The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-09-03
led. Inns Suicide.
Indications That He Was
Temporarily De-
ranged. Il
HAD SUSTAINED HEAVY LOSSES,
And Complained for Several Days
That His Head Panied and
a Was Growing Larger.

uOOA yCouoI0dy Wtbn a DullcU WOnAQ LII
his head and revolver clenched in hts
right hand in room No. "A at Taylor's Ho-
tel, still remains an impenetrable mys-
terry.
That it was a case of suicide there is alb
solutely no doubt. But that no one can
possibly surmise the cause that led to the
self-murder is decidedly strange. None
of his friends can possibly imagine mo-
tive.
| was informed last night by intimates
of the family who had just left the house
after the body was received from the
morgue. that Mr.. Linn's death was as
much mystery there as on the street.
The exclusive announcement in THE
JERSEY CITY NEWS of the identity Of the
mysterious stranger who had shot him.
self at Taylor's Hotel set the town agog.
Mr.. Linn was well known Though
possessing quiet disposition and shun-
ming cheap notoriety, he was man OF ex-
cellent traits and once q friend, be was a
staunch one always. Many knew him,
and none knew him but to respect him.
So it is not surprising that about the club
rooms, on the streets and In public places
in general, his strange death was She
uppermost theme of conversation last
night. The only solution to the mystery
Linn took his life while lab0ring under
a temporary spell of insanity. The fea-
lures in death are the same that won for
him during trying ordeals on the floors
of the Stock, Produce and Petroleum
Exchanges the title of "Cool Eddy"
His domestic relations were of the
pleasantest character, and his friends
claim that while he has met with losses
in speculations of late, he was not In the
least financially embarrassed.
Only this much touching upon the case
could be elected during q rigid investlga-
tion of the circumstances last night. MIR.
Linn, early in the season, rented cottage
in Hackensack, aud there he has spent
the summer pleasantly with his wife and
two children, Gladys, g slx-year-old girl,
and Wallace H.. three-year-old boy.
His father, the well known law
yer, lives in Hackensack also.
MIR. Linn was married eight years ago.
His wife was Miss Mianie Hetherington,
daughter Of the late Samuel Hethering-
ton, who was a somewhat wealthy
plumber. Mrs. Ann Hetherington, Mr..
Linn's mother in-law, is q sister Of ex-
Sheriff P. II. Layerty. Mr.. Linn and
his wife lived with her. The relations
between them were peculiarly pleasant
and happy.
A few days ago Mr.. Linn complained
in Hackensack that his head troubled
him, and he felt a peculiarly numb, and
mt times painful feeling in his limbs
Occasionally he acted slightly queer and
made his wife uneasy. On Tuesday morn
ing he left the cottage in Hackensack,
ostensibly to go to the Office in Broad
street, New York, where, with his part
ner, Morris Smith she did business under
the firm name Of E. B. Wallace & Co.
The firm is we'll known in Wall street.
Mr.. Linn was employed as an office boy
twenty. years ago with f 3. Wallace.
Mr. Wallace fhnu1ht EO mIlcb of him
that he placed him in position that en-
abled him to succeed to the firms busi-
ness upon Mr.. Wallace's death. By
some it is claimed that Mrs. Wallace is
and Mr.. Linn the "Ce.' But this is in
dignantly denied by intimate friends of
the dead man.
When Mr.. Linn failed to return to
Hackensack Tuesday night, Mrs. Linn
became alarmed He was never known
to stay away single night without send,
ing some sort of a message. She recalled
her husbands complaints about his head
and his recent somewhat strange be-
haviour. After passing the night in
anxious watching, and unable longer to
endure the strain OF anxiety. she hurried
to the Midland depot and took an early
train for this city. arriving here at five
o'clock yesterday morning.
WIFE'S SEARCH.
Not finding her husband at his home in
Varick street she next called upon Mr..
Edward Hulshizer, an intimate friend of
the Linn family, who lives few doors
below, and the two started in search of
the missing husband. This accounts for
the appearance of Mr.. Hulshizer and
Mrs. Linn In the vicinity of the Pennsyl-
vania ferries at eight O'Clock yesterday
morning How little they both knew the
object of their search was within fifty
yards contemplating-in all probability
had already committed-suicide;a and per-
haps at that moment was lying dead in
the hotel opposite.
When JERSEY CITY NEWS reporter
called at the handsome home of the sui
eide yesterday afternoon, he was met at
the door by Mrs. Linn's brotherin-law,
Mr.. Kunkle, who said the family could
give him no further Information than
had already been published in HE
NEWS.
AT THE MoRGUE.
When the morgue was reached it was
learned that the papers and books found
in the suicides coat pocket had been de-
delivered to friends of the family Mr..
Hulshizer, in company with another gen.
tleman, called at the morgue late yester-
day afternoon and the body was removed
to the family residence.
Mr.. Linn kept horse and two vehicles
at Burke's stables on Montgomery street,
just above his home. He was fond of his
horse, and. with his family, was often
pOOh OhOdAANluHs hO bpChpS wv, q PohetOd
of the evening hours among gentlemen
who enjoy sitting under Mr.. Burke's
shade trees talking horse" Among
them he was thought much Of.
On one occasion. when Contractor
Michael Brennan, who lost heavily when
the brick walls Of the Wells. Fargo &
Co.'s new stables were partially blown
down, the big heart of Broker Linn
manifested itself. Said he to Mr.. Bren-
nan. while number Of friends were ex-
pressing sympathy;--
Call upon me, Mike, for any amount
you may lind necessary to extricate your
self from present difficulties
On another occasion, as a member of
the Board of Directors of the Palma
Club, he and others were discussing the
propriety Of issuing script for building
purposes, when he quietly drew his check
for $500 and tossed it toward the chair
man of the meeting. He is reputed to
have been worth at times several hundred
thousand dollars.
Mr.. Inns REPORTED LOSSES
1t is said he had been for some years
one of Addison Cammack's chief brokers.
and from time to time had taken deals OH
his own account. Cammack is a we'll
known bear on the floor OF the New York
Stock Exchange. Mr.. Linn was also a
bear to the extent of his means. For the
past few weeks the market has been
stendily rising and the bears have lost