New-York tribune., 1891-08-27
suayia 2so miles east Of Sandy Hook. The SueVa va
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SUICIDE or IN OLD IMPORTER.
DOMESTIC AND BUSINESS TROUBLES LEAD A. H.
mLDIcK TO TAKE PARIS GREEN.

DOMESTIC AND BUSINESS TROUBLES LEAD A. H.
mLDIcK TO TAKE PARIS GREEN.
Alfred II. Hildick. an Importer we'll known down
town. committed suicide yesterday morning IN MS
Office No. % Murray-st, by taking paris green hr'
IIildck was seen to enter his Office about O'CLOCK
In the morning and seemed in his customary cneeri"i
state OF mind manifesthg no signs Of despondencS o
nnhappfness. His Office is on The second foor front
and IS bright room comfortably furnished. on uie
CLASS door, az the end Of the hail. Is the sign Aned
H. Hildich importer Mr.. fdick was about siAty
eearg old and was quiet, genial man. and his kinaD
disposition and sfable manners won for him host Oh
friends wherever he went.
Mr.. Hdlck was what may be called a gentleman Oh
the old school, afablc, courteous and refined and
man Of considerable education The Church-st. police
we're told by those who found his body at 10 O'CLOCK
yesterday morning, and they summoned coroner VINO
pronounced 70 OF suicide by poison. HIS dead
body was found In q chair by Conrad HOFFMAN. boy,
who went to clean the offce yesterday morning. IL
was evident that Hldck had died after hours OF agony
He had taken ratposon mixed I'm water
He was En Engishman, who to this city from
his native place. sasaI near Birmingham, wneh nc
was q young man. lie never was naturaIzed' anu
never lost his belief In the superiority OF Engsh laws
customs and forms of government over those vi 'ns
country. When he had gained some familiarity with
business. IN tho employ of Charles vanderwart & Co..
for himself in warren.st commission agent deal
ing IN heavy hardware He prospered for NUMBER
Of years until In 1885 he WAS said to own properly
valued at $4,000.
About twenty-five wears ago Hildck was married
TO Miss Underhi one of three daughters of the owner
OF the Oriental, family hotel in Lafayette Place.
They had two children. Alfred f. Hidick. VINO Is an
architect ine the CITY, and a daughter. hrs hluch'
who had property of her own. built house. near
and A 10
Her husband was strongly opposed 70 cutting down
some trees and shrubs on the grounds which ne sa'o
eve o the place IN English aspect she ~anted Ia"n
and had the grounds cleared. They quarreiied pit-
terly over the changes and Hildick walked out OF
the house one day about three years ago saying hde
he would never return. He kept HIS word, and IVed
aono IN this city. When Mrs. Hildck and the chll-
dren went to live with her sisters Frances ana eeh
at the Oriental he still lived apart from them'
He failed in business and his wife gave him some
OF her own money To assist him in his difficulties HIS
ventures continued to turn out badly however ana
he was Obliged to move TO cheaper quarters In
Murray st. Lately ne hired the small Office at No
% Murray-st, where he killed himself lie occupied
room at tho Bristol No. Is East Eleventh-st. one
night Gas escaped in his room and nearly sufocaed
him lie said the escape Of gas was accloehtaI Ply P
nrobaby he tried TO Kill himself then. When MS
hody was found yesterday he had only Al cents IN
his noe kets and his check-bOok showed that ne hhu
only al SO left IN the Bank OF New-f0rR Where he
bad an account His wife and children were out 0i
tTe civ bnt his body was sent to an undertaken 5
for funeral. IIildck left no written explanation
Of his suicide.