The San Francisco call., 1903-01-11
BURTON PRINCE
DIES Of WOUND
Bankers Son Succumps
to Self-Inf1icted
Injury.
i
Question as to Whether 1t
Question as to Whether 1t
Was Intentional Dies
With Victim.

| Young Burton Prince. the son OF
Santa Rosa banker, who shot himself IA
| tally Thursday, at the residence OF MS
| family in this city, died yesterday morn
| ing at $50 o'clock, at the Central Ener-
/ gency Hospital and with his passing the
question as to whether or not his wound
was self-inficted or the result OF an ac-
cident was left to speculation. He was
unconscious for the last few hours OF his
| life
The wound was diagnosed as certainly
fatal by DR.. Leonard when the young
man was first brought TO the hospital
and his death was expected momenta-
rily. AS soon as he had passed away an
undertaken was notified and the remains
were removed. The body will be taken
to Santa Rosa for interment.
Miss Madge Dixie, the young woman
who claims that Prince deliberately
killed himself because she had broken
her engagement to marry him. remained
in her rooms at the Palace Hotel during
the day, but refused to see anybody,
sending word that she was too upset by
the death of Prince to undergo an inter-
view.
Fuller developments of Princes career
tend to confirm the fact that ne was on
intimate terms with Miss Dixie and that
he had been leading rather gay exist
ence during his week s stay in san Fran
cisco. There can be no doubt that he
was In the company of the alleged actress
frequently during that period, and that
he formerly had known her intimately.
The purpose of the family in denying that
he had known her can only be attributed
to the fact that they We're ignorant OF ms
! connection with her or that they objected
to her on account of her PROFESSION.
Regarding the wound which caused
/ Princes death there are several mystic
! rious features. In his statement 70 Dr.
Z Leonard he said the revolver had dropped
/ to the floor and become discharged IN
that Way To contradict this was the
fact that the bullet entered his BODY In
almost a horizontal course, passing De
/ tween the liver and the stomach. At the
same time his clothing was not powder
/ burned, which condition should have ap-
Feared had the young man held the pls-
/ tol in his hand. DR.. Leonard stated tnat
It was possible that the bullet. coming
from the direction of the floor, might
have struck the tissues surrounding one
of the ribs, between which 1t penetrated,
and that It's course might have been SO
defeoted as to cause horizontal wound
SANTA ROSA, Jan. 1O.-The story OF
Ma6ge Dixie as told In The Call OF this
morning, that she was engaged to wed
Burton Prince, is confirmed by a reputa-
bic business man of this city, George UIl-
rich. He was a firm friend of Burton
Prince while he was a resident of this
city and relates that when Prince re-
turned from the metropolis about eight
months since the young man remarked
that he was engaged TO a leading lady
whom he described as the handsomest lit
tie girl he had ever seem Prince went
into ecstacles in describing his betrothed
and subsequently mentioned her many
times to Mr. Ullrfch- He made a num-
Der of trips to San Francisco to see the
woman of his choice, and then she de.
parted for the East.
Prince was never melancholy after hel
departure, and only a few of his friend;
knew Of the engagement. To Mr.. Ulrich
he described the dinner Miss Madge Dixie
mentions as having been given by Mr.
|, and Mrs Samuel Freedman at their home
on Post street to them, and he declared
that at the time he introduced Miss Dixie
to the Freedmans. his relatives his be
trothed. The dinner was then declared
to be in honor of their engagement.
Prince stated that he procured liberal
quantity of champagne, and added
There is nothing too good for that girl.
The fact mentioned by Miss Dixie thai
young Prince was worried over financial
matters is we'll known I'm this city. Jusi
prior to leaving for San Francisco his
father liquidated the sons Indebtedness
Conservative estimates place the amount
paid out by Prince senior at between
$500 and $4,000. Mr.. Prince declared that
he would never again settle his sons bills
and warned persons, against advancing
money to him