Show FEAR OF POVERTY I i CAUSED SUICIDE Financial Crash After Life of I Luxury Frightened David Wilcox to Self Self Destruction Destruction DEED COMMITTED AT SEA SEAf f. f F Former armor Railway President Re Resigns Resigns Resigns Re- Re signs and Then Shoots Himself New ew York April 27 Imam Feal Fear of ur 1 t life of comparative o ort po because because- his entire fortune had been beell swept su away awny by bv unfortunate unfortunate- speculation was wa de- de r tu to have ha been een the tho real cause C of lIf the suicide of oC David ld Wilcox the fut foi- Ul- Ul 7 mer of the tIme Delaware and amid Hudson railroad 1 and a clo close eloic c personal I friend and n advisor adviser of E E. H. H Harri- Harri I man nian and Henry II nO Holers l' l who not I himself In iii hIs Ills stateroom on the North orl Gei man an Lloyd a alast I I la last hast t Tuesday when the vessel I was at al sea ca caThis This news service was a reliably In- In d toda today that not only had Mr L I 1 Wile ox's entire fortune fortuno been ept away awn but he faced an indebtedness s of or 20 which stands stand o against him on the lIme books of a prominent house in lii the time distrIct k He had hall been practically fOI to toI i I 1 e i n the profitable Delaware and d Hudson presidency a few fess' weeks u ago o and had nothing loft left but hl his directorships directorships director director- ships In lii a number of companies which would ht have yielded him a meager ItIn liv liv- In ing ln The clean sweep of the wealth of Mi Mr Ir Wilcox tool look place In a 1 few fow months At t the tho bc beginning o of the lie year yeal h he considered himself independently rich and generously 81 signed aa a his Interest t In the half million dollar estate cs- cs i tate of or his brother Albert who died about a year yeal ago 3 He lie was a firm believer In time the future of or Union and amid Pacific stocks tock and amid put practically his entire fortune In margins for great bleal blocks of oC both The The- advance ho he expected did not come Instead in Its place ilace was vas wasa vasa a steady teady decline He lie held hold shares of Delaware and Hudson stock and andas was as a member of oC a U pool pooi which Illch was wa steadily forcing up the price Becoming Becom Beconi- in InS ing nervous ncr over oer his Southern and amid Union hold holdings ings he threw his Delaware and amid Hudson stocK MOCK on the market The Thc proceeds of oC this sale ile Ie were added to the tho fortune he had al already al- al ready reah placed on the and everything l. was as swept away In the till March J panic Many Ian of oC Mr 11 friends lost heavily but i with lIlt Ith him the disaster was a complete Way ii us on Oh Pleasure Fi Trip Ip He lie W was sas II in iii Italy seeking to regain his health i which had had- gone une in the nervous strain ur of speculation w hen lieU 11 ht hit was Informed of tho the coming coining reorganization an- an of Delaware and JIuu Hudson on It was wa intimated to him bini th that l tho the new HOW management would want a practical man to direct tho thu company compan He never nc claimed to bo be anything but a railroad lawyer tind without waiting for t cab cabled il Jils Ills rc resignation on April S S. S I lc put yut It on 00 the of orl and In lit accepting It tho 00 board boar expressed ged formal reluctance The steamship Barbaro Barbarossa sa bearing Mr lr body botty docked at at 9 o'clock this morning On Frill Friday a nl night nighta hl hla a report came from quarantine that lie he had died from heart failure This was corrected about bout midnight after Dr Doty the health officer of or the port 1011 had uncovered un un- covered the the- fact act of hl his suicide Three men and one woman friends and relatives of the clea dead man met lilet steamship at the tho pier and SJ spent an hour II Ir c conference with Captain Lan Lan- of or the time Barbarossa in his cabin They refused to give c lve even C their names and ancl would not discuss the tIme suicide The 1 captain was al as equally silent Ilent The Thc details of the thic suicide e. e so far a as 1 known t como come nr clO the few fei- pas 1 who h learned of oC It It mi m on oil Emmi Embarking liti Phi mig Mr Mi Wilcox app appealed cheerful on the till t few days ays of tho thoo o voyage e but as tho the steamer drew neal neal-cr nearer New cw York he seemed to he be On lc I depressed Tuesday U night ht he took a t. t hand In iii a game 01 of 01 bridge In tho the smoking room but hut retired c early rJ On Wednesday W c night ho he tried to arran arrange o another game but could not suC sufficient players lb llo did not answer the call time the next morning At t t noon noun that lint he lie wan wn HI Ill the cab cabin steward unlocked the door His ills dead boll body was lying In hl his berth horOm tall partially clothed A revolver rc was as clutched In his hla ri right ht hand lie He ha had shot himself through h the mouth th the tho bullet out the lie back of hl his head whir when there thero was tas an u ugly J wound No o letter explaining cx- cx pia hi his action was oM found The boll bolla body a was secret 1 removed to the ships ship's ho hospital hos pital where It was placed hi In a sealed scaled co coffin en 11 When Inquiries ma made I for Mr lr VII Wil cox cux Ca Captain declared that he had dle died of or healt failure v lc of or the tIme passengers ts JOIe knew the truth The Time captain cap cal tain taut l saId bald ald In explaining ln hl his false fal statements state slate ments meats that tho ho Ia hind had Just come como through h a l sc severe re storm Horm an and that lit lii f feared Limo tho news a suicide would excite the thc nervous passengers Thi The ho body was wa removed from thu tho liner l lato Jalu tu in the thc mornIng morn morn- tog inS h b by an un undertaker u No 0 definite In In- was a to be had regarding th funeral He lie had hud long L been cn a sufferer from orn rheumatism rheu and amid gout and of or late lato to his Ills ailments all ail ments monts had uc ll troubling go him He lie Ic wrote rote from Europe that thai his Ills health had hind not been benefited J by his hilS trip n abroad ro d and that lint he heas was as In great pain lie He said uhl he intended to come come home ho Ito coull cool be more comfortable c First Officer Johnson of the time Hai Harba- Harba ba barest rest today that before hl his death eath Air Mr Iro Wilcox j had given a a. steward a letter to mall for or him The steward mailed the the- letter better Friday nl night hJ when the time Ihil reached quarantine bt did ld not notice to whom it was a addressed It i Is believed that this letter will throw oar some omo light on the thc suicide |