The Washington times., 1905-09-17
SUICIDE MAY Be
YOUNG GEORGIAN
Hanged Himself on a New
York Farm.
OMAN IDENTIFIES BODY
First Believed to Be Mororman Kelly.
Made Elaborate Plans to
Kill Himself.
w 0 MAN IDENTIFIES BODY


man who hanged himself on the estate
OF c. H. Griffin, on the White Plains
road, near Marmaroneck, last night, and
was at first believed to be Paul Kelly,
the missing Interoorough motorman, is
now thought to be William A. King. OF
Augusta. Ga, son of the owner of King
Cotton Mills in that city, who is one
or the wealthiest men In the South.
Whether the suicide is young King or
not. 1t Is certain that as late as las;
Tuesday he was representing himself to
be- and gave evidence that he was
Speaking the truth.
By his own admission to Mrs. George
E. Jardine. widow of a well-known
architect Of this city, King recently
eioped from Augusta with a young girl.
whom ne was afterwards forced to
leave because he ran out of funds. and
his father would not forgive him. Mrs
Jardine, who identified the body TODAY.
believes the man was King. and that his
story was true. She also believes that
ne killed himself because a last appeal
10 his people, which he told he was go
Ing TO make. did not soften them.
Identified the Body.
Mrs Jardine is a woman OF wealth.
ehd mas handsome home at Rye Park
When she heard of the suicide she hur-
rled TO the morgue at Mamaroneck and
looked at tie body. She is positive 1t is
the man she knew as King Her story.
told to the authorities. is as follows:
During the rain Tuesday afternoon
young man came up on the porch of
my house at Rye Park and asked per
mission TO take shelter from the storm.
lie was very wet and / felt sorry for,
hiin. so 1 asked him inside There /
was impressed by his youth and evident
refinement
He was very frank He told me he
was William A. King, of Augusta. Ca
and that his father owned the King
Cotton Mills in that city. He showed
me his fathers business cards in proof
OF his assertion.
he then went on to say that a short
Tine ago he eloped from Augusta with
girl He thought at the time, he said.
that the ofrense would be forgiven by
ms tather. and that he and the girl
couio return to their home. Instead.
his father disowned him, and he was
Obliged to hustle around New York for
JOB. The little money he and the
girl had, he said. was soon gone, and
they lived as best they could on the
proceeds of an occasional job he got.
SA1diuS0 at Z. IA. T.. a.
Finally he told me II was agreed
that they should separate, and he went
10 the Young Mems Christian Associa-
tion TO live. Where the girl went he
did not say.
He stayed at the Y NJ c. A.. he
said. until he owed a bill, and then de-
caded TO leave and try to make his way
TO the Berkshire Hills. where. he said.
his mother and sister had a country
home and were stopping. until the 2eth
OF this month If he could get to them.
he said, he was sure they would do
something for him.
Il was so interested in his troubles
that 1 questioned him closely, the more
convinced L became of his entire hon
esty. He told me that he was down to
his last cent / gave him a five-dollar
bill
Before he left. the young man said
he wanted to go to a tailor and get his
clothes pressed. and that he wanted to
buy new pair OF shoes. as the old rus
set ones he was wearing were about
useless. The balance of the s., he said
he would use in getting On his way TO
the Berkshires"
The police are satisfied with the iden-
ttncation, because not only had the sui
cide's clothes just been cleaned and
pressed, but he had on a new pair OF
shoes. No marks of any kind were
found In the clothing. everything having
been carefully cut out by the suicide be.
fore he killed himself He made the
most elaborate plans to kill himself
making, three loops In the clothes line
his neck before he jumped from the
Fence 10 which he had tied it