Show LIFELONG FRIENDS I IN DOUBLE SUICIDE Frank V. V Bennett Bennet and George Crouch End Lives in New York ELEMENTS OF TRAGEDY News Comes to Second Victim Who Dies in Same Manner New Kew York Sept ept 12 Frank V. V Bennett GC 56 rG years rears old one of or tho the best 1081 known hotel managers ers o of Washington Wash Wash- ah ington committed suicide o by hy shootIng shootIng shoot- shoot Ing tug in Iii the Hotel Gotham today Washington n Sept 12 l Frnnk Frank V. V Dennet who committed suicide hi iu Now ev York YO toda today was for rOt 2 20 0 years manager of the Arlington hotel in inthis this Lids cf city Mr 11 Bennett left for or em- New I Yol York Vork in ut the time spring sprin of 1 1903 03 to tal take tako chat charge e of or the time Hotel Gotham Gutham Ho lie lo left ef that hotel some time a ago o Prou- Prou I no hotel hutel man in II the time United States hates had a wider acquaintance I statesmen und newspaper men than han 11 Air Mm Bennett Dennet He lIe le was a a member I it if tho thu Gridiron club chub cub and took a con con- COI- COI i o part in man many of or the time entertainments enter enter- I I I of or that organization an anIn and andIn In lii DI District tr ct of Columbia affairs general gener gener- I I al all ally ly New Tork l 4 45 Frank t killed killed- Cle- Cle Fank IJ olt in hi i n hl life t U lV UJ J yr no nm n- n m i r t. t f jl S It I 1 U t t. t I L P Id JI l Gou tl thu in time he j I hplu 1011 When th the nC 8 l 1 death reached that hint p ac by ole tele phone phon Clerk Peacock l heard it J. J and turning to Detective Connel Connelly sl said COl Con Comm Frank Bennett lennet killed tl himself him him- I self He lie fred a bullet through his I head up In the Gotham n. Gotham I My l God can that be possible possible- my old chum Crouch demanded I Im Ini Im afraid nr ald its it's true George Pea Pea- cock replied Crouch turned awa away shaking his head sadly e l and und walked w through tho ito lobby to the time brokerage o olilee of or Miller cr company in iii tho time rear ear of or time the hotel No o one was there thero A moment later the lie sound of a ashot ashot shot eliot ran rang through the time place anti and Herbert Harris a guest who true chanced to be C nearest the time brokerage ollice olce J ran cn in and found Cound Crouch dead sitting in a chair with his head bead Heat on a tu table le The two men be began an their friendship friendship friend friend- ship many years rears a ago o when both were newspaper reporters They rimey remained chums as n thc they grew older and amid entered entered en en- other Crouch was attached cd to tho the office of James R. R I Keone for more than a I decade and it Is IB said was still a pensioner Jen- Jen pen jen- of the rich financier at thI the th I time of his deth death I |