Show 3 t ti c cg I g i LEFT ii i DYING lj r Declared Himself Insane e and andr 1 r ta t L Have Lost Everything i ti ti Except Honor I j ll SUICIDE BEYOND A DOUBT i j I 1 TIMKEN COMPANY COMPANY r INVOLVED BY FOREIGNERS 1 1 0 t U I S t New Nf York March 9 That t as ast t 4 M Preston Piston secretary and and manager of at ati i Athe 4 The Roller Boiler company had forged l s f 1 if the name Of or E B R n Hewitt ono one of ot the thep 0 I it t p 1 members of ot that a company compan to notes n tes ag aggregating aggregating to was as the thet t j ofa ota statement made to the theN i i i N H coroner cor nor today tody tOd by James Shea counsel t I fore for Mrs Preston i Preston died very er suddenly last I f Thursday after atter drinking prussic acid add SE l i while three members of oC the company A L were Vere e awaiting tn to question q him about i I j h the affairs of ot the company p J 1 i f I 1 It was WS also discovered that Preston w f r 7 I left a note saying he be had been insane l r for nome come time timet t 4 I m The Tha statement by Mr Shea was made at a Ii coroners Inquest Into the cause of i J death One Ono of the alleged I 1 fJ forged notes was for and ant was due dueon 7 r upon on tha th day of ot his ht death Another was ivas wast j t y for due duo April 1 In a 0 card case cose casek k I A found f und in clothing Mr Ir Shea j found the following message written j i on a buln i of Note i is f In case of death or serious accident nt 1 1 to me notify my wife Mrs JIra L M 1 Pres Preston 4 it ton care Hotel Cumberland New Ne NeIf If Tork my mother Mrs C C Preston V 4 11 Tyler Tex Mrs Irs J 3 O 0 Matthews St StLouis StLouis I Louis E W V I P Canton 0 O i IC wishes Er to tobe first firstIn 1 In Sn nfl all things o q I realize that I am an and have haye been 0 for ter some me time insane I 1 lost my mind it Jl power to asp things my memory OJ i 1 1 II havo lost ever t ln except my firm finn firmI i I r faith In ln God GO and his hia son oon Jesus Christ ChristI ChristL I J L I J am tm in his hands and I leave it nil all nilI I I I k i t to Mm lie ito Ii ha ba baR been my refuge and anI J 1 m strength and Wand will never neer forsake me eft Left Insurance to Wife i fl Preston also directed that In the ther r L event of his death the full lull amount of ofa 1 a life Ufa insurance I policy be paid to his wife ICe Mrs Irs Anna C Preston the widow 4 I i testified that Preston was ivas betting upon t J 4 the horse races throughout his recent I i 1 1 visit to o New Orleans She he had supposed him to be wealthy 4 until tutU two days before his hi death when i i I ho h asked her to loan Ioan Win him He de declared d dared that he was destitute The coroner ironer said he was of the opinion opinIon ion that the man committed suicide and that there was as no occasion to fa con continue continue continue the inquiry upon a that murder had been committed Mr r Proton came caine to New l ew York from Dallas Tex several years ye ago go and nd i was YR reported to own much property near Dallas and to be heir to an estate In New Orleans reported to be valued I at Company Probably involved I In Investigation estimation has not located any of ot this tills property and Mr Ir asso associates associates dates now flOW that he h suffered s heavy hea personal losses and had Involved the affairs of ot the company As secretary and manager of or the Timken Roller company Preston re received received received a salary sal ry of ot a year Last Thursday three members of ot the Tim ken hon company called at the hotel Pres Preston Preston Preston ton sent for them to come to his room and then excused himself to his wife went to the th bath room And on return returning returnIng returning ing expired d suddenly before his asso associates dates arrived K It I was first stated that he ho died of ot natural causes but an autopsy sy showed the presence of ot poison polson |