Evening journal., 1910-12-03
SUICIDE MAY Be
.IDENTIFIEDSOON
Boston Woman Believes Dead
Stranger is Her Miss
ing Son
SENDS DESCRIPTION
TALLYING WITH DEAD MANS

The police and Coroner Gaynor have
received letters relative 10 the we'll
dressed stranger who committed sui
eide at the Hotel Wilmington here on
Wednesday night. One of the letters
was received from Mrs. w. Gutter, Of
No. 6S3 Atlantic avenue. Boston, Mass,
or No l6 Emerson street, Brookline.
Mass. in which she states that she
believes that the suicide is her son.
The descriptions she sends tallies
with the dead man and the police
think his identity has been established.
Mrs. Cutter also sent a similar let
ter to Coroner Gaynor and the latter
wrote to her by special delivery this
morning
Another letter received by the police
was from II. NJ. Thatcher, of No. ll65
Halsey street. Brooklyn, n. Y, who
thinks the missing man is his cousin,
Lawrence Hoke who disappeared
from his home last August and who
recently sent a brass baggage check
home Thatcher states that Hoke on
several occasions spoke of committing
suicide. The description sent by
Thatcher also agrees In some par
ticulars to the appearance of the sui
eide. but Chief of Police Black seems
confident that the dead man is the
son of the Boston woman.
The description fits In practically
teyery detail. the age given being 2S
years. which is about the age Of the
suicide Mrs. Cutter further stated
that her son wore either black or
blue clothes Of hard twisted worsted.
an overcoat Of dark mixed goods and
woolen cap. Further, that he was
Of slim build, had fair complexion
and brown curly hair. This descrip-
tion agrees with that OF the young
man whose body lies in the morgue.
Aside from the fact that the woman
believes that the suicide is her son
and gives a description OF the missing
man. the letter contains no other par
ticulars.
There was some talk yesterday that
the man might be William Lewis. for
whom the New York police are search
ing IN connection With a trunk muir
der mystery there. but there was moth
ing i'm the report. Lewis, IL Is said
4 has false teeth, whereas the man al
the morgue has his natural teeth.
The present case is similar TO one
that occurred at the Clayton House
twenty-five years ago.
/ On Monday evening, October 10
1885. a man about 60 or 65 years OF
age, and evidently a German, well
dressed wearing costly overcoat and
carrying a grip sack, reached this city
by a Pennsylvania railroad train al
$50 o'clock and was taken to the
Clayton House In the coach of that
hotel. There he registered as M
Hoyt, New York" He asked for a
room not too high up and was given
one on the first sleeping floor He
retired early at night and nothing
more was seen of him until Wednes-
day morning, when one of the maids
became suspicious and informed Isaac
Pyle, the proprietor, Of her suspicious,
! The two forced an entrance into the
! room and found the man apparently
dying. A physician was summoned and
everything possible was done to revive
him, but he died at I o'clock in the
afternoon In his possession was
found a bottle which had contained
one hundred sulphate of morphine
! pills. Only ten remained and the
stranger, It was supposed. had swal-
lowed the remainder, death being due
to morphine poisoning He had re-
moved all labels from his clothing
which would lead to Identification.
One dollar and ninety-five cents was
found In his possession, and also a
pocket knife, cigar case and match
case.