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Show INVESTIGATION OF A PECULIAR DEATH Traveling- Man Found With a Fractured Frac-tured Skull on the Streets of Chicago. CHICAGO. April 9.-The cause of fatal Injuries to E. W. Slmonds. a New York traveling salesman who died yesterday at the county hospital, is being investigated by the police. Slmonds was found unconscious on the stone Bteps of the Central Trust company early in the morning. He was suffering from a fractured skull. Mr. Simtinds had bec-n a guest at the Great Northern hotel since April 23rd, where, for some unknown reason, he registered reg-istered as "E. Summers." Simonds, it Is said, formerly was connected con-nected with the Chicago Board of Trade. When he moved to New York he entorrd Into a partnership with a brokerage firm in Wall street. , |