Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-06-26
A TERRIBLE DEATH.
Adelbert S. Fay Fey From a Hotel
Winiow at New Haven, CT.
rhe Father IL stricken with Grief
. aud IL Confined tn hts Bed-Hia
Condition. However. L. Not
Thought SERIOUS.

New Haven, CT, June 2+.-Adeibert
stone Hay, former consul of the
United States al Pretoria. South Az
RIGA. and eldest son OF Secretary OF
State John Hay. Tell from a window
in tae third story Of the New Haven
holSse. i'm 1his city, shortly before 900
o'clock sunday morning and was in
stontly killed. The dead man was
a graduate OF Yale, Of the class ot
| '9s, and his death occurred on tho
eve of the university commencement.
which brought him here Saturday.
and in which. 10y virtue of his class
office. the Young man would have
| been one OF the leaders.
Half a dozen physicians who were
hastily summoned were unable To do
anything and the body awaited IT'S
disposition at the order of the cor
oner's deputy. Medical Examiner
| Bartlett.
| Repeated efforts To locate Secretary
| Hay 10y wire were futile until tn.
early morning hours. when request
| from the father reached MIR. Seth
Mosely, the proprietor Of the hotel.
to take care OF the body until the
members OF the family could reach
town. Meanwhile the sensation oc-
cnsioned by the tragedy continued.
Every movement % Young Hav was
traced in an effort to nenetrate the
uncertainties OF RS awful taking
of.
IL was learned that the young man
on May 20 left Washington with his
mother and two sisters for Newburn,
| y. H.. the summer nome Of Secretary
| Hay. Last week he left New Hnmp-
shire for New York. where he spent
some days. He arrived in New Haven
saturday evening in time for dinner,
ana went Immediately To the New
| Haven house, where he was assigned
10 Room No ~, third floor front,
directly over the Chapel street en-
| trance to the hotel Office
There was IA solitary spectator TO
the terrible tragedy, n laborcr on the
| city streets. Al the hour mentioned
| the workman saw the form OF n man
falling through space. An instant
later the body lay directly in from OF
| the main hotel entrance. The hor-
| rihed labOrer rushed to the spot. and
his shouts brought others. The usual
crowd gathered. In IL were several
|
over the body. One of them. Julian
Mason, son of the late Edward G..
Mason, OF Chicago and "A classmnte
of young Hay, drew back. and. bor.
ror stricken. cried: "Mv 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 pm jama4.
M. q
cupied 10y young Hay was found "A
| partly consumed cigarette. On the
floor near the window was a ring
] worn by the victim. lIs clothing
had been neatly arranged and tho
| bed clothes were drawn blck. The
bed. however, had not been occupied.
| Here the mystery becomes intangible
| The popular theory seems 10 have i.
that the young man. having prepared
for bed, thought to indulge il,
goodnight smoke" that he choose
the cool Of the window, possibly
| dozed lost his balance and fell from
| the window. The presence of the
| ring on the floor. however. rave rise
TO the fancy that possibly while toy
ing with the ring. IL dropped, and
that in an effort 10 recover IL. tho
| fall resulted. However IT, hnppened.
the known facts make IL conclusive
that il was all frightful accident.
New Haven, c., June "l.--HDn John
Hay. secretary ~ State. worn out
| by the trip Of nearly niIe hours from
| Washington. 10 New Haven. and near
| ~ Frustrated by grief at The untiilelV
end OF his oldest son. Adelbert s.
| Hay, here sunday morning. reached
| this city at 5:4J o'clock Sunday even
ing. He Was accompanied by his sec
| rotary, Mr.. Whitney. and was met at
the station by II. J.. McDufy. ct New
York city. and Mr.. Charles Made. Of
Cleveland. o. Cot. Hay gav,. evidence
OF eNereme fatigue. ami .he mental
agony incident upon his great mic
ton was Enthusiastically written on
his TEXTURES.
The secretary. with his party. inn
mcdiately entered q carriage and was
driven in great haste to the residences
Of Mr.. Seth Mosely, JG Wall street.
In the drawing room Of the house
| rcposed the remains ~ his dead son.
Ia the presence Of the beloved dead
Col. Hay utterly collapsed, and, pros
trated by His great GRIEF. took 20 his
he'd DR.. Samuel d. Gilbert WIS sum-
m"nrd and administered 10 the pa
| ticnt.
LATE Sunday night DR.. Gilbert. who
Is az the bedside Of the secretary,
announced Chat the condition Of COL
Hay Is not serious, adding that he
- simply overwhelmed with grief.
and that the prOstration viii dis
| appear after sufficient rest
Princess Cbimsy Pays tn.
London. june - The Princess
| Chimay. with EivO. her UvDs. bu.-