The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-12-03
CYRUS ". F|ELD DYING
Robbed of His Last Dollar BY
His Gambler Son.
SAD END OF A SPLENDID ,,rr
His Wife Dead. His Daughter Dv,,r
and His Son in a Madhouse.
The Heartbroken Old Man NJ.
More to Live For-summou. ~.
Come at Any Momcnt-Hew Ea~...
Field Ruined Father and rr,s,a.

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Field Ruined Father and Frlena..
NEW YoRK, Dec. 2.-Fifty-one wear. -.
today New England youth snow, -
Cyrus West Field stood at the rnarr;ar~
altar, full of vigor, hope and sturIjv .,,,ss.
tion. His strength made its imnress 49,,
the century; his hope bore him mn i, b;s
work, and his ambition has bean rewa-,,,'s
with medals, with knighthood and ,r;ts
the thanks of the United STATES co,,crass
Hand-in-hand the New Enrlana vartn
and his helpful wife came honorable a,wr
through half century of time, almost To
the present day. Little more than a week
ago, however, the woman he welded ON
the day of his majority died
Tonight, bereft of his wife and wrecked
in fortune and penniless by the hand of an
migrate and disgraced son. Cyrus Field ,ies
dying at Y years of age in the hendsons
home that no longer shall be his. Edward
NJ. Field, the son. who wrecked the tirm az
Field, Lindley, Weichers d Co. is an III.
mate of the Vernon house, private in
sane asylum, near the village of Mounk
Vernon. Mrs. Edward NJ. Field lies dan
gerously i'll at the home of her brother.
DR.. Liadlcy. Mrs. ID. A. Lindley. daueh-
ter of Cyrus w. Field, is believed to be On
her deathbed.
This expresses in few words the pitifui
condition of n family which few weeks
ago was envled for its wealth, happiness
and social eminence. The fact that today
is the fifty-frst anniversary of Cyrus w.
Fields marriage adds new sadness to the
story of the day. A member of the family
tonight came from the bedside of Cyrus
Field and said: ''He is completely broken
in health and spirit. Bereft of his wife
and his fortune, and crused by the fact
that his favorite son has financially ruined
the family and made mental wreck of
himself, the old man feels that death
would be welcome solace to him. He
feels that his name has been tarnished.
Notwithstanding the fact that he has sac.
riiiced his all to keep his son from bank
ruptcy."
DR.. Fuller, the family physician, saids
''He may linger for several days. and he
may die in a few hours"
Edward Field Appealed TO his father re-
Gently for assistance to preFentthe. failure
of the firm, all his resources havlHg< <bs5n-
used up. His father consented to assist
him, and authorized him to take certain
securities from his strong box for the pur-
pose. The son, however, took every ne
gotiable security there was in the box, bus
even that did not prevent the firms down
fall.
1t is believed that all that remained az
Mr.. Fields once great fortune before this
fresh trouble did not exceed 81 ,000, 900, and
1zf@ . I,% ILL -. f~fk ~
Edward succeeded in getting from his
father is not known, but it is said to have
been 100000. The balance was believed
TO have been encumbered real estate, of
which his house, which he sold this week,
formed part.
That Cyrus w. Field is now penniiess
recalls the fact that he was supposed TO
have been a special partner in the firm Of
Field, Lindley & Co. for $500,000 until
March last, on the date the firm reorgan-
lied. and the senior Field was supposed to
have withdrawn this $500, 600. 1t is now
believed that the $4,000, if it existed al
all in that way, was never withdrawn, but
was lost, and that its loss brought about
the reorganization and introduction ok
new members, and that Edward NJ. Field I
speculative course was continued, with
the result that the money of all the part4
ners was lost, as well as half million be-
longing TO his father.
The statement is frequently made by The
assignee that the two partners, Lindiey ana
Weichers, were innocent of all knowlede1
of the firms condition, and that 1t had
been going on until the failure is laughed
ut by bankers and brokers The remark
made by Assignee Gould has been the sub
ject of much comment today. Mr.. Gould
said: ut seems to me that the greater
part OF the money lost by the
operations of 4. II. Field was lost right
here by the partners in the hrm.'
Still Gould could not begin to give any
estimate of the assets and liabilities o.
the defunct firm. TO show the difficulties
he labored under he said: suppose par
ties should come here and pay large sum.
of money to one of the partners, and
suppose this money was paid righI
out again by that partner to othel
parties than those, the transac
tion might not appear in the books
Now have suspicion that this very
thing has taken place"
Edward NJ. Field. after the alleged des
perate attempt upon his life, was removes
10 a private insane asylum at Mount Yer
non by order of Judge McAdam. In afn
dayits physicians declare that Edward NJ
Field is a lunatic. dangerous to himsel
and TO others. The members of the famil,
deny that he attempted suicide.
The loss Of the Union Pacific by th'
hypothecation of securities by Field
LindIey & Company is estimated to b
$500, 900, of which it is said the road has re
covered the greater part.