New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-31
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LOCAL MISCELLANY.
= n1cAppr,p,NCE OF s. DANA HAYES.

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF S. DANA HAYES.
"A. HAYES. IT, of this city, when spoken to yes
krdav about the strange Disappearance OF MS
brother. s. Dana Hayes. state AsSayer and Chemist
II Massachusetts,, which was reported from BOSTON
The day before, said to TRIBUNE reporter:
at is an absolutely incomprehensble thing TO
me and feel bowildered by ii. He was at the
height of his reputation. rich beyond the hopes OF
most men, enjoying large and pleasant practice III
connection with number of the most eminent law
gers in Boston. from which he gained wealth ana
added professional reputation, and had most Deau-
tiful home. There is just hint that he was hoV
happy in his domestic relations, though 1t car not DE
said that his marriage. which was to Scotch iady
older than himself, was an unhappy ono IN the
usual meaning of the words. My uncle and think
that possibly some lGng-felt want OF congehlahty
some repressed inner dissatisfaction, may nave al
ngn 5SI I bad no Children Of his own and
had adopted little girl but she was h0t ms ON W.,
flesh and not TIE 10 bind him to his nome ne
was sedate reserved man. but since we buried our
mother in November last he has teen unusually ue-
monstratye in his affection for me. wrote nun
letter recently, asking INN TO como ana rsne ha
said he was goinE awav forever, adding au income,
rent sentence about seeking port IN the storm.
He was very methodical man, aud undersIaahd
that he carefully arranged all his business affairs
paid his office rent IN advance ana lelt nis Wic u
mower of attorney to sell his business. his looks
as IL he intended tOcommit sncIde to absent HIM
self permanently at least His conduct can only
be accounted for the suppOslton that he was SUI
fering from an alteration of mind.
"My brother was educated in Edinburgh, ana
studied under Playfair, succeeding his fathHr as
State Assayer of Massachusetts. This POSITION ne
has filed with much honor to himself lii tue recent
trial at Worcester, Mass, of young man nalneu
HAYDEN who was accused of the murder OF his SIS
ter he was retained for tho defence and to his sug
gestions ms an expert analyst the verdict of acquit
tai was largely due He had engagements IN q
number of important legal cases, and has le1t ms
roadutors. in the lurch. without any explanation
MIR. Hayes added that nothing possible to be done
10 discover his brother would be ieft undGnef amG
would prove fatal, in his advanced age ana ihhrm
state.
DESPERATE FROM FAMILY TROUBLE.
A GERMANS ATTEMPTED sUIcIDE-HIs Fathers
GRIEF.
In rear house at No. 100 Christopher-st, the
police found yesterday morning mldde-aged man
apparently dying from the effect of poison An
empty bottle labelled "laudanum in one hand
and in the other knife that seemed to have been
reserved for an emergency showed that suicide mad
been his purpose. An aged German sat weeping
bitterly over the body. and long after the ponce
had removed the suicide the old man renamed
crouching in his seat now and then giving vent to
fresh outbursts of grief. At the st. Vncents Hos
pital the efforts of the physicians to revive the man
were successful and hope of his recovery enter,
tanned Although reused from his stupor he could
not be made to speak. The one word " trouble " was
all that could be extracted from him.
Inquiry of the bereaved German. who proved 70
be his father, brought out the fact that feud IN
the family had driven the son to desperation. FOR
forty wears Johann Ernst Schroeder made shoes I'D
the Ninth Ward. where he settled after his lmml-
grafton from Germany, and by Thrift and economy
accumulated property worth $4,000 or more: "A
son and daughter were born TO MN. Inc
daughter married and lost her husband. After his
death child was born which the brother ana
father claimed was illegitlmaie. 1t died, and was
buried in the Lutheran cemetery against their OPP
position. family feud was the result. The father
and brother endeavOred unsrccessfully TO drive tue
woman from the house occupied by them. llred Oh
the trouble the son, John William Schroeder, at
tempted to take bis life yesterday. In the night he
arose. kissed his father goodbye, and spreading
sheet on the floor lay down to die HIS CONDITION
was discovered three hours later. at daybTeak On
a chair lay the following note, sealed, and marked
ITO be sent to j. Specht Chicago. M:
New York, Jan. %.
"DEAR Cousin ANDREW 1t Is my last; ! can't
stand it any longer l have been in he'll long
enough and when fire comes on both sides 1t is
time TO get out of trouble. | received your letter
the same day wrote this, only IN the morning ana
wrote this at the House. between IL and IL
am so tired of life that before this letter reaches
you will be in eternity. So goodbye. May God
w -. w. SCHROEDER"