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Show r avsraous DEATH MY a?:BE SUICIDE, ACCORDING TO EVIDENCE OP POLICE ,NEW YORK, v May 8. Police officials offi-cials who have been Investigating the ' mysterious' death of Charles L. Spier, . confidential agent of H. Hy Rogers, who was found dead in hs home In Etaten Island yesterday, said today . that the evidence Indicated that Spier . had committed suicide. Mrs. Spier had informed the police that Spier left his bed chamber to go to the dining-room in search of bur- . glars and that she heard shots. Except that the things of the dinlng- room Jn which the body" was found were disarranged,. the police say there wasv nothing about the house to indicate indi-cate the presence of a burglar. One door was found unlocked, but without signs of having been entered, and an active bulldog which accompanied Mr. Spier t the dining-room, took no part in the reported duel with a burglar, if there was one. " On the other hand, the police have ascertained that one month before his death, Mr. Spier had Insured his life for $75,000 and had been obliged to discount dis-count a note for $1387 to pay the premium pre-mium on one of the policies when It became, payable last Saturday. The policies were payable regardless of the cause of death and the beneficiary had been changed from Mrs. Spier to a trustee of his estate. The police have discovered also that a Judgment in bankruptcy for $50,870 had been outstanding against Mr. Spier and others since February last. These Judgments were entered after the Yet-man Yet-man Transmitting Typewriter company, com-pany, of which Mr. Spier was president, presi-dent, went into bankruptcy .00T?r , Mtthe," Cahlll said today that he is positive the wound which caused Mr. Bpiera death could not have been inflicted by hlnwlf. and that Mr Spier was undoubtedly murdered nPnhx-L-. PaKttern. Mr. Spier fam-oh fam-oh thw.ho wa"ne of the first to reach the 8pier residence after the i.hootin?. said today that he doe, not believe be-lieve Mr. Spier committed suicide, but thinks he was killed in a fight with a burglar. |