Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-01
POLICY KING ADAMS
 KILLS HIMSELF Asv Yslts Vie M,ds Qlib , stri h hs Big ciy ! Fsv
 YesIs Ago
LUCK WENT AGAINST HIM
He Couldn't Stand It So He Shoi Hinsek in His Apartments
 in the Ansonia To-Day.

Adams, formerly known as the Pol icy King because of the prominence of his connection with the conduct of policy games in this city. commit- ted suicide by shooting himself in the head with revolver in his apart ments in the Ansonia to-day. Ill health and financial losses are be- lieved to be in part at least the cause for the suicide.
 The fatal shot was fired while MT Adams sat in a chair in front of a mirror in his room. The bullet passed through his head and imbedded it. self in the wall of hallway adjoin- ing the room. Death must have been instantaneous. The body was found lying on the floor by hall boy who went to the rooms at 1880 o'clock according to his custom to call MT Adams. w. B. D. Stokes, treasurer of the company which owns the An sonia, was promptly notified and he called in a coroner.
 Another occupant of the Ansonia told the police that he heard the shot which killed Adams fired at a. m. to-day.
 "Al Adams took his life primarily because of the bounding he has re- ceived at the hands of the newspa- pers." said w. E. D. Stokes. When I went to Sing Sing. sent there by tn, governor to see what could be don't for Sam Parks, found Parks In hospital cot. Nursing him was Al Adams who knew me for years. He said: Why don't you do something with the governor to get me out or here? You know I am here under an indeterminate sentence. Think of the griefs of my family. If re- main much longer here will die. l told him could do nothing for him until he agreed to sever his connec- tion with the policy buslness."
 Ms Stokes satd that Adams agreed and was released from prison.
 Lately, Mr Stokes said. Adams told him that he had suffered losses amounting to $S00.000. of which @20,v00 was lost In Union Pacific stocks. According to Mir Stokes Adams told him that he had loaned $2.000,000 to his son. that he had loaned @40,000 to a trust company and that he had much money invest ed in stocks from which he could realize nothing at present.
 About six months ago, Mir Stokes said, Adams appeared to be greatly and MT Stokes asked him if he was worried by business troubles.
 No, 1t Is not that" replied Adams, but the newspapers and have been bounding me 70 long about the policy and bucketshop business that can stand 1t no long, CT, and if there is not a letup will kill myself. I can't stand 1t. old man. there has got to be . stop to 1t. am an old man now. and might as we'll finish it."
 A wallet containing notes for loans said to amount to 340.000 was found In Adams room.
 The real estate agents who had ACtcQ IOr A08ku9 n2Au lO-Oay tu8t hsn holdings of real estate were exten- tive.
 At the ofYlce of the Colonial Secur- lties company. of which Adams .was treasurer, it was said that Adams had been i'll of diabetes for . year and this illness must have prompted him Lo commit suicide. An o6lcial of the company said:
 Adams did not end his life be- cause he had lost his fortune. for he | lid not lose it. At the time of his ieath he was a very wealthy man. He might have suffered some fnan- Hal reverses at times. but thoss were Ike drop out of bucket. He vas ! vice-pfesident and treasurer of the | Karsch Brewing company. He was ,ne of the largest individual holders | ,f corner real estate fn the city. He was also interested in other business ventures paying large returns."