects were shipped to- day to his wife at Riverside.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 11.-Comte J. de la Boissiere, who has offices in this city was chancellor of the principality of Trinidad when the late Baron James A. Harden Hickey founded his kingdom there. M. de la Boissiere has in his possession the manuscript of a work re- gently completed by the baron, and which is entitled Soul Love-" M. de la Boissiere characterizes the book as "a theoretical romance treating of platonic and non-platonic love-" An edition of the book will shortly be brought out in Paris.
 M de la Boissiere is the guardian of the baron's two children by his first wife, the Countess de Saint Pery. The girl, who is about 16 years old. is now completing her education at the Con- vent of the Sacred Heart in Paris. The boy, about IS years old, is manager of the baron's extensive ranch in Mexico.
 Baron Harden Hickey, the remark able adventurer, who ended his life at Fl Paso by poiscn on Friday, was a na- tive of San Francisco. His father was in mining in this State in the early days of California, and he amassed a considerable fortune liar den Hickey was born in this city, and when he was quite a small lad his pa rents went to France, after disposing of most of their interests here. The main object of the trip to the Continent was to give their son the educational facilities that were not to be found in this State at that time. There the young man was close student in sev- eral of the best colleges, and he was graduated with most brilliant honors.
 Soon afterward he married an excel lent and beautiful French lady. Then his father died and soon afterward his wife's death occurred. He came to America styled as a "baron," and he was the lion of New York for a time He wrote for the magazines and his brilliant style and deep knowledge of the subjects of his essays made him the literary hero of the day. About six years ago he married Miss Anna Flag Ter, a daughter of the Standard Oil magnate. Life with his second wife was not all sunshine, and separation 
 Hickey was fond of adventure. In his college days in Paris and in Leipsic he was continually fighting duels and he was always figuring in some esca- oade. Soon after his second marriage ne organized a company that had for | ts object the seizure of the island of | Trinidad and the organization of an in ependentskingdom there, of which he | was to be the ruler. The island was a | part of the republic of Brazil, and the | seizure was made without any objec- | ions on the part of the Brazilians, but | he English Government objected and | Hickey and his followers were driven | Lway from their little island kingdom. put not before the organizer of the | had been given the title of | Prince of Trinidad.