The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-16
ENDS LIFE NEAR
DENNIS HOME.
S. 3. Presley, q Printer,
Commits Suicide.
POLICE TRY TO CONNECT TIE CASES.
BIoodstains on Garments Lead
to a Thorough Investigation,
Notes Left By Compositor
Indicate Dependency.

The immediate vicinity Of The scene OF
the murJeroue assault MADE upon Hrs.
Ada Gilbert pannis, a. her home, III
K Street northwest, last Tuesday morning
was the scene 5f a tragedy this morning.
| Samuel Crawford Presley. a comDosftOr,
| employed in the Government Printing
| Cfice. was found lying cold IN death, from
the effects Of inhaling gas with suicidal
intent. He inhaled the gas through the
tube that corrected a gas stove with the
| pipe, and when found. the end OF the tube
was lying under his chin.
| Possible Clue to Dennis Case.
The suicide occurring as it did at the
| 'Inglesi1e," 4 boarding house adjoining
| the Dennis residence. led the detectives
who We're detailed On the case, to suspect
/ that they ct last had a possible clue that
would lead to a solution Of the Dennis
| case. The boy who reported TO the police
that he had seen man coming down the
| steps from the Dennis house at an early
| hour last Tuesday morning. vas ImmedI1
| ately sent for 10 see II he could identify
| Presley as the person that he had seen
| Deputy Coroner Glazebrock viewed the
remains. ard after learning the circum-
| stances connected with the case. decided
an inquest was not necessary. he issued
| a certificate giving suicide as the cause
CT death. and turned the body over to the
! brother
Certificate of Death withdrawn.
Later bloodstains were found on the
| outside clothing CT Mr. Presley, which
caused Deputy Corener GIazebrook TO
/ withdraw the certificate of death he had
! issued, and neId the body. pending fur
/ ther iEvestfgatiGu- TIE garments we're
I taken 70 tLe CGlcs Of the United States
! District Attorney and a thorough exam
| ination TiIl he made The detectives are
/ also at work uEOn this phase Of the case,
] with Z view CT asCeEtaiuiEg its signii-
| csnee-
/ Key That Fitted 5IEs. Dennis Room
: key was found II P-esIeys room, this
! afternoon. that later was discovered to
/ open The front door OF Mrs Dennis home
The boy who saw man standing on the
J front door steps Of the Dennis house, the
/ night Of the tragedy, viewed PresIey's
bcdy this afternoon. and says it hears q
j strong resemblance 10 the man he saw.
Lett Note to His Brother.
| ca a table alongside Of the bed where
! Presley was found vas the following note
addressed 10 his brother:
! H. II Presley.
"6l5 Eighth Street \. E
Dear Henry: Have ny body cremated
and send ashes home: bury in family
j graveyard at New Hope.
Some say am crazy, but If an. I an
/ not sane now. never vas
alcohol Is the child Of misery, the
! mother Of crime
The letter was net signed. and was
written on scrap Of paper. The words
cray and sane were heavily UNDER
| scored to emphasize their meaning
! One Day Nearer Home.
On the table under the letter addressed
10 his brother was 2 larger piece Of pa
! per. on which Mr. Presley had roughly
pencfIed the following s1aDza CT the
/ hymn "One Day Nearer Heme":
.-O'er the hills the sun is setting
And the eve is drawing oa,
/ Slowly drops the gentle twilight
! For another day has gone
! Gone fer aye its race IS over
| Seen the darker shades W=II come.
| Still It's sweet to know ct evening
That we're enc day nearer home"
Mr. Presley was discovered at 6 O'Clock
| this morning. by his brother who had
| been sumnoned to the Inglss!ds,' after
Mr. Presley did Tot TcsDcnd to repeated
/ calls at the door Of his room to come 70
his breakfast.
| The brother ordered that the door Of
| the room be broken open, and On entering
| he found the somPasit0r Geld IN death,
| with the tube emitting gas near the chin
! "Abcut : O'Clock this morning I was
! awakened BY Presley making q disturb
/ ance III his loom. I concluded that he
/ was III, and went to his door and knock
ed I received no response I knocked
several times. Every tine I knocked the
| noise ceased, but was resumed again IN
| 4 few seconds.
u finally went down to the second
| floor and awakened Rupert Victory To
| gether We vent to PTCSIcy's room, but
could not gain an entrance I vas AFRAID
10 return to my room alone and had
| Victory turn in for the rest OF the night
| with ne When We arose at o'clock
there was still . noise IN PTeSley's room,
and we heard It again when We made a
| last attempt to call him for breakfast at
7:3O O'Clock.
Had Won on Stocks
The brother of afr. Presley told q Times
reporter that he had not seen his brother
since last Tuesday. The eonpositor. he
said. had won sone money on stocks, and
was apparently III the best Of spirits.
F. T Razey. personal friend of Mr.
Presley. stated that the printer had told
him that he was long on Manhattan,
and that If he won he would have plenty
of money to start in the new year with,
but that if he lost he would 90 TO the
| wall
Mr. Presley was thirty-nine years OF
ase. and came to Washington from Many,
Sabine Parish. Louisiana. Besides the
brother referred to, he leaves a mother,
Mr. A. E Presley, five sisters. and three
other brothers, all Of whom 1--we in the
South.
The funeral viii be held under the aus
| pices of the Century Lodge, Knights Of
Pythias after which the body viii be Gre
mated and the ashes sent to Louisiana
for inteFment. in accordance with the
wishes OF Mr., Presley