The sun., 1900-02-26
TRAGEDY At NEW YORK MOTEL.
Dentist Shoots His Friends
Wife and Himself at the
EndicOt.
OF MORPHINE FOUND
Murderer Was Assistant OF DIR. Z. r..
Hayes Had Recently Gone
From Chicago to New York to
Take Charge of Practice.
Husband Was Out.

New York, Feb. 25.-In her bedroom in
ths Hotel Endicott, Eighty-fourth street
and Columbus avenue, Mrs. Mamie
Hayes was murdered by DIR. Franklin l..
Caldwell. The woman was shot in the
head. Caldwell then shot and killed him
self.
Caldwell was employed as an assistant
by DR.. Ephrsim II. Hayes, husband Of
the dead woman. Three days ago Csld-
well ordered a solution of morphine,
which was delivered to him an hour be-
fore the shooting. After the man and
the woman were dead the bottle which
had contained the morphine was found on
table in a room with the bodies.
DR.. Hayes came from Chicago four
years ago to take charge of the dental
rooms of department store. He was
well known in Chicago, and when he
came to this city he left his place in
charge of DR.. Caldwell.
-Four or five weeks ago. when Hayes
opened an Office in the Hotel Endicott,
Caldwell was placed there as an assist
ant. The Hayes family occupied with
the Office set Of apartments on the
ground floor Of the hotel-eight rooms
leading directly off the main entrance of
the Eghtr-hrst street side. Besides
Hayes, Il nephew of DIR. Hayes, and a
colored maid named Eliza Williams lived
there. They all moved in at the same
time. Mrs. Hayes was 30 years old and
Dr.. Caldwell was tho same age.
Husband Was Out.
After having dinner in his apartment
DR.. Hayes stepped out to see William 0.
Luttmnn, who keeps the drug store on
J l.I ~ a. II ~. -
nephew, went out Mrs. Hayes directed
the coored servant 10 attend to work in
the kitchen, at the same time saying she
would change her dinner gown for
house dress.
Some little time after this-the col
ored girl couldn't say whether it was
five minutes or 20, although it must have
been close upon the latter time-the bell
of the Hat rang, and the colored girl
went through private hall to open the
door and admitted Ralph the nephew.
| who had returned Just as the DOR
was opened there came the sound Of
two pistol shots.
The boy Ralph and the colorcd Sclv-
ant could hardly realize that shots had
been fred. They stood for \ few sec
onds. Then Ralph ran into the hotel,
while the colored girl remained trem-
bling in the hail Two ilurc shots were
heard. Then the gifl, screaming from
fright, darted ont into ihe hotel. Half
a dozen men soon rctGrHed with Ralph
and entered the Hayas apartments. They
passed through SsyoTdl rooms before
theyb came to Mrs. Hayes bedroom.
There they came upon the result of the
shooting.
Mrs. Hayes had thrown off the dress
she Wore at dinner. She lay in nat
ural position on the bed and appeared
TO be sleeping, save for two ragged
wounds in her right temple from which
the blood flowed. The bullets had en-
tered her brain, and she must have died
in few seconds.
Beside the bed lay DIR. Caldwell. He
was dead, too, and there were two bull
let wounds in his head. He lay on his
side. His right hand still clutched re-
yolver, with the finger on the trigger,
showing he had died as the bullet en-
tered his head.
DIR. Hayes was found in the drug store
and hurried to the rooms. He was dis
tracted and talked wildly, and it was
feared for a time that he would have to
be restrained lie could not offer the
faintcst suggestion of a cause for the act
of Caldwell.
Excitement Among Guests.
Although the sounds of the shooting
could not be heard in the hotel, the news
CT the mude, spread quickly and caused
much excitement among the guests. The
Office was soon crowded with excited per-
sons, and many people collected in tn,
street.
The proprietor Of the hotel telephoned
to police headquarters, from which place
word was hurricdiy sent to tho Mes, Six.
ty-eighth street police station. Acting
Captain Frank Hear, with detectives ant
half a dozen patroimen, hulr led to thc
hotel. The rooms Were cleuSs,. and pa
tromen placed on guard outside ID koe,
t back those drawn to the scene by Gu
! riosity.
1 Captain Koar was ahlc to learn hut lii
/ tie. Dir. HAYES became calm and refused
to say anything. The coiored maid wa.
} so frightened that not a word could b,
Y had from her. But the captain learned
that DIR, Caldwell had ordered the NOR
, phinc solution few DAYS ago and fount
the messenger Who had delivered it IN th,
g evening. Then. ii His search Of the room
: in which the deed had been committed
he found the vial which still contAine,
' a portion Of its contents. He took charg
Of it. ....@
Nothing was found thnt gave any ids;
rs to the cause Of the shooting so far u
+ is known or ST. fer as any ona would say
4 Captain KCai was reticent. lie made hi
. examination, then locked NJ the room
: and waited for The arrival OF coroner.