The New York Times.
New York City, NY
6 Nov 1914 & 8 Nov 1914

LUDINGTON. - On Nov. 4, 1914, at London, England, Arthur Crosby Ludington, son of the late Charles Henry and Josephine Noyes Ludington, in the 35th year of his age. Notice of funeral hereafter.
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EXPLAIN LUDINGTON'S DEATH
Friends in London Feel Certain He Was Accidentally Shot
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES

LONDON, Nov. 9 - Friends of Arthur Crosby Ludington, who shot and killed himself in his rooms here on Wednesday, are certain the shooting was accidental, which was the verdict of the Coroner's Jury. They believe he was examining his revolver when it was discharged.

Mr. Ludington had no worries and was in a sound financial position. He was moved by the cause of the Allies and tried to enlist in the British Army. Unable to do this because he was an American, he joined the Red Cross. Mr. Ludington enjoyed fine health. He was strong, athletic, and almost a giant in physique.

Evidence given by his friends at the inquest showed that on Tuesday, the day before his death, Mr. Ludington was in excellent spirits and looked forward to going into the Red Cross service in France as soon as he learned to drive an automobile. He never said anything about suicide. Mr. Ludington had invited Lord Eustace Percy of the Foreign Office to dine with him at the Automobile Club on Wednesday evening.

Lord Eustace arrived at the club about the time Mr. Ludington's valet found his master dead in a bedroom with a revolver, which he had purchased two hours before, by his side. The Coroner in summing up said it seemed almost incredible that Mr. Ludington should intentionally take his life. Mr. Ludington's parents are dead. His brother lives in Philadelphia.
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The New York Times
New York City, NY
12 Nov 1914

MOURN LUDINGTON'S DEATH
President Wilson Expresses His Sorrow ~ Memorial from Friends

President Wilson has written a letter to Robert S. Binkerd[sic] of the City Club expressing his sorrow at the death of Arthur C. Ludington of this city, who died in London on Nov 4. Mr. Ludington was an assistant of the President when he was President of Princeton University. The letter is as follows:

THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington, Nov. 8, 1914

My Dear Mr. Binkard[sic]: I have heard with the greatest distress of Arthur Ludington's death. It shocked me very much. I had learned to have a very warm feeling for him, and I had been intimately enough associated with him to feel that I knew him very well. I join with you and his other friends in mourning his death most sincerely.
Cordially and sincerely yours,

WOODROW WILSON

A number of Mr. Ludington's friends and associates have joined in a memorial to him in which they express their regret at his untimely death and pay a high tribute to him and to the work he did for this city and State. They state that he devoted his whole abilities and energy to public service and that in the struggle for honest elections, direct primaries, the Massachusetts ballot, the short ballot, and legislative reform he played a part that was intensely useful and rarely conspicuous.
They say that he rendered important service to the City Cub, the Citizen's Union, the Honest Ballot Association, the Direct Primary Association, the Short Ballot Association, the Legislative Committee of the Progressive Party, the Congestion Committee, and to Governors, Mayors, and members of the Legislature, and but for his untimely death by accident in London his later life would have been of greater value and eminence.