New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-05-10
YALE STUDENT A SUICIDE?
FOUND DEAD IN HIS ROOM.
SAID to Haze Been Mentally I'm
balanced by OUer1COrk.

New-Haven. Conn, May 9.-Arthur Haserot a
Yale senior, living in Cleveland was found shot
to death in his room in Welch Hall one of the
campus dormitories, to-day, and investiga-
ton into the case is being conducted. Medical
Examiner Bartlett said tonight that he be-
lieved death was the result of suicide
Haserot's body was found by one of his room
mates, and after it was viewed by the medical
examiner was removed to an undertaker's. The
case is being kept very quiet, and. further than
the fact that the young found dead.
nothing official has been given out. A revolver
found near Haserot's side and bullet
wound in his head.
Roy W. Heminway, of Syracuse. was the
roommate of Haserot, and he said tonight that
Haserot attended his first recitation, as usual.
and seemed to be in his usual good spirits
There intimation that he was despond-
ent and not once during the time he had roomed
with Haserot he said had there been a time
when he even suspected that his roommate con-
tempIated taking his life.
The body Of the dead student was found on
the floor at the foot of a window seat and it is
believed that he shot himself while on the seat
and fell to the floor. There was only one empty
entered Haserot's right temple, probably pro-
dUCed instant death Not of the many stu
dents in the dormitory heard the shot and not
until HeminWay turned the body of his coui-
panion over was it known that a tragedy had
taken place.
The manner in which IIaserot shot
almost conclusive 1roof that he committed sui
eide, and Medical Examiner Bartlett stated to-
night that there would be further investiga-
tion, as he was convinced that the student met
death by his hands
Haserot was quiet man, with good habits, it
is said, and the probability is that he tenn
pcrarily out of his head on account of overwork
his roommate stating he had been hard work.
ing student. The parents Of Haserot were in
formed soon after the body found and are
on their way to New-Haven. Haserot was
twenty-five years old
Cleveland May 9.-Arthur Haserot was the son
of Mr. and Mrs Samuel F. Haserot, of Cleveland
The father is member of the wholesale grocery
house of the Haserot Company. The young man
was twenty-one years old and born in Cleve-
land. He was in his last year in the academic
course at Yale He expected to be graduated next
month and was making preparations for that
event. His father had intended going to New
Haven tonight to visit his son, when the news
of his death was received by telephone from young
Haserots roommate r. w Hemingway who mere
ly stated that Arthur Haserot had been accidentally
killed by pistol bullet. The boys father has no
idea that the case is of suicide. letter had
been received at the family home this morning
and in it Arthur showed that his mind was happy
and he spoke of his preparat tiOns for graduation
exercises next month An uncle of the dead stu
dent has gone to New Haven to care for the
body. The boys father will not believe that his
sons death is other than accident. He was
last home at Christmas. Besides his parents there
Is one other child, a daughter.