The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-06-25

tuliy 90 feet. The fall resiI1ted in In.
stant death, and within 15 minutes
as tse yosfy SoSy AAsS AAsS been identified as tfa'
He took dinner with some Of his
classmates and about o'clock Satur.
day night hurried to the Hyperion
theater, where he witnessed the even.
Ing performance. He spent quiet
hour in the hotel corridor and smok-
Ing room after the theater, and short
ly after midnight retired to his room,
to the hotel clerk that he
was sleepy and leaving call for
o'clock Sunday morning. He was not
seen again until his body came whirl-
ing through the air to Its destruction,
about two and half hours later.
There was solitary spectator 10
the terrible tragedy, q laborer on the
city streets. At the hour mentioned
the workman saw the form Of q man
falling through space. An instant
later there was a sickening thud and
the bod.Gay directly in front Of the
main hotel entrance. The horrified
laborer rushed to the spot and his
shouts brought others. The usual
crowd gathered. In It were several
belated Yale graduates. They bent
over the body. One Of them, Julian
Mason, a son OF the late Edward G.
Mason, OF Chicago, and classmate
Of young Hay, horror.stricken, identi-
fed the body.
BY this time the hotel clerk had
reached the scene and made the
identification complete.
Might Have Been Hunting Ring.
The body was clad in pajamas. On
the window sill of the room occupied
by young Hay was found a partly
consumed cigarette. On the floor
near the window was ring worn by
the victim. His clothing had been
neatly arranged and the bed clothes
were drawn back. The bed, however,
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 good
night smoke;" that he chose the
cool of the window, possibly dozed,
lost his balance and fell from the win
dow. The presence Of the ring on the
floor, however, gave rise to the fancy
that possibly while toying with the
ring. it dropped, and that in an effort
to recover 1t, the fall resulted. How
ever 1t happened, the known facts
seem to make it conclusive that ii
was all frightful accident.
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 harbor lies yacht, in
which. with a party of friends, he had
promised to Join in trip Wednesday
to New London for the Yale Harvard
boat races on Thursday. Sunday
morning a messenger carried to the
yacht 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 undertaken. An exam
ination Of the remains disclosed dis.
cOloration on the right forehead, q
confusion on the right arm and an
abrasion on the right leg. A 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 60 feet flight downward
the body escaped striking a balcony
one story below and crashed upon
the pavement with all the force of
momentum increased by the weight If
an American Of such physique as
young Hay.
Those members of the class of '9S
who are in town, after the examina-
ton by the coroner and physician, es-
corted the body from the undertaking
establishment to the private residence
Of Mr.. Seth Mosely, of the New Haven
house. Here it awaited the arrival of
the relatives.
Hadley Referred to Death.
In the college chapel, at the morn.
ing service, President Hadley, in ad-
dressing the members of the gradu-
ating class, referred to the death uf
young Hay as follows:
THE truths Of the scriptural text
and the value of the high ideals Of
manhood ere borne out by the un-.
timely death Of him whom we mourn
today. His life was not long, but he
understood Christian honor, and he
helped those about him to maintain it.
Had he lived longer he would have
helped many more"
In closing DR.. Hadley again referred
to Mr.. Hays death as follows:
'The deaths of several members of
the present class and of him of whom
we now think in mourning, makes
this day always impressive, the
more solemn, the more sacred"
By the irony Of fate, there had just
cone to young Hay one of those
golden opportunities that he had
seized upon gratefully and was about
to apply himself to 1t when his un-
toward end came. 1t had been the
proudest recollection Of John Hays
life that he had served Abraham Lin
coin as his assistant private secre-
tary. So It was to be the lot Of Adel.
bert Hay to serve William Mckinley
In like capacity. He had been Of
fered and had accepted the position
OF assistant secretary to the presi-