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Show PROMINENT BROKER TAKESJUSjaWR LIFE President Cleveland Stoek Ex-ohange Ex-ohange Shoots Himself in Koom at Hotel. CLEVELAND, o. jftn 9,-Leland W. trior, one of toe best-known men in Onanclal circles In Cleveland, and Junior uii m bt r f the stock brokerage llrm of -nlson Prior A Co. shut and killed nimseif In a room at the oiie,f.n hotel this afternoon -Mr Prior w. nt to the h.,t, i on Mondaj , did not leavt tlie hotel of wrdeahn J a,ter?oon "11 All this morning, according to the at- aches of the hotel. he paced lest lBSlj up and down the lobby lie appeared ap-peared to be worrying about 'something Bhortly after noon N. u Hasbrouck of the llrm railed to N.e prior They had a lung talk They Mt in Priori, room, und Hasbrouck evidently made efforts to rouse Prior from his nervousness. Bullet Vent Through Head. In killing himself Prior edently stood in front of a mirror. One shot is still in MS head The other went clear through the tornpl s and hmk. a pi. ture on an opposite wall. Prior fell In his tl a.-ks George V. lienison brot her of the senior member of the firm, said he could not J.nderstand Mr Prior s desire to end hie Mr. Prlot was about -43 veare of age, married, and had two children Mr Prior w-ns president of the Cleveland Stock exchange ex-change He was also a member of tha New York Stock exchange, as well as a member of the Chh-jgo Sun k exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade Was Heavy Dealer The firm of Denlson, Prior & f'o wae one of in. h.-avlcst dealers In sto. ks and bonds In the Central West. Mr Prior has teen Ion-most In financing a number of lurge brewery consolidations In Ohio and In other States In order to protect financial finan-cial Interests u was decided to put the linn's affairs In the hands of a committee Charles E Di nlson. senior member of thu llrm who a i rlv.d today from his home In Boston, and who has control of the Eastern East-ern bond business of the tlrm, said tonlKht that In order to proteel debtors and eredlt-018 eredlt-018 alike h.- had ordered the business closed and requested s rionlmlttee to assist as-sist him In making a thorough and complete com-plete iiiv-stliatiou of the affairs of the firm. Think Firm Involved. "l believe" he added, 'It will be found that large stock transactions were the C IUSI Of Mr Prior s -ut." Th- members of the committee are prominent 1. ankers It Is lull. -veil by persons per-sons acquainted with the amount of busl- done bj the flrm of Denlson, Prior & Co. that It Is involved In the slock ninr- ke to the extent of at least huir a million mil-lion dollars |