New-York tribune., 1906-10-02

c, and IN part 10 fear that he would have TO lace
sro,bsr tsrn in prison on account ot his recent
bucket shop t-ansacuohs- ..,
.r5s neusnapers aad police have bounded me until
: ,bink rr KIN myself Adams said 20 ". l. D.
Stokes OF the Ansouia- on Sunday.
Ia rad talked in the same way 70 his Wlte over
a., ..,sDbons and 10 several friends within a week,
- M ~ them thought he meant 10 take his lite
.l,t,,'sb he WAS reported 10 have lost large sums
~ money in speculation recently, it was peAeVed
SO, be stfu had some OF the millions he accumu-
ls,e5 in sVtndIing thousands Of poor people OF the
city in his policy game
.,.sr his release from Sing Sing in October, 1904
Adams went 10 live alone in an expensive suite OF
rooros az the Ansou!a voluntarily separating him
.lf from, his family al No. S39 West S5th street
and seldom seeing his wife or children TO save
them as much as possible from disgrace His loneh
,ss led him TO drink freely at times and drink as-
g-avated a kidney trouble from which he had suf-
f,red for years, and increased his melancholy
About a month after his release from prison
Adams was accompanied in drinking bout ny
one of his sons Louis n. Adams and as result
,b4 Young man was arrested for attempting to
shoot his father in the real estate Office at No. q
West 9Th street. The young man was COM
nitted 10 Backwell's Island for a time, but
Adams relented and obtained his release.
Early last year Adams sold part Of his large
holdings OF real estate in the city obtaining in
that way &.5G).eJ0 lie invested about S,V'100
n the Guanajuato Amalgamated Gold Mines Com
pany, OF Mexico. lie used another million, and
lost it. according 20 report, In backing the bucket
chop operations Of II. J. Sage & Co, which failed
last summer Adams also engaged IN specula-
ton N Wall Street his own account. He was
reported 10 have lost heavily in the recent ad-
Of Union Pacific stock and 10 have been
short q go shares Of American Ice Securities only
last week
year ago Adams sent letter 10 the news
papers protesting against the connection Of his
name with the policy game. which was stopped
by his conviction. He said IN the letter that he
Was forever out Of gambling. policy, and all kind
a lotteries and that his future activities would
be spent in Wall Street and IN real estate and
mining Investments" adding.
My past trouble are an incident IN my life which
! trying 10 forget and which I hope in the
Ighi Of later events 10 make the world forget"
About that time Adams planning 70 erect e
hotel forty-two stories high his House OF Al
Nations property, in West sd street He had The
plans for the building ready when he sold the prop
fTty 10 the McAdoo tunnel interests for terminal
That was his last large read estate deal
The latest cause for worry which Adams wai
Known TO have the second marriage OF hi'
favorite daughter. Evelyn. few weeks ago. Sh'
had obtained a divorce from her first husband
Robert Lee Armit, in May, ana she was married
10 PAU Napoleon who was divorced man. aftel
uey spent two days at Newport searching for
clergyman who woulc perform the ceremony. Th'
couple are now on their way from Havana 4
France
Acains shot himself about a N. yesterday. H
Lsa been In bec Sunday night and had telephone,
uo"n trom his rooms early in the evening TO hay,
As4iooy call him ~ 7.3J a. N. One OF his neigh
'"s on the fifteenth floor OF the hotel heard III
s-ol al O'Clock yesterday morning but did no
"'Ae an investigation. When Ernest Miller
h@'-ooy' entered Adams's rooms half an hour later
1'o-o ms dead body in chair in front of
mirror in the largest room.
lAe body was ia uleat clothes u-ftb O. Gilman =,
wy 1901 showing that Adams had not begun T.
uess himself before seating btrnseIy in rro,t e -,
.-i'of 70 END hls life On the floor was one O
S~Fse reroTers, which Adams had kept loade,
:, - rooms. De evidently had pressed the rnlIzzI
. Ne weapon against his right temple looking f.
a e-SSS 10 make sure OF mis- aim before pulltn,
- EFT Tie large bullet had crashed througl
>, 90 tearing out some Of the brains and par
-, Skull ana tAen going clear through a par
sde hall 80 D@Ne4 u me on'
=. e'oKes and the hotel physician were called f.
- 'oOiis BY the frightened boy. The phvsicia
---'-eo Tie body and said Adams has been dea
~ - hS4I a. hour Mr. Stokes called Corone
ser 20 take charge OF the body berora IN
sS'0e Aao Information OF the suicide. pol,os CO.
TO-. -''e-ho 4@ler aided the coroner IN an fnvef
H0a' Coroner Harburger decided that no o.,
.Sp~y was necessary. lie gave a rerrn,, 70, -
'-oFa of the body 10 an undertaker,. :, r,,.h.
-s and set the Inquest for Tuesday Oc,oto
ne coroner's of3ce.
'0Aer harburger took possess,op or e.
- ana Je~e!Ty and mass OF Daner. ,vht.
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