The Washington times., 1904-10-23

Lexington Avenue where ne took his
life.
Ia appearance r. DePeyster Han was
tall, dark, and Of heavy build He
weighed more than 900 pounds ana was
nearly six feet tall He was phlegmatic
in temperament but was always re-
garded as a good fellow among his init
mates Being very uear-signted, ne wor.
eyeglasses.
IT was only few DAYS ago that the
great scandal of the Calumet Club got
-y the public For months IT had been
talked about I'm the clubs of the city.
and lt had been freely discussed i'm the
New York Yacht Club. S. here Delevs-
ter Hail had been one Of the most prom
-neut members. 1t had led 70 Halls res
gnau0u from the firm OF +. DePcyster
Han & CO.. wine importers. and had
ruined Hall socially but the very ma
ture of the charges was such that thew
could never have been made public had
not Hail himself brought suits for SLAM
der against three cIubmen who had
talked of the case.
Han Seeks Vindicatiou.
Two months ago he brought srJit
gainst Alfred II. Bond. president Of
the Calumet Club. and George A. Car
mack secretary Of the New York Yacht
Club, for $4,000 each. for Islander. The
suits We're kept secret until the week
before the suicide when Hall brought
third suit against Staples The
suits were brought iu the city court.
where only $1,000 verdlcts could Dos
slbIy DE recovered but Hail would
not endure a longer delay. He said
ne didn't care for money damages. but
for viEdicatiou.
against Hall was that. while he was 81
member OK the Calumet Club and living
In the club house, be was guilty of such
practices that the beIIboys finally re-
fused to go 10 his room TO serve him
After detective had dressed himself
as a beilboy and had got evidence, Han
signed his resignation, which the de-
tectiVe himself handed 20 him in blank.
Hal left the club and has since lived
an boarding houses F1r a month he haa
lived at 1-5 Lexington Avenue. in Il
boarding house kept by Mrs H. c.
Fatten. He had a room ON the second
floor ana IL was there that he killed
himself
Found Dead.
The body was discovered by n coIorcd
girl employed by Mrs. Patteu. 1t had
been Halls custom 20 have his break
fast sent uD 10 his room every morning
ANA the girl had the tray i'm her hand at
the time. She knocked several times al
the door and, receiving no reply. pushed
il open slightly. and made the discov-
cry.
The girl ran down stairs and told Mrs.
Palteu what she had seen. Mrs. Patteu
FASTENED 90 the street. where she notI-
fed Policeman Powers. Of the East
Th-rty-hfth street station. Powers hur-
ried 10 the house and then turned I'm
hurry call for an ambulance 10 Bellevue
Hospital watch was responded 10 by
Dr. Parce. DIT Parce examined the
body which was stII warm. and de-
ciared that the man had been dead less
than an hour he had shot himself
through the head, the bullet entering
just below and back OF the right ear.
ana, taking curved course. had made
It's exit just above the right temple.
INJECTING almose instant death.
Sir Hector Lowly Born.
Sir Hector Macdonald was not OF noble
birth. He was the son of "a Scotch crof-
ter and stone mason. Born fla the Scot
fish Highlands. he led free and active
life until he was fifteen years old. when
he was appTeuLiCed 10 a draper in In
yerleas. He was the youngest of nve
sons. While he was iu Inverness he en-
listed ia pc Iuveruess-shlre Highland
Rifle Volunteers. Here it was that he
acquired a. passion for soldering that
lasted all rs life. The sword proved faI
more attras tive than did the sheaTs. and
he ran aw from his employer to en-
list ia the Ninety-secOnd Regiment Of
Gordon hiEh-andeTs. now the Second
Battalion.
Macdonald was soon sent with his
Flmeut 40 India He had "a great fond
ness for everything connected with his
new profession and quickly Attracted the