The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-06
GATES OF MATTEAWAN
MAY CLOSE ON DURYEA
siaJer OF Aged Father ArrnIsncd and
Held without Hal; for
Examination.
nELIEvED OF UNsouND MIND
millionaire starch Manufactures aud
civil War Veteran Shot to Death
While Asleep.
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New York. May 5.--The gates of Mat
teawau probably will close upon Chcs-
ter Burnett Duryea within q fortnight.
thus putting !, finis to one OF the most
terrible tragedies In the history of
Brooklyn.
The forty-three- yenr-old parricidc.
who shot his AGED father, General Her
man Duryea to death during 1T Of
mania carly this morning at their home
In Bay Ridge, was arraigned day In
tho ruth Avenue Police Court and held
without bail for examination to-mor-
row.
The District Attorney and the Dur
yea family concurring. Il county judge
VIII probably be asked before the end
OF the week 10 appoint lunacy com
mission That this commission viii de-
clare tho slayer Of unsound mind and
recommend his committal TO Mattea-
wan is considered certain.
Friends of the family said tonight
that Chester Was undoubtedly q large
III not the largcst--bcneGciary under
the VIII OF his father The estate was
estimated at upwards OF S2.OO0,o00.
Robert II. honeymoon, tho family law
yer FOR many years. would say nothing
concerning this phase OF the situation.
save that an estimate OF s5.o0O.0C0 was
too large.
FATHER ALWAYS CLOSER
Tn CHESTER THAN OTHERS
There acc tire" childrcn--H. If. Dur
yon. Mrs. l.. Ellcry Anderson, who is
abroad, and Chester--but of the three
the father was brought in closer con-
tact with Chester. In everything.
friends say. Jthe young man turned to
his father Tor counsel. Yesterday he
said:
IF father was hero he would under
stand why ldid IT. lie knew that
George Washington commanded me TO
XIII him"
In the Raymond Street jail the young
man showed signs of IL recurrence of an,
earlier attack of mania. during which
lie sought TO beat his brains out
against the bars of his cell in the Fort
Hamilton Police station.
want my guns. always keep
them with me-" he exclaimed.
Besides being a crack revolver shot.
Chester Duryea, a search OF his rooms
yesterday disclosed. kept a score OF
small arms and rifles hnndy His
cousin. Louis s. Duryea, Haid to-day:
Chester was a crack shot and mem
her OF the Crescent Athletic Club.
There is a big firearms manufacturing
firm which always sends him Il speci-
men OF the latest weapon IL has manu-
featured. and Chester had a large col
lection Of these lie was always inter
csted In high power rifles and revolvcrs.
and he uscd To show them to me and
discuss their fine points"
Louis Duryca said Chester had been
IN several sanatorIums. He has shown
signs OF irrnt!onality since his wife Sc
cured n separation from him In 1902.
Mrs. Duryca, who was Nina Larre
Smith. daughter OF Franklin Waldo
Smith. OF Boston. is said to be In Paris
She is independently wealthy.
MURDER occurs ON PORCH AT
REAR or THE DURYEA HOME
The murder occurred on the porch at
the rear OF the Duryea home. where
both father ard son were In the habit
of sleeping. About ! o'clock this morn
ing Chester Duryea who Is forty three
years old. slipped from his cot into tho
house. where he kept number OF
rifles. rtVolvcrs AND shotguns for hunt
ing purposes. He selected au auto
matte pistol and a magazine rifle. both
of which he loaded, and returned to
the onen-air porch. Standing within
few feet OF his sleeping father. he
hrst fred from the rifle and then
empt!cd the revolver.
Fer the past few days servants
tola The police. Chester had been acting
strangely and they had feared "A re-
turn OF previous breakdown. In 1909.
when he showed signs OF mental trou-
bic. his father sought to have him
removed 10 Bellevue Hospital for OBJ
this request was refused
Al the outbreak OF the Civil War
hiram Duryca organized the Duryea
Zoua"es and became is colonel. lie
served throughout the war. retiring at
ITS close with the rank OF brigadicr-
general
General Duryea's father was found
"r OF the National Starch Company.
and the general succeeded to the pres
idtnc% OF the company. The genera!
retired from active business life some
tiino ago.
Chester Duryea was admitted to
practice law and had Intended to take
up the legal business Of the starch
company. of which his father was the
head. Domestic troubles that cul,nl-
mated IN his being divorced by his wife
in 1903 discouraged him in this am
billion. friends explained
The divorce action begun In 1901 Is
also said to have been the beginning
of trouble between Chester and Cen
cral Duryea, the father taking the
side OF his daughtcr-in-law against
his SON Mrs. Chester Duryca before
her marriage was Miss Nina Inrrn
Smith. daughter of Franklin Waldo
Smith, OF Boston.
For some time Chester Durycn has
spent much time at home. and after
the shooting 1t was found he had been
engaged IN writing. a pile OF manu-
scripts the result of his work being
taken by tho police for examination
for possible reason for his act.
Although servants said that there
had been no quarrel between General
Duryea and his son before they retired
Tor the night, an overturned table, q
broken screen and books scattered
about the floor of the sleeping porch
led the police to believe that Chester
had awakened his father and that a
struggle had ensucd before the shots
were fired.