Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-06-24

| work which he had omitted to mention at
| their interview.
How the Tragedy Occurred.
| Adelbert s. Hay, the eldest son OF John
| Hay. the Secretary of State. was found
| dead in front of the New Haven House,
New Haven, Conn, yesterday morning.
He had accidentally fallen from his room
| window, which was about sixty feet from
| the ground
The full details of the shocking accident
| VIII never be known. Mr.. Hay had rooms
! ment week. 1t is generally supposed, how
| ever, that after going to his room he went
! to- the window for air, and, sitting on the
Sill, he doZed off, and, overba ancinS, fell
| to the pavement below. The fall resulted
| IN instant death, and at 2:30 am, within
hfteen minutes of the accident, the body
| How 1t all happened Immediately became a
| matter of speculation on the part of the
throng of curious spectators who gathered,
and subject Of mournful inquiry for the
classmates and friends of the young man.
Half dozen physicians who were hastily
summoned were unable to do anything and
the body awaited its disposition at the or
ders OF the coroners deputy Medical Ex-
aminer Bartlett. That official pronounced
1t case of accidental death, and reported
| to his superior Coroner Mix. The body
was removed as soon possible to the
rooms of a nearby undertaken. where 1t
awaited instructions from the family. Re
peated efforts to locate Secretary Hay by
wire were futile until the early morning
hours, when a request from the father
reached Mr. Seth Mosely the proprietor of
the hotel, to care for the body until the
members of the family could reach town.
Tragedy Caused a Sensation.
Meantime the sensation occasioned by
| the tragedy continued. Every movement
| of young Hay was traced in an effort to
penetrate the uncertainties of the awful
affair. 1t was learned that the young man
| on May % left Washington with his moth
er and two sisters for Newberry N H,
| the summer home of Secretary Hay. Last
week he left New Hampshire for New
York, where he spent some days He ar
rived at New Haven last evening in time
for dinner, and went Immediately to the
New Haven House, where he was assigned
to room Al, third floor. front, directly over
| the Chapel street entrance to the hotel
office.
Young Hay was one of the vanguard Of
the academic class of Yale '9S He had
come to his old college town as a member
OF his class triennial committee, and ar
rived early to assist his colleagues on the
committee in preparing for the festivities
OF commencement week in general and for
the class supper in particular. He took
dinner with some of his classmates and
at O'Clock hurried to the Hyperion Thea
ter, where he witnessed the evening per-
formance He spent a quiet hour in the
hotel corridor and smoking room after the
theater, and shortly after midnight re-
tired to his room, remarking to the hotel
clerk that he was sleepy and leaving
call for o'clock this morning. He was
not seen again until his body came whirl-
Ing through the air to its destruction two
and half hours later. The hotel where
the unfortunate young man was a guest
faces on Chapel street, the principal thor
oughfare of the city, and is almost under
the caves of the university which he
proudly claimed as his alma mater.
Witness to the Accident.
here was a solitary spectator to the ter
ribIe tragedy, a laborer on the city streets.
At the hour mentioned the workman saw
the form Of man falling through space
an instant later there was a sickening
thud and the body lay directly In front of
the main hotel entrance The Mortified
laborer rushed to the spot and his shouts
brought others. The usual crowd gathered
In it We're several belated Yale graduates.
They bent over the body. One of them,
Julian Mason, son of the late Edward G.
Mason Of Chicago, and a classmate of
young Hay. drew back and, horror-strick-
en-, cried:
my God. it's Del Hayr'
By this time the hotel clerk had reached
tie scene and made the Identification COM
plete.
The body was clad in pajamas On the
window sill Of the room occupied by young
Hay was found partly consumed cigar
cite. On the hoor, near the window, was
a ring worn by the victim. His clothing
had been neatly arranged and the bed
clothes were drawn back. The bed, how
ever, had not been occupied Here the
mystery becomes intangible. The popular
theory seems to have it that the young
man, having prepared for bed thought to
Indulge In goodnight smoke;' that he
chose the cool Of the window possibly
dozed, lost his balance and fell from the
window. The presence of the ring on the
moor however, gave rise to the fancy that
dropped and that in an effort to recover
it, the fall resulted However it happened.
the known facts seem to make 1t conclu-
siVe that 1t was all frightful accident
Was in Good Spirits.
Young Hay, it was remarked was in
particularly good spirits, and had planned
with unusual enthusiasm to participate In
many engagements this week In the har-
Dor lies yacht, in which, with a party OF
his friends. he had promised to Join in a
trip on Wednesday to New London for the
aa!e-Harvard boat races on Thursday,
rms morning a messenger carried to the
yacA.t the news Of the tragic end of the
unfortunate young man.
sunrise OF commencement week Sunday
FOUND the dead body in the rooms of an un-
asaai aertaker An examination Of the remains
disclosed d1scoloration on the right fore
head, confusion on the right arm and an
abrasion on the right leg. plain ring.
worn on the right hand, was bent and cut
No bones were broken, and there was no
external fracture Of the skull. In the sixty
feet flight downward the body escaped
striking balcony one story below and
crashed upon the pavement with all the
force OF momentum increased by the
weight OF man Of such large physique as
young Hay.
Those members Of the class Of 'as who
are in town, after the examination by the
coroners physician. escorted the body from
the undertaking establishment to the prt-
vate residence of Mr.. Seth Mosely of the
New Haven House. Here is awaited the
arrival of the relatives.
President HadIey's Tribute.
In the college chapel at the morning serv-
Ice President Hadley, In addressing the
members OF the graduating class, referred
to the death of young Hay as follows: 1.-The
truths of the scriptural text and the value
Of high ideals of manhood are borne out by
the untimely death Of him whom we mourn
today. His life was not long. but he under
stood Christian honor. and he helped those
about him to maintain it. If he had lived
longer he would have helped many more"
In closing. DR.. Hadley again referred to