Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-09-26

Suicide Follows tt'nmUt to Wreck
Building In Washington.
PROPRIETOR AND WIFE HURT
NOHng Man In Love with the Hotel
keepers pau htcr Is Accused.
Killed Himself In Room
OF the Hotel.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2j.-lhe Golden
itntle hotel. ON the corner Of New Ipr-
, ,rv avenue nUd u street. WAS dynamite
ed early in the morning. Frank Me,
Ike. II Of the guests. who %>ii>~e-
uuently committed suicide. is accused
of causing the explosion. Between
twenty and thirty guests We're thrown
from their beds by the explosion. but
only the proprietor. Louis Brandt. ana
his wife were injured. the latter serl-
ously.
The roof of the building was blown
off. and the falling w~rcckage crashed
through to the basement. leaving the
structure as if wrecked Ivy Il tornado.
Every pane of glass in tie building and
the adjoining structures was broken.
TIL" explosion called out the fire de-
p%artnleht.
The affair is involved n some mys-
terry. The proprietor gave a banquet
in the evening Ia honor of his wife,
who had just returned from Germany.
Mckle Aad boarded at the hotel four
years and had been treated as Il mem
Der of the Brandt family, which in
cludes a daughter. Sophie, with whom
McKie is said to have been in love.
though Brandt denies that there was
any understanding between the two.
Mckee Wa. About to Leave.
McKie remarked early in the wen
Ing that he was going to wait until
sophie returned from Germany with
hei mother and then WAS going to his
oid uomt in Philadelphia. Mrs. Brandt
ATT hpr daughter returned about y
o ciuch ut night. The attempt 1T
who. Sitl, murder followed early in
tilr IN ,rninG.
Mrltie. with a pistol in his hand.
WAS seen 10y an entplDyee of II lunch
r.. N opposite the hotel just before the
When the explosion occur
red, IL slight blaze -prang from the
de- 1riS. but II was quickly eXtinguiShtd
10y the tirrmen.
Brandt and his wife were rescued
before amy of the thirty guests of the
establishment had rearlrd the part Of
the building in which Mckie's room
WAS located Mrl[ie. with revolver
clutched in his hand. was found lying
on the floor with his head in a pool of
blood. \ bullet hole near the right ear
had caused instant death.
Brandt was bruised about the body
and shaken up badly and received a
evrrt cut on the left leg. Mrs. Brandt
bruises about the body and
a cut hand.
Dynamite In Mcl<ie's Trunk.
When the wrecked building was
searched. enough dynamite was found
in Mckie's trunk to wreck ii block of
buildings. There We're six whole sticks
and parts of two or three broken
together with Il box of caps and
4 quantity of wire for long distance
explosion. He had had at least nine !
sticks of dynamite in his possession.
Mcllie was about twenty-eight years
Old. He WAS formerly of Philadelphia
md had relatives in Chicago. His
brother. Harry Mckie. was killed in
chicago last year, according to Il tcle-
gram found in the dead mans room.
McKie was Il machiniSt in the navy
yard here, but resigned on inheriting
upward of 100000 about four years
lgo. This mount he is said to have
OF the races. and his act is ac-
.redited by some to this loss. Detec-
ives are Investigating the case.
The police believe that MrKip
thought the explosion would also kill
lim and that when it had not injured
him he shot himself.