Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-06-24
FOUND. DEAD 3
Ade|beIt s. Hay Falls from
Window at
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new HAVEN HOUSE.
Was tho Brilliant Son Of
Secretary Of State

bert S. Hay, son Of Secretary Hay and
former consul to Pretoria was found
dead on the sidewalk outside the New
Haven house at 2.30 a. M, Sunday.
Hay retired to his room at l O'Clock
after spending the evening with
friends in apparent excellent spirits.
At 2.3O passer by noticed the body
Of prostrate man lying on the side
walk on the College street side Of the
hotel. The night clerk of the hotel
was Immediately summoned and rec
ognized the young man as the one who
registered as Adelbert S. Hay. There
was considerable excitement about the
hotel and large body Of students and
graduates who are here for the COM
mencement exercises, soon gathered.
A number of Hays former class
mates at Yale positively identified the
young man.
1t is believed that Hay became i'll
and went to the window for air by a
tit of dizziness and fell to the ground
below.
DR.. BARTLETT, the medical examiner
stated that the young man evidently
camesto bis death by, an accident.
The clothes in the bed had been turn.
ed shelving his intention to 60 to bed.
His clothes had been folded. On the
ledge of the window was found part.
ly burned cigarette. This discovery
leads to the belief that Hay had light
ed cigarette before retiring and
went to the window to smoke it,.
Whether he was seized with fit Of
dizziness or fell asleep on the window
ledge cannot be determined.
The manner of young Hays death,
it's victim and the fact that the tTag-
edy occurred on the very eve of Yale S
commencement in which the young
man by virtue OF his class office was to
have been a leader-these sad condi-
tions have cast an unmiStakble gloom
over the gladdest OF Yale seasons.
There was a solitary spectator to the
terrible tragedy, labJrer on the city
streets. At the hour mentioned the
workman Saw the form Of man fall
ing through space. An instant later
there VAS sickening thud and the
form lay prostrate directly in front OF
the main hotel entrance. The hori-
fed laborer rushed to the spot and his
shouts brought others. The usual
crowd gathered. In it were several
belated Yale graduates. They bent
over the body and one Of them, Julian
Mason OF Chicago, classmate Of
young Hay, drew back horror sticken
and exclaimed my God, it's Del
Hay"
New Haven, June 24.-Secretary Of
State Hay, who was summoned here
by the sudden death of his son, Adel
bert Hay, was reported to be muct
improved this morning after a night!
rest. He arose at 9 o'clock but re
mained at the residence Of Seth H
Moseley with his daughter, Miss Heller
Hay.
News has been received that Mrs
Hay cannot arrive from New Hamp
shire probably until late this after
noon. Mr.. Samuel Mather is expect
ed from Cleveland.
The body of Adelbert Hay will h'
taken 10 Cleveland although no funer
al arrangements have been made ant
they may not be completed until th'
arrival Of Mrs. Hay.
Amsterdam, June 24.-Kruger ha
cabled to America ordering a hand
some wreath for the funeral Of Adel
bert S. Hay, consul to Pretoria, VIII
fell to his death from window II
New Haven early Sunday morning.
New Haven, June 24.-The clas
Of '9S of which Adelbert Hay was
member met this morning in the Ly
ceum on Yale campus and passed re
solutions expressing deep regret a
the death of their classmate and con
veying their sincerest sympathy t.
bis parents. They also resolved tina
the base ball team Of 9S be disbanded
BY this action the class decides t
postpone, indefinitely the base bal
game between '97 and '98.
A committee consisting Of Bayn
Whitney, Julian $. Mason, Robert I
Garrison, j. W. Wardsworth, Jr., R
Reynolds Hit was appointed to cor
fer with the family as to funeral al
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