New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-09


il WAS not identified. oh. yes It's inc
roor hoy. / am sure Of that.
rlrich's visit TO the undertaker's was
made for the same reason as MIS- No
hlc's. Il saw the story in the papers
no said land that the dead man hao'
,ceistered AT the Astor as Maurice STU
art remembered at once that l had
r,aved with man by that name in the
old Dewey Theatre in Oakland IN l9oi'
The man | played with was an English
man who went under the name OF Mau-
rice Stuart. lie took the part OF scot
land Yard detective i'm a melodrama' IN
which had the leading part
l'Irich showed bill Of the play and
said he had not seen Stuart or Douglas
since 1901. II have no doubt that he
Is the man ] played with, though he
said. II am sure of my identification
SUu another man called up Coroner
Fcinborg yesterday and told of knowing
the dead man. also under the name Of
Maurice stuart. This man. who did not
visit the undertakers and only talked
10 the coroner over the telephone, said
his name was Matthews
Il knew q man named Maurice Stuart
who answered the description of the
dead man given in the newspapers, in
London, about five years ago" he said
Il used 10 see him there cashing checks
at the office of the American Express
Company. Two years ago ] saw him IN
Oakland, Cal. He was then playing at
the Dewey Theatre
Coroner FeinbcrC did not ask Mat
thews 20 go to the Undertaker's to iden-
ufy the body.
The assistant manager of the Hote
Aston. Mr. Palmer. said last night that
he could not believe the dead man was
Lord Sholto Douglas. We have heard
from The Marquis Of. Queensberry" he
said. and he says that his brother is in
the Wet and IS we'll
we have had another story about
him" MI Palmer continued, showing
that he Is a brother Of the Earl of Suth-
erlaud don't know whether there is
any ruth in that story. either, but il
seems plain 20 me that the man was of
good family. ! should not be AT all sur
priscd 20 learn that he was q nobleman
Paid Two Bills All Right.
re came here or October 10 and reg
isttred as NJ Stuart. < f. c.. which we
supposed to mean San Francisco lie
did not seem to have much money, but he
paid his first two bills all right. The
third one he did not pav. It amounted
80 only about 500 and the way it seems
To- me is that he was SO ashamed and
respondent because he didn't have any
money and couldn't pay that little bill
that he killed himself
HIS clothes were all OF the best and
were made in England. He had two eX-
pcnsive overcoats and all OF his clothes
were u the same kind. His baggage
showed that he had been all over the
world There were tags on his suit
case Of hotels in san Francisco and Seat
tie and Japan, while his trunks showed
hotel and steamer tags from all over Eu-
rope. There We're no European tags On
his suitcase.
y man came in here to-day and showed
w. a letter written to his mother by Roland
Stuart who. he said was q brother OIL
the Earl of Sutherland. This man said
his mother had been a servant on t.,
estates Of the Earl in Scotland and 'hC
Earrs brother had written TO her TO give
her news of the people on the estate. The
letter was written in 1905, and l compares
v,-ifJ no 70
lister. IT was exactly the same. or course
the first name was different, but the way
the Stuart las written was unmistakable
There was slant 10 the 8 that was
very peculiar and made a positive idenii
dcation.
This man said that he had last seer
Roland Stuart two and one-half years ago
asked him TO describe his stuart am
he gave a description that fitted exactly
the dead man"
Before killing himself the dead man het
carefully removed from his clothes. suit
case. trunk, and even his eyeglass case. al
marks that might be used as Identification
His trunk was marked M. S." but tina
was the only mark that remained, while al
letters and papers had been carefully de
siroyed Many persons called at the un
dcrtaking rooms yesterday 10 try 70 iden
tifv The bc0y. but most OF them were bal
fed. when there were no marks on Tin
clothing.
So many came that orders were al las
given that no one was 20 see the body VIII
could not first give a name and address AM
a reason for thinking that he might be abl
10 identify the body. Ulrich and Mrs. Nobl
were admitted because they were willing 4
identify themselves and were able 10 pre-
sort reasons for thinking that they nigh
know the man. Mrs. Noble came as
funeral was BEING held for the dead maj
ami waited until e was finished before sh
made her Identification. After seeing tn
BODY she talked first to the EichelberSs
and Iatcr IN the day repeated her story /,
,hc police.
Los Checkered Career Here.
Lord Sholto Douglas was the third an
youugegt son Of che eighth Marquis o
Oucersbe-ry. aud his brother. now Ia thii
country. is the present marquis The