The evening times., 1901-11-25
COL. 4. D. ANDERSON
DIES IN THE RIVER.
HIS BODY FOUND THIS MORNING.
Washed Ashore at Mount Vernon
RoCI1-FiiIed Pockets Give EvI-
Gence That He Committed
Suicide.

Col Alexander D. Anderson carried
cut his determination 20 end his life As
he had stated he intended to do. he sought
AID found relief from pain IN the waters
! Of the Potomac His body vas dIscov-
/ cred shortly after II O'Clock this morn
! ing floating in the river about 4 quarter
I Of mile below Mount Vernon IN the
( pockets Of his clothing were found
/ number Of stones. evidently placed there
I 10 weigh the body down and make drown
{ ing certain.
Three fishermen we're out i their sIiF
this morning and saw the body Of d man
{ floating in the water. They roEed up
10 It and. attaching a rope. towed it to
! the shore. Then they notified Captain
/ Dodge, the superintendent Il the Mount
/ vernon grounds. and T. S Wright, mag
istTate Of Mount Vernon township acting
i.as coroner. viewed the remains He de
cided that there vas no doubt that the
man had committed suicide. There were
no marks OF violence.
Captain Boardnan- Chief CT Detectives.
who h2s been searching fer Colonel An
dsrson since Sunday mc-ning- was not;-
the river 20 bring back the remains.
II viii return about I o'clock this after
noon.
Identification OF the bCdy as that Of
Colonel Anderson vas made complete by
the discovery OF 4 purse in one OF his
pockets containing a card bearing his
name. Nothing else save a lead pencil
and the stones were found uro on his per
son.
About Il o'clock yesterday Colonel An
derson entered the Mount Vernon groupIs
by crawling through the fer2e near he
electric railroad termiEus- He approach
ed Christian Stout. az em2loye. and asked
TO be directed TO the river. The workman
showed him the way. and q short time af-
terward Colonel Anderson appeared a.
The back gate & the grounds and asked
a similar question of Thomas Quander.
another empIoye Quander directed him
to the ferry landing, a short distance be-
low Mount Vernon His appearance did
not denote anything unusual or any men
tai arrangement Nothing was thought of
the occurrence until the body was bro1ght
out of the water. The worknen then rec
ognizCd it rs that Of the man who had
made enquiry Of them the day before.
For more than a year Colonel Anderson
had been sufferer from q severe case
OF stomach trouble. Upon several occa-
sions he rema rked that If he did not soon
obtain relief he would ''end il ALL Prior
to his Illness he pracueed law in this
city, having Offices at 14ZO New York Ave
nue northwest At one time he held many
positions of trust under the Government,
and III 1883 was among those who planned
the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
Saturday night Colonel Anderson slept
but little. if at all It " known that
he was suffering from temporary mental
arrangement. brought OF by severe pain.
About ) o'clock yesterday morning he left
his residence, leaving note to the effect
that he had deter-aiDed to seek much
needed rest and reiief from pain in the
waters Of the Potomac The general
tenor of the note led his family TO sup
pose that he had committed suicide At
noon yesterday the police were notified
Of his disappearance.