New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-22
, BROKER SHOOTS HIMSELF.
wHrrEHoUsE ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
,nrArELy LOST HEAVILY IN WALL STREET
.crn uxDER ARREST WHEN IT WAS
FOUND THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY
RECOVER.

RECOVER.
- r whitehouse a member OF the OonsoF
W s,oek and Petroleum Exchange at'einl'oI ~
S',. snlcide by shooting himself III tne -
nls Yesterday noon at the ClSreAuon 80
FmPN -, Mr. Vbitehouse with his wife ana Iour
-, lives I'm a handsome house a. 40 -
c'ecs. IN that city. lie has an once az -
P~h = rbirty-nine wears old. and Is wei NAo"n u
bN" 10 entered the Clarendon Hotei al "0ou'
- md asked for q room. lie was so4'
Is ar and he ordered writing Materials oHO' Wv
hlNi ~oor the chambermaid heard groahs IrOHi VIC
N rs told the hotel porter VINO lo'A4ne
N"'. .-snsom saw Mr. Whitehou'e lying Oh ."e oeN
No With blood and holding plstoi III MS iie"'
Aand ~ ,a5 Remsen-st. was called
pr' n, Ia +bat a bullet had entered the head Just
H. Az ,-bt teDlple but concluded from the iact
aoo'o ,,hi+obouse was conscious that the Dunet
S~' o...Doa on the skull. He bound up the Wouhu
haa ns Dr,binc and administered anooyhes' Inc
WN~s non was then taken TO the Long Islah"
EouHO'S ,-u,,o1 on the table near the bed IN MI
Oou. 'es..s,s room was bulky envelope auuieS'eu
"A. and a note 20 the proprietor OF tne ho'ei
70 MS WV 80 and address. In his pockets were
80 bottl o. audanum 81 -oO VI IN oheS' uepOs1'
lounN =. seeo a.. and memoranda Of stock trans
'Aps ~ oDr them notice to deposit per cent
>c'oNs' -, of l. go shares of st. Paul stock
melV O ,,s.ohorse WAS al once Informed OF the oc-
mS "a ,ritb her sster-n-law. Mrs. Kane went
Gu s--itel Before their arrival MI NnoehouSe
" ..ro-ed RON the influence OF ahOuShes' ~nu
gov .Na, DR. H. L. Cochran, the hoHplUaI suIsooH'
hH1's ia friend requested him to 60 and brihg MS
, Ia would not talk about MS auemPV 10 tSAo
~. II was at first thought that business UunoIl'
hs iii' aa,.s but Dr. Cochran says that Mr. "hle-
were 'lS lot dread Of consumption thought he
houSe " va 90 continually broOding over the DOS
hSu a. o-,v death. II was also rumored mat
HO'' Sssod because Of the i'll health OF his eldest
>" - The servants AT the house say mat De
a..d gloomy in the morning and ate little break
fast. ,.s c,lIoSe Hosni+aI II was found
-. n, Riress surmse was correct, ana Il"t uio
~. had natte1ed against the skull" Iloueh vi "
pu ~, .o,sitiop last night, Mr. Whtehouse was
80 n he improving with fair chance o. recovery
nIaosd under arrest by the police, upon
- - attempted suicide. later in the evening
- II vas found that his condition wis improving
t,,- r,ss secured permission from the hospital aa
.l..,,,.s and the police 20 remove him 10 his home
tnt he will be kept under police supervision
tn. news OF Mr. Warehouses; attempted suicide
Aid NOT reach the Consolidated stock and FetrOleum
exchange Of which he was member, unuI aoouV :
m There were 40 shares Of st. Paul common
- hogbt IN ppder the rules in default Of the meet
i,s ~ margins that had been called for Notees Oh INC
lin n, margins on 1870 additional shares came IN
% chairman A. W. Peters to- late fol- him TO buy III
a.. stock This stock viii be bought IN to-day
Forlv yesterday morning. Mr. Whitehouse saw Mr..
yers with regard 10 calls for per cent margin Oh
! 220 shares n ST. Paul He promised " put up Ine
,ooav and left the Exchange to go to Brooklyn. IN
;b cou-.e OF The morning certified check for So'IoO
che amount rsquired) from BROOKLYN ana
= e in +he custody OF the officers Of the Exchange
The news Of the shooting followed and LED 10 the
,r-otssss N cOver his short accounts.
Mr. Wbitehouse is said to be short of 5000 shares
=, :. Dol .,ock and also 10 be short Of Missouri
p,rBc Atch,,on and other stocks. He joined the tx
change about I'VE YEAR ago, ana was never prominent
a. 4 trader until recently. Ills operations IaEe gen
srav covered fractona lots OF 100 shares, OnI I9r
49, pa,t he va, seller Of iols Of several hunureu
sGars Ills trading was entirely on the short SIDE, so
fr A. i known HIS pUnging is SAID TO nave 9aIeu
sror1 his receipt IF 100000 from the estate OF Ms
f.t1er who died month or TWO ago. The stock mar
kat la. zone -lilsI him. Dut 81 was not DelvVed lhdt
n. 90. s1u- could have reached magnitude 10 nave
swau.Utd his fortune He is sad 70 nave peen dlssl-
JafiuE heavily 10 the ast Ten DAYS but when ne vas
AZ the Exchange yesterday morning he appeared 20 DC
in compl tc scfc0ltr-l and 10 have shown no aelIa
fon u manner.