The evening world., 1912-03-07

DOCTOR IS FOUND :
DEAD DOORWAY
FROM POISONING
Mystery in Demise of.Dr. A. l..
MacKen of New Brighton;
Suicide, Police Theory.
HAD BEEN DESPONDENT
"Life Not Worth Living" He
Said Shortly Before Body
Was Found.
HAD BEEN DESPONDENT

The body OF DR.. A. l.. MacKen. of
No. ls2 wcstervelt avenue. New Brigh-
tor. Staten Island. an eye. ear and
throat specialist. with offices Mt No. 81
Madison avenue. Manhattan. was found
in the hall Of n tenement at No. eJj
De Kalb avenue. Brooklyn. to-day.
There were indications that he died by
poisoning.
Tho tenement r. Of the old-fashioned
type with a door opening flush with
the sidewalk. The front door IL not
locked at night. The hail 10 always
dark. Frederick johnson. n tenant.
stumbled upon the body as he was
going out TO work. lie called John
Users. the ~janitor. who brought n light.
uatishci the man was dead. they called
Policeman wesaer. OF the Vernon ave-
niue station. whittier the body was
taken. after DR.. walenta. OF the East.
srn District Hospital. had verified the
d0th-
Capt. Reinsls searched the dead mans
clothing. Besides II cents he found n
packet Of the physicians professional
cards and a letter addressed TO him
at his Staten Island home.
The letter had e written by Harry
Smith OF No. 100 Lewis avenue. Q block
and q half from where the body wal
found. A messenger WAC sent to ths
Smith home n Mrs. Smith came to the
s.ation n Identified the body.
Mrs. Smith said the physician had
called at her house yesterday and had
borrowed g. He safe he had been on q
spree for a week since he visited his
wifs's home In Staten Island. and had
~. sS~.l A..A. -, III. sat- A-..-L
ter. who slammed the door In his face
He was seedy and had no overcoat. lie
said he had pawned II. He wanted &c
sober up. he sad. n 20 to the home
OF dis brother up State.
At his Madison avenue once Il wal
learned he IN not been there for a
week. and DR.. G. II. Hilton. who sharec
Dis ohhces. had been taking care Of hi
practice.
He seemed very much depressed, Mrs
Smith said. and remarked that things q
his home were in U an unhapp,
state that he didn't see much use II
living" lie left the house late yester
day afternoon.
From the condition Of Dr.. MacKsn'
clething. the police thought there was
possibility the body might have beeI
DRAGGED him from the street.
There were no marks indicating VIC
leace. The . was somewhat discol
orod and Coroner 0linnen, who wa
called. thought there was . poss!biiit,
death had been caused by an irr1tan
poison. Coroner's Physician West va
instructed to make an autopsy at once.
Mr.. MacKen got . summons from tn
1ag1strate's Court In Stapleton. on Sep
-. last year. charging DR.. MacKsn Wit
asserting her and their three children +:
I'VE With another woman. She sAid h
he'd not been near his home since JNi
u and va ivinG with . woman at NJ
- East Sixteenth street. Manhattan
whore he was then practicing.
T0s marriage Of the MscKsns was
rWAwa0 match. Her father. John II
Wing. no chairman Of the Board q
x5ostsse Of the Smith Infrmary, {
which Or. 0acKen was once house sui
Ue0n- ~ the time she got the summon
~ hsP husband. her brother. deora
Irvng. was eesk1ng his wife. who ha
- away with Q married man and ~
Sessr brother. John. was awaiting tri
% ths charge Of Mrs. Mary Bekis,
yeung widow. VINO said h had four
- In her bath tub. although No hi
"a aoked permission to use II.
o9rs. AacKen. when informed Of n,
husbands death. would make no stat
ment. except that ne had not lived
has eatsn Island home since the
trouble Of last summer. Her fathe
WITH whom they lived. 10 q retired u
m~anufacturer and 10 wealthy.