Side Menu: The Mystery
Suicide Witnesses:
1. John Collins
2. Charlotte Collyer
3. Eugene Daly
4. Peter Dennis Daly
5. Robert Williams Daniel
6. Dr Washington Dodge
7. Edward Arthur Dorking
8. Miss Laura Francatelli
9. Carl Olof Jansson
10. James Robert McGough
11. J.R. Moody
12. Oscar Wilhelm Olsson
13. George Rheims
14. Albert Smith
15. Victor Sunderland
16. Frederick Toppin
17. Thomas Arthur Whiteley
18. Mrs Eleanor Widener
19. Charles Wilhelms
20. Charles Williams
21. Jack Williams
22. Two anonymous crew
23. Anonymous person
24. Other Witnesses
Anonymous person
“Chief Officer Wilde stood on the bridge after the collision. He raised his arm and shot himself. He dropped where he stood.."
Bill Wormstedt’s Shots in the Dark adds a further anonymous account, which is notable for being the only that refers to Chief Officer Wilde by name. It was published in the News of the World, April 21, 1912:
“Chief Officer Wilde stood on the bridge after the collision. He raised his arm and shot himself. He dropped where he stood.”
Since William Murdoch was Chief Officer of Titanic before Henry Wilde and many still called Murdoch “Chief Officer” after the disaster, Bill Wormstedt comments that although mentioning Wilde by name, “it could also be referring to Murdoch”. (12.)