Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-11
DEATH STALKS
On the Floor of the stock Exchanged
Broker Dies Suddenly.


New YORK, November 1O.-The big
clock on the wall of the Stock Exchange
wanted fifteen minutes Of - when 4
/ trinity built man, whose hair was gray,
entered by the Wall stree, door. He
was James StrutherS and he walked
slowly and with evident effort through
the crowd toward the center OF the
room. Men who knew him and who
saw him pass remember now when they
talk of his death, that he acted as if
something was the matter with him.
| They were TOO busy To pay much at
| tention to a sick man at the time, too
busy watching the rise and fall OF the
markets.
1T was 1880 o'clock when StruthcrS
reached point on the floor between the
stands of the New York Central and the
Chicago. Eastern aud Illinois. Grouped
there were c. Il. Gunther, Il. O. Read
and a Mr.. Francis. As Struthers came
ND behind Read. he tOttered and brushed
past him. Read was busy with the
market. and when he half turned and
saw StrntherS he said petulantly:
".Jimmfe. don't do that; I'm busy"
The tottering man paid no attention To
this. but kept on. The next man he
reached was Gunther. He fell SQuarely
M against Gunther, who stepped back
to get ont of the way. This permitted
him To fall TO his knees. From that po-
sition he tumbled forward on his face
Then Gunther and Read jumped to his
side and turned him over on his back.
But there was no miStaking the look on
his face. He was dying, while the fran
tic crowd shouted out their bids Tor
stocks and announcements OF sales.
messenger was hurriedly sent for DR..
Hewitt. who Is Il member OF the En-
change. He came seven minutes after
StrutherS had fallen. He saw the case
was homeless. and in three minutes he
said StrutherS was dead.
As soon as it became known, PreSi-
dent Dickerman stopped the noise by
mounting the roStrum and announcing
the death. He said business would De
suspended half an hour on account oil the
death. Gray coated attendants oil the
Exchange brought Stretcher and the
body was taken up to the third story, TO
one of the directors rooms.
The President called upon the Board
of Governors, and there was an iniormai
meeting. the result of which was not
made public.
In the interval, Coroner Levy came
and examined half dozen witnesses.
DIR. Hewitt said he believed death was
caused by apopleXy. To Mr.. Charles
Il. StrutherS, 4 nephew of the dead man.
the coroner gave 4 permit for the re-
moyal of the body, which was taken TO
an undertaken. The nephew said the
family had expected this all along.
Mr.. Read told the coroner how Mr..
Struthers had pushed up against him
ord how he fell. Il knew he was
stricken by death when he went down,
he said. Il knew and felt that moth
ing could save him. He had a very
serious illness within the past two years,
and has not been himself since. We
used to see him asleep in his chair
down stairs and notice how bad he
looked, and il was common to hear
man say: Poor Jimmie, he's looking
nretty bad. He'll go off suddenly some
day." Sharp to the minute Of 1890,
evoctly one-half hour after the recess
had been announced, the President
ogajn mounted the rOStrum and made
the official announcement OF the death
of James Struthers, late member OF the
New York Stock Exchange. Then as
he stepped down there was rush ana
y shout. and business had once more
been resumed on the hoOr.
Mr.. Struthers was % years Old ana
was a member Of the firm OF James
Struthers n Co, long since dissolved
He leaves a wife and young daughter
He lived at 123 East Fifty-seventh
street. The business Of the Consoli-