New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-04
TIE SEAMAN TRAGEDY.
FUNERAL OF THE BROTHER AND SISTER
HOW THE YOUNG MAN LEFT scRANToN-suFFEklNd
FROM INTENSE NIGHT WORK.

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HOW THE YOUNG MAN LEFT cRANToN-suFFERiSd
FROM INTENSE NIGHT WORK.
Only the members of the family, with some
few relatives and intimate friends were presen.
day at the funeral OF william X. Seaman and Ma sister
| Fanny The service, which was held az
| the family homestead was conducted oy 'no
| Rev DIR. johnson, Of Westminster accoruips
TO the Episcopal FORM All present, with tue eHcepon
of old Mr. Seaman, followed the remains To the ferrS
and Seaman family vault near "estches'e''
There were about thirty persons present Among them
wero young seaman's betrothed with her father ana
mother Mr. Wilcox classmatH and intimate iriend Oh
his, W. +. Mates and G. f. Manness
THE KNGINEERs LIFE IN SCRANTON
William +. Mates son Of superintendent Mates OF
the Lackawanna and Coal Company. OF Scranton
who arrived here yesterday morning to attend tue
funeral of the Inflated brother ana sister, saio 10
/ TRIBUNE reporter:
| Ihaye known and worked by the side OF WIN am
Seaman for nearly two years, and am glad OF an OPP
portunty TO add testimony In refutson OF tue crue
and groundess reports which have been printed no, on
his relations with his betrothed out also US
regards The mental condition OF his sister, MY rst ue
when arrived here this morning aud received the nrS'
nttmaon of the manner of the poor boys death from
TIE RIBuSE love trouble was Mt the DOT
have carefully prooed the Subject nave nau
| long talks not only with hs ian"y' 'u'
| also with the young lady herself, who 10 only
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pished and can confidently tell you that there was
never the hint OF any unpeasan tness
IN that direction Though 80 young she has borne the
blow with forlitude, but to-day her face was te
color OF white dress She Is going to stay Tor tue
summer VITA the aud has already done mueh
10 tighten the old fathers grief by her afectf'nato anu
tender sympathy. am convinced, too that tho sister
WIS only mentally different from most other women
and from the who have spread tne seandaouS
reports In their superior In every way
ana much more highly educated than most women.
Now rs to poor VIII. This day week we were work
ing together. he laid down his drawIngpen' ana
getting mp from his drawing board came over 10 me ano
| said Il want 10 have a confidential chat with yon
| feel myself running down very rapidly ana WINK
ought give up present occupation or Two
want To ask your advice rs to whether had not oett
20 into the shops for time and see II hard pnyscii
! labor and a complete CESSATION oil mental ehort WIZ
not restore the balance OF my systcm' We then
| di.cuased the subject for an hour two He
declared that his material prospects far beyond
what man Of HE age could expect, and then said;
have In all human PROBABILITY forty years of inc oeioe
me- and you II Il would not be better 10 give mp Two
or three years present In order to be able to eho ana
make good use rest lie then told me that be was
.,g.rng from os, OF appetite and seeplessness and
wa- determined anyhow give up his habit of nieht
work aud devote his evenings TO social Dicasures He
aKef me about the wages received by the men In the
shops aud rs The chances Of promotion and then the
| subject Dropped That very day my iathcr went
| away and seaman when be found he was gone showed
! mnch ANNOYANCE NJ he said lie had intended
| IN ash MIN for leave OF absence over sunday
told him u immaieral and advised him To e. ~ any
ease tie was very puDciinous In these matters, how
over and was n vexec when ne found that tue
eet No. wa unusually cuaty ana ful of spirits
seemed ha- been the case FOR some tine ia- 10 DC
desrous Of making himself pleasant To everyone.
ION SATURDAY was away myself aud was BOT sur
prsci my rrturn 70 dad inatSeAnan Ad zone by rae
l15 train lie had been doing some neAsirng abiit
he works Bp tll last moment IL was prc-umt by
while under dea that ~ the absence OF NV fahrr.
he would be doing MS duybyeayinEthr worssthi 10
semi dI@pach 60 MS betrotBri In Newark the effect
thai h. mast postpone nis VISIT Tor week HAVING
cnanged his mInd he came up % NeW-frk on the last
train prob biz put up hotel and passed slecoies
the train his brothers ana
| Mr. B,scnon lie wa- seen station by OF tue
train uand who told hm tna hi- fath~rs carriage was
reptile that he would rather walk. md set
| Of with yase t. walk through tae hroing sun On
arriving the house be pat bis yalHc IN fuc IA b1r
| about thirty yards fToiu the house. went ~,
| throw | hat inside his moihers room, aud
| waking quietly upstairs. nnisnsd hiH NE "a
his scranton friends. In had worry Of any sort
on Dis uud that the unseing 81 MS Drain en-
trc, py steal causes induced by continued over
| work" -, -.
also came tie funeral aud was vres~ht during
tie foregoing conversation, add,d that young neanll
laI bcen al natciy demonstrated with DJ hr t"nd@
M 10 tie en-, bis BnOi Of uigbt work lie hhd no
cause In lie world min to sucn act" SAID Ar
| Msapess: his invention was practically a
| success and he wa generally nhed anu
c M On the AID my ~ifs Last Thursday and told me- be
w.s gong himself more 10 social pc ssnrrs And
| lray, a. Thought OF work behind him at bis office
uoteed too nat has bean lately rcrupuious Ia regard
| To ME and arp, nIancr Formerly lie Was maui
| tually careless In tne-r nintterr