The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-16

tOHtlHu'u lTOW TUSt FuUt.
from the bathroom. one OF the servants
at the house also told them that "A pillow
had been found on the sill damned up
against the bathroom window.
When Mr.. Landlord was found on the
floor Dr. Farrand Person Of 1921 Dean
street was called. He said that Mr.. bank-
ford died about three hours earlier. He
expressed no positive opinion. but said II
was entirely possible that Mr.. Landlord
just after entering the bathroom. turned
OH the electric light and In doing 80 hit
the key OF the gas cock also and started
the flow % gas without knowing IL. Then
he may have fallen in II faint, caused by
the acute indigestion from which he sur
fercd and passed from Inconsistencies to
. death.
The uudcrtaker's man followed the lead
OF the police and put "sulcid. by gas
poisoning in his memoranda. But mean
while Mcdowell. Mccarthy. Patterson and
other friends OF Mr.. Landlord arrived
, They We're sure IL could not be suicide be-
cause thvrc was no reason for Il.
Accident. Say. Doctor.
Dr. Lester u. volk the Coroners physl-
, clan. was inclined to agree with them.
Before departing he said to reporters ::
From "A superficial examination of the
body and ~ conditions In the apartment
and the bathroom ! am of the opinion
, that Mr. Landlords death was accidental.
1t is true that cannot explain Just
what took place IN ;he bathroom Hut
/ ! look at IL this way Mr.. Landlord was
q normal. healthy man 80 far as a super
fetal examination tells anything | am
sure there was no physical reason for
4 self-destruct!on. Turning then to the COLI
ditions IN the apartment ana what his
| friends tell me. every reason for wish
! ing to continue life is revealed. and no
toll IT,. kn IA
certificate l am expressing no opinion.
I I am simply saving. Cause Of death. gas
. asphyxia.' Whether or not Coroner Wag-
| ner will order an inquest I do not know"
! Miss Patterson was IN her own apart
! ment packing her trousseau when she
3 got a telephone message that Mr.. lhuk-
| ford was dead. She went to hts apart
meut but ~ the door she broke down
/ and was liysterich AL the afternoon. She
! and Mr.. L.aukford had known each other
| FOR about fifteen years, meeting first as
an incident OF Mr.. Landlords long time
! friendship with her brother.
poiic. begin 10 Doubt.
As the afternoon wore on the police be .
| gan To doub, their tentative conclusion
| as 10 the manner of Mr.. Landlords death.
= detectives Frank powney and owen
! kearney found that the bathroom door
! Vas sprung AT the top and very hard 10
| open. But IL a towel was wedged be
tween door and janb below the knob
the door opened easily. They suspected
! that Landlord had used the towel for
that purpose. and not to stun the crack
| 70 keep the gas in.
Moreover. only small part OF the
towel was in the door And later the
J bellboy who Thought at first ne had found
u pillow on the bathroom window sill de-
clared that he meant the sitting room.
- a.
u condition which aided free flow OF
gas. The tip could not be found. No
one in the house knew whether or no;
II was missing before yesterday.
Mr.. Mcdowell told the detectives tina,
for a long time his friend had had spells
of acute indigestion and always carried
pepsin tablets. One day in the stree,
Mr.. Landlord stopped and leaned on Me.
| Dowell in great pain: Mcdowell thought
he was going TO faint He believes
II was in a seizure OF that sort that he
fell In the bathroom.
Mr.. Landlord was born on February
IS. 1867, ut Princess Anne. Md. He
was son OF Urlah J. and Elizabeth
Bounds Landlord. His only brother. CO.
lumbus Landlord, is contractor In
Princess Anne.
Richard Landlord entered the railwa,
service as n clerk for the Eastern Shore
Railroad. Later he was auditor OF tn.
Maryland Central and then auditor OF
the Roanoke and Southern In 1892 M
went 10 Brooklyn and for two years wa.
cashier and treasurer OF the Broadwa!
Railway Company. now part of the
b. II. T. Then through the assistant sec,
retaryship and secretaryship of the South.
ern Railway he rose to IA vice-I,resid encS
In 1910. He got a good salary. saved
most OF II and continued To live In tn,
same sort of modest apartments that h,
had occupied in his days OF struggle.
} He was an officer and director of vir
tually all the Southern Railways sub
sdiary lines. He was n member OF tn,
Union League Club of Brooklyn. the Rail
road Club, the Maryland Society and tn,
Southern Society.
Miss Patterson until her resignation
from Huyler's was one OF the highes
salaried woman workers In this city. A
Christmas two years ago the firm CAV,
her IA substantial present In recognition
of her services and few days ago or
dered wedding present.