New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-16
MYSTERY IN SUICIDE.
Nan Nay Be from Chicago-Serton
Uyho Knes0 Him Won't Talk.
FOUND IN OFFICE BUILDING.

With bullet wound in the right temple the body
Of man supposed. from papers found by the police
In the clothing 20 have been Donald c. Waters. OF
Chicago was found at noon yesterday in the
lavatory on the nineteenth floor or the Century
Building at No. "A Broadway.
From the position of the body when fouT~s by
Superintendent Andrew Mount of the building. 1t Is
supposed that the committed suicide, for 1t
was in d sitting posture. and on the floor as II II
had dropped from his right hand. there lay small
revolver. superintendent Mount told a reporter
that he went into the lavatory to wash his hands
before luncheon and that blood on the floor at
tracted his attention TO the body of the supposed
suicide.
From the time that the body was found until
Its removal to undertaker's establishment after
dark there effort to surround the case
with an air OF mystery. as II there were facts TO
conceal as to the identity OF the dead man COro-
ner jackson arrived at the building three hours
after the body found. He declined to make
any statement regarding the case
The police OF the Old Slip station took charge OF
the dead mans effects The revolver was OF cheap
make There rumor that the dead man
Harvey Franklin. the husband Of a woman
who tried commit suicide the stoop OF her
husbands home at No. 500 West observation-disclosures
hfty-seventh-st., yesterday morning.
The police have also in their possession diamond
scarfpin and diamond ring of considerable value
and a handkerchief. The body dressed in a
dark check suit Of clothes Of good material a
white shirt and collar big blue flowing tie and
a black derby hat. The man had been about thirty
years old. had blue eyes and dark Blown hair that
curled up at the temples, The face smooth
shaver and the body greatly emaciated.
No could be found on tho nineteenth floor Of
the Century Building who heard the shot ever
remembered seeing the before. Mr.. Mount
said he could not account for the partial identinca
ton Of the body. At the Old Slip station ii said
that the name of the dead man had been learned
through papers found tho body and in the
possession of Coroner jackson.
The lsvatory where the body found is sep
arated by a thin wall from the Office Of the Lorain
Steel Company, of which George Evans is the SUI
perintendent. No one in the office remembered
hearing a shot fired. Captain Farrell, OF the Old
Slip station. made personal investigation OF the
with Detective ONeill
The police later sent TO the coroner's office the
dead mans effects. Besides the jewelry mentioned
there watch charm in the shape of bugle
and "A seal ring with the Latin word ''Spero.' mean
ing Il hope" engraved on IT,
At Taylors undertaking establishment at No. l54
East TWenty-third-st., the manager. Mr.. Sutton,
Topping, the sexton Of an uptown church, who lives
No. 707 Columbus-ave., TO take charge of tie
body.
Mr. Topping when seen last evening. acting IN
an official capacity at the polling place at No. 121
Columbus-ave., refused absolutely to discuss the
Chicago. Sept. 15.-The name c. D. Waters does
not appear in the Chicago directory. No OF
that here to-day able to throw any
light on the identity Of the dead man.