Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-09-01
MYSTERY Death OF
CAR OF BUFFALO
Inquiry is Squelched-Hint Of Pois.
oning Only Adds to Puzzle
Which is Walled Up by Victims
Friends. .

Which is Walled Up by Victims
Friends. (
BUFFALO IN. W, August IL
In the unexpected death of Victor
Speer, secretary to the Mayor of
Buffalo, the Queen City Of the Lakes
has a mystery that rivals that of the
Burdick case.
Victor Speer, according to all &C
counts. was more the Mayor of Buff
falo than was the elected Mayor,
J. n. Adam. a former dry goods mil
lionaire who went to Scotland after
the secretary's death. It was seven
weeks and more ago that this young
newspaper man who had made him
self the political car OF Buffalo died.
The night before Victor Speer
died he had a desperate fight with
a married man in the Mansion
House, Williamsville, eleven miles
east Of Buffalo. The fight was over
the wife OF Speer's opponent. Speers
funeral was held q few hours after
he had been pronounced dead by
his family physician.
Physicians Protest Vain.
DR.. q. Dancer, the medical ex-
aminer Of Buffalo, was In town the
Sunday Speer died, but was not call
ed. but as a private physician. After
the rumors rejecting on his ONCE
became uncomfortable, DR.. Dancer de-
manded an investigation of the Dis
trict Attorney. But since that time
the prosecutor has taken no steps.
Speer came to Buffalo to become
first the advertising man for j. n.
Adam, and, after his entrance into
politics. Adams special adviser.
His last night on earth is still
shrouded In mystery and will prob
ably remain SO until public inves-
tigation OF his death is ordered by
the District Attorney. Four days
investigation by correspondent Of
The Examiner has, cleared the
case OF many OF the wild rumors
that are still flying about Buffalo.
On Saturday night, June 9Th, Vie
tor Speer was one Of party OF Ave
which took the East road out of
Buffalo to Williamsville. There was
dinner at the Mansion House. a
quaint old structure built OF lime
stone blocks which has been fitted
up with Mission furniture and hunt
club pictures. 1t was in the Man
sion House that Saturday night that
Speer had fist fight with an angry
husband. Just why and what over
is not OF record. Speer was knock
ed downstairs, and In the fall sprain-
ed his ankle.
White Can't Awaken Him.
Speer telephoned to his own
chauffeur to meet him at the Coun.
try Club. four miles nearer Buffalo
Whatever the row. he left the Man
sion House, according to best re-
ports in a friends automobile. His
chauffeur, George Miller. says HI
took him home without further In
cident.
l Speer's wife says he told her moi
to awaken him and went to sleel
shortly after midnight. She fount
It impossible to awaken him earl,
Sunday AFTERNOON and summoned
the family physician. The FRS
thing the physician did was to tele
phone to the Catholic Sisters hos
pital for a stomach pump, It is ais
of record that he inquired of Smitl
& Thurston. neighboring druggists
the composition Of certain powder
, found by the unconscious man
/. side. The stomach pump, thoug|
r brought In an ambulance. arrive
after Speers death.
The deputy medical examiner say
D that at the request of the famil
r phi ysician he performed hurrie
g autopsy which showed that Spec
n while apparently healthy man, ha
: a dangerous heart and diseased ki'
neys No analysis Of the conten
o of Speer's stomach was made
!. search OF poison.