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Show DIES SUDDENLY; SECURITIES GONE Supposed Victim of Heart Trouble in New YorK May Have Been Killed by "KnocKout Drops." NEW YORK, Feb. 2L Following the sudden' death of Howard C. Brown, a capitalist of Jamestown, N. Y., in the Hotel Manhattan a week ago, there has been begun a search for negotiable securities se-curities worth nearly $500,000, now missing, which his friends declare Brown had in his possession as late as Saturday afternoon. All financial centers, cen-ters, particularly in the oil belt, have been notified to be on the lookout for the property. Brown was well known as an oil producer. and investor. His business was carried on in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Indiana. Brown came here early in January, bringing with him oil certificates ana leases which it was thought would be sold to foreign investors or to the Standard Oil company. He was negotiating ne-gotiating for the sale of this prop-ertv prop-ertv when death overtook him. The Coroner decided that death was due to. a natural affection of the heart, but it has- been suggested since the discovery dis-covery that the property was missing that he many have been a victim of "knockout drops." |