Show WB travers chooses death to a life of ease and wealth york sept 29 william B travers a millionaire man of leisure BOH of the celebrated wall street operator william A travers committed dulcide today by shooting himself through the head in hia apartments in madison avenue the suicide Is inex air travers being in aba prime of life la fair health and tho possessor of a large fortune mr married miss lilly har alman a sister of mrs W K vanderbilt der bilt jr the couple separated three years ago mrs going to paris to live mr travers was an uncle of mrs clarence mackay he had two sisters mrs james wadsworth 0 genesee N Y and mrs walter gay now living in paris since hia cepa ration from his wife he had lived entirely alone with the exception ot his valet martin moon when mr travers arose this morning he appeared to be la excellent spirits and attar breakfast told his valet he would not require his services during the day shortly after noon a maid found mr travers lying dead on ahli bed with a revolver by bia side ho had placed the muzzle of iho weapon in his and sent a bullet through his brain he left several letters all relating to business affairs and giving no duo to tho causa of the suicide mr travers never engaged anany except when about six months ago as an experiment ho became a partner in the banking house of hugh eddy the affairs of which howe cpr engaged little ot his time mr travers who was 49 years old was a member 0 the knickerbocker the new york athletic club the tennis and racquet and many other clubs newport R I 1 sept 29 news of the suicide of W T travers caused great surprise here mr travers wa well known here he was prominent socially and in a business way in newport for many years rome sept 29 the reports received here relative to the meeting yesterday tie tween chancellor von bublow and the italian foreign minister signer at baden baden say that morocco or the franco ger man agreement were not discussed the subjects considered being the hungarian crisis and affairs in the balkans |