The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-14
Mysterious Features EI- compass Death of Man Whose Body Was In
 Room Two Days

Personal Effects Searched
 Today Disclose Bulky
 Packages of Stock and
 Bond Certificates In Many
 Enterprises, All Over 30
 Years Old.
 Shares of stocks and bonds to the face value of several millions of do1- lars, distributed among manufa ctur- ing, mining and waterworks projects, were discovered today among the ef- fects of Henry A. Dickenson, the my sterious suicide whose body was found in his suite in the Hotel strathe1d last night. Only 6S cents was found in his pockets, and though he had been at the Stratfie1d since Monday, April 4, he had not settled his accounts there. His general appearance being that of a prosperous business man, and his effects those such only a man ac- custoned to good living would possess, the discovery of his apparent deStitu- ton despite the millions of dollars on paper in his belongings and the failure of either relatives or business associ-
  mains up to a late hour today, have shed considerable mystery about his death.
 dence found in his effects the suicide was the president of the Federal Si1- verware Go. 169 Chambers St., New York city, capitalized at $50,000 and his business associate F. B. Miller, was the secretary and treasurer of the enterprise He was last seen alive by Dr. G. Skin Ford, the hotel physi- had hn6T1 ting him fOT several days for insomnia. Dr. Ford called Monday. Several times since find the man in. Inquiry had been in- stftuted by the hotel attaches when the room was found locked and ap- parently tenantless, but when it was found that Dickenson had te1ephoned someone that he would meet him, it was supposed that he had left the ho- pecting to return. Not until last night was the hotel room thrown open, and then the body, very much decomposed, was discovered.
 Dickenson had retired, disrobing. and donning his nightclothes. With a mir TOT in his left hand, he had placed the nuzz1e of a 32 ca1ibre pistol close to his right temple and pulled the trigger. The bullet lodged deep in the brain and must have effected in stant death. As he collapsed, the hands still firmly grasping both mir TOT and pistol sank upon his chest. The windows were closed and the steam fully turned on so decomposition was rapid. The pistol box was worn and marked as if he had carried it for some time.
 Dickenson was a stranger at the Stratf1eld, so the attaches state. He came there for the first time a week ago last Monday and engaged as good a suite as was available. He made good appearance. He was 63 year 1uxuriant iron gray hair and nous 1 tache. fine .girth of chest, weighing 200 pounds without the appearance of being fleshy man. He complained of insomnia. and through the clerk summoned Dr. Ford, who gave him a prescription for sleeping powders which he had filled at an adjoining drug store last Monday night.
 According to the Identification blank Dickenson has sister in Portland, Conn, a suburb of MfddIetown, but a telegram to her has thusfar failed to elicit a response. His best friend is given as Thomas Adams. Bayshore, 1 Broadway and 72d street. His doctor is given as Dr. Wm- G. Hartley of l 335 W. 34th street, New York City.
 He also states he is life member York city. His residence had been | as Breton Hall, Broadway and S6th l street, New York but was scratched 1 out.
 Although apparently without mon ey, having but 86 cents in his clothes, and no check book, Dickenson had a
  large diamonds, silver mounted hair brushes, gold and pearl shirt studs with his monogram, and a neat little
 Scrawled on the bottom of the Identification blank, apparently writ ten recently was the note, ''I have ing, L. I.'' When examination of his suit case was made today under the direction of Medical Examiner F. B. Downs, it was found that he had several bulky packa ges of stocks and bonds, all of them issued from 30 to 26 years ago, the aggregate value running well into the millions.
 Some of the shares were made out 10 John IT. Tingue, and endorsed in blank for transfer, by Tingue. Others were endorsed by w. J. Tingue as others were made out to Dickenson himself. Here are some of the enter J. E. Peyton, president. Ara Wendell, treasurer; Calaveras Water Mining Co.,. I. W. Marshall, president. R. K. treasurer; Whitney Mfg. president, A. c. Crosby, treasurer; Trinity Mining G.; or+an G; Cooper Flosgr Rodgers, SuTgs president ''' Alvin F. Hii1 secretary; P1umas National Gold Min ing Co., of California, William H. 5 uion, president, Henry J. Rogers. secretary; dukill Gold & Silver Min ing Co.,. I w. Brownen, president, srn Land & Cattle Go, George, F. Damon, president, J. T. Butcher, sec .etary: Union Consolidated Miningt Co, Nathaniel B. Vreeman, presi- Ient, Charles r. Freeman, secretary, L. B. Stone, treasurer: ATaapan Min ng & Smelling Co.,J. Thomas Adams, J. P. Robinson. treasurer, md many others. The certificates were for shares of stock ranging rom 5 to 1000 in mum Der, and from ! par value of from s5 to $1,00O each.