Evening star., 1933-05-21
HARTMAN SLASHES
SELF WHEN FOUND
Wound Over Heart Held Not
= Serious-DecIared ''in
~ Mental Daze."
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After registering at the hotel. King
: said, Hartman had gone to q drug store
and purchased cigarettes and headache
y and stomach remedies.
King said Harriman's attitude, while
: insisting he was Thomas" was friendly.
A. Wade Wells, proprietor of the inn,
: told of Harriman's arrival at z o'clock
last night, and of his request for an
Inexpensive room" because he could
not afford to pay much" He rented
81 room for $3.50, Wells said, and re-
z tired early.
"I knew Hartman years ago very
slightly" said Wells, 'fbut didn't recog-
nize this old man. When a reporter
came to my door this morning I got
suspicious, thinking he might have COM
$ mitted suicide in my place. So sent
o boy up with soma orange juice.
Taken TO Hospital.
!. "Whsu the boy came down went
!. Ssp ano asked him If he was Hartman.
: He said he was not and he wanted to
: know who Mr.. Hartman was.
q ~ went down and brought up the
= morning paper and showed it to him
5 and he said he did not care to read
about people like that. and he wanted
:. to know why should think he was
Hartman.
A nephew of Hartman, whose name
was not disclosed by police, came with
officers from New York after the banker
had been located at the inn. Hartman
p. told the nephew he would like to be
alone, and the police agreed to withdraw
with the understanding the nephew
would not leave his uncle for moment.
A few minutes later, officers said
afterward, the nephew went into the
corridor. Wells, passing the room, said
he heard q moaning sound and sum-
f1oned the police.
"Don't 20 in there" the officers told
him.
Price Tag on Knife.
: @But 1t sounds as If somebody was
hurt" replied Wells. Finding the door
unlocked, the proprietor and the OIL
GERS entered the room, where they saw
hartman on the floor, his hands
Erasping q long knife.
The price tag was still on the knife,
police said. They assumed Hartman
purchased it on his way to the inn and
hid it in the bed.
There was slight wound at the left
side of his throat in addition to the one
just above the heart.
When the officers discovered Harri-
man had stabbed himself, they sum-
1noned King, who was in another room
at the inn. He ordered him taken
to the hospital at once.
As he was taken from the building,
a blanket over him, Hartman blinked
at the bright sunlight. His hair had
been closely clipped and was combed
in pompadour fashion.
After his wound was dressed at the
hospital, doctors examined him and
placed him in private room.
One Of his specialists said the bank.
or had been suffering for 8 long time
with q kidney lesion and disease Of
the blood vessels besides heart trouble.
1t was for the latter disease, which
had resulted in an attack of angina
pectoris two and q half years ago,
that he was being treated in the n,irs-
ing home.
Mrs. Hartman Notified.
Pale and appearing weakened, Mrs
Hartman left the nursing home for her
husbands bedside as soon as she was
notified Of his attempt to commit sui
eide. She had been living ut the home
: with her husband since they had given
up their apartment nearby.
Mrs. Hartman was leaning heavily
on the arm Of friend and o nurse as
she stepped into the automobile. Her
daughter, Mrs. Miriam G. Wright, ac-
companied her.
An intensive search had been con-
Quoted by city and Federal oficials
since Harriman's attorney first gave
the notice Of his disappearance. The
Federal Government agents entered the
case to determine whether Hartman
sought to delay his trial, which already
has been postponed once.
Under the terms of his bail, he was
entitled to go anywhere within the
Southern New York district.
HarTiman's difficulties with the Fed
eral Government were attributed to his
at its 1929 level, through the alleged
falsification of entries involving ac-
counts Of $1,661,170.
False Entries Charged.
He was arrested in his Fifth avenue
apartment March IA after an extensive
investigation Of the banks accounts.
Two days later he resigned as chairman
Of the board Of the bank, which he had
founded in 1912. Shortly afterward
his wife filed an involuntary petition in
bankruptcy.
Indicted by the Federal grand jury
April 6 on charges Of making IA false
entries, he was carried into court on
q stretcher four days later and pleaded
not guilty. He has persistently denied
he was guilty of ANY wrong doing"
Harriman'S trial in the Federal court
has been set for Monday morning.
However, it has been assumed for sew
eral days it would be postponed because
District Attorney George 2. Medalie will
continue to be occupied with the trial
Of Charles D. Mitchell, former head
OF the National City Bank, on charges
OF evasion Of income taxes. The Mitch
ell trial, adjourned over the week end,
is likely TO continue fo. 1n daua