The sun., 1898-01-16
TOLD BY TWO POLICE SLIPS
THE SUICIDE OF MoRTTMER coz
Inns OF WASHING TON.


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ino' "oro tosotnor "ga'h IN tne oio cnop
nouse wnoro' years aeo' thoy met evory night
LOT uinher' anu, JUST Us IN the OLD times. thoy
.a'he" S'oi'' ihc s'ories urit1ou oacK eimostbo
,hc uaSsWhoh newspaper men lived In bohemia,
ocioro 'onh SouIrey met tho Deauuful Mtsa
hoNi' oho oo'ore Tue traue oec"ne an exaoting
tyrant' ihoy toid again the tales that had been
t,NulClohs "iohs i"rk row IN the days whom the
ireSs VIuo was composed OF newspaper men IN
S'oou VI pohce court lawyers ana rumscllerns
anu "1 last ono OF the younger OF them told this
story'
III Is the business OF newspapers to print the
news ana II Is only once In awhile that the
methods OF gathering 1t reach dignity OF In
tcrest which justncs putting It's narration In
place with the other matter the paper cells ita
readers Thorc nre ,i,nos ,yhon ,,,,o,,a.
going about the commonest routine case stum,
blos upon a fact. or series of facts, which NAV
DO OF uhusuai interest But they are not strictly
news and so in most cases thoy arc not told.
Tho a,,.,, Wv h"ao so :" s"o Uu ,epo, aos ss
ine STORY oeR"n' as many gooa one, ana
quarters telephoned to the Office. % T t. was rs.
eoi,.od ,hon, a n,'ioo,. ~ w ' .,, o ~ V
on o an evening In the late
police had found man, unconscious, lying
oh tne stoop Oh house IN Perry street. ana
had taken him to St. Vincent's Hospital. His
clothing was of flno quality and mako. but
he had no jewclry and no watch. and
there was nothing in his pockets by which
u" .o"'. oe iuon.,no'. me o'a reporter Mae
sent up 10 the hospitai TO see what he could ind
irb, h m
t,ut ,ho,, ,oro r,;.t.I.n =. -. ,,
ease c Gs rnnE mGls Th.
young doctors worked over tho man and pavo
him in i"c,ons w nnia 'no p, ',uh h anu sess s
reporter reached the hospital ho had recovered
sufficiently 10 be able to tell who be wos ana
Ills name was-well, Mortimer Collins is a.
sooa uai'o '.hu some1pins ~. ihe inc one ne
as ;bo ms fnninr nome & WAS IN W9snington, u ne
firm whose main place of business was In War
ren e street. n M ne %as an In chaTSe OF the Wasnng-
New YORK on business four days 6efore @ pSd and a.
nnss o VIM MIN enc M bnd ol ms had taken
before @ he had Sssn
n,n Iron, inc tl'he ne % t93x tnat glass OF ehsm,
bssn bbssne un isrrornsP tnS P3fe dabc l9nhd NM naa
Teca rec he S events @ OF ane rst Oh the spell oqt OF
IS Gst ne haf M sSSwi H m@Sor @ ae had hay
two two men l,a in saloon He could not tell whore
the saloon & was lie hnd sp mt or been robbed OF
Snout ~; ~ ESon. Al pots1n,i !ewe,ry, ihoIuaine
his watch had been stolen or sold. and nothing
WAS WAS ieit. re oeggeu inc oia reporter not 70
m plint ~ III! unins aoout tne case lie was 8oinQ
nS,, ne '1u' i ahI ~ "S%Iu aKo hew staft N
soorlely. Oniy ms trlehds would know aooue
Ene spree; ana i ~ u was mot PRINTED ne would
Gd h Tas n 5n s FOR the old
poo pSLcS sha.ion M ann ROt she aetectes 70 try ena
anu t @ neT nc gave CSilins rarIare' aho
sent MN uptowh IN cnarge OF polceman, who
saw saw, hlih ehter ,ne house Mners ne had saio nie
I oIretnGr,iniaW ived; AZ the ONCE ne reported
InaI M ,nere was nolhinR IN the story. Another
geporter r. @ @ had seen Soilins' ana nething OF nio
sopy T vas printeu IN any OF tne morning papers:
mates a ana then thought no more about It.
hree hlgnts lator the oid reporter was as.
~, 20 Ia a'e 3n nc haa 10 stay
~ n the once uhtl o:oo a. M. Ihen, Win one OF
uns, rme uu.eots; ne Tems 10 uoWnIoWn al'ngno
t restnurhnt thnt ,ioursneu Ior years IL the pase
nGnt n'i,d where u now trunks are sold; nc and the
me man from washington come IN and stagger
up n 20 'ne pa par: Ills MS neaHy M overcoat had giv9a
be Of tbT,e % ay phe ne face oaeK
were ttt m oiooasnot nna n ms hands nad oeen long
drink e ponre1 n e the a wbisksv VIE ray
ish eagerness. a glass fail: and swallowed Il a.
aa Ss ,sS S
what had happened p to Keep him at It'll the debauch.
Four oay later, III the afternoon just 6eforo
% , W.e 'bo aiT & Was , snurp anu anu Goia WIN
bpp n,pping iro1' % the oid rGporter was was hprryng
Inronkh Cannl street coming up from the river
~ ~ u prlsk pace; Wneh ne came Iace 10 race with
S9lihs 20, IN, from Washlngton; There was a dread.
hat was old and battered, his overcoat was gone.
u ,o se 5 a. tn m % Ctd satR & e1at ne wore was
III ppiu''onou ; up - Mo onih, vnI ih5' iem~ant ok