New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-26
KILLED HIMSELF IN A HOTEL.
MAN THOUGHT TO BE f. O. ALLEN ONE
SUPERINTENDENT OF THE OLD COLONY
RAILROAD. COMMITS SUICIDE AT
THE GRAND UNION.

RAILROAD, COMMITS SOlNiDH -
THE GRAND UNION.
A man who registered as F. @. Anare"S' 10
Rockand Mass on September y last ]" ''' Jan
Union Hotel. found dead IN oeu Ii. ~ w., ia
trdov With a bullet hole IN his right tempe "e
oa-sd n have been dead for several n'"'s'
Not much is known about tho man al 'ne ny
except that he had made the ho'e SUN
headouarters, and had gone downtown eVe's Nns
=, business He was quiet and had frequently
stayed AZ the hotel =. .~o,
The last seen OF the man was when ne e"','
,,s roorc on Sunday night on a bureau III tn7
rooro was an envelope containing note as io'-
lows.
Find ns IN small bag. Noufy Flora F. Allen
Txbridge. Mass. care OF y. A. b0SSc ALLEN
Cantain Delaney. who made an invesusauo"'
.h,rte that the man was the superintendent OF tho
GA Colony Railroad. Two newspaper clippings
found in his valise were from The Boston Hlooe'
One NJ them set forth that Elhridge r. Aheh "dS
sunerintendent Of the ola Colony Railroad prior .
It's consolidation with tho New-fork' New-haNen
ord hartford Railroad II also stated that he was
su,ng the latter road for so co. It appears from
This clipping that July !. 1893 President Clark OF
| the New.York New-Haven and Hartford road'
after the consolidation. offered $1,000 year to
Allen TO continue superintendent Ihat year
| President Clark and Allen went ~ Europe a year
ago Allen resigned and began suit FOR k+'"'' mat
| boinr the difference between what he received and
| tho 40 600 promised him The other clipping dealt
| with the same matters. II further stated that
| Allen alleged that he was entitled 10 the same
! salary as General Superintendent c. II. Platt OF
! the New-York New-Haven and Hartford Railroad
! Notwithstanding the suit II appears that Allen ana
! Clark were on the best Of terms.
| In the clothes of the man found n gold
! watch a gold chain and n Western Union telegraph
| frank.
! Among the property belonging 20 the dead man
and turned over to the Coroner were the following:
A silk umbrella black cheviot overcoat. silk lined;
two valises 800 81 in cash: a check dated August
| on the Bay State Trust Company OF Boston. Tor
| SIS r. signed by H. f. Barney OF No. $50 Boylston-
st Boston; gold watch and chain, a gold ring,
with garnet stone; pair Of gold eyeglasses, handker-
/ chief with the initials IF. O. A" and four baggage
| checks Of the Boston and Maine Railroad.
In a small compartment in the larger valise was
found badge OF the international Railway Confer
enc held in London Saturday, July o. $50.
Among the parers found a letter addressed to
merlv president Of the New-York, New Haven and
! Hartford Railroad Company accepting Aliens
resignation as superintendent OF Ine S't Oai{Lmy
| cere NJ r l. Dav & Co. No ! Broadway, New
| York. one OF these letters had been re-addressed
10 On book we're found two blank passes
| on the New York. New-Haven and Hartford Kali
| road and the other on the Boston ana Name zen,
| Hartford Railroad mileage book 40 rebate TICKETS,
| q checkbook the Bay State Trust Company, or
Boston; razor case containing i91r Tazors. TWO
Sides shirts cuffs and collars. receipted bills for
| pairs to the house at Nos rs and ~ columbus
| ave Boston: annual passes TO Keiths Theatre
several the railroads running out or BOs-
| ton and receipts. all made out to T. O. Allen