The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-25
An ARTIST STRANGELY SLAIN.
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wAkelv ake Found everything IN lie
Install CONDITION Everything wac all rlaht
also In Nakely's studio. hut IN passing
into The faaaaRe leading from the studio
tn the ~layatofy she found Wakciy wing
dead, with hia haad battered IN
Snme hedcluthee we're spread loosely
over the body. which waa attired In pa
iamas aud slippers. The wall was smearcd
with blood, q quantity " which vas also
on the focr.N
These arc all the facts that are hnown.
wakely Ia not known "a Ia Va had an enemy.
He was very cheerful when he bade good
night 10 his parents, The police have
closely examined everything In the studio,
where they found numerous photogr phs.
No finger prints could he found. There
was no weapon In the place. and nothing
elsa TO afford the slightest clue TO the per-
PEI rator 81 the crime. There appears
10 lie no evidence whatever that the doors
or windows we're forced, and the skylight
does not appear to have been opened. No
drawers or boxes had been tempered with.
Nothing was missing. Indeed, nothing
was kept in the house that would be likely
to tempt thieves,
The theory which is at present held for
lack Of q more definite one is that Wakely
Ipll All utlHttuutu NlOttil uh dNNtiApN
to rob the branch Of the London and County
Bank. which adjoins the house in which
his studio was located. Maybe the thief
secreted himself on the promises in the
daytime or used n duplicate key. prepared
to enter the bank by piercing the wall at
the end Of the passage where the body
was found, which separates the two build
ings.
II this is so the artist probably heard
the thief movements after undressing
and opened the studio door to investigate,
surprising the burglar. who secured his
own safety by killing the only witness OF
his intended crime. But why h body
was covered with bedclothes or why, the
witness being killed. the intruder did not
execute his supposed purpose to pierce
the wall cannot be guessed. !
Another branch Of the London and County
Bank on st. James's street was robbed by \
burglars last week. They entered with
duplicate keys, after which they pierced the
wall Of the strong room, secured nearly
Ell ,OOo and got away without leaving a clue.
It would be well known that the house In
which the studio is located would ordinarily |
un~occupied at night, and the probability |
of the foregoing suggested explanation is
regarded as strong.
Apost-mortem examination led to the con-
%clusion that although six serious wounds
were inflicted Wa!tely was killed by the first
one, the others being given after ssa he aa had
was no sign of a struggle. 1t vas
that he had been felled before he
was able to attempt to defend himself,
Mr.. Wakely's picture at the current
Academy exhibition is called "The Sleeping
Beauty" 1t is his greatest success. and is
on the line in the most important ROOM. |