The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-07-17

-St-ff- p JAS Ease -c-e LaAef ne EeET town
and nothing was heard from him
until yesterday when his wife. whom
he had deserted informed headquzr-
ters that the man was IN town
Has Little To Say.
Information was sent to the sixth
precinct and Lyons was taken into
custody about , o'clock yesterday
afternoon At the police station he
declined to discuss his case. although
he did not appear TO be very much
upset By mis- arrest He answered all
questions put to- him as briefly as
possible. stating he had no fixed
place Of residence
The cell he occupied. which is on
the second floor OF the station house.
apd used for the detention Of Wit.
nesses- was Inspected at regular in
tervals during the night and early
morning and nothing out Of the ordf-
nary was noticed AT 3 o'clock the
patrol wagon driver saw Lyons look
ing out the barred window OF his
CELL but paid no particular attention
20 him
At SIS the dooruan Of the ceIIroou.
going 20 make his usual inspection.
found Lyons hanging by his belt
from the cell door He had slipped
the end Of the belt through the
buckle. tied a knot in the end and
passed il through the upper bar Of
his door Then he Ieaped from his
cell bench. which he had moved mar
the door for the purpose
Life was extinct when the body was
fouHd- although the flesh was stIu
warm a physician was summoned.
who announced that the man must
have died almost Instantly
Places Blame On Wife.
on the oed wzs found a note cd
dressed 20 Lyons wife IT gave the
reason for the suicide IN this BRIEF
summing uU Of his situation
ny Dear Julia
know this trouble has been In
SI=alrl oE EoE- This Is what
You meant by telling me that you
were going 20 see the clerk Of the
court. not 20 get the cases settled
but 20 get me in trouble IL was a
suoas kiss YOU save me
know YOU have done rriS 20 get
no or me- znC 10 hide the life you
are LiFinS. Welt. ] have lost every
lnlnS. even my wife May God
forgive you, as 7 have tried 10 do
tonight GCcd-by. WILL
Lyons was fifty wears old. but was
very feeble and appeared TO be much
older He and his wife did not live
happily together Mrs Lyons was
-r.e-- 80 ~ hE Aa-H Na a..H fl.M Tn02T
At her home the statement was made
that her attorney had advised her -
te-lFe the city until Lyons case had
been settled IN the Police Court The
hodE was sent to the uoreue b1- order
or tEe coroner, and VIII he held u0rF
lEe dead man s. relatives can be F0--E
anc directions are given as TO the fu-
neral
Others Arrested.
While the arrest OF Lyons vas not a
part OF the program Of the police in their
raid on the handbook makers YESTERDAY
he fel4 IN the net that had been set The
other men taken into custody were
Philip J. Roche. Charles w Downing.
Joseph F. Downing. John II nm.
Charles Scott. Patrick Malone. Peter
shaw and John Cole Martin.
Roche. the two -Dov1inzs- SCOTT and
Hin were arrested at Ro-be-s saloon.
l5f3 r street northwest. shortly before
3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon
Malone and Shaw were taken in az
the same time az a saloon near Tenth
and D streets northwest. and Lyons and
Martin were picked UP by Detective
Armstrong and Policeman Kelley AZ
sixth street and Pennsylvania avenue.
All the mer under arrest are v-eTI-ee-
do business men. one of them. John II.
HiIl. Is from Alexandra. and is re7uted
10 be a wealthy man be at one time
owned the St Asaph race track and Is
now a member Of the board OF alderman
Of Alexandra and a prominent business
man
These men were released late last
evening on Sl.010 bond
The arrests were made as part Of a
plan the police have adopted to clean
out the handbook makers IN Washing
ton IL Is stated that tomorrow morn
ing IN the Police Court the judge viii be
asked 20 impose sentences OF conFne-
ment instead OF nneS- the police beIiey-
ing that the handbook business here is
50 profitable that any man who engaged
in IL can afford 70 pay good stiE me
aS q sort OF license, but that mOder-
ate iaii sentence VIII have the effect Of
breaking up the business altogether