The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-30

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Why dld Prank n. uubbeii man
q the world eiubman. man o. af-
faifs aud man 81 money. MI him
nsifs
Iiis friends were few ia this city.
but ~ Of them are at iosa TO give
fanHon for the mans rush deed.
u was learned Monday morning.
and from an indirputable authority.
that bis financial affairs we're in ex-
eellsnt shans that money matters
bothered him not ~ alt
His health VAS fairly good. and
while he Naa not robust man. he
aiNAys took good care II himself
aud enjoyed NE with a xest and a
vim.
Why fhsu should he have made
away with himself good health
plenty % Fnaney ana excellent proc
poets all that any ordinary mortal
strives and cares 10 live far7
Why did he commit Nuieed3
The question probably never vii
BE answered and his self-aesuuc.
ton will be registered among the
many for which no reasons have
ever been assigned.
Fired ". Vest. acrsor member Of
the real estate firm Of West a
wheeler IN the Colnan block. and
with whom uuhbeii had office room
said 40 The Star Monday morning
that a. about 10 o'clock last Friday
morning Hubbeli and his wife on.
tered the office. and that both
greeted thosa rresen; very pleas.
nntiy.
That VAS the first time Mr.. West
had nst Mrs. Huhhsli.
The husband ana wife eonyerHed
very pleasantly with each other and
shortly left the office together.
That WIS the last time I saw
Hubbeil alive said Mr.. West 4
haven't gotten over the shock ~ hi,
death yet. There " absolutely moth
luK connected with Hubbslfs imam.
fiai affairs that could have caused
him 20 kiu himself
This office did considerable bust
ness for him know positively that
hts HOLDINGS In this city niuns
amounted 20 nearly $4,000. and
that he owned considerably proper.
- In this ana ether states
Ellis property In Seattle vas en-
numbered for probably ffao. zoe. but
that was small matter for him. "a
he could easily have cleared all OF
that and much more. II necessary.
efof the last 10 daYa. however
1iubbci had been trying to dispose
~ some Of hts Union street holdings
placing part 81 them IN our hands
Fart ln the hands of H. H. Boyle and
part with 6. A. Stimaen.
And what seemed remarkable
then and mere - nov. was the fact
that he WAS willing to sell for con.
s!dsrahly less than the properties
were worth on the market II seemed
queer 20 NE 81 the time. and I can't
see through that fact yet.
Never IN all my daily relations
with him has he ever let fall this
fact that he was short Of money. and
know personally that he had all
the money necessary and more "a
DO business With.
No-.his determination to take his
life never came from the fact that
he had lost money--but / do believe
that hla affairs 40 took up his time
and worried him that HE BECAME
TEMPORARILY DERANGED. and
decided Co Kin himself
while he occupied part 81 this
office. he always Impressed us az a
very self-eontaincd man. speaking
seldom and keeping his affairs 10
himself He was also very self
opinlonated man. and when once he
formed an idea. nothing and nobody
could sway him from e.
Il CAN SEE No EARTHLY
REASON WHY MIR. HuBBEI.I.
SHOULD HAVE KILLED HIM
SELF"
Aud this r. the same question
which Sc disturbing the minds Of
others with whom Hubbell was re-
lated IA business.
Why did he KIN hlmselff
Alfred r. Hodgson. an attorney IN
the Arcade building. permanent
guest OF the Hotel Washington and
. friend o. The dead mAn, aaid Aot..