The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-13
T. NIX. LAUGHLIN A SUICIDE
CrI >IDENTN RROTHER.IN-LAW
NHOT HIMSELF.
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- Ttr'e sad mad su@t Asstyea
ir"m EaroPe TsGt Gees q PuneraI.

- Ftr'e esd f1nd SuMi Arrived
Ir"n' EuroPe TAFT Gees q PaneraI.
rIrr-BrE0. March I3.--FollOwinE .
t.-ourr inquiry to-day it became known
bat Tomas MckinnOn LauEhlin. asaist-
.nr treasurer Of tho Jones' a I.anghlin
80 company and a brOthsr-in-law q.
r--- Dent Taft, had did from a buJist
sound "a his head self-infiiotsd -s=..T
Yesterday morning. With this dIselos-
,r, ram' the announcement OF a family
physician that for several months Mr.
lAuguiin had been a sufferer from melan-
,huIa
>"tn" tine early Friday va hi. fine
uor,s ,p oodland Road the shot Was
"red that ended Mr.. Laughlins life.
Nr iaughlin returned only last sum
DAY iruT trip TO Europe for HE health.
Tbs, Tho news Of his suicide VAS not
made known 10 Pittsburg sooner Vas due
70 The "'orts Il the Iaughln family and
n III, family phyaicians to create the
impression that death was due 60 cerebrsl
h~morrhage caused naturally.
The news Of Mr.. LaughIns death first
-sach-d the Coroner's olice az ! O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. shortly after the
hcdy fully dressed. Naa discovered By
servants hardly had the on cial investi-
zsti1n been started when an anonymous
telephone n,essage 10 the COroner was
received
Nh Iaughhn shot himself. was all
u said, and the telephone vas hastily
hung up.
Deputy Coroner Richard Carney worked
On the case all of yesterday and last night.
This afternoon at 2 O'Clock Carney leaped
into a taNicsb. which was driven at full
speed ~, the hill 90 the Laughlin man
son In half an hour he came out
Il Was a suicide. wasn't IA he vas
sske by curious visitor
-Ncs.- said the Coroner. Mr. LauKhhn
shot himself in the head
When President Taft and his party ar
I'VE 'o-fnorrow morning az the FAST LIB
sr;v station of the Prnnsylvania Railroad
.sy will be- met 10y a police guard OF
nv men IA uniform. Supt McQuaide
might picked out the same detail he
.ai ned when the President was here
iaugGLu home then. The Presidents
o.rr.. =" viii he escorted in the funeral pro-
co.. ..'. % Allegheny Cemetery to- morrow
o. ry-nly-iiv. policemen besides secrel
.I,' detail under direction Of Capt.
I'm Washer OF fhIs city.
'.' -ermon will BE- preached by the
Maitland Alexander. Hni ssrvic 90 |
v.f gin In tho home az o'clock. Inn
Meta .'ly when h. arrives the President. !
-. apt Butt and Mrs. Louis More. his 1
a., ..r-,n-Iaw viii 30 driven in an auto
r,obi'- 60 the I-aaGhiin home. AZ cr the |
funeral services and entombmNnt the ,
Pee H-a' viii return to the LauRhlin |
tprs and the party viii lesys for Wash |
rE'ru on Tho Pennsylyania train leaving I
~. iyt.f Liberty station at eco o'oloOk /
r' .nr-rrpv night
representatives Of nearly all the wealthy |
brrH"S ~ P1ttsburg will attend the
"r.ra' Tomorrow. although only the |
closest friends - the Laughhn family
.vsnds OF tho dead man will be in
.-a7 The family - among the Arst
70 p.r'-burg
'.r The news ut the suicide became
snuvu Drr T ~ Mckennan and w. ".
'~y0u Nr IAughlin's personal ply
'r.... -"iused To discuss their previous
.fs.'H..ut that death resulted naturally.
n. honorary palIhearers a. the funeral
H" : Y. schwartz, j. Bis@ell Speer
n. s.l-- ~t"sart. Herman Grimm. Frank
>r.H , e. Perkins. John Rickstson.
-r-o' rtShugh. Fritz Bsyers. W. G.
N"r".-nd y = Jones'. Jr.. and william
isrmnr Jones
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