New-York tribune., 1891-10-17
A STOCK BROKERS SUICIDE.
IRVING A. EVANS SHOOTS HIMSELF.


rSp OF BRIEF But BRILLIANT CAREER IN
WALL AND STATE STREETS - FINANCIAL
LOSSES FOLLOW HEAVY OPERATIONS ON
THE WRONG SIDE OF THE MARKET
IN BOSTON AND IN THIS CITY.
tsY TELEGRAPH TO TINE TMBuSEr
Concord. ~ H.. Oct l6.-Irving A. Evans.
Bost,, broker committed suicide By shoouhg
himself at Allentown this morning. lie arrived
AT the summer home of his uncle Brlce D. Evans
IN Allentown. last Monday. His wife joined him
tuesday. and although he was respondent, plans
were made for their return home TINS morning
last night he received a telegram which caused
,;m n be more morose and low-spirited than
.v.r and he is said to have remarked that he
would never return to Boston alive lie got up
sarlv this morning intending with Mrs. Evans, 70
take a train from Suncook to Boston Soon
after he took breakfast he arose frm the taoie
and went out to the rear of some buiidlhss'
DIRECTLY afterward, two pistol shots were hred III
suick succession. His friends rushed TO EvahSs
assistance and, removing him to the houSe,
found that he had shot himself twice in the lei.
breast, Just above the nipple. Both baiis paSSo"
above the heart. He lived nearly three hou,e'
being conscious during that time lie spVne
freely about what he had DONE expressing NE
regret that he had missed the marx that W."
have made his death instantaneous. He dled aDou'
O o,cloct and his BODY was taken TO Boston laue
this afternoon.
Rostop, Oct l6-Boston was shocked to-day "
news Of the suicide of Irving A. Evans, WHO sno'
himself this morning at the summer house VI n0
uncle Brice s. Evans, in Allentown, ~ H. i
Evans was as well known among the oIohe'' Vi
Wall Street as he was on State Street 'i'' ~
reer has been remarkable one. even IN IIlis aye VI
rapid living and rapid money gettihg' ne was
onJv about fortv wears old. He entered the oid
Five Cents Savings Bank on School-st. when
seventeen wears old where his father Is the presl-
dent He was promoted rapidly, and in S79 left
the bank with 81 5000 TO enter upon more active
career year later he appeared on the Moor Oh
the Stock Exchange as full-hedged operator.
From the outset he began TO exhibit daring ana
brilliant tactics that won for him the sobriquet Of
aNervy" Evans The title seemed applicable
mot only 10 his mental qualities but TO his physical
makeup Below the medium height spare OF
build. with dark hair and mustache and pierre
ing black eyes, he seemed always keen, alert
and active. but never weary. In feverish times
Mr. Evans would remain in his office until or
o'clock in the morning, but when the doors Of
as fresh ever.
Mr.. Evans spent much of his time in New-lork.
where he had strong follswing. He first COM
mended himself TO the shrewd brokers Of New
York by the consummate skill with which, after
lending Henry s. Ives $2S7 900, he succeeded in
getting out without the loss of a dollar. AS q
"bitten" Gotham broker put in at the time, Bos-
ton gets the money, New-York gets the glory, and
Cincinnati gets left" Ives confessed to a friend,
in a confidential mood, when ] struck Evans
hit the wrong man." He was worth over $780,,
600 not q great while ago. but his continual
losses in speculation on both sides OF the market
forced his practical retirement from the active
field some months ago. Mr.. Evans became the
most popular as we'll as the most active
man upon the Boston Board. He did not
love money for its own sake, was
generous to fault and most loyal to his friends,
but extremely sensitive as 10 his honor and his
reputation. Several weeks ago, when the " bears
met with reaction and the market gradually
strengthened, it was intimated tha Mr.. Evans had
been heavy loser on Atchison, and fears were
then expressed that he might not be able to meet
bis obligations Whatever foundation there might
have been for these stories, Mr.. Evans weathered
them all but il has been common talk for weeks
as a result of this suspicion that the house OF
Evans a. Co have been doing much less business
than formerly. This undoubtedly caused Mr.
Evans a good deal of anxiety, and as he was
sensitiye as to his business standing 1t was prop
ably one of the causes that led to his sulclde'
He had been a high liver for several years, ana
his friends are satisfied that this had good deal
TO do with his rash act One OF MI. EVANS
friends. who is a prominent manufacturer down.
town. was asked if he could say anything that
would throw light upon the affair tie answered
that he had passed the summer hoV
far from Evans's summer home. and SIX weeks
ago noticed that Mr. Evans seemed to DE home-
what OIL" so much SO, in fact, that ne asked
several mutual friends if they had notced NE
strange and distracted manner. Then again ne
had noticed that Mr. Evans was reluctant to SUD
scribe TO the Polo Club of bingham, an lnsutu-
ton that had heretofore enlisted his earnest In,
terest Mr.. Evans was prominent mehloer vi
the Algonquin Club. ,. =.
A few days ago a rumor obtained circulation to
the effect that Mr.. Evans was being hare hit III
the market A Journal reporter asked MN
about the rumor and Mr.. Evans laughed at IL.
He sail it's foundation was probably in the fact
that of his neghbors on Statc-st was III
trouble. The partners Of Mr.. Evans were AUSTIN
Il. Toby and William Bliss, who were formerly
clerks in his employ. Mr.. Evans leaves widow
and two children.
Al the time of the great excitement in the stock
of the New-Iork and New-Engand Railroad and
the controlling interest passed from Boston u
New-fork, Mr. Evans who was the prlnclpai
operator in the DEAL" was wrought up TO such
severe nervous point that he fell PROSTATE one
day In the Stock Exchange and il was feared
at INST that u was an attack OF apoplexy. Asa T..
Potter, president Of the Maverick National Bank
snn ,n an intimate friend Of Mr. Evans thinks his
estate Is solvent Mr. Evsnss will was filed to-
day and from its provisions il is thought that he
and children. r' 30 'oA' " ~
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