New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-17
MIR. GILMAN'S SUDDEN END.
DOUBT AS TO THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH.
PHYSICIANS THINK IT WAS DUE TO HBART
DISEASE, BUT TIE CORONER WILL
HOLD Az INQUEST.

ana member of the firm of J. III. Labarce n CO.,
ot NO 10 Fron-st was found dead in his bed
at his home in Flushing, l.. l., about on
Monday, and the circumstances OF his death are
such that the Coroner of the county has refused
to grant burial permit until il has Ecen posi-
lively determined what the cause of his death
really was. Some Of the Flushing physicians say
thnt death came from apopl"Ny: others, heart
disease, while another says that the body now
looks rs if death resulted from poison which had
been sclfadmini,tcrcd At any rate the Coroncr's
suspicious have been aroused and he will not
allow the body 10 hc buried until he is certain
what tic cause of death The suddennesS
of the death and the mysterious circumstances
surrounding it have created n sensation in Flush
inc. and every one is talking about il.
The information which was first given ont
mode heart disease the cause, and as II
was known that Mr. Gilmans family physi-
clan, DIR. J. i. Hicks, had been treating
him fcr This trouble. il generally accepted
rs being the one On Sunday afternoon
Mr.. Gilman sent for DR.. Hicks. and told him
that he was considerably worried over his business
Affairs. ard hc wanted something to quiet his
nerves The physician gave him nerve tonic,
which hc took that night before going to bed.
At breakfast the next morning his wife. who was
Miss Bessie Lawrence, daughter Of Ehingham
Lawrence, Sald that Nhc was gong !" 'hc ciW
with her sister, Miss Helen q. Lawrence, to do
some Christmas shopping. Her husband promised
10 meet them at Dcmonico's later in the day
TO eat luncheon with them. inns was 'p'''
"''"'N' '"U '''H. ''''",'" "n" "'' H''''' '''N
..' ''"'' '0' W." w. ''''' NAM -" ','"
in the day.
Immediately after his wife and hcr sister had
taken the train for York Mr. Gilman told
the servant who. beside himself. was The only
person IN IL" house, that j." was going 10 ms
room 10 lie down. lie s'Id th'' ne dld ho'
feel very well. ana '''" h' dId "o' WISH 10 Nv
d'''H"d, ho' even II "'-t'Hl' or "''"I ~"
poii'hi MESSAGES sh""I" como 20 MN rom .>'"-
York he went I" AIS I"'h' "i" 'Hr El' sup
posing ihat h' h'd gone % sleep ''''"'' N'
Dr"f' no h''" in me I''"' "'' "'' "'''"!' "."'
Ab'n' noon VIZ. I'plf'' "iN p'''"'f' ""''''
ih'' we f""" I' "'" I'''lf'" "''-'''' '''''
VT 'ihhh, dh'rh ~ f'U>'l'- ON ''.' "''''"-'
saving that u" was too III 10 come T. business ana
that be- would no. hc IN town That day. Ihr
moment that b" received this uc~>'e" hr huTr"I
- lHNhirG. hen h' reached Mf "''"'l
home he went immediately "dh thr servant To-
Nr Gilman room III" door WAS closed ann 'h'N
raped upon n several iimcS. Here WAS n" re-
spou., +, their kno,kln.,. however. and tuey
pushed lh' b"'l open I' '''u''' WIS ''''- ''
IrI anparrri.y asleep llc WIS partly dressed
and had l'il. covcrlu, over Aia. Tnc' spoke :"
ham and ,h,oi Linn gently. hl' b" did not ar'"ri
'hcuC and Mr. laluwc quickly Na" that MS
,..-..cr ,.,. c.,bcr dcsI rr dvlur He sent the
.r,.a,, aftcr pbysic,ap> ard II was only a minute
ar wa bcforr Drs Hicks Goodridgc. Lever and
t.,.ro,o. ,.orc A. tbe is.,.,ide. The body was
,tTl warm when they ~, there, and rcstoratiyeS
were applied. hut to no avail
Dr IIicL, sid then that lc1rt disease must
have caused TIE patients death; he could not
.....rrt for H. m any other way. \, soon as II
,.,. found that there va, no hope of saving Nh
, . ,.,. ..,,...,. ,,..,. .,n, :, h,s father.
III. rcv Edward Gilman. uh, j., the secretary of
,.,i. ...,..,,. IL, rim. c,t, ard T.,
a.. nI. Tie servant only knew that she
'.t,.. ,., ,, , s,onp,a. tour. and size h,l
.a..,. r,.,,,l.,,,c .r amy p.r,iruar place