The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-06
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sith n nafvona disorder He constantly
feared that he wuuld 10 driven mad and
recen,ly.. imagined he was going blind
n is hrlleved that Theses Worries were ~.
sponaihlc for his taking his life
Al arrangements had hepn cotnpleted
for taking him to Cambridge Springs, Pa
this morning Last night hia mother
went through all ~ his effects In hia room.
preparatory to packing the trunks, and
found no weapon NJ any kind In some
manner, however, he got n revolver, The
Coroner believes that II was smuggled
into his room by some of tho hotel attaches.
The revolver with which he killed himself
was a cheap one Of ~ calibre and not the
kline 81 a weapon which n man OF his wealth
When Deputy Coroner Richard Carney
arrived M the hotel this morning IL was
decided not 20 hold an inquest, "a y was
Enthusiastically a oase OF SUICIDE. Three
81 the dead man made the following state
ment
Last night ! went into my sons room to
give him his medicine. He was cheerful
and talked with me. At 2 o'clock this morn
ing | again entered his room; He was
seated at the window. talked with him
some little time and then went to my room
and retired. He seemed to be all right
when left him. At 4 O'Clock ] was awak-
ened by a pistol shot and hurried into his
room. where | found him dying
The statements OF Manager James Riley
Of the hotel and DR.. T. NJ. T. M~cKeenan,a
nerve specialist who was attending Mr..
Jones and who was summoned immediately
after his death. were merely to the effect
that they had found him dead.
y. F. Jones, Jr.. his cousin and business
partner, made the following statement
we are ell Mortified at the suicide of my
cousin Tom. ] an at a loss to understand
why he should have taken his life. He had
been i'll for some time, suffering from ner-
vous disorder. He had been having trouble
with his eyes and feared hat he would go
blind. He also feared that his nervous
trouble would drive him insane. These are
the only reasons that we know of for his taxi
ing his life. II is one instance in which
you can truthfully say that there was no
woman in the case
Thomas O'Conor Jones, after attending
minor colleges, graduated from Yale and
t hen entered the Jones & Laughlins mills.
He was made assistant general manager
was a practical steel man, knew all the
branches Of the business. His fat her was
George W. Jones. brother of the late Gen.
b.. F. Jones, former chairman Of the Re-
publican national committee. He died
several years ago. leaving all Of his fortune.
conservatively estimated at $50, 900 900, to
his widow and son.
Mrs. Jones married DR.. Fl. F. Murdoch
several years ago. Thomas O'Conor
Jones was a member of the University,
Pittsburg and Allegheny Country clubs
and of a number of New York clubs. He
was devotedly attached to his mother,
with whom'he had lived at the hotel Sohen-
ley for five years. He was one of the few
young Pitt sburg millionaires who did not
make any display of riches.