New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-29
GEO. X. SISTARE A SUICIDE.
HE SHOOTS HIMSELF IN THE MANHATTAN
CLUB

haitian Club, was selected "a place for suicide
Yesterday George X. Sisarc, former member
Of The bankrupt brokerage firm Of George X.
Sisares Sons. Of No. l6 Broad-st., killed himself
in the clubhouse. He was not a member of the
club About 1915 a. H. he entered the clubhouse
and inquired for Henry s. Bennett, the lawyer Of
No. A. Broadway, who is member Of the
club, and lives there at present. While one Of
the servants carried card up To Mr.. Bennett,s
room, Sisare walked into the reception room, to
the left Of the entrance hall in Ihirty-fourth-
ST., on the main floor, and sat down Mr.. Ben
nett soon went TO the room to talk with Sis
tnre, and the door leading to the hall was shut
few minutes later three pistol shots rang
out in the room. There was an interval OF less
than second between the shots Several club
men and servants, who were In the hall, ran INTO
the reception-room. Among the clubmcn were EX
cise Commissioner IIoIme and Assistant District
Attorney Macedonia. They saw Mr.. Bennett walk
ing nervons,y about in the receptionroom and
wrnging his hands.
"Sistare has killed himself, he gasped.
Sistarc's body was stretched ont on the mar
ble-tilrd floor Of the room, near the right hand
rear corner looking from the door Blood flowed
from bullet wound behind his right ear. one
bullet had entered the brain, causing Instant
death. Two other bullets had missed his mead,
on' Of them entering the wall and the other
elancing on the marble jamb Of the door. a new
Hopkins < Allen revolver Of .32-calibre lay on
the floor beside Sstare's body
In a few minutes a crowd Of clubmcn gathered
in the rcceptionr Jon, and in the hall, the suicide
having caused no little excitement in the CLUB
house Mr.. Bennett was in Il nervous state, ana
spoke about the suicide with extreme reluctance
Sis,are he said, was undoubtedly crazy, and had
talked in n random way that showed his IN
sanity
Deputy Coroner Walsh was summoned from
his home AT No lOi West 1hirty-fourth-st., and he
made a hasty examination of the dead mans body.
The cause of death was plain. DR.. Walsh did
not Aucsion Mr. Icnnctt further than WAS
necessary to ascertain that Sstare had rhos
himself In Sistarc's pockcts werr found spec
taclc case a bunch Of keys a small sum Of money
and tso slips of paper, upon each of which was
written ccorge r. Sistarc, 24l West Seventy
Gfth-st. Notify I.ydeckcrT On one slip WIS
written also No. 1870 Broadway
Mr. Lydcckcr who is the administrator Of the
affairs Of the firm of George X. Sistares Sons,
Ina, an Office NJ No. 100 Broadway. The writing,
notify Iydcckcr on The two slips Of paper was
REGARDED by DR.. Walsh evidence that SistarrS
suicide was premcdtate1. DR. Walsh ordered the
removal vi Sistare's body to the shop of y. ii.
Kipp the undertaken, at No. 1876 Frstayc.
! Information of the suicide given to the
police Of the West Ihirticthst station before
tie body was removed. RoundSman McNally
went TO the clubhouse and invited Mr.. Bennett TO
oc.o,pnany him - the station There Mr.. Bennett
| said TO Sergeant Sheldon that Sistare had shot
himself. and that Sistarc evidently had been in
sane Their CONVERSATION. he said had begun with
talk about the hot weather, but SiNtar' soon h'-
gan 10 talk in random, incollcrcnt way, saving
that bo wished 10 kill his brother. William II. NJ.
S,star. who had refused 20 give him money. IL
dccla,eI that he ui.ht sloot him. a"d drew Il
revolver from his pocket as II 10 Sho" no" mdr-
der might be dcne Sstarc suddenly raised the
| revolver ~ lis own head AMI fired three shots
in rapd succ,ssion ~ the thir shot hc dropped
the revolver and fell back on the floor
George X Sisiare was fifty years old. tall and
we'll built, with gray hair and moustachc. lIc
WAS unmarried His father. George X. 'is,are
dicd a dozen years ago Lately George lived
win his srcp-motLer, Mrs. Margaret Sistarc' al
No. 2il West Scvcnty-hfth-st. At the house of
Nrs Margaret Sistarc IT said that George
| : II there about q a. m., aft'r eating breakfast.
All he then seemed To be- cheerful and rational
Early in the afternoon William H. W. >istare
WIS al the Manhattan Club. and II was said that
b, would take charge of his brothers body al the
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indertakcrs shop.
; Tribune reporter found the brother Of the
dead man later, at his home. No. 30 East SiNtcth-
-t lie told the story of the shooting rs II had
f. en- related to him by Mr.. Bennett Mr. Slsarc
| further raid that the statement that Mr. Ben
nett and the dead man had not met
for about year previous 10 yesterday, WAS not
| true, as they had been together only few days
ago. Mr. Sstarc WAS inclined to think that the
shooting was the impulse of diseased mind ag-
| yrayatcd by the extreme heat His brother had
suffered severely from sunstrokc whlcNh" had
received about six years ago. Subsequently to
this while in "a dcriouS state, resulting from a
| severe attack of typhoid fever, lie had broken
away from lis attendants and fallen down Stars,
receiving a severe injury to bis head. lie had
naturally broOdcd a great deal over business re-
| verses. Mr. Sistare denied that ms brother WIS
addicted TO drink, and said that ne was rarely
known to touch liquor. Mr. Sstarc also said
that the report that he had had stormy inter
view with his brother recently was untrue. No
arrangements for the funeral have yet been ma =
but the body of the dead man VIII prooaoN -
| taken To Easton, Penn
| The original firm of George X. Slstaie ~ Sons
| held "A high place for twenty years III the bneI-
| ness world During the Tweed regime IL con
ductcd an extensive business in nrgotntlns p2has ~
for The city. The elder Sistarc is also sail TO
| nav" bfll tllc l"i
| Tweed ring" in some Of their stock operations:
| I be reputation Of the firm was kept lhtac', ana
| when the founder Of the firm died in 1880 h"
left nourishing business and handsome fortunes
for his two sons, William and Georgr On
November 6. 1856, George Sstare retreu irJii
| the firm, and it took the name ot "e,rge ~, n
Sistares Sons Harold Clemens and Douglas H. H
ger, of Philadelphia, becoming partners; I dne
| house failed on April :, 1890, about week alter
| The death in Phadelpha of Mr.. Hilger. There
we're practically no Losses at the Stock Exchange,
numerous private settlements having been niale a. e,
| 10 1890 " U NJ Sisfare was arrested at the
New-Yorlt Club on transaction which he =, had
with Austin and Richard lleckscher, OF fnlla- ma
| delphia, shortly before the failure of the hriiL
Mr. Sistare was released on S1j,OOo ball, Dnu OH
February 13 1891. he rCarrcsted, charged
| with msappropratng and embe2zling securi'iee 70
| ,rhich the IInckscher hrnthcrs had lntrnstoN 70