The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-03
GEN.. CLARK'S SON
ENDS LIFE ON
NEWARK TRAIN
County Physician Permits the
Body's Removal from Jer-
sey City Morgue.
WAS RETURNING HOME
FROM TRIP TO FAR EAST
Passenger on Chicago Limited,
He Entered Mushroom as 1t
Pulled Out of City.
Ispecia1 to the rvenIng star.l

JERSEY CITY. April 3.-County
Physician Converse today issued a PEI.
init for the removal of the body of EN-
mons Clark, who committed suicide last
night on the Chicago Limited of he
Pennsylvania Railroad, as the trGin
sped across the meadows between 20
and Newark. The body will be taken
TO 406 West End avenue, New York, thi
arrangements being made by George
II. Clark. a brother of the suicide, no
with a relative visited Hughes's Morg1e
early today. Mr.. Clark could assign
no reason for his brothers act an l
after viewing the body returned to
New York. taking with him the effects
OF the dead man.
Emmons Clark was a son of General
En1nons Clark. who for years com
manded the Seventh Regiment, y. G.
N. Y, and whose career as "A soldier
was most distinguished.
The suicides act occurred just as Mr.
Clark was nearing nome ON a journeT
that had taken him to China and other
far Eastern parts.
Porter Hears Report.
Just as the train pulled out of New
ark Mr.. Clark was seen to go into the
vashroom of the Pullman. A minute
later a shot was heard. When the por-
Ter got into the room he found MIR.
Clark lying on the floor with a bullet
hole in his right temple.
The dead man was a travelling repre-
sentative of amman & Kemp, whole
sale druggists, at 135 Water street, New
York. with whom he had been for over
twenty years. He began his business
life with this firm. George Massey said
TO-DAY that Mr.. Clark had left New
York early last December for China
and other far Eastern countries on inn
portant business for the company. Mr..
Massey said that Mr.. Clark had always
been in good health and cheerful. and
that he could not think of any reason
why he should take his life.
Yesterdays mails brought to the firm
Two letters from Mr.. Clark, ostensibly
from Hongkong. In one of them Mr..
Clark had said, Mr.. Massey stated, that
he would mail the letters so that they
would come on the Asia, but that he
would sail on a boat that left a day or
SO later.
Letter to Brother.
A little memorandum book showed
that Mr.. Clark stopped at Honolulu,
was in Yokohama on December 20, and
then went to H~ongkong. He was in
Manila in January, arriving in San
Francisco in February. according to the
memorandum book. The memorandum
book said that Mr.. Clark left Chicago
last Tuesday.
In the clothes of the dead man were
sixty-five gold sovereigns, $72 in Ameri-
can money, and two sealed letters. One
of these was for Lamar & Kemp, the
other for George II. Clark, 406 West
Enc avenue, New York. one of the dead
mans several brothers. Clark lived at
that number when he was in New York.
The body was taken off the train here
and sent to the Jersey City morgue.
Emmons Clark vas a middle-aged
bachelor. Up to a few years ago he
was a member of the Seventh Regi-
ment, of which his father had been col
mel. He had been poor health and this
may have caused his suicide. George
II. Clark. his brother, is connected
with the Rapid Transit Commission.