Show BASEBALL ASE KING ATTEMPTS ATE SUICIDE WILL BE E BLIND IF HE EVER RECOVERS Harry Harly Pulliam President of National League Shoots Himself Due to Overwork I New York July Tuly 28 Harry Harry Clay Pulliam president of the National League of Baseball clubs attempted attempt d to commit suicide about midnight tonight on the third floor of the New NewYork NewYork York Athletic club ninth Fifty street and Sixth avenue On that floor Mr Pulliam had handsomely furnished apartments He was one of the most widely known of the famous organization fill Mr Pulliam his door locked fired a caliper revolver t held closely y to to his head accord according to the subsequent tent dia ding ding- The bullet sped shed through 1 the fleshy part part of Dr the right tomPie temple tem tom- Pie pIc and glanced off The rhe resul resultant taut explosion however nearly y blew out both his eyes and audit it is believed b by the physicians and surgeons who were called quickly by the clubs club's attendants attendants attend attend- ants that Mr i rr Pulliam will never see daylight At an early hour this morning b Mr lr Pulliam was was was' rc reported 1 ported to be he sinking inking fast Immediately after the tho discovery err of Mi Mr senseless form torm In Ills his room the attendants called In detectives detec- detec tl es quickly and when Mr 11 Pulliam had h been treated b by the surgeons who were welo summoned he was formally placed under arrest on a of attempted suicide sulche He was not removed remo to a hospital The doctors remained with him In hIs Ills apartments with an officer on guard Juard Mr h Pulliam has been In health for tor several months On Only I a couple of or weeks necks a ago o he r returned turned from a protracted ted vacation to take charge of or National league affairs lie He had been granted leave of oC absence at the famous baseball conference In Chicago o last February I when his nervous SY system tem gave wa way ni n Thought l Secretary John H who been made temporary president by the board of National league directors I while Mr Ir Pulliam wa wo recuperating ng j Ir E I t week vt cok forn orn vacA Wt d' d ine rJ of believed u ed n IU ona n war o tolt that lint the th chief chloC ex executive of or tSie tho I league n ue I had harl f fully recovered from his Ills breakdown When Mr Ir Pulliam returned and u I plunged on ono o more mor Into the nerve- nerve wrecking game ame of tr trying to manage Hubs n cities thousands of or miles apart I the tho strain again told tol Ho lie became r moody morose e and uncommunicative All his friends knew be he was suffering but ho he made no complaint Twice since he has held the office Mr 11 Pulliam s health had given Iven wa way A I r rr r i E I II I Sr a rA x C t Il lI ILI year ear ago alo last alt winter inter ho was wa forced d dInto Into temporary i retirement nt by b tho the squabbles of or club owners 1118 for whom he shattered hl his health In th the attempt to Continued on ua Inlo Three BASEBALL KING ATTEMPTS SUICIDE WILL BE BLIND Continued from One adjust matters mattel nl an and restore harmony harmon At the annual baseball conference In Chicago o la ll last t February he lie J gave VC unmistakable I evidence e of ot mental aberration He lie astonished th this the baseball world by hy R attacking hi lila his colleagues and declaring that thai the National league ue was an or organization organization orga orga- of or ruthless money mone grabbers I and mercenaries At that Urn time Mr Pulliam suddenly I Idl dl disappeared from Chicago o. o without lust hat hall hallor or coat or baggage p. p and two lays days later appeared In St. St Lou Louis I This strange p pact act further strengthened the theory thron that th tho thuc magnate had suffered some mental affliction In It Is ell that financial difficulties lIC ties tle had something to do with Mr Ir Pulliam a s rash act acL Last winter when Secretary returned from Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington where ii h hc had spent his annual vacation ho he found Mr l Pulliam's accounts accounts accounts ac ac- ac- ac counts In vel very sery bad had shape The National league president however after much difficulty according to the directors director managed to get hl Ms accounts In shape and prove that the they score absolutely correct Mr i Pulliam shot himself under dramatic dra dis matic circumstances Ho lie first t took off ort the receiver of or his telephone In the apartments That was Just a n ow seconds see sec before 9 Yh Why he lie took the receiver off Is 18 a mystery Then In his hh underwear alone ho lie fired the fatal bullet and dropped directly beneath the telephone Thomas Thoma Brad Hrad Brady an attendant attendant attendant atten atten- dant was sent up tip to lo find out wh why Mr Mu Pulliam had not hung up hi his telephone receiver and thus the trl tragedy ed was die dis covered erell Coroner Shrady permitted Pulliam to remain in his apartments under medical care and police pollee surveillance 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