Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-14
A WAYWARD'S DEATH.
The Wealthy and Talented General
Dunn Takes His Own Life.
HE HAD DISAPPEARED FROM HOME,
Landing at fenver, Where he Led Wild
J. life of issipation.
A UsIFUL CAREER IN NEW YORK STATE

DENVER, Aug. 13-Last evening Genera
Gano Dunn, of New York City, was found
in dying condition at his room, 1861 Stow
street, from the effects OF pistol shot fired
by himself with suicidal intent. The top OF
his head was badly shattered and he died al
midnight.
General Dunn has history which reaches
back before the war, and is we'll connected
in New York. About % years ago he was
q member of the New York Legislature,
where he served with honorable distinction.
He served through the war gaining his title
of general and atterward practiced law.
He came to Denver about five years ago,
and since then has been connected with diff
ferent insurance companies. He was adj
dicted to the use of intoxicants and during
his stay here has been handicapped on that
account
The Probab be Cause Of the Decd.
The cause of his act is attributed by some
of MS acquaintances 20 lack of funds, and by
others to trouble he is said to have had with
woman in this city. He was considered by
many as being insane at times, and was
probably in this condition when he shot
himself He leaves wife and two sons in
New York City. The General was about 60
years of age.
The name of the woman is mentioned in
letter left by Dunn. 1t is Fannie Barnes.
Nothing more is known Of her, but he was
evidently infatuated with her In the let
ter he speaks of their quarrels, which he
says he will end.
A dispatch from New York says: General
N. Gano Dunn, who killed himself at Dem
yer, was we'll known to the National Guard
of this city, having been for several years
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later Brigadier General and chief engineer
on the staff of Governor John A. Dix. He
was the son of Prof Nathaniel Dunn, the
friend and classmate of Longfellow, the
poet at Bowdoin College in 1925 The
General was born at Hampstead, L. l., in
1845 He graduated from Columbia Col
lege and Law School and before the close of
the war, enlisted and went to the front, tax
ing part in the final battles of the Re-
bellion.
In the Fight gainst Tweed.
General Dunn was the youngest member
of the famous Committee of Seventy which
unearthed the famous Tweed frauds. AS a
lawyer he handled only insurance and will
cases, and his fees. which sometimes
reached as high as 5000, soon made him
wealthy.
He lived in good style on Park avenue,
near Eighty-eighth street, but five years ago
he separated from his family, and his dis
appearance was SO sudden and mysterious
that some of his former friends were igno-
rant of his whereabouts until the announce
ment of the suicide disclosed it.
The General was we'll known at the Union
League, and was years ago companion of
Chauncey NJ Depew and Vice President
Levi P. Morton. He was member of the
Thirteen Club and of the Old Guard. His
wife and family, who occupy a costly flat at
223 Central Park, west, did not learn of the
suicide until this afternoon. Then his
eldest son, Gano S. Dunn, telegraphed to
the Denver police for full particulars. The
body will be brought here for burial. Mrs.
Dunn declined to speak about the separa-
ion. but friends of the family say it was
wholly owing to the Generals wildness.