Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-01
WARD, DYING,
PLEADS ACCIDENT
PISTOL VICTIM DENIES TALK
OF SUICIDE
Wealthy Family and Friends Urge
Heroic Measures for Him and
They Are Taken at
Hospital

Charles Whitney Ward, a Boston
sets family and graduate of Column
bia law school. lay dying yesterday at
the California hospital as the result of
self-inflicted wound over the heart.
Every resource known to modern
surgery was employed to save the life
of the young man, who had brilliant
professional future before him, except
for the handicap of ill-health.
Believing himself a victim of the
white plague and homesick for his wife
and baby boy, Ward shot himself at
an early hour yesterday morning in
his luxurious suite at Hotel Trenton,
427 South Olive street, as printed in
The Herald, pulling the trigger before
his roommate, r. G. Gype of New York,
could arise from his bed and prevent
the rash act.
Ward had been out on the street dur
ing the evening with A. G.. Jones, son
of a prominent Boston family, who
also shared the suite with Gype and
Ward.
Use Saline Solutions
The wounded man was removed to
the receiving hospital for first treat
ment and later was taken to the Cali
sible was done to save his life.
Saline solutions and heart stimulants
were employed during the day, and
trained nurse was constantly on
watch by the, bedside of the patient,
who in his conscious moments asserted
that he shot himself by accident while
examining his revolver.
While lying on the operating table
at the receiving hospital Ward muir
INJURED the name of his wife and child
and begged the attendants to bring
them to him.
When the news of the attempted sui
eide was received in Boston Wards
large circle of friends was greatly
shocked. None credited the theory that
domestic troubles drove the young man
to take his own life.
Broods Over III Health
They said that Ward was suffering
from consumption and had becomeI
brooding over his state of
health, which had compelled him to
abandon promising career to go to-
California in search of health.
Mrs. Ward lives at ID Whitney ter
race, Dorchester, and she was pros
trated on receipt of the news. She was
emphatic in saying that the relations
between herself and husband were of
the pleasantest and that he had left
her to regain his health. She tele-
graphed to this city yesterday to spare
no expense in providing the best sur
gical treatment and requested that the
body should be embalmed and sent to
Dorchester If Mr.. Ward should not re-
cover.
Messages were also received from
Wards parents, wealthy Boston peo-
pie.
Mr.. Ward was a student at Har
ward for some time and was pr 'ular
there. He did not graduate. but went
to Columbia law school. where he re-
ceived his degree in law.
CIubman and Athlete
He had an office at Is State street
and bore a splendid reputation among
the legal fraternity. He belonged to
several of the most fashionable clubs
and was an amateur athlete.
A. G. Gype, who accompanied Ward
to the receiving hospital early in the
said that his roommate had
been Respondent for some time, but
had not even limited at suicide. He
went to the theater Tuesday evening
In company with A. G. Jones, former
acquaintance in Boston, and the two
reached the hotel a little after mid
night.
Mr.. Jones was not in the room at
the time of the shooting, but Mr.. Gype
was in bed and asleep when Ward en-
tered.
He told The Herald that the first
thing that aroused him was the noise
made by Ward, who was walking up
and down the room. He seemed a lit
lie excited and showed the influence
IF liquor.
Points at Breast
Suddenly, he says, Ward opened
drawer in the dresser and pulled out
MS revolver and, placing it lat. his
breast, fired one shot. He fell to the
1oor and Gype hastily summoned aid
md went with the apparently. dying
nan to the receiving hospital.
Both of the young men went to the
California hospital to see their dying