Charles Wordsworth NEVIN, Jr.

1895 - 1923  (28 years)

• Name	Charles Wordsworth NEVIN
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	24 Jun 1895
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Dec 1923	Philadelphia, PA   [1]
  Person ID	I18111	Primary
  Last Modified	2 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Charles Wordsworth NEVIN,   b. 27 Feb 1857,   d. 14 Nov 1908, Riverton, NJ  (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Harriet Middleton OGDEN,   b. 7 Jul 1859,   d. 31 May 1941  (Age 81 years)
  Married	11 Oct 1888
  Family ID	F5177	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] Newspaper Clipping, New Castle Herald, 12/0515/1923. Charles W. Nevin, 2nd, Plunges to Death off Ninth Story of Hotel. Engaged in Drinking Bout with Strangers Philadelphia, PA. Dec. 15. - An all night investigation failed to clear up tot he satisfaction of the police some of the circumstances connected with the death of Charles W. Nevin, 2nd, who plunged to his death last night from a ninth story window of the St.James Hotel in view of scores of homeward bound workers and shoppers. Two companions, Frank P. Nicholson, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and William F. Fotterall, Jr., of Port Kennedy, Pa., who admitted having been in the room drinking with Nevin, and who were arrested shortly after his fatal plunge, were still in custody today. Nicholson was held no the technical charge of manslaughter and Fotterall as a material witness and accessory. Constant questioning failed to shake their story the they had fallen asleep in the room with Nevin; that when they awoke the window was open and Nevin was missing, and that it was their belief he had toppled out in a drunken stupor. They said when they lay down in the twin beds they had left Nevin asleep in a chair by the window. Met in Saloon Nevin until yesterday afternoon was a stranger to Nicholson and Fotterall. According to Nicholson, they met the young man in a saloon and they became acquainted over their drinks. They then decided to go to Nicholson's room the hotel and on the way met Fotterall, a business acquaintance of Nicholson. Upon reaching the room the men had several more drinks and in a little all went to sleep, Fotterall said. The police found Nevin's shoes under one of the beds and a pint of whiskey was on the table. When his crushed body was picked up on the pavement he still clutched his top coat under his arm. Nevin, who was 29 yeas old and a member of a socially prominent Philadelphia family, was graduated from Princeton in 1917. He served in the regular army in France during the world war and was twice wounded. While waiting to be brought back to the United Sates after the war he and two companions were set upon by thugs in Brest. One of his companions was killed and Nevin was shot int e leg. About a year ago he had another narrow escape during a fire in the home of his mother, Mrs. Charles W. Nevin. The young man after escaping from the burning house ran back to get some valuables, was overcome by smoke and dragged out unconscious by a fire man. Nicholson and Fotterall were held to await the action of the coroner after witnesses had testified to Nevin's plunger from the window. The witness included hotel detectives and elevator men and policemen. Nothing was brought out at the hearing today contrary to the statement of Nicholson and Fotterall to the effect that they had been drinking and Nevin disappeared while they were asleep.