MOURNING FOR KIN SENN SUICIDE CAUSE
National Park Man Found Dead in Room of Abandoned Hotel
National Park, Aug. 5, Grlef and despondency over the deaths of three members of his family are believed to have caused the suicide of James F, Duer, 33, whose body was discovered today In the vacant National Park Hotel, Second and Columbia avenues. The body of Duer, a brother of the late Policeman Charles "Buck" Duer, of Westvllle, automobile accident victim, was discovered In a bedroom on the first floor of the hotel building by Patrick Tooner and William Shoulders, who live In the neighborhood.
They had not seen Duer since Isal Saturday and decided to Inveatlgate. This morning they went to -the building which Duer had been permitted to uae for sleeping quarters. Shoulders booaied Tooner to ths window of the bedroom where Duer slept. He saw the body on the floor and both men then forced open the front door. They summoned Coroner W, J. Burkett, of Pltman, who Issued a certificate of "suicide by a gunshot wound." A revolver was beneath the body. Apparently Duer had shot himself In bed and then rolled onto the floor and onto the weapon.
Two months after the death of Charles Duer, the father, James Duer, of Gloucester, died In the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital, Camden. The mother of the brothers died several years ago. Friends of James Duer, whose body was found today, said that he had seemed despondent over the deaths in his family. He had been staylng In the hotel building six weeks. Three sisters, Mrs. Ida Shoulders, of National Park; Mrs. Mary MrNulty and Mra. Alice West, both of Camden, survive.
Charles Duer. the Westville policeman, was fatally Injured January 31 by an automobile driven by J. Louis Dennery, 27, of East Red Bank avenue, Woodbury.
CLIPPED FROM: The Morning Post, Camden, New Jersey, 06 Aug 1932, Sat • Page 13
National Park Man Found Dead in Room of Abandoned Hotel
National Park, Aug. 5, Grlef and despondency over the deaths of three members of his family are believed to have caused the suicide of James F, Duer, 33, whose body was discovered today In the vacant National Park Hotel, Second and Columbia avenues. The body of Duer, a brother of the late Policeman Charles "Buck" Duer, of Westvllle, automobile accident victim, was discovered In a bedroom on the first floor of the hotel building by Patrick Tooner and William Shoulders, who live In the neighborhood.
They had not seen Duer since Isal Saturday and decided to Inveatlgate. This morning they went to -the building which Duer had been permitted to uae for sleeping quarters. Shoulders booaied Tooner to ths window of the bedroom where Duer slept. He saw the body on the floor and both men then forced open the front door. They summoned Coroner W, J. Burkett, of Pltman, who Issued a certificate of "suicide by a gunshot wound." A revolver was beneath the body. Apparently Duer had shot himself In bed and then rolled onto the floor and onto the weapon.
Two months after the death of Charles Duer, the father, James Duer, of Gloucester, died In the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital, Camden. The mother of the brothers died several years ago. Friends of James Duer, whose body was found today, said that he had seemed despondent over the deaths in his family. He had been staylng In the hotel building six weeks. Three sisters, Mrs. Ida Shoulders, of National Park; Mrs. Mary MrNulty and Mra. Alice West, both of Camden, survive.
Charles Duer. the Westville policeman, was fatally Injured January 31 by an automobile driven by J. Louis Dennery, 27, of East Red Bank avenue, Woodbury.
CLIPPED FROM: The Morning Post, Camden, New Jersey, 06 Aug 1932, Sat • Page 13
MOURNING FOR KIN SENN SUICIDE CAUSE
National Park Man Found Dead in Room of Abandoned Hotel
National Park, Aug. 5, Grlef and despondency over the deaths of three members of his family are believed to have caused the suicide of James F, Duer, 33, whose body was discovered today In the vacant National Park Hotel, Second and Columbia avenues. The body of Duer, a brother of the late Policeman Charles "Buck" Duer, of Westvllle, automobile accident victim, was discovered In a bedroom on the first floor of the hotel building by Patrick Tooner and William Shoulders, who live In the neighborhood.
They had not seen Duer since Isal Saturday and decided to Inveatlgate. This morning they went to -the building which Duer had been permitted to uae for sleeping quarters. Shoulders booaied Tooner to ths window of the bedroom where Duer slept. He saw the body on the floor and both men then forced open the front door. They summoned Coroner W, J. Burkett, of Pltman, who Issued a certificate of "suicide by a gunshot wound." A revolver was beneath the body. Apparently Duer had shot himself In bed and then rolled onto the floor and onto the weapon.
Two months after the death of Charles Duer, the father, James Duer, of Gloucester, died In the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital, Camden. The mother of the brothers died several years ago. Friends of James Duer, whose body was found today, said that he had seemed despondent over the deaths in his family. He had been staylng In the hotel building six weeks. Three sisters, Mrs. Ida Shoulders, of National Park; Mrs. Mary MrNulty and Mra. Alice West, both of Camden, survive.
Charles Duer. the Westville policeman, was fatally Injured January 31 by an automobile driven by J. Louis Dennery, 27, of East Red Bank avenue, Woodbury.
CLIPPED FROM: The Morning Post, Camden, New Jersey, 06 Aug 1932, Sat • Page 13
National Park Man Found Dead in Room of Abandoned Hotel
National Park, Aug. 5, Grlef and despondency over the deaths of three members of his family are believed to have caused the suicide of James F, Duer, 33, whose body was discovered today In the vacant National Park Hotel, Second and Columbia avenues. The body of Duer, a brother of the late Policeman Charles "Buck" Duer, of Westvllle, automobile accident victim, was discovered In a bedroom on the first floor of the hotel building by Patrick Tooner and William Shoulders, who live In the neighborhood.
They had not seen Duer since Isal Saturday and decided to Inveatlgate. This morning they went to -the building which Duer had been permitted to uae for sleeping quarters. Shoulders booaied Tooner to ths window of the bedroom where Duer slept. He saw the body on the floor and both men then forced open the front door. They summoned Coroner W, J. Burkett, of Pltman, who Issued a certificate of "suicide by a gunshot wound." A revolver was beneath the body. Apparently Duer had shot himself In bed and then rolled onto the floor and onto the weapon.
Two months after the death of Charles Duer, the father, James Duer, of Gloucester, died In the West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital, Camden. The mother of the brothers died several years ago. Friends of James Duer, whose body was found today, said that he had seemed despondent over the deaths in his family. He had been staylng In the hotel building six weeks. Three sisters, Mrs. Ida Shoulders, of National Park; Mrs. Mary MrNulty and Mra. Alice West, both of Camden, survive.
Charles Duer. the Westville policeman, was fatally Injured January 31 by an automobile driven by J. Louis Dennery, 27, of East Red Bank avenue, Woodbury.
CLIPPED FROM: The Morning Post, Camden, New Jersey, 06 Aug 1932, Sat • Page 13
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