New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-07-12
DRESSER SUICIDE
PROSTRATES WIFE
Couple Happy Since Mar
rage, Relatives and Law
yer of Dead Man Say.

Mrs Martha Walther Dresser lies
rro,ty,tod AZ the nome Of her sister as
a result Of the suicide Of her husband
Daniel lie Roy Dresser, on Saturday
evening. She, like her relatives ana
Mr.. Dresscr's attorney, c. W. Could
could assign no other reason Tor 'he
deed yesterday than the one already
ogcrcd bv Mr.. Gould, namely "the ac-
emulation Of thirteen years Of bust
,oss trouble" All other motives we're
mt aside as having no foundation.
",Ir and Mrs. Dresser were the most
oFo,ionatc sort Of couple" said Mrs
Drosser's sister, Mrs. Albert Sterner'
u,ifo Of the artist. at her apartment
at Lexington Avenue. "In fact they
loved each other so much they used to
behave almost childishly to each other
in public sometimes"
This statement was ampllied ny MI
Could's announcement that the Dress
ers hsd just furnished an apartment
in West Scvcnty-seyenth Street ana
had cxpected to occupy it this week
after a week end at Newport.
at is not true, as has been said that
thew had not lived together since their
marriage" Mr.. Gould said. MT
Dresser had been living at his club
intclv and Mrs Dresser with her
mother part of the time, until tney
could get into their new home lhsC
was all there was 10 it,
Mrs. Dressers mother, who lyes IN
n picturesque little white frame mousse
at 1871 Woodbine Avenue, BrooBiyh,
said her daughter and son-ln-laW hau
lived in various hotels and visited their
friends since they had been married.
"Nr. Dresser wrote his wife most
aTec, onate letter about an hour before
he 1t himself" said Mrs: Steiner
at "a full Of tenderness. lie Sald IN
il tat he had reached the parting Oh
the WAYS in his worry. But there was
little in the letter that Indicated ne
intended to take his life. lie men
toned in passing that he had lost TWO
nights sleep watching their dog cary
which had been sick, but had recoV-
cred" l:L
one special business worry which
had affected Mr.. Dresser very mucn
ot late was an invention. it was said.
This was a scheme to generate steam
from oil feel instead Of coal. Mrs:
Walther. Mrs Dresser's mother, sald
Yesterday that Charles VI. Schwab had
: seen the invention and was pleased
with il. She added that Mr.. and MIS-
Dresser had expected TO dine with Mr.
Schwab next Wednesday.
"Nr. Dresser was the inventor or the
process" she said. "but he had a
Freuchman interested in II. This man
was drafted into the French army Mr..
Dresser heard from him once or twice
in the spring, but no word had come
from the Partisan lately. think TINS
worried Mr.. Dresser very much
No funeral arrangements have yet
been made. Mrs. John Nicholas Brown,
Mr.. Dresser's sister, wished 70 have
his body buried in the family plot al
Newport. but Mrs. Dresser SAID she
preferred the burial TO be in Brook
ivn. The first Mrs. Dresser, who d.
vorced her husband and who uses the
name of Mrs. F.. Burnham Dresser ana
lives in Babylon, Long Island, IS eK-
poctcd 10 attend the funeral.
The body Of Mr.. Dresser was taken
yesterday to the Aldrcd Mortuary
Chapel. 1913 East Eighteenth street,
where it will remain until the funeral
takes place.