Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-22
CLIMAX OF DAY OF REVEL
His Victim Had Left Their Home
Town to Evade Him.
QUARREL AT R0ADH0USE
Mrs. Fred Singer Dragged From
Telephone Booth by B. w.
Yates and Shot.

man. believed to be Burton w. Yates. a
Detroit business man. committed suicide
by hanging in the county jail today. an
hour after he had been lodged there for
shooting a wopan. identified as Mrs
Fred Singer Of Cleveland. formerly of De-
troit. in q road house at Rocky River.
Left alone in the bull PEN OF the jail
while commitment papers were being
made out. Yates hurried into the wash
room, tied his handkerchief around his
neck. attached it to an iron bar, and
strangled himself When the guards re-
turned they found him dead
Woman Will Live.
The woman was taken to a hospital in
a taxicab. which the man, thought to be
Yates, summoned to the roadhouse. .ne
will live. barring complications.
The shooting followed a day Of auto
mobile rides and visits to wine rooms.
The couple arrived at the roadhouse
shortly after midnight
At o'clock In the morning, shortly
after the man had ordered the taxicab. a
quarrel started which ended In the wom-
an rushing out of the roadhouse and
across the street to the telephone booth
of a rival establishment. The man fol-
lowed closely.
The woman had entered the telephone
booth by the time the man arrived. He
tore open the door, dragged her out and
asked her to return with him.
There was brief argument. Then he
drew q gun and fired five shots. Two took
effect, one in the womans back and one
in her leg.
Yates Is Overpowered.
Employees of the roadhouse overpow-
cred the man. Marshal Roy Martin of
Rocky River was summoned and brought
him to the jail. At the jail the man gave
his name as B. w. Yates.
Mrs. Singer was identified through her
attorney. Frank Billman. who stated that
she had come to Cleveland from Detroit.
two weeks ago. in order to escape Yates.
All admission to Mrs. Singer g rUum at
the hospital has been denied. Until she
fs able to talk the causes that led to the
shooting will remain q mystery.
Marshal Martin says the man told him
that two of the Ave shots he fired were
aimed at himself, but that he was SO
nervous he missed.
Mrs Singer Is rather stout and has
light hair and blue eyes. The dead man
was stockily built, and had iron gray
hair and a Mght-brown mustache. He
was we'll dressed in dark clothes.
Yates Had Been Troublesome.
DETROIT. Mich. September 22.-The
mental condition Of Burton w. Yates.
supposed to be the Cleveland suicide. had
been causing his relatives and friends
anxiety for six months.
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to commit suicide in the city ticket Office
of the Pere Marquette railroad here, but
was overpowered by H. F. Moeller. gen.
eral passenger agent of the railroad, who
took Yates revolver away from him.
Yates is said to have been left by his
father q fortune Of nearly half a million
dollars, but under conditions that gave
him control only Of the income from the
property and not Of the principal. He
had lumber land interests In Canada and
was secretary Of the Point aux Barques
Resort Association. which owns summer
resort on Lake Huron.
In athletics he was well known as an
enthusiastic curler.
Son Goes to Cleveland.
A son Of Yates. a well known business
man here. arranged today to leave at
once for Cleveland to see if the man who
committed suicide in the jail at Cleve-
land was his father. There is no P. W.
Yates in the city directory.
Yates has been chairman of the Busi-
ness Mans Publishing Company. Limited,
which has Officer In the Detroit Journal
He has a wife and grown
family. one, OF mis- sons having just grad
uated from the University Of Michigan.
At his late residence, 4S AleXandrine ave-
nue., his wife and family were over
by the report from Cleveland.
Yates left here early in the week for
business trip to Canada. His family un-
derstood that he would stop at Cleveland
before returning home.