The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-13
SUICIDE ON LINER AT SAILING
RI R6ESGS stLISES SENT q
SHORE WIN ETTRHDGE'S BODI.
Acrobat Had GsSne Into Netsrs nssss
and shos HsmselI. and Hence the Mas-
takr narEsssS DaggaEc WIN yellow
Ialm On the Next swift steamer.

takr-El ssrEras's nAwgaRc WIN yellow
ATTN % the Next swift steamer.
Asthe White Star liner Adriatic backed
out % her dock At the foot Of West Twenty
second street yesterday morning throns
ran TO the oD-D end Of line pier and waved
farewell to the seagoers who had gath
cred 81 the rails forward. The futtering
stopped and faces became serious whsn
the voice % Capt p. !. smith reared
through a rnegaphOne from the bridge;
a passenger has shot himself. send
tug to take on the body
Pier Superintendent Smith. Who was
standing near the stringpiece. responded.
Ave. aye. sir!' and ordered the tug
Barrett Ia 90 alongside.
For the first time IN the memory OF folks
who have been seeing friends OF ON big
liner. i'm thu. last twent five years or more
the luody Of A suicide was lowered from
a .hip on the moment % her departure
The bodv was wrapped in a blanket and
mad. fast to a stretcher 10 which the
silenced multitude noted there we're s'is-
landed two yali-es The body cam" down
swiTtIy and was caught by men ON the
tug and landed at the pier. Attached
10 the blanket Wa a note sIgned by CAPT
smith aud The ships surgeon. Or " = y
OIoughlin and running
-Thi. j. TO certify that Alfred Burgess
VA. found dead IN his room on hoard with
A bulIe, wound IN ms head and a revolver
alongside
Ia. Adriatt. ~traigh tened Out and
headed seward while the body WAS re-
moved to room on the pies. The ponce
examined the baggage and found that "
belonged Ia Burgess, but they were sur
prised to and "a the pockets Of the dead
man cards and papers that Indicated thai
h. was EdWa,d E,,Tedge. stage mann,
Bapuo aud that h- Wa "A member ~ me
Mint. Rat Frederick Jrnnstt and VIII
IAN Pink OF IN. White Rate Ner" sum
moued and after looking a. IN" '"uy
declared positively that It was that ot
Repro. an English acrobat about y: YEAR
; rf .R,. who h ~ been playing IN vaudeville
,u TN, country and who had an engage
: ur.ut ~ London BuiEe~s WHO ALSO
-sII.d on the AdTiai,C. and - an a''or'
- about ~ YEAR Of age
With the holp 81 the wireless. me llne .
fu,. local police aud the Coroner onk
-traightsurd or the tangle Ettredge
Rad KILLED himself IN the second 'aoin
ntateFuom No 3lS, which las tTlenu bui
I gees - occupying Ettredse hAI ehsSEe"
4 a Toom with a teammate. Frank yen-
ninR- No 2ii which v a. near that OF bui
yeas .lsnuings and Burgess acre ON Ices
I bidding their friends "a the pier good-oy
" hen Eitredge shot himself and they prob
7 ably did not know that the suicide VINO was
being ln~ cred before their eyes Vas the
z agrnhat The steward Who discovered
the. body IA Burgers room never haNtng
! zs-~n Burgess naturally thought INA
thu. man ~ the room was the man VINO na0
a right to be there ~ httredge hAh
shakes hands with friends ON the pier
I.ss han twenty minutes before the ship
sailed u ~ likely that he put bullet
through has brain just a. the lines we're
B. rg.t "A I. sas also natural that the
stewards -hould gather up the baggage OF
burgess and send II ashore With the body
d can't smith. hts surgeon and Burgess
,Inti,tiasz were surprised To learn 81 the
D. fnlNup. which they did 10y wireless when
they were m the mel ghbOrhOOd ot Quarah-
tin- EItr-dG.'s baggage was put On
. trtg ana brought To- the city ana hT. blr-
s-z- was assured thst has own baggsg.
which the White star line took charge oi,
would b. sent after him on the next swlil
steamship Meanwhile" capt smith and
his surgeon probably are feeling bit
put out 10 think that they certified 10 IN"
De. "a ~ the wrong man. IL was not until
Jue sfterupun thai ~ was known definitely
that the acrobat WIS the suicide
The. friends 81 M. acrobat said az nTsi
Irar be- was reCuperating from spree
and that hl- nerves we're shattered. u"
gaN,. hrs friynS- on the pier a stnIltng
good and they were SURPRISED when
tn,.v hra ~ 'FtrT that he had shot himself
So short IN altt-v leaving them u was
"a later that the acrobat had q luckles~
tow. aH,tr which contributes to his de-
rl-lou 60 kiI himself TIE lived az ~
Orchard street hartford. England. ~"
Whit" Rlis WI Communicate With his
family aud II they desire % his body viii
be shipped th"rr. NrharNis" hc " Il =" bui
,,.d h,.ra NV ths. Whit. Rats H. had about
So 10 Nmsriyau and tuRii-h money
u..uE book showing small balance Ir
his favor. two gold watches and other
tewslry The money he paid tor ms pas
-.tg- will be- turned over 10 has fanny