New-York tribune., 1908-11-12

offices at the time OF the accident. no one saw
Mr. Watterson fall OF heard sound until the
commotion on the roof below caught their at
tention- All then rushed TO the windows. ard
saw lying below the limp body Of man. But
in the gathering dusk they did not recognize the
victim. and did not suspect it was Mr. Waiter
son until Major Burns. superintendent OF the
Trust Company Of America Building. entered
the offices and told Mr. Wing his partner had
fallen out OF his window and been killed
Mr. Wing rushed into Mr. Wattersons ofic-
and found it empty. On the desk on top Of some
law papers which he had intended taking home
With him. the victims hat was lying He wore
his overcoat when he fell
Shortly before O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Burt d Whedcn. OF No 235 West 102d street.
young lawyer connected with the firm. asked
Mr. wattersOn TO step into the library with him
TO look up a case in which the firm was inter
ested The two men spent almost an hour to-
gether in the library poring over volumes and
papers At 4.45 o'clock Nj WattersOn sudden
" looked at his watch and said
We'll. must he going home"
WAS ABOUT TO GO HOME.
He passed out or the library into the main
Office and waiting room and past the desk az
which Frederick R Basg. the managing clerk
of the firm. was sitting. on his way TO his own
private room Bagg was the last person 20 see
him alive.
The door Of the private Office had attached 70
it a spring which shut it automatically after
Mr Wattersou had entered the room IL IS SUD
posed that ne drew his Overcoat and then
went over 10 the window. which was open. with
the intention Of shutting it preparatory to start
ing for home The sill OF the window - low
reaching slightly above the knees. and next 20
the sill is a radiator. lower than the sill It IS
believed Mr.. WattersOn reached up to pull down
the window tripped over the radiator IN his
hurry. and plunged headfOrenOst to his death.
The body struck carpenters trestle in its de-
scent and broke It It was ten minutes after
Mr.. watterson had left the library that trs
other occupants OF the Offices knew OF ths
tragedy
Patrolnan Reiss. OF the John street station.
was immediately summoned from the street BY
". / Baternan. superintendent OF the United
states Trust Company Building. who was ths
first 10 reach the body and learn the character
IF the accident The policeman in turn sum
1oned an ambulance from the Hudson Street
Hospital in which Dr- Laurie responded Ons
glance at the mangIsd form told the anbuIance
surgeon there was nothing to be dOus for tbs
man Coroner DooIey arrived in a short tirie
and after an investigation declared that death
was due TO accident
DEATH DUE TO ACCIDENT.
The body was removed in a patrol wagon 20
The John street station. where Or. + D. Lehsns.
-oroner's physician was already waiting to view
It. II took him about two minutes 70 decide
that death had been caused by a fracture OF thu
skull and multiple injuries Every bone in the
body had been broken he said He signed a
permit allowing the body to be removed 70 an
establishment by the relatives.
Until the relatives arrived Mr. Whedon. who
mad spent All hour in Mr.. WattersOns company
1nlv a short while before and had been the last
man TO speak with him. maintained lonely
vigil az the station house. Mr. Wing the senior
member OF the firm. sat down at the switch
board in the firms offices and rapidly telephOned
10 the relatives and most intimate friends OF the
dead man. getting the wife OF one OF them 70
20 over to Mr. Wattersons apartment. No 231
second avenue and break the news TO MIS-
" Patterson.
Mr. Wing later had the body OF his partner
removed To the stephen Merritt undertaking ss-
-abIishment Nc. III Eighth avenue. where Il
yin remain until word can be received from
Colonel watterSon. who is at present in Louis
vile.
Sergeant RYAN OF the John street station.
made an investigation after Mr.. watterson's
BODY had been removed. and said he was con
yinced the fall was accidental The fact that
the body was picked up only ten feet from thS>
wall Of the building from which the Young law
yer fell was regarded as proof that the sct was
not intentional as otherwise it would have been
more Of a jump than a fan and the body would
have struck the roof below some little distanes