DRIVEN TO SUICIDE.
Friends of Col. Canaday Believe Unjust Accusations Urged the Deed.
Washington, Oct. 3.-Col. W. B. Canaday, ex-sergeant-at-arms of the United States senate, whose death occurred last Tuesday, was buried yesterday. The case has taken on some mysterious features and the theory is advanced that the colonel did not commit suicide. Many now assert that there was a genuine burglary on the night of the tragedy, and that if the colonel did kill himself he was driven to it by consciousness that he was unjustly suspected.
New Ulm Review., October 05, 1892, page 3
New Ulm, MN
THE LATE COL.CANADAY.
The cause of the suicide of Col. W.P. Canaday is still enveloped in mystery. New developments are looked for to-day. The Capt. Houghton who claimed to be Col. Canaday's partner was about to seize the dead man's effects when ex-Congressman John Nichols stepped in, invoked the strong arm of the law, and held what property he left for his wife and son. I regret that Col. Canaday yielded to the wicked influences of unscrupulous persons. Naturally he was generous to a fault, grateful to those who had helped him when he was a poor boy, and always ready to accommodate North Carolinians. He was reckless, perhaps, with other people's money. You will remember about five years ago I sent your paper an account of the business affairs of the Wilmington Creosote Company, a syndicate of capitalists formed by Col. Canaday, in which there were several United States Senators. When the concern collapsed I heard Gen. Mahone shouldered a loss of $20,000 rather than cause an investigation which would have landed Col. Canaday in the penitentiary. The attempt to mix Miss Helen Moore, a North Carolina girl, for whom Col. Canaday had secured a position in the census office, with the suicide was as cruel as it was futile. The girl's father, Mr. Wm. Moore, is here and has given Capt. Houghton to understand that he is treading on dangerous ground. Col. Canaday secured the place for the young lady and places for two other members of the family, because of her uncle and grandfather had been mainly instrumental in giving him a start in life. It was simply a matter of gratitude. The Post of this morning contains the following:
The saddest incident of the Canaday tragedy occurred last night, when a sister of the dead man came to the office on Tenth street. She was Mrs. Jennie Williams, of Columbus, Ohio, and a newspaper report was the first intimation which came to her of her brother's death. It was three days after the event when Mrs. Williams picked up an Ohio newspaper, and her eye caught the headlines which announced the suicide and its attendant mysteries. At once she made preparations to come to Washington, and arrived in the city late yesterday afternoon. After taking supper at the Belvedere Hotel, Mrs. Williams went at 7 o'clock to the offices on Tenth street which had been occupied by her brother. She was in heavy mourning, deeply veiled, and a gentleman form the hotel accompanied her. They found Mr. Calahan, the collector of the estate there, and Mrs. Williams made herself known to him. When she was taken to the room wherein Col. Canaday was found dead, she lost control of herself and gave way to her feelings entirely. The gentleman took Mrs. Williams back to the hotel, where she was led to her room entirely prostrated. Mrs. Williams was unable to talk last night. She would throw no light on her brother's affairs, and knew nothing of his death, except what she had read in the papers. She is the wife of a merchant in Columbus. It was learned that Col. Canaday had three sisters. He had talked of having one of them come to Washington to live with him but a short time before his death.
The hearing on the petition for an injunction brought by Capt. J.Q.A. Houghton against Mr. Callahan, the collector of the estate, will occur in the equity court this morning. Some interesting developments are anticipated.
Mrs. W.P. Canaday telegraphed here Tuesday that the remains of Col. Canaday were to be interred here. He was buried in Rock Creek cemetery. She is not to be censured for this, judging from facts known here of his treatment of her and his son. She has borne the sorrow and slights of the past several years of her life with a brave silence and fortitude which cannot even shield the dead from just criticism. Hysterics over a corpse are not expected from those whose lives have been made worse than a living death.
Landmark, The (Statesville, North Carolina, Sept. 1892, page 29, Stateville, N.C.∼COL W.P. Canaday (C.S.A.), died 27 Sept. 1892 at 49 years of age. Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery: Section C, Lot 177, Plot 7. The Cemetery has his name spelled incorrectly in their records as Cannady. Col. Canaday volunteered into the CSA in Wilmington, NC at the start of the War Between the States and served until the end of the war. After the war he joined the N.C. Republican Party. In addition to being a newspaper man in Wilmington NC, he also became Sheriff, U.S. Customs Director for the Port of Wilmington, and Mayor of Wilmington. He served as Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. Senate from 18 Dec 1883 – 30 June 1890. He then became a lawyer in Washington D.C until the time of his death.
