The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-01-28
WITH CYANNIDE
WRIGHT ENDED IT
TOOK THE FATAL POISON
AS HE STOOD BEFORE THE JUDGE
AFTER RECEIVING SENTENCE.

kerchief from His Pocket, and
Under Cover of That Took the
Deadly TnblOids-ToOI< Too Many.
Slight Dose Would Have
Brought the End More Quickly.
Wright's body for Relatives.
London. Jan. PA post mortem
examination has shown that Whitaker
Wright committed suicide by taking
cyanide of potassium.
The investigation made indicates that
Wright must have swallowed the poi
son while standing before Justice Big
ham, after receiving his sentence. 1t
is recalled that Wright pulled a hand
kerchief from his pocket and appear
ed to wipe his face, and it is sur
missed that under cover of this, he took
the fatal dose.
At the post morton examination,
Wright's features showed no trace of
the suffering he must have endured
prior to death His face was calm and
peaceful. His brain was found to
have been abnormally large, and as
the examination proceeded the doctors
found evidences of cyanide of potas-
SUM, which confirmed their previous
impression as to the cause of the death.
Portions of the deadly tabloids, still
undissolved, were found in the stom-
ach, Wright evidently having swallow
ed several of them.
A revolver was found on his person.
fully loaded. 1t was concealed in his
hip pocket, and is an evidence of his
strong determination to end his life.
1t is now supposed that Wright's
ostentatious consumption Of tabloids
for indigestion and insomnia during the
last days of the trial. was designed 20
disguise, in case of necessity, the TAX
ing of the fatal dose. According to the
doctors, the dead man prolonged his
agony by taking too many of the cyan
hide of potassium tabloids, as a smaller
dose would have brought death more
swiftly.
At the consent of the Home Secre-
over to his relatives, after the inquest.
for private burial at Nettley, his home,
in Surrey.
Whitaker Wright was arrested
March Is, 1908, or his arrival III New
York on the French liner Lorraine,
from .Havre, and was extradited to
England.
The total capitalization Of the eleven
he faly ox.
Wright group. issued in London, was
$s0,675 900. Only the bursting of the
Hooley balloon has in the recent his
tory of London Stock Exchange COM
panies been comparable with the col
lapse of the Wright promotions. These
companies started with the formation,
in September 1894, of the West Aus
tralian Exploring and Finance Cor
poration, followed by that of the Lon
don and Globe Finance Corporation in
April 1895. Flotations of mining COM
panies, such as the Golden Crown, the
Wealth of Nations and the Padding
ton Consols, occupied the next twelve
months. Then Lake Views were re
cast" and the operators began open
ing ground in British Columbia, New
Caledonia and elsewhere.
In February, 1897, fusion was made
of the London and Globe Finance
Corporation, Limited, and the West
Australian Exploring and Finance
Corporation, Limited. This was the
parent of the following promoted COM
panies: London and Globe Finance,
British-American Corporation, Stand
ard Exploration, LIE Roi Mine, Gale
donna Copper Nickel Corporation, LIE
Roi No. 2, Rossland Great Western,
Kootenay Exploration, Baker Street
and Waterloo Railway, London Valley
Gold Fields.
There was little attempt, it has been
charged, at serious development of the
properties.
The compulsory liquidation of the
London and Globe Finance Corpora
ton, Limited, by the failure of which
concern much American money was
lost, was ordered Oct. 30, 1901. The
official receiver announced Aug. Z 1902
that he had issued summonses against
Whitaker Wright and Robert Leman
to recover $750,000 in connection with
share transactions between the Brit
ish-American Corporation and the
London and Globe.
Some time previous to this a petition
was circulated on the London Stock
Exchange, signed by many influential
men, demanding the prosecution of
Wright. as it was considered that the
credit of the city and of the Stock Ex-
CnanBe QelndHueu a thorough inVeSti-
cation of the methods of finance adopt-
ed by Wright and his associates. At
a meeting held in London Jan. f6. 1903
of supporters of the movement TO mi
tiate the prosecution OF Wright and
others connected with the failure of
the London and Globe 1t was resolved
to raise fund of $4,000 for this pur-
pose.
Few millionaires lived in the same
princely style as Wright In Park
lane, London, he had a miniature pail
ace. At Godalming he owned a coun-
try seat, in identifying which 500
worlSmen were engaged. Ii contains
costly fountains and statuary brought
from Italy. Wrights stables alone
cost a small fortune. They had up
holstered oak and leather settees and
polished gun-metal fittings, while val
liable paintings and bas-reliefs adorned
the stalls. His private yacht was fit-
ted up with similar righteousness. and
at one time he was credited with the
intention of constructing a yacht to
race Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock.
.~One Of the victims of the crash IN
his financial projects was the late Mar
quis of Duferin and Ava, formerly
Governor General of Canada and Brit
ish ambassador at Paris. He consent
ed to be chairman of the London and
Globe and had $4,000 shares in the diff
ferent companies. With Lord Dufferin
on the board of directors were Lieut.
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