The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-04-04


" IshingtOn.
TIE train also brought Mrs.
HichbOrn, his mother, and Can
tain T.. III. PcarsaII, L. =. ", his
brOther-in-law, at whose home
HichbOrn shot himself.
In a heavy rainStOrm the party
was driven To- a downtown HOtci,
while the body was taken TO
Mount Auburn Cemetery.
WASHINGTON, ID. c. Special
The Herald today prints the folow-
ing: Dangerously i'll from grief and
shock. Mrs. Paul S. Pearsall. who dis
covered the body of her brother. PhiliD
s. Hichborn, in the library of her
home. 1901 Eighteenth Street north
west, after he had committed suicide
with a revolver while supposedly men
tally unbalanced from the sorrow and
humiliation caused by the elopment
of his wife with Haroce Wylie, was un-
able to witness the church rites over
the body yesterday afternoon, and is
in bed at her residence under the care
Of physicians.
Fear is felt by relatives and friends
that Mrs. Pearsall will be unable to
stand the strain, and a report from
New York city that a sister of her
husband died in the metropolis at al
most the exact minute that Philip
Hichborn committed suicide is being
kept from her by order of physicians,
who, ii is believed. are afraid that an
other shock may cause Mrs. Pear
sail to lose her reason.
Mother Grief Stricken.
Mrs. Philip Hichborn. widow of the
late Rear Admiral Hichborn. and
mother Of the young lawyer who so
sensationally ended his earthly
troubles. also was unable to be pres
ent at the funeral services for her
son, but she recovered sufficiently af-
tor f1l.af -
Boston, where the body will be in
TERED today. Friends of the grief
bowed woman used every influence to
persuade her from taking the trip be-
cause of her condition.
Paul S. Pearsall. brother-in-law OF
Philip Hichborn, also accompanied the
body, and after attending the services
for the suicide, he will at once board
train for New York city in order 10
be present at the funeral of his sister.
While the report that Pearsall's sis
ter is dead seems well founded, no re-
lative or friend in this city has been
found who would verify the report.
II is stated on good authority that
PearSall received a long distance tele-
phone call, advising him Of the demise
of his sister just after he entered his
home and was told Hichborn had COM
mitted suicide.
Another report current last night
and apparently well founded. but not
verified, was that Mrs. Henry NJ. Hoyt.
widow of the late Solicitor General of
the State Department and mother of
Mrs. Gilmore Hoyt Hichborn, left her
home, 17O1 Rhode Island Avenue
northwest, two weeks ago for Nice
Italy, where, report says. Mrs. Hich-
born had just borne a child Henry
NJ. Hoyt, the young brother Of Mrs.
Eiichborn, would neither affirm nor
deny the report that his mother had
departed for Nice.
When Hoyt was asked by reporters
whether he had anything to say, he
answered quietly and politely: NO.
What can any one expect me TO say.
1 wish only to ask that no questions
be asked me-" His request was grant
ed and the reporters asked no cues
tions. Friends say the grief of young
Hoyt is pitiful. 1t is said he fears the
effect on his sister when she learns
that her husband sent a bullet through
his brain through dependency over
the disgrace her elopement with Wylie
had caused.
Whereabouts Are Unknown.
If Mrs. Hichborn has learned that
her husband has ended his life. and
this fact has been communicated to
any one in Washington, the person
who received the information has not
dlVulged 1t. If the Whereabouts of
MRS. Hichhorn and Horace Wylie are
definitely known by any person in
Washington, that person has not al
lowed the information to leak out.
At the Wylie home. 1905 Thomas
circle, which has enormously been
referred to as the Hoyt home no one
but an old colored butler has been
seen by newspaper men. 1t is said