New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-02-16
SUICIDE In HOTEL.
arlington Nan Shoots Himself
Wife Vas Seeking DiUOrce.

A supposed to be Louis y. Hanover.
real estate dealer. of No 124 Stuyvesant avenue.
Arlington n. J.. was found dead about 10
o'clock yesterday in the bathroom of his suite az
the Hotel Aldine. at No. 431 Fourth avenue
There was bullet wound in the right side OF his
head. and a pistol with one chamber empty by
his side. Coroner Dooley decided that the man
had committed suicide, but had TO idea OF his
motive.
BY direction of woman. wis said over the
telephone that she was Mrs. Hanover W. D.
Grosscup. the proprietor of the AIdine had the
body removed To the rooms of an undertaken.
Mrs. Hanover told him that her brother
Henry J. Goldsmith. q lawyer, with Offices in
the Park Row Building. and that he had been
communicated with and would take charge OF
the body.
Mr.. Hanover who was about thirty-five years
old, to the AIdine. said Mr. Grosscup.
Wednesday night about Gao o'clock. accom-
panied by a woman and asked for two single
rooms. When told that he could have only two
suites. each consisting of parOr, bedroom and
bath. he said that he thought he would prefer
to go TO a private house.
The couple went out together. and shortly be-
fore midnight Hanover returned to the hotel
and went TO a suite on the third floor. TO which
he had been assigned. He had only handbag
for luggage.
single room. and was told that ne could have
one later. He said that his trunk would bs
along in short time.
He went out. and did not return to the hotel
during the day but a little before midnight got
10 the Aldine and was assigned to the suite that
he had occupied the night before, as no single
room was vacant. Nothing was heard from him
after he had gone to his room until a maid en-
tered the bathroom about 10 o'clock yesterday
morning and found him dead on the floor.
bullet wound through the right side Of the
head. the trail Of blood and a revolver with one
cartridge discharged by the side of the dead
man told the story. A patrOlman from the East
35th street station took charge OF the body
until the arrival of Coroner DOOley.
In his handbag nothing but a fresh suit Of
linen was found. 4 card in his pocket bore the
name of Louis y. Hanover and his address
Twenty dollars and 30 cents in money and some
business papers were found
The man had registered at the hotel as Louis
Hanover. Brooklyn" Such did live in
Greenpoint some time ago. He was we'll dressed
and carried valuable gold watch and chain
Henry J. Goldsmith said last night that he
had no doubt that the dead man was MS brotner-
in-law. He has a wife and four children out
in Arlington. y. j. said Mr.. Goldsmith, "and
his wife has entered suit for absolute divorce.
There was no business matter at the bottom OF
his trouble, but simply a woman
Arlington. N J. Feb. 15-Mrs Louis n. Hanover.
widow Of the man who found dead to-day
at the Hotel AIdiue. in New York, declined abso-
lutey talk about the and referred all ques
TONERS to her brother. Henry Goldsmith He
at his sisters home this evening
Mr. Goldsmith said his sister and her husband
had been living apart for six months After Ha-
mower left home he lived with his relatives, in 9Th
street Brooklyn. Mr. Goldsmith said his sister
was to bring divorce proceedings but that now the
person who was TO be named would not be men
toned Mr.. Goldsmith also said that his sister
would not consent 10 having the body brought 10
her home
ried twenty years. His wife was Miss Frances
goldsmith. of New YORK. They have four chill
dren one of their daughters. Miss Cecile Hanover.
recently married Raphael y Dlnagua5a, native
Of the PHILIPPINES. who is IN this country and IS =
protege OF f n. Hartman -
AR Hanover n member or Pactnc Lodge,
Free and Accepted NIasOns of New York he was
for two years assistant chief OF the Arlington Ire
Department He was a COulni sStOneT OF appeals n
cases taxation and was secretary OF the airing
ton Country Club