Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-01
NEW YORKER MAY
HAVE COMMITTED
SUICIDE
Theory of Self Destruction
Now Advanced to Account
for Disappearance Of H T.
D'AIbeft,

Especial Dispatch to the Morning Journal
Santa Fe, y. NJ, June 3O.-The
mystery of the cate of the young.
wen dressed, polished young man
who came to the elaine hotel, sun
day, June D.. registering nc II. T.
D'Albert, New York, n VINO as
appeared Sunday, June u, after haV-
inc cut all Identification, marks ol
his clothing seems 10 be solved. II
is thought that he committed suicide
though his body has not yet been
found.
A mar answering D'Alberts de-
scription wandered to tho National
Cemetery Thursday afternoon, June
Is. and seemed to be in Il dazed con
dition though he talked coherently to
Mrs. W. II. Kendall, the wife oil the
superintendent. He was either great
w weakened from consumption or
was dying Of hunger, having wan
dered aimlessly about for some days
He asked Mrs. Kendall for a glass OF
water and said nothing about feeling
hungry. Taking out a little via ne
poured some Of the Water into IT, theh
shaking thc contents he swallowed the
solution and started toward the ehy.
He left the bottle and ulmbier near
The Kendall home and both were
thrown over the fence. Yesterday
the kendalls searched for the bottle
and round it. on the label were writ
ten In large letters poison ana
underneath were the customary skull
and bones. The young man had SAID
when he took the liquod that it was
his medicine, but 1t may have been
a deadly drug he had kept in his
rocket as the last resort to end his
suffering.
H. may be that the unfortunate
Young man wandered around the
woods and finally lay down and died,
still Keeping the secret Of his lden-
tity with him.
Mrs. Kcndaifs story.
reporter called on Mrs. Kendall
Yesterday and after talking with her
rode around the cemetery searching
in vain for traces, OF d ALBERT OF the
man who had visited The kendalfs
Thursday.
1T was about 4 o'clock in the az
ternoon said Mrs. Kendall, when
a well dressed young man. in 2 dark
suit. which seemed too large for him,
called AT the house and seemed 70 be
suffering from exhaustion. He asked
for some water and | gave it to him.
He said that he had come out from
New jersey and was 4 health-seeker
/ asked him if he was stopping at a
hotel and he said that he was. but
-..t1 49, tAf,1- Of tIn Mans |
asked him If perhaps he had not put
the hotels name in his memorandum
book and pulling cut u little book
he satd that he had written IT IN a
book. The Claire hotel vas the name
of his residence. He said that ne
mad let baggage ff the depot and
had not yet had IL Brought up, Tic
complained about feeling weak and
told him thpt he ought To have
stayed at home as he was in no CON
dition to travel. He said that the
physicians had ordered him to come
to View Mexico
Mrs. Kendall then described how
the tourist had poured a little water
into a vial he carried with him and
had drunk the contents after stating
lhat TINS was medicine ne was Az
customed to take.
D'Albert's Disappearance.
The description Mrs. Kendall gave
tallies with that of II. T. OAlbert'
the young men who mysteriously as
appered from the claire hotel where
for g week he had acted peculiarly
speaking to no one and staying OUT
doors most of the day. He had ROOF
% and left a dress suit case in It,
with IA collars. four shirts. some win
ter gnd summer underwear, and some
toilet articles. He left also q Nes'
from which the inside pocket had
been cut. and all of the initials OF
marks on his underwear had beer
Ell Off with some sharp instrument
OF his collars were marked IN
Iff4f4nm tho l.l L.ag l~pnnIaFnn m