The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-10

had ths revolver falicp from The msn's
hand In frUut ~ hun and y Sp1Oied,
This prssence ~ The ~tlverwets On tbs
noOr lssuids ttis rgvOIvsr u sSphaifBed by
thN~s who ,Rlleye In the scctdent theory by
Tho statement that WHEN VIZ hplsr fell IN
soinr way h. may ~ W ragged " from the
tabls. This silver. however. was kept on o
tllHs II The opposite Csaner ~ the room,
The advocates ~ tty accident fhsgry cay
tha, H. might have E%athersd " upa-h he went
by "a are " u had h~en taken and hat WHEN
hs fell " also fell with him and CAUSED Tho
sOtRd like the bresking of gllrs Mrs spier
aasprfa that tho first pistol Ahot followed
immediately after the crash.
The prerence u the bloody thunb stain
ON the open rear door IL also explained
by the fact that 10 telephone the maid, Eva,
would have had To close the doOr partly
She had Leen assisting her mistress q ths
hands Of both "a become smeared with
blood. The blood stains on tho silver
ARE explained by the fact that several per
sons handled II and II was natural that Il
should become stained. Tn family. how
evcr. continue to insist ON the murder
tboOry. and say b q the preaence " the
silver in the corner justifes their view.
They declare that the drawers Of the side
board were open. but inasmuch "a probably
u dozen persons had examined them little
importance Il attached to the fact that
several persons found them open.
II became known yesterday that Mr..
Sptor was carrying SGT 800 insurance on his
life in addition 20 the SIC 900 which he had
two policies in the Equitable Life. one for
s2s. 1000. Both policies are payable to Mr..
Spier's wife.
The s25 600 policy vas taken out. IN May
~. 1901. II was a twenty year endowment
policy. on May ~. 1908. when the Equitable
scandal was at its height, Spier allowed
this policy to lapse. On April II Of this
year, soon after President Paul Morton Of
the Equitable announced that he was willing
to offer evory possible opportunity 10
reinstated Spier appeared at the R%quitable's
ofioes at 100 Broadway and applied to
have his policy renewed.
He was accepted by the medical depart
ment "a a first class risk and his policy
was again put in force, upon the payment
by him Of the lapsed premium with in
terest. The payment amounted to a little
over 81 400. Mr.. Spier had carried the
policy for 1850 in his wife's favor for a
good many years.
s. F. Hazelrigg, who wa associated with
Mr.. Spier in many Of the Standard Oil
that II was natural for Mr.. Snier TO take
out large insurance policies, because he
said repeatedly hat he was making pro-
vision for his family in that way. Mr..
Hazelrigg said Mr.. spier's income was
calIy and could easily have carried an in
surance of 500, 900 on his income.
The funeral seS,ices yesterday were
very brief. The Rev. DR.. Charles r, Burch,
rector Of st. Andrews Episcopal Church
OF Port Richmond, read them, and Mrs.
Stephen d. Stephens, wife of County Judge
Stephens Of Richmond, sang at the close
Abide With Me" without accompaniment.
The pallbearers were II. r.. Rogers, Jr.,
W. z, Benjamin, James G: Timmolat.
DR.. W. II. Patterson, Leopold A. Comanohe
and Arthur E. Bowler. Among those pres
ent were Lewis Nixon, s. F. EaselrigR.
Judge STEPHENS, C. A. b. Irving and C. r..
Palmer. The house was not crowded.
Among the many floral tributes was q
wreath from H. II. Rogers.