The sun., 1916-11-28
JOSEPH BROOKS Is
KILLED BY FALL
Theatrical Man, in Poor Health,
Drops Eight Stories From
Apartment Window.
WAS g. YEARS OF AGE
Managed Many Famous Actors
and Actresscs-Funeral
Services To-day.

Joseph Brooks, producer or many
successfui n,avs and husi,csa associate
-, -
pa''o he'aseo' 'ne Shuoer's anu NAV
& Erlanger. was found dead yesterday
morning in the COURTYARD OF the apart
man, 49,. an w.. ro,.u,.-,,,,h
- 80 -"
street, IN winch ne ilNed Win MS faH'iiy.
lie had been In Ill health and only
recently had returned from n sanitarium
,..u p.....,.. m. ,.,..,. ...,.,,.,
"s"' No'"''e' III" ''en'' e~p'"
yesterday that he was suffering from a
ervous breakdown.
c,ro,uro, ...,a,rr ,t. a.,,,
~ 80,
were such that coroner Heaiy' VINO
visited the apartment. was unable to say
vbe,her or mn, ~ NJ. occidental
"This looks 70 mo ike suicide, said
tho Coroner. ..hut the window VA. low
and he NAV have leaned ont and fallen.
Hut the fact that he had bccn in II,
health for a long time and seemed IN
worry about n leads mo IN be,ieve Thai
he killed himself"
wirdo,~ Wa. o,.r.
Mr. Brooks occun,ed nm hartman nm
the eighth floor with his wife and dauph-
ter. Miss viry,nia Eox Rrook, who 10
DlANlnV WIN Nlllnm la NnfShnfn and
Henrietta Crosman in BERNARD Shav's
play getting Married" at the Roo,h
Theatre. His wife was nreno ring a
warm hath for hin, md I'm Nor absence
from the bedroom he walked 10 tho onen
window Emn,oyees NJ tho anar,men
house later found his bodv crushed a,ros,
beyond recognition pa~troIpian Ne,.or
OF the west Sjxtv-eiphth stree, nojicc
station and the s,nerintcndcn Of tbe
tragedy Tho na,roIm,n ronor,od ,hs
producers death as suicide
EMPLOYEES OF the bouse said ,b,, Mr.
brooks had tried IN XIII himsoif .ix
months he fore Erionds NJ tho do,d r,ar
denied that no had made tho a,ton,n,
saving he had been onerated mon ahnn,
thar time.
Altbouvh -. -, ht. ,o,.. .,,t.
Majesty Bunker Re,n" was no, coins
as well as he had hopcd 1, wou,d and
was not making T., Eev yo,L ,ha ,h.
nomenal success 1, achieved in chic.Yo
| friends OF Mr.. Drooks s,id be had M
| reason TO worry ahou, uonev ma,,ors
Crjcved ~ Death n, u...,
ne Was secretary OF inc New Anster'
nam lheure corporation and had ar
.nteIest ~ the puiio'hg as wen as othei
n'"''.." 'cs''eNeu Sred'lH
~ 4" u.a'n VI Wiiiiarn fiarris last week
anu Iook a urn Tor the worse after
.nas news was broken 10 MN FuneraI
se,,.ees VII ne helu ,or porn to-day.
nroohs was porn IN memphis
~. '.n Years ago an" maze hl'
!" s' 'nm"''''S, business ny way
o a., 20, S,n wnen hc prancnco
~ W "n.ii an" pcVaNie u Wanase
,,ar.o - lame, Mats
Inhn Nn,.,,,io,,, ~ parreIt
Davennor, 10, liz 1880. $3.50 r"nuS
ian RussoI n, y" W.
snrare rhc,,-o ,,a aisn,h mc ,o
uue Theatre Tho a,m ~, a., ~,
Brooks g. Dicksor I'm, ia,or " -,
became q mariner ~ Uarrv vina. ..rS.
Lights ~ N VIZ mn, an ,,, a.,
Dickson's heln WV "'
With Eisw 4 ErIar,er ur prooI,
produced .Ren.utir" anI ,rada 49,, :"
the ARRANGEMENTS with ,en vvaii,oo
He also brourh, ont 'The pich, ., ~,
THE Round In" The Prince or I,dii,,,
and 'Rebecca of br,oL I.rr,
when operatIng with X and T., WI,
Mr.. Dingwall he produced "Thc Sins n
Society," and Peggy Nacbroc
Mr.. Brooks and Messrs. Elaw aud rr