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Show HURLS SELF OUT WINDOW Denver Man Leaps to Death Was In Poor ! Health I Denver, Oct. IS. The body ot a man, identified by papers In hfs pock, ots as Lester B. Brldaham, until ro-ceutlv ro-ceutlv member of a largo wholesale drug firm here, was found early today to-day on the second floor of tho Colorado Colo-rado building. The man evidently had fallen fiom the seventh floor, but whether by accident or Intent has not been determined. Investigation b the police strengthened the suicide theory. Brldaham is said to have been u poor health for several months. Induced bv financial reverses According to Mrs. Brldahaam, her husband had left their apartments secretly. Bridaham, it appears, gained entrance to the building build-ing without the knowledge of the janitor jan-itor or elevator pilot and went to the soverith floor. A window of this floor directly above the outside court where the body was found had beon opened and fresh shoeprints were found on the sill. After disposing of his interests In the drug firm, Bridaham made a trip to Seattle expecting to engage in bus. incss In tho northwest, hut returned to Denver a few davs ago. The Brid-ahams Brid-ahams wero prominent socially. A widow and one son survive. |