, 1875-04-26


Urchcs,asota Ut Bankruptcy.
Nte 1ort sun, A3nNas.
Tho Tenarab!o Ala1son i. ST. John, ono Of .llo
boht known Of North Ri7tt steamboat n,cn
slot hItnaelf through The brein Yesterday,
Jvhu OF tho Peoples Lino, Which ms at
NinGtaantli street undergoing ropaira. Cant.
1t. John, as he Was kuoNiI bT everybody was
Eentlaanan q 1.rnat wealth, ind iisod III I.nfay-
oils, n. j. 1In ,raa tho Treasurer OF tito COM
its steamers. ln consideration Of l,ia old ngo
aud bis vast experience IN boating. l,o waa por-
mitscd to do III An piosaed. Il was Ills custom.
rs we'll as tho cuEtoin Of tho cfllce!A Of tho Coa-
pany, to dlno on boasyl the steamer At tho p,cr.
At noon yesterday Capt. ut. John aud bis fol-
low officers .iInsd In tho Drow. The Captain Of
tho steamer thought that Capt. 81. John was ur,-
usually ioly. uo eccmed to 10 ouioyiug tho
scarcely .nosa than four wecka throughout the
winter. His. mind wAB evidently at eaao, and
nen llo parted with tho company o. tho tllntpG-
table ho eaid. ~ gness III tako rim over to
tho st. john and see hoE they aro gettsug along
With that tho aged Captain went away. Tho
St. John WAS nt !slaeteeuttA street, nnd lrauy
mcn were Wos King upun her. Capt. st. Johu
was voxed when ha inspected tho work. and rs-
pcatedly said tint ho thought too mun.l money
fully ohR'nlntug oycry part Of tho hig Bloanaer,
aud repeatedly auYing, "1oo mich expense, 100
uluch oxpcnBo, too much cxponao,h ha want iuto
tAo barber shop No attention was paid to him
Just after o'clock tn cmployo on tho steam
or Wcnt into tho barber shop and discovered
Capt. 1t. John nsretchea back IN a chair, dcal.
Thoro was bullet wound In lts right temple,
aud tightly csonelod IN Ills hand waH revolver.
Tho ofiicors os tho Con,pany say that they can
tmagine ~ other tnotiso for tic Captaisi's net
than that 10 feared tho Company might bccomo
eanirapt through the hoayy .outlays upon tho
1t. john. 70 %as w. heavy atockholdc1, aud had
ofticeia, noyor bad iig1ner footiug tnau nov,
A1r. John EnEhH, tho Ghlp-buiIdHr, OF Green.
point. atocaholdcr, was doing u,e work on
tho steamer on rory reasonable terms, and oil
was Becuro aud aafo. UAl't. St. John had fro
quoutIy OF late exhibited mitch noryousnoss. aud
urgently counsclled cconumy, No QUO fur A
momeut doubted hIa honesty ~ Tsoasuror Of tbo
Company, or suspected that ls had any domestic
diillcutius, and all thoroughly satia6cd that
llo killed himself eimplY beoauso hta views
Of 1etrcnclnlont In tho management Of tic
cUmpany'a aQA!rB Wora not tloHa OF tlia pkler
stockholders. Iio Hoemol to think that be tad
been superseded ~ tho general oyoroeer Of t.o
line. Ho Waa everywhere liked, aud tIpatad with
tho greatost doferonce,
In 1885, Daniel uraw Capt. st. John, and 9th
ors, established lhio bclwoon Now York and
Albany, touching At all iutetncdlate landings
"pcoples Limo" 1lr. Drew is the only survivor
OF those orIglually aasociatad III tho undertake
ing. Mr.. Isaac Newton WIZ Ito li1st President,
NJ. Drew tho Treasurer. Upon the death Of
ME. Newton, Mr. Drew became tho President,
aud Capt. 81. John tho Treasurer. The st. John,
namca after tho Captain, coat about eo00, 600,
ind waa first 11ln to Albsuy In l6GA.
The principal credit uf designing and superiu-
tending the oonstruotton Of tho st. John, Dean
!tlchmond, and tho Drew, waa duo to Capt. st.
john. who mado the interest OF tho ltno his
study for forty yoarg. uo retired from active
service ~ steamboat Captain In 1862. Ho was
then commander OF tie Now World. 0apt. ut.
John wss 70 yeass Of rye,