New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
ASTOR SUICIDE IDENTIFIED
Body Now Said To Be That OF
{. w. Barret, of London.
FIANCEE SEES PHOTOGRAPH
Head of Perfumery Concern
Body First Thought That of
Sholto Douglas.
.FlANCEE SEES PHOTOGRAPH

From description and photograph the
man who registered al the Hotel Astor as
Maurice Stuart and shot himself through
the heart on November was unofflcially
identified yesterday as Edward Westmore-
land Barrett who had said he was the head
of the business Of the Edward Nestmore-
land Barret Company. in oxford street.
London
Barret told his friends in this city that
he was a civil engineer. but while here he
was promoting a scheme for his company
by which he appointed agents for the sale
Of perfumes and the formulas Of perfumes.
| Barret advertised considerably for the
/ agents. and asked for $1,000 bond from
! each. and gave them a salary of S25 a week.
/ DR. l. 5. Hirsch, who has charge or inc
X-ray department at Bellevue and VINO
/ lives at No IS East S3d street, was re
sponsible for the Identification. He was
aided hy the Young woman whom Bar
ret was said to have been engaged to
marry. This young woman lives In thls
civ hut her name and address Or. Hirsch
would NOT disclose. r. is said that Barrett
suddenly disappeared FOR no apparent rea-
son a few DAYS before the date set for
the wedding. three months ago.
The suicide was buried in Kenisco GENE
tery after the body had lain ar an under
taking establishment cor week and had
been wrongly identified At Lord Snoto
Douglas. who disproved the identity py
showing himself in the flesh in Seattle.
DIR Hirsch said last night that ne was
positive as to his identification. Before
the bodv was buried. Coroner Feinberg had
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the Identification was brought about chieny
through this. and. further because OF
dragon that had been tsttooed on the SUI
cide's left arm.
..Barret" said Dr. Hirsch was mlld'
unassuming fellow and typically Engish.
although he told me he had travelled all
over the world. His parents, he said were
killed i'm the san Francisco earthquake.
DIR Hirsch said that Barret came to this
,itv early in July and took apartments on
Manhattan avenue. near 1lbth street Ihere
ba set no an Office and engaged stem
orrap pher 10 promote the perfumery bust
,ess The hance OF the dead man lived IN
the same house Dr Hlrsch declared that
psrrat showed him a contract he had with
, man I'M London I'm connection with the
cerf1uarv business This man, according
IN the contract. had paid ? thousand pounds
as an evidence Of good faith. and acted as
the London manager of the business. lhe
man GOT I'VE pounds a week. and the con
+,,rt called for the return OF the thousand
bounds ON September I OF this year. IL
y.as IN this date that Barrett disappeared.
The Young woman. her sister aud her
rarents we're distracted over the disap-
pearauce of Barret and felt sure that
something had happened TO him.
The friends of Barret read Of the suicide
of stuart" and the subsequent story that
stuart had been wrongly identified as
Lord ShoIto Douglas. The description Of
tho man tailed IN many particulars with
parrat. but the fact that the man had
,epistered under the name Of Stuart and
tbs initials NJ s." were found on certain
t.oks and apparel led him. Or. Hrsch. 70
believe that his suspicious were Incorrect
rb,. body was buried and the subject tenn
porarilv dismissed from his mind until
I last Wednesday, when he met Coroner
Fenberg on the street
Dr Hirsch told his story and the Coro-
! ,er invited him 20 see the photograph OF
/ the dead man. ON Friday Dr. Hirsch went
/ to Coroner Feinberg Office and though he
| fatt pretty certain that the photograph was
| mat of Barret. he took the photograph TO
| Rarret's hance and parents. Yesterday he
returned the photograph and told the Coro-
,er that Barrets hance. her sister and her
,,rents and the doctor himself we're all
/ r.rtaiu that the suicide was Barret.