Friends of Col. Canaday Believe Unjust Accusations Urged the Deed.
Washington, Oct. 3.-Col. W. B. Canaday, ex-sergeant-at-arms of the United States senate, whose death occurred last Tuesday, was buried yesterday. The case has taken on some mysterious features and the theory is advanced that the colonel did not commit suicide. Many now assert that there was a genuine burglary on the night of the tragedy, and that if the colonel did kill himself he was driven to it by consciousness that he was unjustly suspected.
New Ulm Review., October 05, 1892, page 3
New Ulm, MN
THE LATE COL.CANADAY.
The cause of the suicide of Col. W.P. Canaday is still enveloped in mystery. New developments are looked for to-day. The Capt. Houghton who claimed to be Col. Canaday's partner was about to seize the dead man's effects when ex-Congressman John Nichols stepped in, invoked the strong arm of the law, and held what property he left for his wife and son. I regret that Col. Canaday yielded to the wicked influences of unscrupulous persons. Naturally he was generous to a fault, grateful to those who had helped him when he was a poor boy, and always ready to accommodate North Carolinians. He was reckless, perhaps, with other people's money. You will remember about five years ago I sent your paper an account of the business affairs of the Wilmington Creosote Company, a syndicate of capitalists formed by Col. Canaday, in which there were several United States Senators. When the concern collapsed I heard Gen. Mahone shouldered a loss of $20,000 rather than cause an investigation which would have landed Col. Canaday in the penitentiary. The attempt to mix Miss Helen Moore, a North Carolina girl, for whom Col. Canaday had secured a position in the census office, with the suicide was as cruel as it was futile. The girl's father, Mr. Wm. Moore, is here and has given Capt. Houghton to understand that he is treading on dangerous ground. Col. Canaday secured the place for the young lady and places for two other members of the family, because of her uncle and grandfather had been mainly instrumental in giving him a start in life. It was simply a matter of gratitude. The Post of this morning contains the following:
The saddest incident of the Canaday tragedy occurred last night, when a sister of the dead man came to the office on Tenth street. She was Mrs. Jennie Williams, of Columbus, Ohio, and a newspaper report was the first intimation which came to her of her brother's death. It was three days after the event when Mrs. Williams picked up an Ohio newspaper, and her eye caught the headlines which announced the suicide and its attendant mysteries. At once she made preparations to come to Washington, and arrived in the city late yesterday afternoon. After taking supper at the Belvedere Hotel, Mrs. Williams went at 7 o'clock to the offices on Tenth street which had been occupied by her brother. She was in heavy mourning, deeply veiled, and a gentleman form the hotel accompanied her. They found Mr. Calahan, the collector of the estate there, and Mrs. Williams made herself known to him. When she was taken to the room wherein Col. Canaday was found dead, she lost control of herself and gave way to her feelings entirely. The gentleman took Mrs. Williams back to the hotel, where she was led to her room entirely prostrated. Mrs. Williams was unable to talk last night. She would throw no light on her brother's affairs, and knew nothing of his death, except what she had read in the papers. She is the wife of a merchant in Columbus. It was learned that Col. Canaday had three sisters. He had talked of having one of them come to Washington to live with him but a short time before his death.
The hearing on the petition for an injunction brought by Capt. J.Q.A. Houghton against Mr. Callahan, the collector of the estate, will occur in the equity court this morning. Some interesting developments are anticipated.
Mrs. W.P. Canaday telegraphed here Tuesday that the remains of Col. Canaday were to be interred here. He was buried in Rock Creek cemetery. She is not to be censured for this, judging from facts known here of his treatment of her and his son. She has borne the sorrow and slights of the past several years of her life with a brave silence and fortitude which cannot even shield the dead from just criticism. Hysterics over a corpse are not expected from those whose lives have been made worse than a living death.
Landmark, The (Statesville, North Carolina, Sept. 1892, page 29, Stateville, N.C.∼COL W.P. Canaday (C.S.A.), died 27 Sept. 1892 at 49 years of age. Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery: Section C, Lot 177, Plot 7. The Cemetery has his name spelled incorrectly in their records as Cannady. Col. Canaday volunteered into the CSA in Wilmington, NC at the start of the War Between the States and served until the end of the war. After the war he joined the N.C. Republican Party. In addition to being a newspaper man in Wilmington NC, he also became Sheriff, U.S. Customs Director for the Port of Wilmington, and Mayor of Wilmington. He served as Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. Senate from 18 Dec 1883 – 30 June 1890. He then became a lawyer in Washington D.C until the time of his death.
