New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-10-31

VOL NJ IL, 900!
4 BROKER KILLS HIMSELF.
rr, rANNAHmhs SUICIDE on HIS BIRTH
MENTAL ABERRATIoN, DUE 70 III HEALTH
THOUGHT 10 BE THE CAUSE By aIs
YELIow.MEMBERa OF THE
COTTON EXCHANGE. :.
1bs uretty littls town Of Englewood. N. ~ is
,s,dom disturbed, but yesterday morning IS PooP'e
.,.r. surprised to learn that William i. 1anna-
h;lI a prominent citizen Of the town tanu
n.n,h-r Of the Cotton Exchange in this dt. had
oommitted suicide at his beautiful home IN Aamii'
ton-ave. l..
On Wednesday Mr.. Tannahil left his once IN
,be Cotton Exchange Building, being, 50 gr 10
can be ascertained, under no financial dimc'ote'
and went 70 his home, where, after spenoihg; "1
evening win his sister-in-law and her 1amiiyt %
whom ne w>s greatly attached, he went I" wls
bedroom. locked the door little whle aier"aru'
and shot himseS fatally in the hesd "i'n > N-
volver.
On that mornins Mr. Tannahtll came to the
eity as usual, and as he was rather taci'urn ana
reserved man, no one noticed anythlng UNUSUAL
IN his manner and to all appearance ne was In MS
usual spirits. At his office ne transacted his
husiness ss il entertaining the idea that be would
be there on the morrow, and no one would have
o,nected for q moment that any thought of sui
eide was In his mind. He returned home at his
u.usl hour, and during the evening, which he spent
<o, xxl,n 1txaA mi n i'm
and Of whose interests and welfare he had been the
Guardian ever since his brothers death, he spoke
hopefuly of his physical condition, for though
able to attend to his business the Exchange, he
had nevertheless for couple of years been in a
declining state Of health which tended to make
him glosmy and downhearted
He said that he would be we'll enough to go
70 the city the next day, and so sat up rather
later than usual, and Mrs. Robert Tannahill, his
hster-in-law, finding him wakeful, spent some time
In his room and left him at ffteen minutes to
Al o'clock. Mr. Tannahin then undressed. and
carefully locked his bedroom door, after which
he took his revolver and sent bullet crashing
into his temple.
The .report of the revolver reused the family,
assistance was summoned, and the door was forced
open. The suicide was found lying on the f1oor
In an unconscious state. DR.. II. NJ. Banks. a
resident physician was called in, and he did every
thing in his power to restore the wounded man
70 consciousness 1t was Of use, however;
death was inevitable and though somewhat pro-
tracted, was not painful, as MIR. Tannahill was
in q semi-conscious state throughout until the
end came shortly after l2 o'clock.
There seems to be no apparent cause Tor the
oct Financially, it is said, on the Cotton En-
change, the dead man Yas comfortably liked, ana
had been involved in no adverse speculation In the
market. Many of his business associates were
seen Yesterday and were utterly at loss to tnink
of any motive for the deed in the line OF business
Some of his more intimate acquaintance how
ever, say that he was man of melancholy dis
position, and had never got over the oeath OF
his older brother Robert, to whom he was greatly
attached. He found the bare necessity OF associa-
ton with strangers distasteful to him, and no
disliked his business on that account, and while
his brother lived used to allow him to do the
outside work, whle he MenAe
attend to the details OF their operations,
The day on which the fatal shot was nred was
his FORTY seventh birthday, fact that no douot
prompted retrospection and tenaeo 70 oSI anJ
ais system debilltated Dy long AiheSo IiiS
fall winds had shaken the leaves from tne Irees
shout the house leaving mem a Taft to have over
oO,sered his better reason and impelled him to
nut an end to his life. nephew OF u:e ueaa
man Robert NJ. Tannahill. was In business VIZ. ,1
him. and he says le can account for MS unGie
leath in no other way than that IL IesuiHu
from mental alteration produced Dy leeoie he1Cli'
Mr. Tannahill was a Southerner. oorn IN LUZ Luz
,ombe County North Carolina, on his 1ather
plantation At the time of the war william anu
his older brother Robert took an active parG III
he conflict. Robert being q colonel IN the ION on
ederate Army. The family was somewhat ini-
,overished by tie war and moved to PetersDure'
va, where the family burial-plot IS. and whcIe
he body Of the dead man will he taken 10
anne to New-York not long, after the close
IF the war. and embarked m the cou.o9 !aad
business, with which they were both identified
their after lives Inc Sloe, than oiyvnt VIII
am and took the lead in all their enterprises.
lie was elected president OF the Cotton EXchan9e
It one time hey of WSoh 'S William @ was
partner This firm was prosperous and became
,ne Of the best-known in the cotton business, but
Robert dying, the firm was dissolved ana "nAan
For long time bis business prospered also, Du.
{ had been noticed lately that his interest IN IL
waning and he seemed to miss ms or%[aep %ntenn
Exchange. being himsclf backward and reserved
man, rather lacking in warm social instincts Last
Ipril he and his brothers wife, MIS-. Robert Ian,
tTited beautiful place belonging to Colonel saw,
elle. In Hamilton-ave., where they have lived
ver since in quiet fashion, he coming to New
FORK daily to transact his business and returning
The local coroner was called yesterday and he
ooix the testimony of the family and of the at
ending physicfan after which he issued burial
,ermit, not considering il necessary to impanei
ury. .
Mr, Tannahill has been for many years mem
,er Of the Cotton Exchange. and was widely
ynown in a business way, and few men on inc
Exchange enioved o higher degree OF esteem and
Ipprpcation for sterling business honesty and up
irht conduct He was never married =,
morrow and the burial will take place there next
saturday in the family burial plot.
STATE BOARD or TRADE IN MASSACHUSETTS,