The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-22
PRANK B. CARR DROWNED
BODY o. THEATRICAL NAN
AGER FOUND IN RIVER.

Prianhs Bellevo Ne Commltted auietds.
WhIch We HAD Attempted DefOre-
Lang COnnectea WIN Rurlesaus
HSuses-OWned WuiiamsbuFG Theatre
Prank n. Carr. a ven Known burlsaqus
manager and formerly lsasss and manager
Of the Unique Theatre. a burlesque house
In Williamsburg. was found dead Ia the
North River a. the foot q Thirty eighth
street yesterday morning. The Coroner
viii hold an autopsy this morning -
determine whether Il was q case Of suicide
or not MrCarr attempted suicide year
agO in a Chicago hotsl by cutting HE
throat with a razor He went 60 a hos
pital and was thought % be beyond hopa.
but recovered after q long fight.
Frank b. Carr was prosperous up 10
two years ago. He had been In TIC
theatrical business for many years. al
chiefly IN burlesque and IN what IN tho
old days Was termed variety. but which
now goes under the name % vaudeville.
AZ ono time ne had a huFlesqus hOunO
on Third avenue. Manhattan. and ne
Unique Theatre IN Williamsburg also
brought him in good revenue. Two yoaFs
ADO his friends thought him worth 500 90.
IL was just about sw0 pears ago that
Carr began. - HE Friends term II. going
down hill Slnoo that time his VIE.
who h known on the vaudeville stare a
Winnie Richards. sued Car for adlvoros.
She secured alimOny pending ne ellt-
,,v,a - "A. .Uei,U a.,A -. ~ A.. ~.
band In the courts on aud on for non
payment. Az one timo he was forced 10
take refuge IN New Jersey b avoid arrest
on this charge. Mr.. Cars friends put
down the trouble with his wife e. the chief
reason for all that followed.
When Carr cut his throat IN Chicago
James II. Curtin, president Of the Empire
Circuit one q the few Of Cars friends
who stood BY him. was notified and went
% Chicago. Carr finally got out u TIE
hospital and Mr. Curtin put him on hls
feet again. This winter Carr had had
one or two burlesques running over ne
Empire circuit, but did not attend % hia
business a. be had been accustomed 10
do. He was drinking heavily, his a.
sOciates say. and had lost many Of his
former friends through III temper when
drinking.
Between 10 and II O'Clock yesterday
morning George y. Wells, q deekhand IN |
the Pennsvlvania Railroad tugboat Mer-
Ger. found q body floating near the pier |
az the foot Of West Thirty-eighth street |
Letters in the pockets Indicated that the |
BODY Was Cars. and the Identification |
was completed By newspaper reporters
Who knew him. The body was tasen % /
the West Thirty-seventh street police /
station. and from there Coroner Winter |
bottom ordered Il removed 70 the morgue. |
Among the letters found In the dead |
man'e pocketa was one from his mother. /
Mrs. Mary 4. Carr. who lives at iqs Water 4
street. Ilaverhill Mass, and who 10 said 1
10 he over 20 years old. In the letter Mns. /
Carr ~ presssd her pleasure Al the re-
coyery % her son from an illness A
postcard picture Of Ida Cnspi. a dancer,
formerly in vaudeville and a. present /
Stth the Golden Crook burlesQue COM
pany. vas among the papers. Another
etteT from hr. Carr = mother was wait
ing for him az the O'iice % the Empire
Circuit In the knickerbocker Building.
This letter vas returned 10 the writer
W. Carr was horn IN Boston about hfty-
lne YEAR ago. He was one 81 the Ora-
nal Horseshoe -Four" quartet that was
famous IN its time thirty years ago ~ 80
Hts most important venture. the Cnique
Iheatre IN williamsburg. was killed bv
he building q the Williamsburg Bridm. (
Ebich took several thousand persOes
rom the neighbOFhOOd from which the
theatre had taken its patronage
Mr. Carr vas thirty-second degreC
Mason, a member Of ~ Cecile LodEa.
4. and A. N the Corinthian Chapter ,
ROYAL Arch Masons. the tvanhOs Com i
naucleFy New York ConsistoTy Of Thirty
.econd Degree Masons and q the Mecca
remple Mnstic shrine
Mr. Curtin was notified Of the death o.
'au. We will take charge Of the burial.
arrangement sfur the funeral had not
zen made last night. but will be an
lounced to-day There will he Masonic
'uneral 4
A longshorenan was found who said {
le had seen Carr 20 overheard. biit he
couldn't tel for sure whether he slipTed
y fell OtherS IN the neighborhood said
hat they had seen HIM standing around
year the rier for an hour or more before
- finally went into the water Mr. Cars
riends Do not doubt that IL was q case Of
uiCide
Mr. Csrr had heen living At 7oi south
iecond street Brooklyn