On September 17, 1903, he filed schedules in bankruptcy.Assemblyman Hughes a Bankrupt in the New York Times on September 18, 1903 On November 3, 1903, he was re-elected to the State Assembly. He hung himself on November 11, 1903, at his home in Granville, New York;GEN. HUGHES A SUICIDE in the New York Times on November 12, 1903 and was buried at the Elmwood Cemetery in Middle Granville.
