The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1908-11-04

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through the night in her room. She !!
rather a light sleeper ordinarily
that makes II seem all the stranger
that she was not awakened by the
sound of the shots even IL they were
muffled.
Neither his mother nor the aunt, who
is spinster, fifty-five years old, knew
Young Welt was married. This state
nent was made TO an Evening World
reporter by Miss Welt after she had
gone TO the home of Joseph E. Baruch.
another nephew and a Wall street bro
ker, who lives at No. 500 West Seven
tieth street.
Never Saw His Wife.
Nelson never said that he was mar
RED" said Miss Veit. I'VE thought
him single. We never saw his wife, IL
he has one. Mrs. Welt and Nelson and
had dinner last night In the Ansona.
We went upstairs and played cards up
till almost 10 o'clock. Nelson was
cheerful all evening, laughing and
Joking. We discussed plans for the
winter and other family matters, but
none that related to Nelson's financial
condition or his domestic affairs, be-
cause we did not know he had any.
He was always loving son to his
mother and last night was no excep-
ton, She was very proud of him.
AT e.45 P. NJ. he jumped up suddenly
hnd called up some man on the tele-
ohone. / don't remember the telephone
t7umber. heard him make an engage
ynent to meet the man at Times Square
IL
his coat and hat, kissed his mother good
night and went out, apparently in the
best of spirits.
II sat down with Mrs, Welt and We
played cards until ll.45 o'clock. when
Mrs. Welt wanted to retire.
II helped Mrs. Neit to undress and
then turned out the lights in her ROOM
said good night and went to my room
I heard no noise during .iie night and
smelled no gas. After O'Clock this
morning ] .eSse sad was surprised to
find G-s. veit still in bed. l called her
= received no reply. Then I called
.1r Nelson, hoping he was around, but
fnt no reply. 1 pushed the door open
Il little, saw the Ghastly color OF Mrs
Neit's face and became frightened. l
cared not go near her. While ! stood
mere shivering with fear l called up
Mr.. Baruch on the phone and told him
feared something terrible had hap
rened He got DR., Thornley,, the house
shysician, and brought him up.
The physician and my nephew gave
cle look at Mrs. Vets face and then
;ald me to go outside. They then dis
covered a bullet wound over the right
tar and another directly through the
heart. The smell of gas was by that
ine noticeable, and DR.. THORNLEY,
Climbed up on the casing and broke
he transom of the bathroom. He saw
Nelson stretched on the floor.
Il know Of no reason for the deaths.
Nelson was Independent in fortune and
Of a happy temperament. 1t is possible
hat the dread of having his mother
md wife meet or of bringing his Wife
into his family had something to do with
&. ! don't know who the man Is that
ne met at Times Square, and l don't
know what time he entered the apart
,nent, but l assume it was after mid
might"
Capt. Reidy, of the West Sixty-eighth
street station is looking for the man
rhom Welt met
Young Welt had probably come to the
bathroom direct from the scene OF the
shooting OF IS mother. The revolver
18th which he had killed her was still in
AiE hand. He had laid 1t upon small
dressing table in the bathroom, with the
two newly fired shells and three loaded
chambers still in it, Then he had taken
off his coat and waistcoat, his collar and
lis tie and hung them neatly on the
edge of the bathtub
Improvised a Couch
He snread thick hath towel on the
aoor and rolled nm a small Turkish rug
<or willow Then stretching himself
IN .his i,,,rovised concb he mad taken
,,.,n,oa- hi. Inns the free end of ruh-
1er tube at,arhe1 ia a small gas
1a.,,r, s,ove A. he Law tbara he
o,,rs .si,,. rooot, aud oman ,he cocr
-, The COS cxture Then he had s.tt,ed
hack with the tubing held firmly in his
-aeth 10 wait for death. IT couldn't
have heen long in coming for a great
volume of gas pourcd down his throat