New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-03
,IIcIDE OF A STOCK BROKER,
EDWARD LINN SHOOTS HIMSELF.
-,cr,,rroN As 10 HIS REASONS FOR IT
,,oop,px fNsANITY SUGGESTED.


k''" s,oct Exchan. anne yesterday, without
'@ Aus warning y hi colleagues, through th'
Pnroenent in af1, moon newspapers of the dis
snHV hat Edward inn had shot himself som'
Dr Tuesday nig.. az Taylors Hotel in jersey
",.r % Doubt Of the identity of the man wh'
,-Toa himself was entertained until late In
N 80. At the Office OF the firm of which he haF
S" . member settled all controversy. In al
W. csnecture as 10 the cause turned 10 on'
-. IT, dependency resulting from unsuccessful
'-o.,l.tiye ventures in stocks. The suggestion
tollowed quickly that the losses involved o'nei
,hsn the dead mans fund
O'It rars,d Linn was The stock Exchange mem
,.r Of the brokerage nor of F. b. Wallace ~
~ AZ No Sc Broac 6. The other partner Is
worris r. Smith, VIII ives in Brooklyn. The
,ro men succeeded T. the business of one of the
nst-known concerns Wall Street, organizing
,,r,nalIv, ON Dccembe 0, s84. Mr. Linn was a
pppbew OF J. Fran Phillips, Mr.. Wallace
partner, but he was great hS
arite Of Mr.. Wal e. Mr. Phillips dlea
,hout ten years ago. a 4 when Mr.. Wallace died.
a few wears afterwarf Mr.. Linn who had been
cashier. and Mr.. Smit who had been hcad-booK-
teeper. took up the )qsiness. Linn had been
Ui,b the concern as a ,cya a had been advanced
rapidly in Mr.. Walla e. vOr. He joined the
s,ocL Exchange on ,t)be 6, 1881, and SOON
distinguished himself h skill in executing
or5ers lie possessed ,ulty which is vital
% the successful b-ok I It of being able to
s.,ye tbe lowest fract in making a purchase
:, Che highest in efre > sale. lie was EN-
ulorod In the executio many large orders by
Addison Cammack, ~ J'nos and other hea'9
speculatOrs; and more one older, man en-
trasted 10 him the VT making m'fhee
on which an unfOrtuT 'ansacuon couiu NC
closed out at the least is
Mr. Linn had been e ong time seller OF
..a,Ls 70, tho short n u I. The marlrt has
ben steadilv advancing allinformed brokers
,.,,o,dov ascribed the mo for the suicide to
despair at rretrevable i @ The deau man
was credited with having u Sl5OOOO to S2oo'
600 on the bear side " q the last lew years.
but II IL be true that hf c cated largely on his
own account, it is though that this and more mas
leen swept away Mr. INNS relations TO the
estate of his patron, +. B Wallace were intimate
II is said that the widow enTr1sted her invest
uents largely TO his judgment, Whether these
or part of them had been b. we'd in Mr. Inns
speculations could not be lsarned. At the oi-
fee Of F. b. Wallace & . Yesterday afternoon no
statement could be Oh; l,hsl. Mr.. Smith was
absent. and while he was supposed TO have been
summoned TO Jersey City, information was refused
and at late hour he had not returned. The
estate Of f. b. Wallace has an office at No. 5Ol
Tfth-ave. Last night the superintendent SAID
that Mrs Wallace had told him ono day this week
that she was going out Of bwn to be absent
Lseveral DAYS J. L. Fling. wiO was said to be
in charge of her affairs, had ato gone away for
several days Admission could rot be obtained to
Mrs. Walaee's home, No. 81 East Thirty-eighth-
q.
The dead man left his Office AIrsday afternoon ap-
parently In the best of spirits speaking pIeaSahS
10 the clerks as he went away lie Was hoO "V ii'
Office last Thursday and friday, IL IS salu eAcus-
Ing himself on the grrind Of ollious attack. IL
is said by some brokers', however. that Mr.. Linn
has been giving indications of state of high ner-
rous exctability in the last few days.
On Tuesday afternoon Linn entered the Office at
Taylors Hotel in Jersey City and registered as
III. II. Hahn. of Newark lie was shown to
Room No. A. where he remained until evening,
when he entered the dining-room and ate light
supper. After this he lounged about the corridor
for while, and then retired 10 his room. That
was the last time he was seen alive by the people
in the hotel About noon yesterday a servant
TOLD the clerk in the Office that she
Of room No. "A and could obtain no response, and
that TIE door was locked from the inside, and
the key was in the lock A porter was sent to
the room. lie procured step-ladder and gazed
in through the transom.
lie saw Linn lying in pool Of blood on the
bed. His feet rested on the floor. Linn had
taken of his coat, waistcoat and shirt, which
were on a chair His head rested on pillow
The porter at once made known his discovery, ana
the police were informed. When the door was
burst In il was ascertained that the man had
been dead several hours. Fifty-four dollars In
aa alligatOr-skn pocket-book with silver lnltlals
L. L." on the outside, and handbook OIL the
Mercantile Trust Company, showing that S15Oo
had been deposited since July l, ere found III
the pockets Of the suicide. 4 certificate cara
bearing the signature of Edward Linn was also
found, indicating that NE was member OF the
New-iork Produce Exchange, and another card
showed that the dead man had seat in the
Stock Exchange.
In his shirt-front were two large diamonds, and
another diamond was used for col
lar-button. The gold cufT-buttons were
Set with diamonds, the sleeyebuttOns were plain
gold ones. \ large gold finger ring held ruby
and two diamonds. In pocket in his waistcoat
""o lOuhu q Bold SHAKE llng with q QlalnOnU
setting. In mauve-cOiOred four-in-hand tie was
a pin containing three diamonds. gold watch
sad chain were in the waistcoat. Linn lay on his
hack On the bed. His hands were crossed on his
BREAST and near the left side Of the head was
the revolver that had done the fatal work The
ace Of the suicide had no expression of pain on
H. and the indications were that death was al
most instantaneous
The body was taken to Speer's Morgue after
Inns father had been informed Of the death
John Linn, who l. wel!-known laweyr Of Jersey
City, could not be made TO believe that his son
was dead, and he hastened 10 the Morgue 10 see
w body and satisfy himself Of the truth. Al
nc Morgue one glance at the palid face Of the
body on the slab was sufficient TO convince the
lather that 1t was indeed his son. He said he
Gould only account for the suicide by saving that
bis son must have been suffering from temporary
insanity, for he had not been well for several
iays
Edward Linn married Miss Minnie Hetherington
light years ago. lie had two children. GLADYS. six