DRIVEN TO SUICIDE.
Friends of Col. Canaday Believe Unjust Accusations Urged the Deed.
Washington, Oct. 3.-Col. W. B. Canaday, ex-sergeant-at-arms of the United States senate, whose death occurred last Tuesday, was buried yesterday. The case has taken on some mysterious features and the theory is advanced that the colonel did not commit suicide. Many now assert that there was a genuine burglary on the night of the tragedy, and that if the colonel did kill himself he was driven to it by consciousness that he was unjustly suspected.
New Ulm Review., October 05, 1892, page 3
New Ulm, MN
THE LATE COL.CANADAY.
The cause of the suicide of Col. W.P. Canaday is still enveloped in mystery. New developments are looked for to-day. The Capt. Houghton who claimed to be Col. Canaday's partner was about to seize the dead man's effects when ex-Congressman John Nichols stepped in, invoked the strong arm of the law, and held what property he left for his wife and son. I regret that Col. Canaday yielded to the wicked influences of unscrupulous persons. Naturally he was generous to a fault, grateful to those who had helped him when he was a poor boy, and always ready to accommodate North Carolinians. He was reckless, perhaps, with other people's money. You will remember about five years ago I sent your paper an account of the business affairs of the Wilmington Creosote Company, a syndicate of capitalists formed by Col. Canaday, in which there were several United States Senators. When the concern collapsed I heard Gen. Mahone shouldered a loss of $20,000 rather than cause an investigation which would have landed Col. Canaday in the penitentiary. The attempt to mix Miss Helen Moore, a North Carolina girl, for whom Col. Canaday had secured a position in the census office, with the suicide was as cruel as it was futile. The girl's father, Mr. Wm. Moore, is here and has given Capt. Houghton to understand that he is treading on dangerous ground. Col. Canaday secured the place for the young lady and places for two other members of the family, because of her uncle and grandfather had been mainly instrumental in giving him a start in life. It was simply a matter of gratitude. The Post of this morning contains the following:
The saddest incident of the Canaday tragedy occurred last night, when a sister of the dead man came to the office on Tenth street. She was Mrs. Jennie Williams, of Columbus, Ohio, and a newspaper report was the first intimation which came to her of her brother's death. It was three days after the event when Mrs. Williams picked up an Ohio newspaper, and her eye caught the headlines which announced the suicide and its attendant mysteries. At once she made preparations to come to Washington, and arrived in the city late yesterday afternoon. After taking supper at the Belvedere Hotel, Mrs. Williams went at 7 o'clock to the offices on Tenth street which had been occupied by her brother. She was in heavy mourning, deeply veiled, and a gentleman form the hotel accompanied her. They found Mr. Calahan, the collector of the estate there, and Mrs. Williams made herself known to him. When she was taken to the room wherein Col. Canaday was found dead, she lost control of herself and gave way to her feelings entirely. The gentleman took Mrs. Williams back to the hotel, where she was led to her room entirely prostrated. Mrs. Williams was unable to talk last night. She would throw no light on her brother's affairs, and knew nothing of his death, except what she had read in the papers. She is the wife of a merchant in Columbus. It was learned that Col. Canaday had three sisters. He had talked of having one of them come to Washington to live with him but a short time before his death.
The hearing on the petition for an injunction brought by Capt. J.Q.A. Houghton against Mr. Callahan, the collector of the estate, will occur in the equity court this morning. Some interesting developments are anticipated.
Mrs. W.P. Canaday telegraphed here Tuesday that the remains of Col. Canaday were to be interred here. He was buried in Rock Creek cemetery. She is not to be censured for this, judging from facts known here of his treatment of her and his son. She has borne the sorrow and slights of the past several years of her life with a brave silence and fortitude which cannot even shield the dead from just criticism. Hysterics over a corpse are not expected from those whose lives have been made worse than a living death.
Landmark, The (Statesville, North Carolina, Sept. 1892, page 29, Stateville, N.C.∼COL W.P. Canaday (C.S.A.), died 27 Sept. 1892 at 49 years of age. Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery: Section C, Lot 177, Plot 7. The Cemetery has his name spelled incorrectly in their records as Cannady. Col. Canaday volunteered into the CSA in Wilmington, NC at the start of the War Between the States and served until the end of the war. After the war he joined the N.C. Republican Party. In addition to being a newspaper man in Wilmington NC, he also became Sheriff, U.S. Customs Director for the Port of Wilmington, and Mayor of Wilmington. He served as Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. Senate from 18 Dec 1883 – 30 June 1890. He then became a lawyer in Washington D.C until the time of his death.
