New-York tribune., 1903-03-23
TEXAS MINING MAN FOUND DEAD
Coroner Believes Financial Losses and Fail
ure of Deals Led to Suicide.

John J. Reilly. ifty-hye years old guest at the
Grand Union Hotel was found dead IN bed yester-
day. DR.. Frink, of Bellevue Hospital who an
sWered ambulance call, gave it as his opinion
that death had been due 10 hemoFrhase OF the
hraiG, but later developments gave an appearance
ef suicide to this In Coroner Schelsrs opn-
ION Reilly vent to the hotel on March g. regis
terng as coming from FL Paso, Tex. He said he
vas q mining assayeF and engineer and that at the
end of this week he going to England on a
mining deal He said he had two sisters In this
city.
Twenty years ago" he said to Harrgan, the
house detective, Il was III your business and hg-
uFed in a great plate glass robbery From TINS
the detective got the impression that Kelly hdd
once been OF the police force here.
Coroner Scholer found the bed one ounce
vial, in which was morphine, and number
of papers relating to mining deals. showing that
Reilly was in financial difficulties In "a letter an-
dressed to his wife he said he was much disheart-
ered, that he had lost considerable money In MIN
ing operations, and felt worried i'll consequence
Among the papers also telegram signed by
two men, dated FL Paso. in which claim was
made against Reilly. and urging an immediate set
tlement.
The coroner reported to the police of the East
Thirty -hfth-st. station that he believed Reilly had
committed suicide,
Coroner scholer said later that the last Of
Reilly was on Friday, when he was taken to the
hotel by a man named Higgins. Reilly had evident
ly been drinking. When he did not make his ap-
pearance yesterday the door of his forced.
and he found dead on the bed. fully dressed,
ard with blood oozing from his mouth.
Coroner Scholer said that Reilly was a repre-
sentative of the Copper River Mining Company.
with New-York offices at No. I Wall-st. Among the
correspondence Uttered about the room was tele~
gram and letter. both signed IVY. ". Wander
b.lt." The letter was written on letterhead bear
ing the name of the Copper River Mining Company.
Both addressed to Reilly at FL PasO. Tex.
The letter said the writer would receive with
pleasure the remittance promised to adjust their
differences and the telegram simply informed
Reilly that Vanderbilt at No. Z Wall-st.
number Of telegrams had passed between Reilly
and P. E. Ryan and T. A Kelly with reference
to mining DEAL and Coroner Schoer thinks this
telegraphic correspondence may show the reason
for the suicide If suicide committed. The
teegrams from Ryan speak of a property called
the "Jarilla property" In of the kilograms he
says: If they throw me down will sue them for
half million" In another Ryan says: Il don't
care to throw you down. | raised $4,000. and the
that Ryan and Kelly would be in New-York next
Wednesday and the bottle which had contained the
morphine was found by Coroner Schoer lying on
this message.
From the labels his baggage 1t evident
that Reilly had come here from Ell Paso by way of
New-Oreans. and that he had stayed at the Grune-
Yaid Hotel in the latter city. Coroner Schoer said
the autopsy would not be held for a week, he
wished to communicate with the FL Paso people.