Show 1 EDISON'S DISON'S TjI ES HIS HS WEST ORANGE N. N J. J Pcb Fob 17 1 John F. F Randolph treasurer of the Edison Edison Edi Edi- son Manufacturing J company of which Thomas A. A Edison is president committed committed com coal suicide in ins n th the tho cellar of his residence resi resi- deuce dence in Xo soW Non Y J Valley a today by shooting D himself in io int-io tl o hear head It is believed be that Mr lr Randolph n was tra temporarily tempo tempo- insane as ai neither in his business nor his his uis family affairs was there any mv cause for tho the act This belief was wasen given en further credence by Ly the tho knowledge that a near Mar relative became mental mentally unbalanced a 3 few years ao ago Alphonse Alphons s secretary of the tile Edison Manufacturing company compan said aid toda today that Mr Randolph's Randolph accounts were ab absolute absolutely straight Mr Randolph Ran Han dolph wa was private ato s secretary to Thomas 4 A. A Edison an and Mr E Edison i on was one of tho first to reach his house after his df death t h WitS was kno known n That Mrs frs Randolph andolph did diel not follow her husband hush to death was duo to the prompt and determined action of ot Mr Edison When be he reached th the house Mrs Randolph was was hysterical wring wring- ing mug her hands and crying n out omit that she she- would kill herself M Mr ur Eai Edison Eason on followed followed fol fol- fol lo lowed ed Mrs Randolph to tho the second and aud caine upon her as she was about to throw herself her from a window II lie Hp seized the frenzied woman and anel after A n Ahard ahard ba hard struggle lc succeeded in pull pulling n her herack herback herback back ack to a pla place o of safety arety S' S Several letters left by In Mr 7 Randolph showed the suicide to tu have have 1 been en do- do planned In one which was addressed to Mrs Mis Randolph ho be assured her hor that provision had been made mado whereby all his property would go u to her The Dime letter declared that every dollar of which ho was as Io possessed ed hi had been gained honestly and by j hard work J Among other letters Jetters was one for forIr Mr Ir Edison and also use one for sIrs Mrs Irs Edison The flue contents of these letters were not made public |