New-York tribune., 1909-07-13
LIEUT.. SUTTON'S DEATH
Il HTTNESS IN CANADA.
1fiSs Ste5Cdrt May Not Return
Alleged Ne5c EjTdeHce.
rBv Telegraph to The tribune J

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man OF Pittsburg father OF Miss Mary E Stewart.
who is being sought as witness I'm the reopened
Of the dest hof Lieutenant Sutton at An
rspolis in October lSa7. gave It his opinion to
.-oav that the Lieutenant had been murdered -
annapolis Nj Stewart SAYS his daughter is now
@4st Stzney Brae. nesr lake Joseph, Ont. and
Tvin STAY there for months F77 does not in
:. tend 70 have her called home for investiga-
1iou believing that she present Is in too nervous
condition stand any such strain, and he does
nos think II necessary that she should be OK
srrined. as she knows nothing about the death ef
Iieusenant Sutton
'T inclined n believe with others who know
more of the particulars than 7. that Lieutenant
Sutton vas murdered said M stewart te-dav.
~ft Is r"t right. however thar my daughter should
be brought into thfs case. she simply a
v1sitcr Annsp polls at the time. because of ms
son being there She met Lieutenant Sutton ~ \
dance She was very nervous. being only nineteen
years old and the nerning after his death she
tainted when she heard the news This was natural
for 3 nervous girl such my daughter Is
7 went 70 Annapolis While my daughter Iay sick
ard Ne talked about the affair, hut she gave
reason think that she knew any than the
not, and it Is right that shs should te hailed
before that board She certainly viii 90 there
with my consent 7 spent lot Of time with the
speople Of Annapolis ~ rha time the Sutton af-
Fair. and II seemed he the opinion there that II
was net suicide They do bury suicides with
military honors On they Wen. thev buried lieu
= tenant Sutton with full military honers."
Annapolis ruly 52-The Forthcoming -einvesri-
cation Of the death in 1907 Iseutenant James
n Sutton. T. s N g. Who, according % tho
finding the prior Investigators, committed sui
? eide. continues 70 hold interest here. and new
evidence IN the case is constantly being sought
i IS said to-day that witnesses have been dis
covered who testify that the night he
met his death Lieutenant Sutton had not been
drinking undulv. and that ae left Carvel Hall in
,-1.e -r,o had
-sspent considerable time in the barroom of the
Saaotel
The clerk Of the hotel is quoted saying that
? be saw Lieutenant Sutton in company with Miss
Stewart in the loungng room Of the hotel constant
y during the evening, that he saw the lieutenant
bid Miss Stewart good night, and. little later
him leave the hotel in The automobile. with
Lieutenant Adams. Rocker Osterman and Utlay,
after having had something drink with them
the barroom Of the hotel. Il is also asserted
that evidence viii be forthcoming to show that he
fore the party had gone far there quarrel
among those in the automobile, that profane Ian
gusge used, and that the others in the party
upon Lieutenant Sutton.
Colonel Charles A. Doyen, commandant Of the
marine barracks at the time Lieutenant Sutton
died. made statement to-day relative to the
happenings Of the night the fatality. going into
minute detail of his Investigations into what
CURED According 10 this statement the dispute
in the automobile DID not begin until after the
chine had entered the Naval Academy grounds
and in the dispute. well in what afterward
occurred Lieutenant Sutton was the aggressor.
The statement further says that Lieutenant Sutton
placed under arrest, which he broke. after
aiming himself with two Tevovers. 10 hunt I'D and
Kin those who had been his companions and that
he finally killed himself Colonel Doyens state
Tnent concludes:
The day after Sutton's death Major Fuller in
discussing the affair, told that Sutton had made
"a remark AZ the dinner table young lady guest
that il was the height OF his ambition TO kil
man some dsy."
ss
Washington. July PA apprehension of the
ursetce Of the amy and Nay in regard the
turisi Of officers who commit suicide is given
cthcisl circles today answer the report
That unusual hpnors were accorded Lieutenant
Sutton. tt IS SAID that the custom IS 70 accord
military honors 10 officer who takes his own
life