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against him tlorr 'ilt tir things fnfhrd
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sWs lef NJ Oiruits Office about 90
O'Clock thai night M Matthews hal
dinner vith n friend Willnm n Oray
q, iosd s,fart aud Amsterdam avenue
After dinner, ~ nboW O'Clock, he went
10 the Hlyereldc RepubIcsn club ttiftihets
ofesni,a,ictl and TALKED Ia srtne ~ the
members There wefe only few ~ them
'n"IIs,o :, ana o.,,oc,, h. .,s,.d home with
two friends, inefnbers ~ the ,lul. Morris
Msnssre and n 4 Capol Matthew's had
teen more or icse worried and distressed.
Tbis thing had beer eoihe on, Tor long
time almost two years and he had felt
n. For n week nf more he had suffered
from insomnia, and Nv. Arthur {. losburgh'
o. police surgeon had given tO him soino
sleeping powders topel and Mana7He
left Mathews NJ his door
II believe that he took one of tho powders.
went 10 the bathroom thi- morning became
dizzy, sat down aud 'umbed out oi the
window. The window Is right back OF
tine seat and the sill of the ~!ndc~ IL lower
than the seat. II would have been very
eAay for him to fall ont.
tho night before, while he was at Mr.
Grsy's house, he telephoned Ia mo that he
wanted to see me nj $50 o'clotk this morn
ing. ] wasn't at home at the time, but
when I telephoned to Mr.. Gray In response
ia message he left he told mo that Mathews
said that he wanted me to go down town
with him this morning. ] was to have
been an assistant counsel, and presumably
he wanted me to 90 down town with hlm
and keep him company.
know nothing about the letter he re-
ceived. heard something about it at the
house, but IL anybody got IL IL was the
police. ] couldn't find any trace OF II.
NO TRACE or sPsCIAL DELvRRY LBTTEB.
THAT special delivery letter came for
Mshsw 0SGsk shsds hs as the %essi ,cS csS
he didn't commit suicide He couldn't
have accidentally killed himself under the
circumstances. He took the letter. opened,
to the bathroom with him. At least that j.
what Mary Kane told me. went all
through the bathroom, his private papers
and his room. There was no trace Of the
letter He must have torn it up and de-
stToyed the pieces,
= CORONER BROWN SAYS ACCIDENT.
Coroner Brown made hurried inspec-
tion Of the premises. He said to the re-
porters. -,
have nothing to do with the circumstances
that surround the case other than how he
actually met his death. He could have
fallen through the window to the court
yard, thirteen or fifteen feet below. II it
was the case of John Jones or Sam Smith
and it had not been the case Of Armitage
Mathews, whose trial had been fixed for this
morning, there would have been no ques-
ton but that 1t was an accidental DEATH
shall so report it,"
The FACTS
The bathroom window is of the usual
height, the sill being about waist high for 1
a six foot man. The window ia is or 20 inches
in width. The seat is about half as high as
window. The fall is nearer thirty feet than
fifteen.
NEWS REACHES THE COURT HOUSE.
Within a half hour after Mathews had
been killed and long, before the officials
began to arrive at the Criminal Courts
Building his death was known there. There
was a good deal of surprise. 1t was only
. few nights ago that an official OF the Dis
trict Attorneys Office said that there was
only one OF three things for Mathews to do:
plead guilty and save others who would
he implicated by his trial. Secondly,
while he was in Europe Che spent most of
the summer in Europe) he might have stayed
there, or in Japan. for instance, from
which country he could not be eXtradited.
Thirdly. commit suicide and save others"
Assistant District Attorney Rand, who
was to have prosecuted Mathews, was ono
Of the 6rst to. get 70 the District Attorneys
Office. BE was shocked when told OF Ma
comment on it. District Attorney Jerome
arrived soon after Mr.. Rand
-Poor fellow" he said when told, but l
cannot with proprety discuss the case"
BEFORE THE JUDGE.
Meantime preparations had been going on
in the Supreme Court. Criminal Branch, for
Mat sss r @od Of S@s oo S4eaRs
to Clerk Penny that Mathews was dead.
In a short time everybody in the building
know Of it. The court room filed up. Dis.
trist Attorney Jerome and Mr. Rand walked
in together. Justice Davy went on the
bench. ~
"The case Of the People against Arrnitage
Mr.. Rand stepped up before Justice
Davy and said in a voice that could Just be
heard in the court room.
May it please your Honor, there is no
longer the case OF the People against
Mathews. We have received word this
morning of his DEATH ., .e. -
Mr.. Rand then moved for the discharge
Of the special panel Of talesmen, and said
that at the proper time a certificate of
Mathewss death would be filed. s.
Terence MoManus, who sat within few
feet Of Mr.. Jerome, stood up and almost
In tears, said: ,-..:
"Thoee who knew 'lirn-and his friends
arc legion-beleved him innocent"
The announcement Of the death Of Mr..
Mathews Ia sad news, said Justice Davy.
There was a buzz through tho courtroom
Mr.. Jerome and Mr.. Rand hurried out
and there practically ended the investiga-
tion OF the iooting Of the Weisell estate, so
far as Armitage Mathews and others in
volved are concerned. ... |
ALL HAD TURNED AGAINST MATHEWS.
Over in the Tombs the news startled John
w. Wooten and David Rothschild. They
had expected to be witnesses against
Mathews. In addii ion Samuel l. Ferguson,
also indicted with Mathews, would probably;I
have been a witness against him The
three men indicted with Mathews had all
turned against him. He was left alone.
In addition the District ATTORNEY had