The Sunday globe., 1901-07-14
ADELBERT S. HAY
Drunk When He Fell from the
Hotel window.
LAST GLASS WITH AN ACTRESS
The AhstuCraCy Of England Responsible for
His Death-Tho DsbaucheU Of that Titled
Glass Coruptlng American SOCletY-Ths
AImlghys Hand is Seen-The Brave Beers
are Still AfisId and the SecretaU's Sen Dead

are still Afield and the Secretary Sen Dead
Reference was made last week to the
alleged fact by a Chicago anti-liquor
neriodical. that the late Adelbert Hay,
son of the Secretary Of State, and e1-
consul to Pretoria, was drunk Whsn
he fell from the window of his hotel
in New Haven, Conn, where he was
temporarily stopping to participate IN
some Yale University meeting, Mr.. hay
being a graduate Of that famous insti-
tute of polite learning. The CORE
spondent Of the sheet in question, writ
ing from New Haven, says
"The death here on last Sunday
morning of a son of a member OF MI
McKiHley's cabinet, is another COM
ment upon the well-known attitude OF
the faculty Of Yale University toward
the Huuor selling saloons and hotels
tnat have brought ruin to the careers
of so many students OF this great insu-
tuition of learning. In spite or the
frantic efforts Of the press to prove
Gated and the ingenious theories con
trived to explain the fall that caused
his death. wellknown facts lead to the
belief that had he not indulged in the
use of intoxicating drink during the
evening preceding his death he would
not have met the untimely fate which
befell him. -,
"Of course these facts, have been
carefullv concealed from the general
pupnc. and the newspaper reports sent
ont from here insist that the young
man was not intoxicated when ne re-
tired TO his room at a late hour on
saturday night Indeed, their extreme
anxiety to convince the public OF thls
is i'm itself alone almost suspicious
~, the same time, they confess that he
had been drinking during the evening"
A fact that was far too well known 10
be denied" ,..,
"Del" Hay. as his classmates loved
IN call him. and among whom he was
exceedingly popular, was fine type
of intellectual American MANHOOD
physically and mentally he had put
few superiors. and until his untortu'
nate aypointment as consul to pretoria
he was all that a genuine and patrloAc
American ought to have been, despite
the pro-British example set MN Dy ms
father. But the Sunday Globe, haNlnR
both knowledge and experience or the
rnetbods praotised by the British arls-
tocracv to seduce and degrade unWary
Americans. felt that from the moment
Mr. HAY travelled in their company ne
would inevitably become, like otners
Of his class innoculated with the virus
Of ..'r vices and debaucherles ana
that. however strong and selt-rellant
he might originally have been, the enu
would find him polite drunkard ana
a determined debauchee. There is no
escape for any American Of generous
and unsuspecting nature whe mlnSles
with and goes the pace set by ENG
lands hereditary libertines and drunk
ards. Mr. Hay was flattered by the
designing attentions bestowed upon
him I'm England, and he went to South
Africa a pro-Britton, like his father
The Beers treated him with respect
because of the great nation he repre-
sented, but did they have the power
and the prestige of an independent ma
tion. such as even they held previous
to the war waged on them by Eng
land. Mr. Hay would have speedily
found himself persona non grata. Re
turning home by way of England, the
debauched aristocracy again entertain
ed fattered and feted him. las recent
death was mourned by the press Of
that country as a national (English)
calamity
Mr.. Hay returned to the United
States. and the virus with which ne
was innoculated soon manifested itself
Here is a description of his last and
fatal spree:
"A certain vaudeville actress de-
scribes how the young man came upon
the stage after her performance on
Saturday evening and invited her to
have supper with him, but, inasnuch
as she was about to take the boat for
New York she invited him to accom-
pany her to New York, and have sup
per upon the way This he declined
to do. but went on board the boat with
her, and, according to her statement,
drank champagne with her until the
boat was ready to go,
People who were upon the dock
when the steamer sailed, tell a story
which they have not been asked to tell
in public. or to repeat for the newsPa-
pers. There ii is learned from care
full investigation, confirmed by the
Statements Ol lOuI tNt-M llllahHtns llldb
wnen the young man was somewhat
unceremoniously helped OF from The
steamer after having protested in the
most lordly manner against its start.
ing before he was ready to leave his
fair companion, he was in an intoxi-
Gated condition. The vaudeville actress
in question ran to the guards, a glass
in one hand and a bottle in the other
and handed him another glass Of
champagne before the boat pulled
away.
or course, whether this state Of af
fairs had anything to do with the
death Of the young man few hours
later it is impossible to say, but when
man falls out Of a window, and his
friends admit that he has been drink.
ing in several saloons as well as open
ing bottles with an actress a few hours
before, a suspicion is naturally created
In spite Of the attitude OF the col.
lege authorities and OF the daily pa.
pers, the general public in New Ha.
ven believes that the young diplomat
met his death because he was in plain
English, drunk"
And thus died a young man Of more
than ordinary promise, the victim OF
England's debauched aristocracy Just
as truly as though they actually threw