FIRE KILLS MILLIONAIRE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 162, 11 July 1925, Page 23

FIRE KILLS MILLIONAIRE.

CLUBKAIf FOUND DEAD. CONSTABLE'S GREAT LEAP. A police Inijulry In under way Int* tin J] nytttrloas dtath of t>. *.«. Persani, wrallby |, broker and lion vlvaot, who tr»i fonnß trameit to death In his apartment Is Chicago, following a lire Itio origin ot wh!c* him not been explained. Flrrmoa found Far* •*»>' body partly doihed Iα the tamed drawing room of his bane. In tbe aparteoent «t tbe lima rrere Mm. Parsocj and Juki Kins. a polieecan, who Mid be bid accompanied tlie broker borne icveral honra prerlonsly. Mrs. Parsons, an acatmr «lnc»r and known to her Mends cs a motorist and horsewoman, Buffered ellsht bnmii on ber face and bunds, wblls Klnff ins arrereljr burned ruid alao Injured irlien be fell from a aecond-storej irlndow. Gold Coast Aroused. Many persona abont to attend aetrlee at a Hcarlj Mlcblgan ATcnce ebnrcb ■Sβ mUllonalre residents of the Cold Const were attracted to tho scene of lUe blnze. lira. Faraoss aald that the did not know of ber basband's death i;ben the erected flremen v.-ho entered Uis apartment. At Bnt informing tbe police that the and Sir. Parsons returned home at 10,30 o'clock SatnrOkr nlgbt (be later fixed tbe thni early Sandfly morning, earing she bad ICtired Immediately. Nelgbbours, however, reported that tbey bad beard tbe two ~BE±*ss londly In front of the trutldlax about 4.50 In tbe morning. Awakened by amoko abont 10 a.m.. Km. Parsons summoned a Japanese servant and sounded tbe alarm. Tbe Japanese tald that previously Mr. Parsons bad awakened him tarly Id tbe tnornlog to prepare breakfast for tbe clubmna and Policeman King. Breakfast over, tbe butler went bick to bed, be Mid, leaving I'artoss and his guest In tbe Hvlßg room. Tbo flremen bellorcd tint Pomona holdlog > lighted ct'gnrcKc may liav fallea r. :-.;\ tbu) starting tbo lire, lic&ltlc (tie body wai found an tiiiexplodcd revolver bnlkt and Kα preconco tbcro could not bn nccooottd for. Policeman QulncJ. King, mlio was Questioned at a bftipltat, said that h» bad just coded hie petrol duly when en automobile camo toward him, halted at bla tide and tbo elngl* occiipnnt. Parsons, Introduced himself and Itivlial tbe policeman to bclp lilat <::!■.■ home. King accompanied llio broiscr to Iho tatter's Dimrlnicut, v.licro tbey were rrrvcl breakfast) aftor which be catd he departed. He bid Just reached tlin downstitre cntraoMi be related, wlicn a man ruihcd ut) and tald the apartment was on flr«. King went back, entered tho llring room and closed tlio doer, Hβ nil be ■~r.i unable to optn it again and ran to tbe window, hanging to tho ledge until tils ttnnith gsro oat, c.v.il h< fell. Mr, an J Mra, rsraone were rnirrifd (a Atitrueti 1032. Uβ was 40 yeari old.