Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-05-16
Sister of Rogers, Who In.
vested in His Pool,
Commits Suicide.
SWALLOWED CARBOLIC,
THEN FELL INTO RIVER
Mrs. Charlotte E. Wooley, Wor,
ried Over Money Losses, Goes
to Paterson to Die.


the body of Mrs Charlotte Il. Woollny.
of bloomfield, sister OF George Davidson
Rogers. get-rich-auick Gnancler ia Who's,
pool New Jersey investors LOST si75.oW
Mrs. Wooley, who had herself lost So. 100
u tie collapse of her brothers schoine
of high finance. committed suicide At M.
Valley of the Rocks, Paterson, by drink.
.hs carboiic acid Her hoiy then rolleo
into the rnssaic.
IL Is thought that the sweeping away
of her savings preyed upon her nlnd
rnd was factor in driving her TO sni
eide.
george Davidson Rogers admitted 10
an Evening Star reporter today that his
financial failure might have been con.
trtpurng cause to his sisters tragic
death.
He asserted. however. that she had
been mentally unbalanced at intervals
for four years.
Mrs Wooley. v no Is Is years old, lived
with her father. George NJ Rogers. at
l6l Montgomery street. Rioomdeld. She
had recently hesn act ng queeriy. Neigh
bors remarked that her mental distress
seemed to be colncident with the spec.
taoular collapse of the Rogers pool
last month, ard the subsequent publicity
given to Rockefeler's former secretary.
Yesterday afternoon she left her home
fully dressed and carrying her pocket.
book.
Chief OF Police Louis Collins of Bloom.
| field. was today informed by the Paterson
| authorities that her body had been found
| in the passaic river
| Mrs. "ooley's body was found at s
O'Clock this morning by Conrad Winter
burg. Examination revealed that she had
| died from carbolic acid Afterwards she
+, rolled from the rocks into the river.
She wore gold ring and had her gold
! eyeglasses with her. Her umbrella. too,
was with the body. In her mesh bag was
comb AID a small note calendar. In
her purse were twenty-slx cents
She WAS seen standing on the bridge
| over the falls last night by Andrew Mon.
sey OF 255 Liberty street, Paterson. He
saw that her actions were strange and
watched her for a time, fearing she
would ding herself into the river. seventy
feet below.
George Davidson Rogers her brother.
and her father will take charge OF the
body.
Mr.. Rogers, famous for his Is per cent
pool, was grief-stricken at the suicide OF
his sister.
DO you think The collapse OF your
pool had anything to do With your sis
ter's death?" Mr. Rogers was asked ny
an Evening Star reporter.
81 am quite certain II had not, he re,
turned quietly. I'VE had Indication, Of
her mental falling four years age. Size
has shown all kinds OF unreasonable ways
AT one time she would be apparently all
right at another all wrong
"Non understand. MIR. Rogers. that the
loss of her money in your pool places
you In an unfortunate lIgbt?"
Certainly. II may have had a ut,le
TO do with her DEATH but don't think
II had very much. | am irving vary
hard TO strsighten out my affairs" he
added.
Mr. Rogers said his sister Ind ono
child. daughter II years old living In
Bloomfield.
Operations OF Rogers.
The orbit of Rogerss flight through the
financial world was marked by dazzllDg
brillancy and startling series OF glow
ing promises before disaster came In
April.
Rogers was formerly the secretary of
John d. Rockefeller. and he quoted a
letter from the oil king In his pool pros.
pectus. He owned pglatial home in
the Clinton Hill section OF Newark. He
was Mt one time president OF the board
Of trustees OF ST. Luke's Methodist
Episcopal Church, and he donated s6 .O0C
10 that church. lie was well-known
church worker.
Among the many prominent men whom
he listed as references were Everett
Colby, former state senator: James I.
HAYS, former postmaster of Newark aud
former president of the State Board oil
Education; Uzal ", McCarter, presideu,
OF the Fidelity Trust Company; J. VIII
iner Kennedy, assistant superintendent
OF public schools Rev. DR.. William n.
Morgan, pastor Of the Central N. u.
Church. and Rev James II. Mcdonald,
pastor of ST. Luke's NJ. E. Church.
The Rogers Pool" as he termed his
scheme. was the combined capital OF IN
vestors used In buying aud selling stock.
TO use the words of the promoter. II was
q plan OF Investment not speculation.
He promised 10 pay 10 per cent, keep
ing the surplus earnings ms his own conl
mission for acting as agent" for In
vestoTE
HIS most elaborate advertising book.
let a mastery example of gild.edce >
financial literature. was issued in June.
1909, although the pool had already
grown 70 considerable proportions.
In this pamphlet he reiterated again
and again that loss was impossible.
Upon my character as man I accept
your funds. he wrote.
Then. last month cnme the collapse.
Rogers made over bis assets. about $40.
Oo0 in stock for the most part, 10 Nathan
Gifhn. OF New York II Was estimated
that the investors had lost $4,000
The four heaviest losers were Newark
ers. Cyrus q. Shepard. $4,000: James II.
Rutan. $4,000; John y. TAYLOR. $l25oo. and
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