New-York tribune., 1908-09-21
L. w. FULLER A SUICIDE
SHOOTS SELF IN HOTEL.
Son of jay Gould,s hid Was Book
keeper for metropolitan Life.

lawson w Fuller son of the late Lawson N
Fnler who was associated with Jay Gould ana
CYRUS Field in the building of the Mammal lsaii
Elevated Railroad system, committed suiclue
Yesterday morning at the Hotel st. DenIs' ps
shooting himself in the right temple. Uiei
lived with his wife and two daughters at NO.
% Glover street. Yonkers.
Two different explanations for Fulers sell
destruction were given by members OF MS ram
ilv. His wife told a neighbor. Edward 6iach'
that her husband had been suffering for four
or FIVE days from malarial fever and oVer"orh'
Notwithstanding his condition, however ne
continued AT his work as head bookkeeper u
che Netronolitan Life Insurance Company
Henri, r Fuller. brother of the dead man. VINO
lives at No 302 West 18th street. said last
night:
NY brother was at times slightly mentally
unbalanced. but I do not know any cause Tor
his suicide. He had very happy home
Mrs Fuller confirmed the statement that there
had been no domestic trouble that would nave
caused her husband to kill himself. III was
learned. however, that he smoked cigarettes eA-
cessively.
Fuller went 10 the st. Denis on SATURDAY
afternoon. He registered under his own name
giv,nv his address as Mclean Heights" He
,staved around the corridor about an hour before
going TO his room. No. 451, on the fourth floor
He was not seen again alive. The maid on
that floor. after knocking repeatedly on the
door Of Fullers room yesterday morning un-
locked the door with a pass key She dlscoV-
cred Fuller's body lying on he floor. re-
xolver was in his hand. The manager of the
hotel summoned the house physician, who said
the man had been dead several hours
NOTES ON SCRAPS OF PAPER
Coroner Shrady found on the bureau in the
room several scraps of paper On one was
written: You damn skunks." It was not dl-
rected 10 any one On another scrap of paper
was written: "Girlie: You can never under
stand why commit this act" The line was
signed "Ilawtie'' and apparently meant for
his wife. The scraps were torn from letter
addressed to Fuller by a real estate firm that
was trying 10 buy from him some property in
Elmhurst. Long Island. which they understood
Fuller owned.
Fuller and his brother it was said. owned con-
siderable property in Vermont which their
father had left to them. The suicide was a
quiet man. we'll liked by his neighbors in Yonk-
ers He was about forty years old His daugh-
ters are ten and twelve years old. James s
Roberts secretary of the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company. said that Fuller had been IN
the employ of the company about ten years HIS
position was responsible one. Mr.. Roberts
knew Of no reason for Fuers suicide.
The brother of the dead man went TO the
Morgue and claimed the body. He had if re
moved 10 the undertaking establishment Of
Thomas Balmford. at No. 1898 Amsterdam ave
nue.. who will send the body to Yonkers to-day.
The late Lawson " Fuller. father of the sui
eide died four years ago. He had made a
fortune in sugar refining. and later became in
terested in city traction affairs, being known as
the father OF rapid transit"