The evening world., 1913-12-15
TWOMEN KILLED
BYFALuNGfROM
+ HIGH WINDOWS
Devere Hall, a Lawyer, Plunges
From Ninth Floor of Hotel
Marie Antoinette.
HE HAD. LONG BEEN ILL.
Second Victim Was 86-Year-
Old Philip Rosenberg,
Patient at a Sanitarium.
HE HAD, LONG BEEN ILL.

Two elderly men under the care Of
Dhysicians were killed to-day BY falls
from windows. Devere Hall, sixty
yssrs old. . lawyer. Of Bay City. Mich,
met his death BY q fall from the win
dow Of his room on the ninth fioor Of
the Hotel Marie Antoinette. Philip Ro-
ssnoers. sighty-six years old. formerly
we'll known in Harlem. dropped from
the window OF his room on the third
floor Of the white Cross Sanitarium at
No. 32s West One Hundred and Thirty
seventh street.
The body Of Devere Hall. who came
to New York for medical treatment on
Dec. T. was found on the roof Of
Antoinstte. at Sixty seventh street and
Broadway. Mr.. Hail had fallen or
Jumped from the window Of his room
On the ninth floor during the night
Coroner Feanberg believes the Michi-
gan lawyer met death accidentally. The
body was clad only in underclothing
and one shoe and sock. The ether shoe
and sock were found underneath the
window. It 10 possible that Mr.. Hall.
sitting on the window sill taking of
his shoes. fell out backwardA The body
was found on the engine house roof
directly under the window. and not at
q distance. rs It would have been had
re leaped outward.
Mr.. HALL WAS A LEADING LAW.
YER OF MICHIGAN.
Mr.. Hall was born In Gaines. M,ch..
. sixty years ago and was q self-vaade
man. For many years he had ueen q
leading corporation lawyer Of Michigan
and had been spoken Of ~ . candidate
for the Supreme Court bench Of the
State.
Ovcrwork caused . nervous breakdown
. year ago. and Mr.. Hall went to a
sanitarium at Battle Creek. Mich, to
rscuperate. The treatment was not
beneficial and ho came to New York
to put himself under the care Of DR..
6pttxka, the nerve specialist and hts
friend since boyhood. Dr.. Royal s. Cope.
land Of No. 90 Central Park West MI.
Hall was accompanied BY his son, Ray.
The son has been living In . furnished
room near the hotel. He left his father
early last evening and Mr.. Hall sp-
peared cheerful.
Ray Hail went to the hotel At $50
o'clock and won't to his fathers room.
Tue bed had not been slept In. The
shoe and sock underneath the open
window prompted the son to look ou,
and discover his fathers body. A
search was made for letters indicating
suicide, but none was found.
FALLS FROM WINDOW At WHITE
GROSS sANiTARiuM.
0hiiip Rosenberg. a patient In the
white Cross Sanitarium at No. "a wes'
Thirty-seventh street, fell from the win.
dow OF his room on the third floor oi
the building to the sidewalk and sus.
tsined injuries from which he died with
In half an hour. Mr. Rosenberg was q
retired butcher Of Harlem and wa!
widely known IN hts days Of bushes!
activity.
Three years ago. after the death oi
HE wife. no engaged quarters in thu
White Cross Sanitarium. which 81 con
Quoted by Or. Emil Brunor. He wen
there for the care and attention mor'
than for medical treatment. - hi
family was scattered. all his sevaI
cAiidrsn having married. His hom
was at No. 0H West One Hundred an
Fortieth street
Despite his age Mr.. Rosenberg wa
physically and mentally active. 1t Wa
his custom ca arising every n,ornin
70 open the window Of his room. Will
% engaged to-day he toppled out. Tn
fall was seen by passersby and tn
unconscious old man was carried Int
the sanitarium. where he died whit
the doctors were working over him.