Deseret Evening News | 1906-05-24 | Page 7 | Coroner's Jury Finds Spier Committed Suicide

CORONERS JURY FINDS SPIER COMMITTED SUICIDE New Now York May fn 23 A v of or sul sui clde was rendered tonight by the Jury In tho the inquest Into the tho death by b n Il pis pie pistol tol shot hot wound of or Charles L I Spier nt at atIs I his Is horns homo at St RI barge 1 tate State Island on tho the morning of ot Monday May 7 Spier who was 1111 the personal fn of H 11 II 11 of ot the tho Standard Oil company was waR found by his wife shot through thrall the tho hear Isear In the tho hallway of or his house a few ew minutes minute after r he ho had roused rou l her from sleep to In tell her that a burglar was ns In the house honse anti taking his IsIs pistol hail had gone onn down stairs One Ont chamber cham her of his hlA pistol which was waa w S found Cound beside be the tho body bouly had been dIll die discharged charged In lii tho the room oom opening Into tho the hall bali a II quantity of oC was as scattered over tho the hoer floor and austi doubt douht was wan entertained at ol the tho that he had hall met net death at n t tho the hands of ot n a burglar Tho The police however after ex cx examining the tho promises Inclined to the tho theory that Spier hall hail committed suit sui suicide cide clde and later luler it was wait reported tint thu it ho 11 had hitti lost o t much money mone In Wall all street and that he hind Imd temporarily deposited as aH collateral with hl his hili bankers securities ties tier entrusted to 10 him hint by h Mr lIr