Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-24
sails From a Third Story Window
in New Haven.
HIS FATHER FRUSTRATED.
Tbe Young Man Was 20 Have Been
Assistant private Secretary 10
President iickiniey.

.,oo and eldest son Of Secy. Of State
I,bn Hay, fell from a window in
,bp third story Of the New Haven
house in this city shortly before $50
o'clock this morning and was instantly
Killed.
The dead man was graduate OF
vale of the class of 1898 and his death
occurred on the evening Of the uni
yerslty commencement which brought
him here yesterday, and in which. by
,true Of his class Office, the young
man would have been one of the lead
ers The terrible tragedy has cast
sloom over the whole city and VIII
undoubtedly be felt throughout the
aav which heretofore has been 80
brilliant and full of happiness for Yale
and her sons.
The full details OF the terrible acci-
dent will never be known. MI Hay
had rooms at the New Haven house
Cor commencement week. 1t is general
" supposed, however that after going
"a his room he went to the window
for air and sitting on the sill he dozed
o6 and overbalancing, fell to the pave
mont below. a fall of fully sixty feet,
frhe faI resulted in instant death, and
Within fifteen minutes the body had
been identified as that Of young Hay
Repeated efforts to locate Secy. Hay
nv wire were futile until the early
morning hours, when q request from
The father reached Seth Moseley, the
nroprietor of the hotel, TO take care
Of the body until the members OF the
family could reach town.
He spent quiet hour in the hotel
corridor and smoking-room after the
theoter and shortly after midnight re-
tired 10 his room, remarking to the
hotel clerk that he was sleepy, ana
leaving n call for 8 o'clock this morn
ing. He was not seen again until ms
body came whirling through the air TO
us destruction two and a half hours
later. The hotel where the unfortun-
ate young man was quartered races
on Chapel street, the principal thor
oughfare of the city, and Is almost UNI
der the caves OF the university whlch
Ne proudly claimed as his alma mater
There was a solitary spectator TO the
terrible tragedy, a laborer on the city
streets At the hour mentioned the
workman saw the form of man fall
ing through space. An instant later the
bodv Law directly in front of the main
hotal entrance The terrified laborer
ruehed TO the spot, and his shouts
hronsht out others. The usual crowd
,athered In il were several belated
ysle graduates. They bent over the
body One OF them, Julian Mason, OF
Chicago a classmate of young Hay,
drew back and horror stricken cried;
'Nly God, it's Del Hay" BY this time
the hotel clerk had reached the scene
and made the identification complete.
The body was clad In pajamas.
An examination Of the remains dis
closed a dlscooratlon on the right fore
head, a confusion on the right arm and
an abrasion on the right leg A PLAN
ring worn on the right hand was bent
and cut No bones were broken and
there were no external fractures OF the
skull In the sixty feet right down.
ward the body escaped striking ball
cony one story below and crashed upon
the pavement with all the force Of a
momentum increased by the weight OF
a man Of such large proportions as
young Hay,
Those members of the class Of 9S who
are In town, after the examination OF
the coroner's physician, escorted the
body from the undertaking establish
ment to the private residence of Seth
Moseley, Of the New Haven house. Here
Il awaited the arrival of the relatives
In the college chapel at the morning
service President Hadley, in address
Ing the members Of the graduating
class referred 10 the death OF young
Hay as follows. 1.-THE truths Of the
scrptural text Of the value OF high
ideals Of manhood are borne out by the
untlmely death Of him whom we mourn
today. His life was not long, but he un-
derstood Christian honor and helped
those about him to maintain II, II he
had lived longer he would have helped
many more"
In closing DR.. Hadley again referred
70 Mr.. Hays death ps follows. THE
deaths Of several members OF the pres
ent class ard Of him whom we are now
mourning makes this day, always i'm
nressve, the more solemn, the more
sacred"
Later, 10 reporter NJ the Associated
Press, DR. Hadley said II knew Mr.
Hay well while he was IN college.
valued him as a friend. / have been
proud " his career"
SECY. HAY ADVISED.
Washington, June 23.-Secy, Hay
learned OF the death Of his son, Abel
bert within an hour and half OF the
tragedy, through Secy. Cortelyou
Who had been notified on the long-dis'
lance telephone about 3 o'clock in The
morning by Proprietor Moseley OF tht
New Haven house. Secy Cortelyou
fastened at once to the residence OF
secy Hay and communicated th'
sad news as gently as possible. The
secretary appeared for the moment tC
be completely crushed. but rallied anc
set calmly about preparing for his de
partuie for New Haven at the earliest
M0iaent.
As sJon as the President learned the
news he dispatched a telegram to th'
chiet Of his cabinet TO overtake him II
ms journey northward. expressing IT
the kindly and sympathetic Language
which characterizes the Presidents
communications In such cases, the deer
sorrow he felt for the bereaved fam
NY. Secy. Hays colleagues In th'
'''NN lNliVNtl lulN bha 49,
u personal letter OF sympathy and con
dolence The cabinet officers viii at
TEND the funeral Of Adelbert Hay. Near
" al officials In Washington left cards
OF sympathy at the Hay residence dur
Ing the day
Y had been the proudest recollection
on John Hays life that he had served
Aoraf6m Lincoln as his assistant. s.
" was TO the lot " Adelbert Hay e
serve William Mckinley in a like ca
paciY lie had been offered and hat
H'ccptei the position Of assistant sec
,eiarE 70 the President, a place nov
heia by Maj. Puden. The latter aftel
many years service at tho White
mouse. has been made a paymaster u
IN, United Stats army He was unde
orders TO report 10 the paymaster- gen
Ial January lst next. when Mr.. Hal
was 70 have succeeded him.
While his death Is severe shocl
70 his friends here. those who knew
young Mr.. Hay intimately from hi