New-York tribune., 1875-11-13
HE SUICIDE or ENGINEER KIMBALL.
A CLAIM IIAT 1T WAS CAUSED BY INsANITY-IiIs
MANAGEMENT or THE CANALS ASSERTED To
HAVE HEt.y HONEST,

MANAGEMENT or THE CANALS ASSERTED To
HAVE BEEN HONEST.
| TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIR In Tng TRIBUNE Of Nov. 3 there ap-
peared letter written apparently by some person I'd
this village the puroose OF blackenng the memory OF
Engincer Kimbar How such letter could come from
this community where the deceased has al ways been re-
garded with profound respect, and where u might DC
supposed, consideration for the feelings OF surviving
friends would rts'r,iu any hut malicious pen,u IL ihl-
cult understand Tire article s tissue Of trltl and
alsehOod together IN such manner ~ 10 give an
appearance OF plausibity to the whole representation
How numerous aud great the falsehoods, ana now
wicked the SANDER upon the memory OF "A good man.
may be from the following corrections made by one
claims To whereof he ailirms ~ well o. any
ulan living.
The ignorance OF the writer of what would be well
known to every re deJ here g apparent AT once when
he describes Mr.. kinballs death aud funeral hs OUh
occurring The preceding Friday. The facts are that
Mr.. Kiinba died Tuesay, Oct. 26, and the funeral
! took place on Oct. 2s There follow more important
The first ~ msssatcm nj of the duration o'
Mr. Kimb.rs term of service. That "he had been an
engn, er Oh the Oswcgo Canal for II years IL true, hut
he had been canal engineer for 80 ycars, being, be-
leve, the oldest ~ the service OF The state
That the enlargement OF the Oswego Canal eost III
times the amount it should have cost is statement
no man has Il right make until nycsiisation affords
foundation for 1t. IL il said tn he fact, capable "i
verfhcatinn cures that IT only 10 per cent more
than tine original esmItes II is not true that tie s-
peua found in Mt Kaballs pocket was one co'nnland-
in. him appear before the Canal Commission AMI ies-
tify regarding frauds the Osw,go, Canal. II was
subpoena in the the suspended engineers, Mcssrs
Yates AMI BIbcock. II Is not true that b" had bren
snspend Il as il n.im ,;eU IN con .eqpencc of what hd
II ell asce ned eStminitonso Of hs work, but only
thai he had been SemPdr try rcn,yei i"m motives o
economy, but then Immediately ionstaag IL is not
tIat the sricnlc ~ s property lou ~ ms !ohe
showed it. yiuc - h. tnbrc than ~ 10000, or even fdD
TAe amount o iaS estate II o more " in any
careful nigt nos-ss at'r ~ year. "i ~ iiShy au
syins II l. not tr thai re lat acc !n uatrd liot N
h'f0r, he cam to Fili"n, q" that S com rs''tuh ~
never exc eicd from - q" III dF IL mas '"'h l'e'
Il nj aud vision n,lnc.r rc,tieut, VA - salsy q
from f2.J0oto 5000. FDc aitcnp, t. m."e II appear
that he was Too rich To Rave CON" p Ms p'tp'IS
silly is piece - uu."1n led maire A. Tor te is-
build of lis house throu - the ms ~ me- Iihn
AN n tie coitr'rinr', wb1"rIe wlHuI 10 my u" W" W"
aIIun of IL 600 aud 81 800 ahtc II II Sh.l al !"
say tlat d.l not nbIi u al il. hut '"nst IL nv
place Tor the modest sim "f Sl,ooo j. i' inio u
suppOs" t.l -rch rest eiIr' was otait u' uha"lW
means IN - isno, true thd IN, C'pa t'',s hi' oS 'o
disclosures dpi r'ws heus, ~ sDhi oi ~Hch h'S Gfh
aa,ae cos Dicniioao', " r. f"nnd ~ ms "cacL ",
"f the Gail Commission up l" J"e lt''"l I'M I'M
has any rei, renee been mad" tp aij ""lh
uf winch he has had charge. II II ,F~
that lie appeared fog- The I<.-~lauv Co4uiSson last
S,rins and gtye such exact anl sat ofl accom-
of his WORK ~ 10 ca iorth thr hearty co-fdtuid n
thc CbnHitc- l. an cess Ely g. say th tAih5 IN
ter ,ar rn5 ilio iei "a qucsi'cp Iha IL 7Lnnd con-
within such h.ief conlas- s. many cr'oto an"
Use lods Is f.tAi To all cii7 upon The pu"i'e con
In Mr. Kinralrs diseased state ~ h'iy there
* a slfi acnt ,sigss TO- Eis 'aseAs.d si'tc 81
m.ud " his connection with the ,aI.l "a a1ti NJ 10
4, with sal result tnOse " ~ hbO" IL "a h'Si
would SAY tat hs WAS tho tTc al oi hsl'sHh
I innocent mind rt.rr t.aI tGdt dread oi tN
Osufe wnlcl guilty n'n' w"lli iccL You arc a"irr
a. in the prJ, css ~ III leniuy Investigation ft~l
zion and dcr.di been east upon every cuS H'rr n
the S.a.c. |. h.s ben TAB .UE < ~ tiu sLcrt y
not an honest an the entire fotc uiOn the canals. II
II hard 10 unarstin aow man 90 ti-' r'nse 0l
siJull spcg dc tiy TN cf ~ .p hnliiid-luhf
aud ~ Ms. nh III cuu antcipttrd :tf IN tilr
wicked ,spe sions upon his chtii.eet To wLch ~
death has gwen II Is easy 10 bensyo hs woud have
Ooen driven crazy.
fuiU,t :. L., NJv. ., lSTJ