Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-29
| HARRY PULL|AM DIES
Base Ball Magnate SuccumbS
to SeIf-Inflicted Wound.
FOR HOURS UNCONSCIOUS
Nervous State Had Long Alarmed
His Friends.
NO EXPLANATION OF ACT LEFT
Stirring Career of the Late President
of the National
League.
NO EXPLANATION OF ACT LEFT

NEW YORK. July a9.-Harry c. Pull
liam. president of the National League
Of Professional Base Ball Clubs. died at
$40 am. today after shooting himself
through the head in his room in the
New York Athletic Club last night. AL
though bullet from his revolver passed
entirely through his head. severing both
optic nerves and causing instant blind
ness. Mr.. Pulliam lived from $3.50 last
night until this morning. He became
unconscious soon after the shooting was
discovered and was unable to make any
statement as to his reason for commit
ting suicide. but II is generally attrib-
uted to i'll health.
Mr.. Pulliam was i'm his Office yesterday
attending to the business OF the league
and went to his room at the athletic club
last evening. At $50 o'clock a signal
from the telephone in his room was
thrown up on the switchboard in the club
rooms
Pulliam Found Wounded.
The operator responded, but receiving
no call. sent messenger to ascertain
the trouble. Mr.. Pulliam was found ly-
ing on the floor. dressed only in his under
clothing. and with a bullet wound through
his head. The telephone receiver ap-
| parently had been knocked off its hook
when he fell. y revolver lay on the floor
| near his hand.
| The clubs physician was summoned,
| but there was little he could do to re-
| ieve his patient, and it was evident that
| death would ensue within a short time.
| A coroner who was called attempted TO
| obtain a statement from the dying man,
but without avail. To all questions as
to how he was shot Mr.. Pulliam. who
was then in semi-conscious condition,
| replied that he did not understand and
asked What shot?'
| He soon became unconscious. but later
revived little and complained that his
head ached and asked the attendants to
rub it. No note or other explanation
of the suicide was found in the room.
| Throughout the night Mr.. Pulliam lin
sered in semi-conscious condition. Mem
bers of his family in Tennessee and Ken
| lucky were notified last night OF the
affair.
Alarming Nervous Condition.
President Puliam's health. and particu-
larly his nervous condition. had been so
poor for several months as to cause much
alarm among his friends. After the spring
meeting of the National League In Febru-
airy he was granted an indefinite leave
of absence and spent several months with
relatives in Tennessee and Florida. He
| returned 10 HIS duties ABOUT a ulOutn
ago and seemed to be considerably i'm
proved by his long rest. His health soon
| began to give way again, and II is re-
ported that he recently spent a week I'm
| a sanatorium. A report was current
| today that Mr.. Pulliam wrote his resigna-
| ton as president of the league before
shooting himself. but this could not be
| confirmed.
| May Be Buried at Louisville.
| LOUISVILLE. KY. July 29.-The news
of the death of Harry Pulliam was re-
ceived in Louisville. where he spent his
early life. with profound regret. 1t is
thought here that the body will be
brought to Louisville and inferred beside
those of his father and mother at Cave
Hill. George w. Cain, his brother-in-
law, who left Nashville this morning for
New York. is expected to make the fu-
neral arrangements.
| NASHVILLE, Tenn, July 29.-George
! w. Cain. brother-in-law of Harry Pull
liam, left today for New York. Upon
receipt of the news of the death of Mr..
| Puliam Mr. Cain said:
| MY brother-in-law wrote his sister
about a week ago. and in the letter there
was no note of discomfort or dependency.
1t is something / cannot explain