Show W IT I 1 Sll CIlE franillin Fran llin B lound aral in a ton hotel nee 14 franklin B gowen a well known railroad alfi and a lawyer ot pennsylvania shot himself tills afternoon in a room at U hotel and died almost instantly the immediate circumstances surrounding the d alfi of bowen are shrouded in mystery the last seen of him at the intel before alie dead body was discovered was at 2 afternoon when lia came down to the dinice room to take lunch he then appeared in excellent spirits about noon tody to dy the abam went to the door fr the third time finding it still corked and ia formed the proprietor mr wormley made investigation and looked through the transom lying on the floor was the i ead body of gowen aad beabe his lay the pistol bons eons who saw alie body are not ale to tell bow long had been dead bowen came to washington on the ath and baa been here ever cioce he was engaged as counsel in some very important ca ea which have been on hearing before the interstate inter state commerce commission for several days gawen was born in philadelphia and was in the year of his age he admitted to alio llio bar in abbo and in 1803 w aa elected district attorney of he na afterwards retained as counsel tor the philadelphia iteal ing and in the G rard coal trust in 1869 he was choen 0 that company fa iad of election reelection re in 1831 on account of regarding the policy of tho coin pany but was re eleiter in 1882 gowen conceived and pot anti inti operation a movement against the famous organization known a tha mollie res la alie trial which tol lowed this gowen was one of the munsel for the commonwealth II 11 ciatu a dec 14 the news of B death in washington caused great pe nation liere it ia believed the bahoot ing acs accidental and not intentional |