The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-07
RICH MAN SUICIDE SHAKEUP in navy
Former Kansan, 43, Had Dual
Domestic Troubles.
Jordan Lambert Kills Self in st.
Louis Home.

st. Louis, Mo-. Aug Jordan
Wheat Lambert. millionaire vice-pres-
ident of the Lambert Pharmaca1 COM
pany, shot and killed himself in an
exclusive apartment house here early
today He was AZ years old and.
socially prominent
Lambert and his second wife, Mrs.
Bernice Kendall Lambert. a former
Webster Grove. No. heiress, have
separated since October. it is said.
Mrs. Lambert is now in New York
with her siX-months-old child. Lam
bert is said to have denied that there
had been a separation.
Lambert was divorced from his first
wife several years ago. There are two
children by the first marriage-Bar-
ron H. and Jordan w. Lambert. jr.
House Maid Finds Body.
A telephone call from an unknown
woman resulted in the finding of the
body by a maid. The woman called
shortly after 8 O'Clock. and asked f
Mr.. Lambert was in. When the maid
went into his room she found the
body.
Lambert was known as the Broad
way Jones" of st. Louis. He was a
widely known sportsman and billiard
list and belonged to many of the coun-
try's largest athletic clubs, including
the New York Athletic club, the Mis-
souri, Athletic association and the St.
Louis Country club. He was gradu
ated from st. Johns academy, Salina.
Kan, in 1895.
Woman Could Furnish Clue.
Police are today looking for the
mysterious woman who telephoned. It
is believed that she may be able to
furnish some clue as to the cause of
the deed.
Lambert's brothers, Albert Bond,
J. D. Wooster and Marion L. J. Lam
bert are all widely known in business
and sporting world. Albert Bond
Lambert is a former president of II he
Aero Club of America and has done
much to promote aerial sports in St
Louis. He has backed many of the
balloon races and is at present active
in promoting the air service of the
army here.
Had Phonc Her He Was Ill.
Miss Minnie Rain, the maid, said
she had answered the phone call early
this morning.
''Will you see how Mr. Lambert is ?''
said a woman in an excited voice at
the other end of the line. He tele-
phoned me that he was ILL.,"
The maid went to Lambert's rooms
and found him lying dead in a pool
of blood. revolver lay by his side
The maid returned to the telephone
and told the woman at the other end
of the line.
rs he dead ?'' said the woman, and
she dropped the receiver
Lambert had made extensive re-
searches in clairvoyancy and other oc-
cult phenomena.
Explanation by Brother
Wooster Lambert, a brother of the
dead man, said a possible explanation
of the accident of the unidentified
woman in calling up the Lambert
apartment in the night to learn if he
was all right, was that Lambert may
have been out riding with a party of
friends and said something that indi-
Gated he contemplated suicide
Letters Throw Light.
letter from Lambert's wife was
found in his room several hours after
ward. This letter indicated that a
divorce suit was contemplated. The
coroner also found in the room let
ter in woman's handwriting The sig
nature had been torn off. This letter
said: LAS long as man is infatuated
with a womanthe does not fear the eye
of the multitude or the tongue of gos-
sip or anything that is in heaven or
earth, save that he may get her.