The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-28
NAN Was WELLINGTON SMITH
PAPER MANUFACTURER or LEE
KILLED M A FOLDING he'd.

~sst~ @"~ NV" ~ ~ss
business nj Lee-"emen ""s "As
WIN haim Has Not "een '"e"s'hen'
The man who vas killed in a folding bed
that closed down ON him az a2s weue
Twenty third street early Yesterday morn
ing was Wellington Smith oS Lee. Maan..
once on the Governors Council and
president Of the Smith Paper Comnamv.
| ~,hioA or.ra.,. s,,. lar,~ r.D..r r,il,a ~,
|.
sN0 ~ ''''
L@e. VINO the WOMAN WIN MN wan n~s
| not been learned. She had told the poles
| that she was Mrs Smith and there ap-
naar,.e, a., ~. mn r.a.on for e,e,ainipw har.
| 4. - A.. -. -
OF MT Sni'h uea'h re@cneo nus fanny
MIR. smith and hts companion went 20
| the furnished room house early on Tuss-
day evening. The room they occupied
-. "a, ,ho ,r,,,,ud a,,or n, ,h, fran, IN
-, -. = A. a..
"~S ""O' INV ''A'''' ~ '"'
back OF the room an AicoVe' curtaineu on.
was furnished with am old fashioned
folding bed.
A woman sleepiDa direotIv above ,hia
s., -. -, !. ,,,,,., -, ,,,i..s.hs
80 -
'ne So"hu :" .@". W ''i"'N
cries followed This woman ran INTO tho
hall and went down stairs. She found tho
door OF the front room locked The streee
door was on,v n fe,v fee, AWAY and .h,
- ;. -. -, -, =, -, -.
~s '' " wv
Tor he'p'
4 At Ia ma 4 M 9lr - IN
were being taken tn their boarding place
az is'. about 30 yards down the block.
by a young man. The woman on the
, stOop called to the three that something
had happened inside and asked them 20
help her find ont what u was. Marie
ssnasswood. one OF the girls. ran up sss
steps and into the hall. She tried the par
| Tor door again And saw thaa the frame
would have TO tie broken TO get m that
way.
Along the face Ot the house ran a ball
cony opening from the tall WINDOWS OF
the front room and bordered nv high
stone railing jump from the front
steps took her To TINS Mite porch ana tna
young man with her followed they
found that the window nearer the steps
had been drawn down httie from me
top, and with the help OF her companion
the young woman pulled down the upper
half A. far as 70 would go The lower
sash was at least feet from the Moor
OF the balcony. bat the girl managed 90
scramble over without smashing I'M
glass. Her friends remained outside.
Inside the room there was no light.
but the gas in the hall outside allowed
| under the door ami sire FOUND her way
to the door and YET the others IN and they
drew aside the curtains OF the aicov@.
The folding bed was shut nat The faint
cries OF WOMAN came from inside.
Together they lifted the heavy back OF
the ancient device and the body OF an
elderly man rolled to the noor. On ths
other side OF the bed woman long PAST
middle life lay on her side she was
moaning. hut there was no sign OF me
from her companion.
An examination showed that the aoc-
dent had occurred because the front braces
had no, be~n properly adjusted. The
he'd was on" ~ the heavy nigh shonioered
sort which has ia" double W." OF Warurobs
and couch " was designed 70 be turned
around AZ night on easy running casters
when W." back could Tee Jet down. ms
front legs hAd apparently h--n allowed
To remain slightly h"nt Under. Any
iarrng Wond ave been enough va let tho
foO' down and bring down ~" heavy bark
Mr. smith had been wing on his ba.<
with ~" h"ah o" hiho" against uis
partition his NECK was broken instantly.
The woman WIN MN was yihs on her lets
s'd". The force 81 The ialinH weight IVES
r,-ce'ved ga her rifh' shoulder
Dr " weston got tn-re quickly
from his "fr'~ a' o." West I~"niy-seoond
street. n" saw at ono" that Mr.. Smith
was dead. HE woman was hnrrying
about the room gathering up her be'Sng-
ings. She had thrown SKIRT over hsr
night dress ana ~heh 1T weston ho'lced
her wet she was bundiDg mp her outer
clothing with great haste He addresssd
her a. Mrs. smith. a. the police had IN
ioTmed MIN mat she was me VIE OF mo
dead man tie told her that Mr. smith
was dead and shs begged nm iranticahy
TO do something more to bring him 20
LIE she was vehement IN her protests
that something COULD st'il ne done. AN
the time That she was uttertng these re-