The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-06-28
NET A TERRIBLE DEATH.
Adelbert Stone Hay, Son of Secrc-
tary Of State Hay, Comes to
an Untimely End.
he FELL FROM A THIRD STORY WINDOW.
Attend the Triennial Of the Commence
msnt Of IIis Class, aud Was u 0uest Of
tho New Haven nouse. where the
Tragic Event Occurred.

inc New uhhSGu lhouees Vheho w
Tragic Event Occurred.
New Haven. Conn, June ai.-Adel-
bert Stone Hay. former consul of th@
United States at Pretoria, South AT.
RIGA, and eldest son of Secretary OF
State John Hay. fclI from a windov
in the third story Of the New Haven
house in this city, shortly before s:3o
o'clock yesterday morning. and was
instantly killed.
The dead man was q graduate oil
Yale, of the class OF '9s, and his death
occurred on the eve of the university
commencement which brought him
here Saturday aud III which, by virtue
Of his class Office, the young riGi
Mould have been one of the leaders.
Young Hay was II of the van
guard OF the academic class of Yale
es. lie had come to his old collegs
town as a member of his class trIen.
MIA commencement. and arrived early
to assist his colleagues on the com
mittee in preparing for the festivities
of commencement week in general
end for the class supper in particular.
He took dinner with some o. his class.
mates, and. at eight o'clock, hurried
TO the Hyperion thcatcr. where he
witnessed the evening performance.
lie spent a quiet hour in the hotel
corridor and smoking room after the
theater. and shortly after midnight
retired TO his room, remarking 10 the
hotel clerk that he was sleepy, and
leaving a call for nine o'clock in the
morning. he was not seen again UNI
ill his body came whirling through
the air to its destruction two and one
half hours later.
The hotel where the unfortunate
young man quartercd faces on Chapel
street. the principal t~horoughfare OF
the city, and is almost under the ave
OF the university which he proudly
claimed as his alma mater.
There was n solitary spectator 70
the terrible tragedy, n laborer on the
city streets. At the hour mentioned
the workman saw the form of a man
falling through space. An instant n
( ttl INC DotN lay dittiiN "a ltAit VA
the main hotel entrance. The horri-
fed laborer rushed TO the spot, and
his shouts brought others. The usual
crowd gathered. In il we're 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 n classmate
of young Hay. drew back and, horror.
stricken, cried:
MY God; it's Del Hay"
by this time the hotel clerk ,iai
reached the scene, and made the
Identification complete. The body
was clad in pajamas.
On the window sill of the room o.
cupied by young Hay was found 4
! partly-consumed cigarette. On the
floor near the window was a ring
worn by the victim was a ring
been neatly arranged and the bed
clothes were drawn back. The bed,
however, had not been occupied.
Here the mystery becomes intangi-
BILE. The popular theory seems to
have il that the young man, havIn,
prepared for bed, thought TO indulge
in a good night smoke" hat he
chose the cool of the window. The
presence Of the ring on the floor,
however. gave rise to the fancy that
possibly while toying with the ring. il
dropped, and that in an effort to re-
cover il, the fall resulted. However
IL happened, the known facts seem to
| ma Ike il conclusive that il was all q
frightful accident.
Young Hay. it was remarked. vas
in particularly good spirits and hal
planned with unusual enthusiasm 20
participate in many engagements
this week. In the harbor lies a yacht
in which in company of friends lie
had promised to join in a trip on
Wednesday to New London for the
Y~alc-IIarvard boat races on Thursday.
In the college chapel at the morn.
ing service President Hadley, in adj
dressing the members OF the gradual
ing class. referred to the death OF
young Hay as follows:
"Thc truths of ;hr Scriptural tcy,
, and the value Of high ideals of mar.
hood are borne out by the untimeiv
death Of him whom we mourn to-day
Ills life was not long. but he under
stood Christian honor, and he helped
these about him 10 maintain il. II
he had lived longer he would have
tclpcd many more
In closing DIR. lTadley again re-
ferrcd to Mr.. Hays death as follows
THE deaths of several members OF
the present class and of him whom w
arc now mourning. makes this dav
always impressive, the more solemn
the more sacred"