New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-24
OBITUARY.
ARTHUR I.E.AN.

.,,ur Ieorv who for more than a cencfl'lo" mas
,.ar con.ncunrs I'm New-York business ana so''"i
oic,,. died late on Wednc,da nlgh' ~ ~ 80
No 60 FnlLave.. from pneumonia E'''' " -
AIRY Mr. Lcary had an attack OF ln"u- ,' ~ o-,n
viol,ly suffering from earlier nttac"S Vi '' 80,
Ic was RAPIDLY recovering from inc ho'o
nb,ecs of his ailments when. few days ago P"
-, So,orod I'm his exhausted physical cohui-
,, la yos nnahlc 10 withstand the disease ana ''S
do,t,, came suddenly Ills brother. Charles T. Lca''
III. sisters Miss Leary and Mrs. Joih Berry anu "
ncp,cv Arthur Ferry formerly Mayor HeWits pr
catc secretary, were with him when he dleu. -,
Mr. LeaIy was born In 1880. In New orh ''N' Nv
was q son OF james Lcary, himself Il ha'N' " 80
yor,, md a wclLinown citizen. The properly Nv"
occun,od nv the Health Officer mt tie quarantine
station on staten Island was ut on" ulhc o""ou
BY and was the home Of the elder MI Lc1'N '
were the times when Commodore Naho'ro'''' anu
later william IT, Vanderbilt the ASplnwallS ana o'lcr
wcll-known NewYork proplc lived on inc i'ii'"' NV
far from the Lcary home. and thcir hHsnoor'0"'
life WIS intimate and pleasant WIN INC I'P'c VI
years and Increase Of fortune. all came toe'"e mao
the social current OF the growing metropolis james
Icary being a close friend Of Commodore Nahdcron''
ms his son. Arthur, came 10 be cioNc "hu in"ni'"
friend OF william H. and his sons.
.rhur lcary was educated I'm the private Schools
NJ NcwYo1k lie apt and ready STUDENT
and while developing ondncss for standard literature
no also revealed a taste for business and financial
or,J-s After leaving school he entered The service
Of Bachc McEvcrs at that time prominent shipping
merchant and president OF the Ncw-l ork Marine III
suinncc Company. Mr.. Leary within a le" year"
became IA partner OF Mr. McEvcrs, ana MS g'hiai.
omiablc manners soon caused him 10 he aVcil'e "i
The old merchants one OF his special FRIENDS pclhS
nov,l Phelps After the death OF his partner Hii'
Lcary carried on the business successfully on III" o"
account lie was elected president oil inc new 'o'"
MUTUAL Marine Insurance Company as the successor
of Mr. McEvc!S on March 81, lo1O. the larh h''h'
ro,y tho National lark Bank Organized ana ~ 'he
lime OF his death Mr.. Lcary was the SIZE 'u''N-"H
member Of the original board Of directors anu 'n'
senior director In the present board, the next III
succn,son being Eugene Kelly and l.h"h'Zcr n
Wright president OF the bank. About twenty !','
AGO Mr. Lcary was c,"cted vicc-prcSd"nt o' 'n' "''
bit onlv within tho last two years had ~ NV" "
daily attendance al the Office Of III" ih'u''n"n' ""'
he relieved the president In the discharbc vi Wv "
increasing duties OF his place
..v.r,l ycars ago Mr. Lcpry WAS Interested III 'hr
Cunard steamship Company, IN ASSOCIATION "u'n was
broucht about through the fac that daughter VI M
McEvers hsd married Edward Cnnaid. VINO was ""'
seaucntly knichcd by the Queen Mr. L'ar' w"
nerron with the company within few years was "iA
s,vcd but he continued In tho shipping business y
large sailing vessel tie Cleopatra. 1000 tons buri'h.
was bu for him shortly nft,r the close OF tic war OF
the Rebellion lie elected some hfle ago P'o''
den, Of the New York Mutual Ga'light Company anu
occupied that place when h" died lie WIS "i'o VI"
for in IN. Illinois Central Railroad Company. the New
York Mutual Marine Insurance Company inc I"''''
Mall steamship Company. the Manhattan Ife Insurance
compsny the Emlgranis' saving Bank and The Thru
.vnu. Railway COMPANY. lie also an associate
Of Commodore Garrison la the Introduction ana con
,,ructon of the Metropolitan Elevated Hallway Com
pany In this city. 80
1lo,. who knew Mr. Lcary In his business NE
testify TO hi, selfpols, and perfect judgment III Con-
.EaI t,,de al and
Always genial. KINDLY aHd generous. WIZ the Impulse
NJ a man naturally sympiihcic WITH and eyer r'ai' 10
oslst the unfortunate hc recognized The lihe which
divided business aud commercial trusts from ehh'l
and emotional good WILL Frequently, when 'H''' ~
misfortune were brought 10 Al' attention. u" """i
Turn aAdr from hi business ana lena helping manu-
TO those who only needed such assistance to put
them on their feet again. u" was 'AH''h'N "i'"fH'
In such works Of charity.
In the social He of the metropolis the influence o
Mr. Lcary was potent. lie was long id"ht'"u WI"
the old Gramcrcy Park element. the CoopcT'' '"'
Hcvl,ts and Others. Each gcnrraron Inks lN'it 7"
that which IS passing away. and among ia" departing
and The rising the parents ana the sons ana daugh
iers OF hi lime. Mr.. Lcary WA, conspicuous hbuIV
And thus It came al"ut that his presence wa con
stuutly sought IN social gs'herngs. IT J, som "
lin, also that the Kindly Impulses 81 Dis !"tnr'
were so strong TINT hc hesi'sted 10 dcclln" an Ni,l
invited him lie lived modcstly for NE last twenty
wears I'm a cosy house OF the ola iashion.u gay ~
tifth-aNc between fourtc"hi an" ,'-rn,- ID -,
an unmarried sister and brother lie spent hi, sum
mers at Newport. and II was there In the fhui 10y
tare that he Was most conspicuous FOR his hospiHtN
In politics Mr.. Leary wa, a Dcinocrnt anu "i''I
,he Tweed exposures and the rcore annanoh ol lh'
Nmmany Society In 1872 he was elected rchsurer
Ito S0ueh, no Office and declined the or"r oil MANY.
among INN the Controllcr,hip OF New ORR, NY
which was offered 10 him by Mayor smith Ply It
If" was Presidential clector IN lisa lie was trustee
Of the brooklyn bridge for year or two Mr. Lehry
wps one Of the older members OF the Union tlub, anu
was Identified with other social organization. ,oo
lie was "a Roman Catholic ana attchdrd services
Xatt.r 4
IL, :, I,nrrck's Cathedral. The funeral will take
rioc. at The cathedral oil Monday at 10 a. III.