Friends of Col. Canaday Believe Unjust Accusations Urged the Deed.
Washington, Oct. 3.-Col. W. B. Canaday, ex-sergeant-at-arms of the United States senate, whose death occurred last Tuesday, was buried yesterday. The case has taken on some mysterious features and the theory is advanced that the colonel did not commit suicide. Many now assert that there was a genuine burglary on the night of the tragedy, and that if the colonel did kill himself he was driven to it by consciousness that he was unjustly suspected.
New Ulm Review., October 05, 1892, page 3
New Ulm, MN
THE LATE COL.CANADAY.
The cause of the suicide of Col. W.P. Canaday is still enveloped in mystery. New developments are looked for to-day. The Capt. Houghton who claimed to be Col. Canaday's partner was about to seize the dead man's effects when ex-Congressman John Nichols stepped in, invoked the strong arm of the law, and held what property he left for his wife and son. I regret that Col. Canaday yielded to the wicked influences of unscrupulous persons. Naturally he was generous to a fault, grateful to those who had helped him when he was a poor boy, and always ready to accommodate North Carolinians. He was reckless, perhaps, with other people's money. You will remember about five years ago I sent your paper an account of the business affairs of the Wilmington Creosote Company, a syndicate of capitalists formed by Col. Canaday, in which there were several United States Senators. When the concern collapsed I heard Gen. Mahone shouldered a loss of $20,000 rather than cause an investigation which would have landed Col. Canaday in the penitentiary. The attempt to mix Miss Helen Moore, a North Carolina girl, for whom Col. Canaday had secured a position in the census office, with the suicide was as cruel as it was futile. The girl's father, Mr. Wm. Moore, is here and has given Capt. Houghton to understand that he is treading on dangerous ground. Col. Canaday secured the place for the young lady and places for two other members of the family, because of her uncle and grandfather had been mainly instrumental in giving him a start in life. It was simply a matter of gratitude. The Post of this morning contains the following:
The saddest incident of the Canaday tragedy occurred last night, when a sister of the dead man came to the office on Tenth street. She was Mrs. Jennie Williams, of Columbus, Ohio, and a newspaper report was the first intimation which came to her of her brother's death. It was three days after the event when Mrs. Williams picked up an Ohio newspaper, and her eye caught the headlines which announced the suicide and its attendant mysteries. At once she made preparations to come to Washington, and arrived in the city late yesterday afternoon. After taking supper at the Belvedere Hotel, Mrs. Williams went at 7 o'clock to the offices on Tenth street which had been occupied by her brother. She was in heavy mourning, deeply veiled, and a gentleman form the hotel accompanied her. They found Mr. Calahan, the collector of the estate there, and Mrs. Williams made herself known to him. When she was taken to the room wherein Col. Canaday was found dead, she lost control of herself and gave way to her feelings entirely. The gentleman took Mrs. Williams back to the hotel, where she was led to her room entirely prostrated. Mrs. Williams was unable to talk last night. She would throw no light on her brother's affairs, and knew nothing of his death, except what she had read in the papers. She is the wife of a merchant in Columbus. It was learned that Col. Canaday had three sisters. He had talked of having one of them come to Washington to live with him but a short time before his death.
The hearing on the petition for an injunction brought by Capt. J.Q.A. Houghton against Mr. Callahan, the collector of the estate, will occur in the equity court this morning. Some interesting developments are anticipated.
Mrs. W.P. Canaday telegraphed here Tuesday that the remains of Col. Canaday were to be interred here. He was buried in Rock Creek cemetery. She is not to be censured for this, judging from facts known here of his treatment of her and his son. She has borne the sorrow and slights of the past several years of her life with a brave silence and fortitude which cannot even shield the dead from just criticism. Hysterics over a corpse are not expected from those whose lives have been made worse than a living death.
Landmark, The (Statesville, North Carolina, Sept. 1892, page 29, Stateville, N.C.∼COL W.P. Canaday (C.S.A.), died 27 Sept. 1892 at 49 years of age. Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery: Section C, Lot 177, Plot 7. The Cemetery has his name spelled incorrectly in their records as Cannady. Col. Canaday volunteered into the CSA in Wilmington, NC at the start of the War Between the States and served until the end of the war. After the war he joined the N.C. Republican Party. In addition to being a newspaper man in Wilmington NC, he also became Sheriff, U.S. Customs Director for the Port of Wilmington, and Mayor of Wilmington. He served as Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. Senate from 18 Dec 1883 – 30 June 1890. He then became a lawyer in Washington D.C until the time of his death.
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