Show SKULL CRUSHED ON O THE PAVEMENT PAVEMENTS t S e of o AJ Mathews Law LawI La I 3 tend Politician AGAINST HIM HIMi HI i KILLED HIMSELF RATHER I FACE TRIAL TRIAL I EW YORK f O 0 than fad fac N trial on P the te Indictment charging him birr U taking money from fron the W WI WS s a estate e Mathews tt lawyer and aft g secretary rear of the county Re Republican te e publican committee committed suicide by publia jumping from a window In his apartments to a Wie te pavement in the court curt yard yaM He struck on his head hed fracturing the skull and aM died filed in a short time the Mathews who Wi w young soung a man had advanced advance rap rapidly raPidly idly id b th In hi the practice of his profession bt I shun don and in politics He was wa a friend of Former Forme li Governor Black and of Abraham Abrham Gruber and thea were ere loyal to him In th his w trouble le acting as a legal advisers adviser and doing d lD all they could to aid him to obtain al tey the change chang of venue from this county count for foz to which he k applied aple The chaise chau e of ot venue was WU denied yesterday and trial of the ease was ws a denie set Ht for today toay before Justice Davy Day in the criminal branch of oC the su supreme preme ireme court Early this morning moning morting Math Mathews ms nu rem received a t s ecial delivery delvery letter leter Atter tt r rd It I l hit his is housekeeper heard him so to tu a bath room and end open oven a win window windOw dow a Down Down to Death DeathA A 4 few seconds os later he be jumped jum to his th Several I veraI tenants tenant t In I a a house in the rear nUr of ot apartments saw IW him pump jump A was hurriedly summoned t bu bup could cl 4 44 du nothing u Oain and Mathews died In a few feu f minutes i 8 wH was u indicted last lat May on hares charses conspiracy of ot anti ami grand brand larceny Stowing out ot of the looting all of the t estate tte cf c David Rothschild wrecker of or the federal feder bank tonk hank was al ad S Partners in Prison Rothschild John W Wooten and an Law Lawyer Lawer yer el er Sael Samuel u L L Ferguson were all aU Indicted with Ma Mathews on the same m chart charnes s w is I now nos DO serving a long term in instate inte inState state te prison for wrecking the Federal lie er 1 convicted June Juno hank bank and Wooten was al in ad and leuten to nine nin years ears and five months m il Sing Shig Sing Sin Wooten was wa v a kept in the Ute Tombs Tomb as 4 a possible important witness against Math Mathews ath ew traps Ferguson was also expected to be he bea hea a witness tn for to the prosecution of Math Mathews Mathe e ear Were to Share the Plunder Mathew Maths was wu the local Jl representative of th the Beakers Bankers Surety Suret company rep of Cleve Cleveland land which was on bond for 06 as s administrator of ot the Women Yell state It was wal agreed by the four for accused acu men seu to the th indictment that meo Rothschild cin was wu to have sole sl possession of the estate and that whatever pon money he borrowed associate on 01 01 an it i I was wa ai to be b shared by his hi Mathews was wal at one time an assistant district attorney He served sred three terms as ta a member of ot the board of ot aldermen alderman i Two Jel eurs he h MH was at made suede secretary of ot itu aunty tT 1 committee ct j After Ater Ro ld was wal convicted conete and a sent to Sing Sin sing ding inc he h drew I up on bits bil of ot paper pr a Aeries erles of in which hieb he be accused of Qt having baying bail a share in the lUng looting long ft if it the estate te Eventually the tue t statement reached rc District Attorney Jei Je Jeome rente ome and Ko rc was wa br to New a York Vork to testify ain against t Mathews I |