The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-11-06
irlProStrated Over Out
come of Quarrel With :
Youth.
ABRUPTLYT0LDBYP PHONE
Found Kneeling Recently,
Despondent Lover Said
He Was Making Will.

He Was Making Will.
In the suicide Of Randall Webb
Elliott, twenty-oue years old, At his
boarding house, 1873 G street northwest.
by asphyNlation. there is disclosed a
dramatic situation in which fate mas
combined the elements of deepest trag-
edy, intense romance, and unspeakable
sorrow.
That the closing scene Of young
EuiOtts life was dramatic is shown by
the recital of the incidents attending
the occurrence. Tnat il was deeply
tragic is proved by the manner in which
10 affected those closest to him.
lie took his life at o'clock yesterday
afternoon and the physician who, by
strange accident was called in to un-
dertaAe the vain task Of restoring life
was his brother. DIT. Henry r. ElliotTs
recognition OF his brother came only
when he lifted the hood Of a dressing
gown from the features on which the
mask of death already rested.
Girl Abruptly Notified.
The young man had left note for
one Of his closest friends, NJ. w White.
telling him where he could find a sec
ond note addressed TO Miss Beatrice
Reynolds the beautiful young girl whom
he is said 70 have loved. Scarcely an
hour after his spirit had fed Miss Rey-
uolds called up the house at 1920 G
street over the telephone and asked for
him. Some one, excited by the occur
renee to such degree that he did not
realize what a shock the announcement
would be. said abruptly.
He's dead"
There was half-stided scream at the
other end Of the wire and a rafting
sound if a palsied hand fumbled aim
Iessly for the hook on which TO hang the
receiver,
Miss Reynolds today refused 10 see
anyone at her home. us Nineteenth
street northwest, but member of her
family said
Miss Reynolds does not at all con-
slider herself responsible for Mr.. FL
lott's death. They were purely friends,
nothing more"
Randall Webb Elliott or Beau" FL
lott as he was called by his friends
on C street. because of his good looks
and attractive personality, lived in the
house which is owned by Mrs. W. C.
charming members of the household
None disliked him. All admired him.
His smile was ever ready. and his gay
laugh, when he was at home. always
echoed through the corridors which to-
day are silent
He was an admirer of girls. and most
especially he was an admirer OF Miss
Beatrice Reynolds They were often
seen together on the street, and he was
a frequent caller at the Reynolds home
Recently. he and the girl had lover
quarrel it is said None of his &C
ouaintances who knew of the matter
regarded il as particularly serious.
Seeming Jest Is Earnest.
one of his friends last Sunday even
ing saw him kneeling at his bureau
which he was using as a writing table
lie was asked what he was doing
Writing my will he replied with g
careless laugh. Afterward 1t was seer
that he had written two notes. presum'
ably the two he left behind. one for Mr.
White and one for Miss Reynolds
on the same day he told Miss Rey
nolds that on Monday. which was yes
terday, he would go 70 Richmond Va
From all the facts in the case. bis
friends believe he died on account oil
his love for Miss Reynolds. although
this is qualified by the belief in some
quarters that he may have expected
merely to produce an effect" by a sui
cidal attempt. not thinking 1t would h,
fatal Others of his friends think hi.
rash act was the result Of a fit Of de
spondency, which was not brought OF
by any love affair at all.
It Is certain, however, that he had n,
financial troubles.
Until recently he had been working fo1
the Washington Railway and EIectri,
Company, but had left that concern t,
take position with the Chesapeake anS
Potomac Telephone Company. He wa
not IN debt.
Therefore. unless it was an affair o
The heart, II seems hard 70 find d mOtiV,
for his deed. RE was intensely devoted
10 Miss Reynolds.
Brothers Tragic Discovery.
Another tragic element in the affai
Was DR. Elhotts discovery of the life
less body. He had been called in from
his apartments in the Maury by Mrs
BoWles, who was on the verge Of pros
IratiOn because she thought the bod,
she had found lying on the bed In he
sons room was that OF her SON TIL
face had been hidden by the hood OF III
dressing gown which belonged TO yOuni
EttMlCS. I ne uutLot entered tlG room
with the busiuesS-like air and bearinI
OF a physician called In TO make des
perate fight with death. He saw tina
the room was filled with gas. He strOd
10 the window and tried 10 throw u
the sash. Failing in this. he approaChe
the body TO carry II into another room
AS he lifted IL, he displaced the con
cealiug hood. His brothers face Wa
before him. In moment he had re
gained his composure. These who wcr
with him saw that he worked under
great strain, but he worked and wrough
bV every method known To medjca
science TO restore life TO the young form
10 was vain task Life had been eX
tinct three quarters OF an hour befOT
he arrived.
Tired of Living.
In the note addressed to Mr.. White
young Elliott told him, according 10 MI
White. that he was unhappy and tire
of living. This note was very short.
Lieut. c. B. Elliott. stationed at For
Crook, Neb.. is a brother of the youn
man. He was notified by telegram las
evening OF the occurrence. He will b
heard from this afternoon. If he ca