The evening world., 1909-02-12
DEATH NOTE Of
ACTOR ACCUSED
! F|SCAER-HANSEN
Lawyer in Tombs Denies He
Ever Received Any Money
From Suicide.
WAS INSANE, HE SAYS.
Wanted to Sue Mrs. Leslie Car.
ter and Others and Con-
suited Attorney.
WAS INSANE, HE SAYS,

A reference to Carl Fischer Hansen,
IN note left by Charles Warner, the
actor, who committed suicide by hang.
Ing in the Hotel Seymour. In West For
ty-fltth street. yesterday evening. In.
tsrested District-Attorney Jerome for a
time to-day Mr. Warner who was best
known as the star In a powerful melo-
drama called Drink" said In an inco-
hsrent farewell note: "Hounded to death
by thieves, liars and blackmailers,
Fischer-Hansen principal rogue. who
preferred to save me from ruin-they
rooted me out OF thousands OF dollars.
Now he is In prison"
h Carl Fischer Hansen, a prisoner In the
Tombs awaiting trial, was seen by an
Evening World reporter and asked
about his dealings with Mr., Warner.
He said he had never done any busl-
ness with the actor, but knew him.
about two years ago. said Fischer
Hansen. "Mr. Warner called at my Of
nce and introduced himself, He had
heard some OF his friends mention my
name. he said. and he desired to retain
me to bring an action for damages
against Mrs. Leslie Carter,
Insane, Says Hansen.
'-The ground Of action was, according
to his story, that Mrs. Carter had locked
him In a room against his will for more
than half an hour. saw at once that
he was suffering from form Of para
aoia.
''He had recurring delustlons Of a pro-
nounced character He wanted me to
bring a suit against persons III Aus.
tralia, who had, he said, robbed him Of
"a, 900, and against persons In London.
who had, he claimed. robbed him OF
$4,000. listened to him tel! Ills .rou-
bles, put him of with some excuse and
never took cent from him o. made
move for him Of any desc Upton, legal
or otherwise.
"He kept close watch Of conspicuous
crtmiDa. cases reported In the newspa-
pers and imagined himself the possessyr
Of evidence OF Importance IN all OF them,
although. he knew none IT the p'irc!-
pals. I esteemed him iunatic. well
balanced on everything but the PROPOSE
ton that he was being pers,, !ted.'
Popular on Stage.
( Charles Warner was sixty-six years
M ha hu1 80
who have come from the English stage
TO this country there was not one who
was more popular both from an artistic
standpoint and personally. Aside from
his success he was member OF the
Lambs. the Players and the Greenroom
Clubs. and active in works OF charity
for the needy ones Of his profession.
For two years Mr.. Warner had lived
at the Seymour. There was never any
question OF his comfortable financial
condition, although he had worked little
since last season, when he played long
engagement in tragical sketch. AT
the Telephone"
Broke In the Door.
Charles Warmers suite at the Seymour
consisted OF bedroom, parlor and a
bath. He was last seen alive at II A. NJ.
yesterday. A chambermad entered the
suite at about p NJ. and was alarmed
when she saw note addressed ITO the
Mana cement" pinned on the door. She
called Manager jenkins, who went to
the apartment with Coroner's Physician
o. II. Schultz, who lives In the hotel.
As they opened the door the actors
body, dressed in trousers and shirt, fell
heavily to the floor, and they saw that
he had stranged himself with noosed
trunk strap, one end Of which had been
knotted and thrust betty cen the top Of
the door and the Intel. Tile desperate
man had then kicked a chair from I'M
der him. Dr. Schultz said ne had been
dead several hours.
In the envelope pinned TO the door
were two checks on Brown Brothers,
bankers one for the actors weeks rent,
81, and another for $50, payable TO an