The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-15
BOSTON REFINER DEAD HERE.
WOMAN LEFT HIM At HIS HOTEL
THE DAY BEFORE.
He was Henry n. need OF the Somerset
Club and a sinking Fund COmmIsSiOn er
Family Can for Searching Investiga.
tion-Mediclne Pound IN His Room.

uon-MediClne Pound In His Room.
Henry r. Reed a sugar refner, OF Boston,
a Commissioner OF the Sinking Fund there,
a director OF the Pullman company and Of
the Boston and Maine Railroad and a mem
Der Of the Somerset Club, was found dead
yesterday morning In his room IN the Grand
Union Hotel here, appal Jntly from natural
causes.
Mr.. Reed engaged the room on Sunday.
With him was a young woman, whom he
re gistered as his wife. Who she IL Mr..
Reeds family do not know, and neither do
the polios, 10 whom the Coroner has re-
ferred the case. She left the hotel on Mon
day morning escorted by Mr.. Reed, and did
not return with him. Mrs Reed IL coming
on from Boston to-day.
Mr.. Reed when be came to the hotel on
Sunday engaged one Of the best suites In
the place. Nothing was seen Of the couple
again until 1890 Monday morning. when
they had breakfast together In the hotel
dining room They went out together.
At ESQ O'Clock that evening Mr. Reed 70
turned alone. The woman has not been
seen at the hotel since.
Dinner was served to Mr.. Reed In his room
on Monday night. About O'Clock a cham
berrnAid passed his door and thought she
heard him call. When she knocked, Mr..
Reed said he wanted nothing When an
other maid went to Reeds room yesterday
morning she couldn't get in and she notified
one Of the day clerks who forced the door
Mr.. Reed lay on the bed dead and
fully dressed. Newspapers were scattered
around the room. The gus from two jets
was burning. On a table near the bed was
a bottle containing white tablets. On the
label was this: Charles b. Rogers Co.
7Ol Center street, Jamaica Plain. One
every two hours. DR.. j. G. s. For Pain.
DR.. Dulry, who came on ain ambulance
call. said that Mr. Reed had been dead
| several hours.
Coroner Brown was informed Of the
case at 5 o'clock P. NJ. and after he had
! talked with the hotel clerks gave per-
mission 70 remove tho body 70 the Stephen
| Merritt Burial Company's place at Ill
| Eighth avenue. Coroner's Physician
! O'HAnlon made an external examination
and said that in his opinion Mr.. Reed had
suffered from a kidney trouble, probably
| Bright's disease. An autopsy will be made
II the family or the police consider It neoes-
| sary. DR.. o'Hanlon saw no indication Of
heart disease.
1 l0e NOnhn - uCbCIlDtQ ~ 9DOlk
Is years old and fairly good looking. She
Il OF medium height with dark hair. and
wore q dark tailor made suit. 1t was said
at the hotel that Mr. Reed had often put
I'd there on his business trips 70 New York.
The police took charge Of the bottle Of
tablets found IN Reed's room. They will
! be analysed. A small amount Of a liquid,
apparently water, which was found in a
! i. ~. ~ ill al - 1waWnfUnA
Boston, March i4-Mr. Reeds wife and
several daughters live in Jamaica Plain.
He owned a fine summer plaoe at Marion.
No one here knows who the woman Is who
was with him at the hotel. His relatives
and friends propose TO have a searching
investigation.
Mr.. Reed was a member OF the firm Of
Nash, Spaulding q Co., owners Of the Re-
we're Sugar Refinery, and was through his
firm a large owner Of stock in the American
Sugar Refining Company. He had also
given some attention TO transportation
organization and was a large stakeholder
and director Of the Pullman company, was
largely interested In the Oregon Navigation
Company, being a director in that corpora
| ton, and was a director Of the State Ma
! tional Bank and Of the Boston and Maine
! Railroad.
Mr.. Reed was q native Of New Hampshire
and was O. years old. He entered the
employ Of Nash, Spaulding a Co. forty
! two years ago and went 10 the Windward
Islands as the representative Of the firm
TO purchase sugar and molasses for them.
He remained there a number Of seasons
! and became a partner In the firm. He
was A member Of the Somerset, Algonquin
and Bay State clubs, the Boston Athletic
! Association, the Country Club, the Eliot
! Club OF Jamaica Plain and the Boston Art
| Club.
Mr.. Reed went TO New York on Sunday.
| ostensibly on business. He was not feeling
particularly we'll, but appeared TO be In the
! best Of spirits. Or. Joseph Q. Stedman,
| bis regular physician, soid tonight that IL
was possible that Mr.. Reed had died Of
neuralgia Of the heart
L examined him a few days ago.
said DR.. Stedman, and found no sign Of
organic disease Of the heart Mr.. Reed
complained Of neuralgia and prescribed
a heart sttmulant In tablet form 70 be used
by him in case be felt weak. He also had
| rheumatic pains, II Is possible that he
died OF angina peotoTis. When saw him
be seemed 10 be a perfectly healthy man,
and was in excellent spirits.'
Charles B. Rogers, JamAica Plain drug
| RIst, this afternoon said
Il do not know what che tablets were.
/ There is no way for me to tell. very
seldom saw Mr.. Reed. When he wanted
any .hing be would send TO the store for II.
| The medicine should not think had any
| thing to do with his death
Mrs. Reed, the widow, said:
MY husband suffered from pains In his
! chest and indigestion. For this he took
soda mints occasionally : and IL IL possible
| that the tablets In New York were these
soda mints. can't imagine by what
means he met his death. None Of the fam
/ lily was with him in New York. shan take
steps 10 have the fullest Investigation
/ made