New Britain herald., 1920-06-10
ACCOUNTS STRAIGHT, OFFICIALS DECLARE
Body is Found in His Room
 At New Britain Club By !. Maid Early This Fore ~ noon.

Leonard R. Mallory. assistant Dur- chasing agent for the American Hard f ware corporation, ended his life by suicide in his apartment in the New @Tsritain club sometime during tho ~&night. His lifelcBs form was discov- ered shortly after o'clock this morn ink tw a chambermaid. The body. fully clothed. lay alongside the bed yn the room. and In the dead mans hand was gripped 32-calibre Iver Johnson revolver Examination Of Inc body showed that one shot had been fired into the left side of the body just below the heart. and in the opinion of Medical Examiner Dr. Wa terman Lyon, the left lung was pune tured and death was probably instan- tancous. a...s as Body T. Dircovcrri.
 aA The officials Of the American Hard ware corporation were shocked this ,morning when the news of Len" {. Mailory's act was made known to K them. Just what tune he did the rash act is not known, there being no one about the club who heard any shot nred Inst night This morning when Air. Mallory did not report at tho of- 1cc of the company. A. N. Abbe, pur- chasing agent of the corporation, fearing that rhIs assistant might he iii went to the New Britain clSA. He sp0Aeto Manager Finer Nelson about Mir. Mallory. and one Of the maids ' was sent to his apartment. She found tho door unlocked. and. on en- terinE. was horrified to find the dead body lying on tho floor. She immc- dtately reported tho facts to Manager Nelson and Mir. Abbe. MT. Abhc f,want.to tho room. and after viewing hN f1rr 6ody of his fricnd he locked the NA&X krtnathts- orcials of tho corpora lion were appraised of the act. and vise-Prcnldent Charles R. Parsons md Secretary George T. Kimbah re- ported the case to the police. Detec- two Sergeant \. J., Richardson was shctailed by Captain Thomas w. Grace to the place.
 Left No Letters.
 The examination by Medical Ex- nminor Lyon showed n gaping wound on the left side Of tine body. The ' body had tho appearanee Of having Il been dead for several hours. Careful senrch of the room failed to disclose X any letter or note that would throw light on the suicide. The body was sEirncd over to T.. C. Porter Sons. .4E Accounts All Straight.
 v Representatives of the press wont to,the apartment nnd while there they talked with Secretary c. T. Kimball of tho compa~y. He was unable to throw any light on the act of Mir. Mallory. In answer go a question re- garding any nnancinI difficulty at tho Nfactory, Mir Kimhau said. "'rhcre K not a chance of sucn q thing"
 Mr. Mallory has been living at tho New Britain club for several months. Brc has attended to his duties at the concern In his customary religious manner. and was there up to yester- \ day noon. He did not return to his |. AbeHk yesterday afternoon. From what can be learned. hc spent the day around the city yesterday and last evening was seen bv Harry" valet \ for Phtlip Corbin. between and o'clock. He was then on his way to his room. which is on the hfth floor of tho building.
 From tho position that the body was found in this morning. it Is prob nble that MT. Mallory stood before small mirror on the north wall of tho room while he hred the fatal shot. The bed had been undtsturhed.
 It was with surprise and horror that the news Of the suicide was re reived by Mir. Mallory's associates at inc fnctory. There k no one who is Intimate with him who would venture m opinion ns to why hc committed tho act. While he has not been living with his wife for the past few months. ft wns said this morning by a prom .ncnt ofI1cial of the American Hard- ware corporation that there had been no vital encouragement between them.
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