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Died. Valerian ("Val") O'Farrell, 58, private detective; of apoplexy; in Manhattan. He worked on such famed Manhattan cases as the shooting of Architect Stanford White by Harry K. Thaw, was counsel for Police Lieutenant Charles Becker who was electrocuted for the murder of Gambler Herman Rosenthal. His last job: investigator for Mrs. Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt who is suing in a Manhattan Supreme Court for return of her daughter, Gloria.
Died. Franklin Simon, 69, founder of Franklin Simon & Co. big Manhattan department store; of uremic poisoning; in Purchase, N. Y. He was one of the first Manhattan merchants to guess that Fifth Avenue above 34th street would be a fashionable shopping district, to offer Paris styles at comparatively low prices. Said the New York Times: "One thought . . . forces itself to the front of the mind in surveying the rise of a business like that built by Mr. Simon. It would have been impossible if he had been hampered at every step by government regulation and meddlesomeness. What need of imposing a 'code' upon a man like him? He was his own code—always one of honor and humanity."
Died. Cyrus De Vry, 75, director for 31 years of Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo; of a heart attack; in Los Angeles.