Show fIR D SHOT INTO HIS OWN MOUT Capt Steedman Son of American La Late e Rear Ad mi miral al Commits Suicide in a Hotel in Paris PARIS May 3 Capt J J. J Steedman of ot New York and Philadelphia son or of the fhe he late Rear Hear Char Charles es Steedman comm committed t ds d's suicide by shooting shooting shooting- last night in the the- Hotel LOrient t er Steedman and his wife who v is is-a is daugh daughter t ter oCa of a torm former r Governor ot Rhode Island re reached ched Paris April SO from Italy parried panted by a e a child chUd They had been touring tourIng tourIng tour- tour Ing in an automobile with Senator Aldrich of ot Rhode Island and Mrs Aldrich Since his arrival here bere Steedman had become become be be- come despondent He was left leCt temporarily temporarily tempo tempo- alone in his room last Jast night and when the apartment was re-entered re he was found sitting upright in a chair with witha a revolver at his hili feet teet He had shot himself in the mouth the bullet traversing the brain and passing out at the back of the skull Death was Instantaneous The body will be embalmed embalmed embalmed em em- and sent to the United States |