New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-05
p W. Lewis, Known
Here, Is Suicide In At
lantic City Hotel
cON OF WEALTHY
PITTSBURGH MAN
Philadelphia GirSs Identify
Shirt Found in Miss
Roberts's Room
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Atlantic City. n. j., Jan. Der
..rd Wesley Lewis, Of Pittsburgh
lies dead here tonight with bullet
.b-o.gb his head. at the end of one
. the tangled trails which have led
f.o,, the room in Philadelphia
,rbsre the body of the model, Grace
Bohsrts. was found last Saturday.
Lewis. the son of Pittsburgh
,osi operator. and one of the hetero-
gensous group who called the Rob
s-ts woman friend" killed himself
,,b;ls the men who had come TO ar
rest MIN were clamoring at his door,
ia IS the mysterious "man IN the
,sv;csbo about whom the Philsdel-
nbia police have been building up
tbsir case for the last four days.
Detectives Of the Atlantic City
rolice who burst in the door OF his
mite in the States Villa Hotel, found
the mans body lying in the tub OF
his private bath. The hands were
still clutched about a .22-cahbre
rife The room was filed with the
reek Of gunpowder.
Trapped, He Ends Life
Trapped, with no hope Of escape
the man had shot himself in the cen
ire Of his forehead as he heard the
polce begin to hammer at his door.
On his dressing table lay news
paper with big black streamline;
aGirl May Solve Model Mystery"
u.r,roed in by the evidence which the
Malice Of Philadelphia have been rolling
mn .rRinst him for the last four days
with his back 10 the wall and no hope
Of sssape. the man had been careful to
destroy all means of identification.
The police found no letters, no papers,
in his rooms But Lewis forgot one
thing in bis last effort to shake him
SELF free Of the crime that was settling
dsrkly over him.
Handkerchief Is Clew
There was bulge in the dead mans
bip pocket when the County Physician
rolled the body over. A detective in
yestigated and pulled out mottled
brown lump.
It was a crumpled handkerchief sim
and hard with dried blood that soaked
it. A faint, unpleasant odor arose
from it. Physicians who have exam
med it say that the stains are old.
All day to-day in Philadelphia the
trail which the Pittsburgh man had
left grew broader and clearer. Al
fnt he had been spoken Of IN
definitely as a wealthy middle aged
man" who had driven to Grace
Robertss apartment, had told the,
dtuHeur 10 wait, and had never come
back TO him. Then through the testi-
nony OF two school teachers OF
Germantown, Miss Ethel and MISS
Mabel Kyle, his name was learned,
To-day for the FIRST time, the police OF
Philadelphia gave tongue. They OBJ
taned warrant for his arrest, on the
charge Of having defrauded ta1icao
chauffeur Of $40 fare.
Trailed to New York
But Lewis had fed. Detectives rushed
70 New York, where The man Is well
known among the dancing set OF GER
tain Broadway caf&I. The police oil
Pittsburgh and Of Atlantic City were
notified. The hunt was in the open
row aud all the while the quarry ma
in his room at the States Villa, unable
to run further.
Si1 dollars and handful Of change
vas all the money the detectives found
in his apartment.
The weapon with which ne killed
himself was new. UDea his bureau de-
ectiyes found an open Dox OF car
tridges. One csrtridge was sun upon
shelf in The bathroom. IL 10 oelleNeu
that he placed II there IN case the ono
IN the rife did not kill him.
All afternoon detectives OF the AVlsh-
Tic City force searched the resort LOT
Lewis. ESrly this evening some one
called up Captain Maiseed on the teIe.
phone. i. was d woman's voice, ana II
spoke broken English. but the captain
Sss able 70 understand that a man an,
swering the description Of the hunted
man vas dining in the States VITA
Detectives Surround Hotel
Detect;yes surrounded the hotel and
two others. Farley and Totten, entered
and we're directed 20 bis room. shorty.
after 7 O'Clock the two detectives
Knocked on his door, the cue Tor the
hnsl act OF the tragedy.
Who's there" ?" some one crleo OUT
on the other side of the door.
81 have a message for you, rariey
answered. Let me in"
"All right" was the reply, and there
was the sound Of some one moving
about the room. Then door slammed
sharply
The detectives believed that the man
was irving TO escape. They rushed into
an adjoining room, with which Lewis
bath connected Tho door was locked
and as they wrestled with IT, there
came the muTled report from the rine'
Then everything was quiet.
Farley and 1otten ran back 10 the
door Of the mans bedroom and burst
u Spen. This was empty, so they
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