The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-02
Night Auto Ride From New
York Chop House to
BOgOta.
ASKED FOR PHYSICIAN
New Jersey Friend, However,
Brought Him Away From
Browns in Hope That He
Would Get Better on Jour-
ney Over Here.

BOGOTA, Nov. 2.--rhe police of New
York and Boston are investigating
the circumstances surrounding the
death of Walter r. Baker. millionaire
broker of Boston, who died last Sun
day night at the house of Frank II.
Hurd in this, place.
Mr.. Baker was taken i'll Saturday
night at a hotel in Forty-fourth street,
New York. He told his friends, who
were with him at the time, that he had
been poisoned and was very Ill. He
went to Brownies chop house, in
Broadway, and, getting a room, re-
mained there for a time. He was
Joined by Mr.. Hurd, with whom he
had been dining. and was taken in an
automobile to Mr.. Hurd's New Jersey
home.
Baker was graduate of Harvard
University in the class of 1898. He
was a member of the University Club.
Boston Whist Club and Alston Golf
| Club, of Boston, and of the Harvard
| Club, of New York. The body was
taken to Boston for burial Services
w. D. Stickney, at 269 Newbury street,
that city.
1t Is known that Baker asked that a
| physician be summoned in New York,
but under a mistaken idea that his ill-
ness might have resulted from over
indulgence in strong drink, it was de-.
cided that it would be best to postpone
the calling of a physician until he had
reached the residence of Mr.. Hord.
with whom he had been living for two
years. -.--.s-re--..=s..s .s-.aslsa.
! In their investigation the New York
police obtained statements from Mr..
and Mrs. Hurd, from a Mrs Young.
who lives at the Nottingham. So East
Thirtieth street, and from a man whose
name Is not revealed. They were with
Baker on the last night trip to the
New Jersey suburb They also inter-
viewed the chauffeur who drove the
car, which .came from the garage Of
the kid" Mccoy Motor Company;
Harry Lee, a man-about-t who
was with Mr.. Baker when he was
taken i'll; the manager and employees
of the Hotel Ria1toin, in West Forty
! fourth street, where Baker was first
taken Ill; Paul Schubert. manager of
Brownies chophouse and several pa
irons of the establishment.
The investigation which has been In
stigated by Edward Baker. of ommon-
wealth avenue, Boston, a brother Of
|
simultaneously with the police work.
1t was in the form of an inquiry into
the state of Mr. Bakers fortune when
he died, how much he left and to whom
he left it.
| One of the rst steps taken was when
all the banks in which the young man
was thought to have an account were
/ notified Of his death. This would stop
! oil FIa nIx9 civ w q
any time. A close search is being made
for win and for any other papers he
may have executed which might dis
pose of any property.
| Mr. Bakers death was ascribed to an
attack of Bright's disease, which mani
tested itself after he had returned to
Bogota.
! Walter Faunesworth Baker, sone-
what well known in New Yorl1's upper
Broadway, was "a years of age and a
son of the late William p. Baker, of
Boston, a millionaire sewing machine
man. The son was graduated from
Harvard in the late nineties. He was
an understood. unprepossessing man,
and noted for his eccentricitles. These
last were so pronounced that his
father, by WILL withheld from his his
share of the estate until after the
death Of the mother. The mother vas
given sole charge of the money and
until her death, three years ago, his
allowance was very modest. 1t is not
known that he was ever engaged in
any business
Mr.. Baker was very fond of New
York city and visited the Tenderloin
whenever his allowance would permit
him. After the death of the mother
he practically made his home there,
and he always stopped at Brownies
cho phouse, where he had friends
among the regular patrons. These he
would meet at meals and in the late
evening, but his principal delight was
in the entertainment Of the young
women of the chorus, to whom he was
as generous a host as his means wouic
permit. When his money was gone
he would return to Boston and save
for the next expedition.
When his mother died, Baker, VINO
was then 81, came into fortune va
riously estimated at from Sb5OO'ooc
to s3,O00,000.
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