New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-16
Suicide OF GEN. ANDERSON
SHOOTING HIMSELF IN PHILADELPHIA
HOTEL.
pr WAS A PROMINENT NEw:YoRK RAILROAD
xAN-No MOTIVE KNOWN FOR HIS DEED
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KkN-N0 MOTIVE KNOWN Foh ho0 D
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Philadelphia, May 15--Gencral A. Anderson Oh
New-York City, late last night commlt'su su'0,uo
in the Lafayette Hotel, by lodging oune' III ",'
brain. AT about midnight Harry JohnSUn' oO
orcd bellboy, rushed downstairs TO the 'in00 aus
informed the watehmaa that one or tne e"eoUS n"e
shot himself. The watchman ran " 'ne Aoo.', ,
floor and burst in the door OF tolie'rooi', 49,
in which. with his arms hanging imp "y -" Iu
and his head back, was the dead ocuy y. w.
dressed and fne-looking man apPren's "yoA'
sixty years old. Beside the pody ~! S..~
In the faint light Watchman fr'Ce Nn" s
'hr,,o, hole in the mans temple, from wnleh
go, 80 blood dripped down his cheek ana
s.atnoa hi. sbirt.front doctor was summoned
but was too late 70 be OF sef'i0s' A"'
removed to an undertsKefs .,,c
c..,I .rderson arrived OF the hotel last Sun
,n.si,r ord registered as /" A. Anderson New
~. Ci,rs He took his meals regularly at the
-, "a t;,tle was seen of him outside OF the
tst.s. ,oo,n II was said TINT on Monday he was
-. ao,ino strangely but no liquors OF any knd
60, an the books as having been ordered by
-, A. tha hotel The only effects which he had
,.,nro black spring overcoat and small vahse
'-.o;nirc underwear. Several letters were IN his
,,no,,o. and n bunch Of keys bore the address a
ANDERSON Everett House. Union Square, New-iork
Ci,vp A pass Of the Northern Pacific hallroad
ms ,nscribed For the personal use OF General
A Anderson"
Mr. Maltby, proprietor of the Lafayette HOTEL
tslrraphed TO the Everett House the news ot tne
sad occurrence, and asked for information regaru-
ino General Anderson's family. The reply, when
arrived this morning, stated that word had been
cent m the Generals widow at her home In Sing
Sing. n Y. and that she or some other mempSt
of the family would come on 10 Phlladeipnla, Aio
FIRST intimation that the ponce Nc Hau Ts.it Sto
suicide was gwen them at the rhlh OiS"i0' S'
tion by newspaper men to-day. ~, .,o Co,onar
son of General Anderson told the coroner
that he believed his father to have pen lhsane aE
tbe time of the shooting, and could not assign any
other cause for the rash act About year ago,
while engaged in mining, the General contraTTIefS H.
what was known as mountain ieNes d,nS va
troubled him for some time, and finally developer
into brain trouble. On page OF menoranuum9
hook lift by General Anderson was wrltten'
feel great buZZing in my ears, ana very pc
culiar feeling in my head. Can this De Orain
Arrangements have been made to ship the body
IN washington, whence it win be removed 10
where the burial VIII bhKe place
General Anderson leaves large famuy'
Mr. Anderson was born at Rhgeway n. T., on
July e5 1897. when q young man, bis t@ste iot
civil engineering made him chainman N laying ou'
the line of the Eew-York and NewHaven Railroad
He left ts 10 become assistant engineer on the Con-
necticnt River road, afterwaM serving as resident
engineer chief engineer, superintendent and receiver
upon various Southern roads, among thom the mooiie
and Ohio, the Tennessee and Alabama, the central
soutbern and the Edgehed and Kentucky.
During the last three years Of the war General
professional skill placed at the ser
vice Of the United States Government. which made
hia brevet bngsdIer general His first duty which
be assumed IN Iuaa 1860. was that of ssSls&nt eas
Eineer and chief Of tho construction corps OF tho
Army Of the Potomac. In February. 1868, he was
made chief engnoer Of the military railroads Of Vlr
ginia and after years service in that capacity he
was made general superintendent of the Government
railroads In the Military Division OF the Mississippi
Late In 1854 be made chief engineer and super
ntandent of the military railroads of the United States
Ind held this position until July. 1896.
After the war General Anderson hold various
important Offices Western railroads. He was
pest known as the chief engineer Of the Northern
PtciSc Railroad, with which he was connected from
bout 1880 In 1856 he made q second vice
president of the company About a year and q hall
lgo be retired nom the companys service and since
hat time he had been occupied largely In pushing
,ertaln mechanical inventions, having an Office for
time In Lberty-st, and aiterward In the Stewart
Building. Recently he had given up his Office a.
Ne did not desire 10 lease It for a whole year, and
u late be had been tranSacting his business In the
,rBce of a friend at No. 155 broadway.
Mr. Anderson was possessed OF strong QUALITIES ana
.e resisted with great force The stesmp' 70 lSsten
dneering department Mr.. Anderson proved that hts
snmates were not wide Of tho mark and that when
here was any difference IL due principally 10 tho
,rSeFs OF the executive department IL may be AS
,umed that In any circumstances he was the victim,
not be induced 10 join in the efforts 10 advance
Northern Pacific stock although his Life was bound |
lp in the completion Of the line. |