The New York herald., 1874-08-06
A TERRIBLE SUICIDE.
A New York Merchant Cut To Pieces ON
the Pennsylvania RailrOad-Financial
Emba rr q ssm ent and dSelE.Destruetion.

the Pennsylvania Railroad-Fin nc al
Embarrassment and Self-Destruction.
At twenty minutes before twelve O'Clock yester-
day forenoon large, respectable looking man
posted himself On the lire OF the Pennsylvania
Railroad at the Jersey avenue crossing In Jersey
City. AS the gate tender lowered the gate for an
approaching Philadelphia train the man remained
standing on the track different from that on which
the train was approaching. The gate tender warned
him that even there he was In danger. but
no heed was given to the warning. The
stranger pulled out his watch, cIusched it nervous
Iy Tor moment or two. looked at II, re placed it
in his pocket, then, throwing up his hands, sprung
in front OF the locomotive, which at this moment
was dashtng by. He was hurled distance Of
thirty feet. When he rebounded upon the track
the cowcatcher caught him and tore MIN to pieces
along the ties between the rails. more horrible
sight was never witnessed MIR. Brady, the keeper
OF the Morgue, who collected the fragments.
says they numbered no less than forty. POr-
Sa' long wa, DO down The ,rack 0Hnse0 Hs alss
log, block from Jersey avenue. Further down
his watch was found, ana block stil fur
latter it was discovered tnat his name was Henry
Dean, OF the nrm OF Badeau Dean, wholesale
fruit irult dealers, No. 81 PARK place. New York. His
name was also attached to his bunch OF Keys. His
watch stopped at twenty minutes to twelve, the
moment ne was struck. lie was about forty years
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must ache and whissers and was somewhat bald.
The address or Matthew Dean, No. 80 Lee avenue,
Williamsburg. was also found on the body. and
thtther county Physician Stout despatched mes
senger. Al inquest being deemed unnecessary, o
permit Tor burial was granted. According to the
statements or all the eye witnesses or this terri
ole aHatr ~ was clear case OF self-deStructlOl.
/ HIS pocketbook contained about s..
There Is no doubt but that the suicide was pre-
meditated, and the circum stances that caused IL
can be related IN few words But few months
! ago the Old and re ,pected firm OF Badeau, Lock-
wood Co., fruit merchants OF No. rs Park place,
! we're stai tied one morning to md that the ir
! trusted CASHIER one Frederick Nj. Bailey, mad
sum upwards OF sl25,000. 1he blow fell very
heavily upon each individual member, Mr.. Dean
losing by the dciaication some $4,000 or $50 600.
The firm arranged accounts as best they could,
and reorganized a few weeks ago under the name
or Badeau Il Dean. MIR. Dean felt his loss much
more kecniy than his partner, and for some time
past has acted very strangely and betrayed evil
denccs OF insanity. Notwithstanding an exanIna-
tion into the affars OF the nrm on Tuesday night
showed thattbey were dong well, the previous
misfortune preyed so heavily upon the mind OF
the deceased as TO cause him to take the rasn step
which resulted In his death yesterday. The day
before the deceased was taxng or leaving the
city ior q vacation and his friends were In hopes
! that he would be reconcled 10 his former
/ loss; but II seems that yesterday morning,
/ about nine or ten O'Clock, he lett the
! store, proceeded TO Hoboken, and afterwards
| to Jersey CITY and then, In an abstracted mo-
ment, ended hts existence as stated. Mr.. Badeau,
| senior member OF the nrm says that the deceased
! had no business TO transact IN Hoboken. and