The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-01-15
A MYSTERY OF OLD NEW YoRK.
The Strange nnd utter Disappearance OF Ex.
Chancellor james Lansing.

MYSTERY OF OLD NEW TORE.
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A"' ''r""so mn" N'cer Dis"ppe.rsne OF Hx'
mysterious disappearance IL no unusual
happening In any great city. Tho police rec.
ords each year snow scores OF cases OF men OF
.ne number classes VINO vanish utterly from
their family ana friends for no discoverable
rehson OF cause. iime ana AGAIN inquiries
come 10 inc New YORK folice Headauarters
from othcr cities and towns asking after some
man perhaps OF considerable Importance In
ms W neiGhborhood. who started Tor New
YORK on business and has not since been
hearu Oh. Itis iair TO suppose that the larger
number OF these d'sappearancee Is duo to
something In the lives OF tho vanished that
makes them feel the expediency or advantage
OF n chango OF Identity. l'ut thero are no
uouot many disappearance which mean thas
inc missing persons have died from strange
ACCIDENT or from ioui play.
10 thls class belongs tho historic disappear.
ahce OF James Lansing. Jr. ex-Chancellor Of
the state OF Now ORR. one OF the most emi.
nent lawyers at the bar when Hamilton and
Burr and Van Nechten were still alive. ono
of the most eminent citizens of this country in
his time. 1t was sixty-thrce years ago Dec
His disappearance was something more than
nine days wonder. and for at least six months
tho most careful search was made for trace OF
r Irn, -, ntaLI ne.I. !" ~ s..n.os ciue Iouna'
ais vanishing Is "a great a mystery as ever.
H aA aSa1s, ws5 0 from tn the A' Rins, s" no,,e 20: i. .ns
studied law upaer Hobart yates. and aftor.
ward James Duane. He went into the Revolu-
tionary war. and fought with bravery and
earned distinction. After tho war he be-
a position next to Van yeehten. then
SS'N WIZ
the 'oremost lawyer OF the State. He
was a member OF tho Assembly sew.
Ar,;,Ia. -, o ~ -
H Hpr,s'sS %. I0 rnesen,ion ,, Ana au. whs m tn:
chosen one OF New Iork.s three delegates
He and Yates opposed the Constitution and
withdrew from the Convention, But this did
not affect his popularity. When Chief Justice
Yates was retired from the bench OF the Su-
preme Court under tho sixty-year limit, Ian.
Gin, ,,,s ohosnn .,n.,.a, H.. r..tLL."-
SING was c"oseh osueceeu MIN. for thifteen
years he was Chief Justice. and got for him
right Mt. and d learned Judge; ,.u.
ohanc"Ilorshin on account OF aFe; LansinG was
M mc nhsei in "f ttis ceur TO Of eIe sa%ity ni mada s HIN ad is.
,%,H as one 81 the three great Ghancellors 81
imS St m. o. Mfw ! ofE; LIS reputation VAS S
him. or Of Kent. who iollssed him. ''''0'"
there was enc ease which came before him
rested and imprisoied in I Al "a ;ai H. John ~
Van Ness intes. an eminent lawyer. for bring
thhaat nsTss m at rn9 nm ~ sa 81 an 3n,nsf Re pers0n; 20
egg E. or consent, Yates engaged Thomas "A.
N ia writ Of b ,o co nun: an rH was t9teased On
Z VII va EmnsaS SIrpus Iet9rnap!e t9 tne
snrr4ed the derision H ~ the sTnr nnnstnG qisreS
1T 81 once trS tha 81 are SUPREME n r eJ" n ana
m Snts Of Vat Yates sc.,, rs,oos.d Nv ~. s,n,ou.
Court and Chan an hegsn n hhatffISa ~ nnp, H.
supreme Court and the 8 ceaTt Of a'' csaneery:
Gitternsss on se6r nth s y|d1asS and dn tne Was %ost g asmaiss
nent lawyers Of the State state We're g." BROUGHT m q G%so
f an, rEn ans ION, on one me SIDE or the other: GYntes
c cIh,iy fg gUt ~ tr m ag 1a'' iN whe M ne sued the Cham
r%e AN orI H. i. iS,f: fha q lansing, having
his n%n eiitii" + In bo w c9 SenrS. wi VAS :, r So ,rom
ans fr 1nd sirnra ana In politics. ne was stii!
y yonng m men S, Of uG and 70 J ami mi. svep 20 30 Ten mann n
as aSS fy YER m mis- mind wI Mnd lost %tn none ne, Of its grasD;
OF his comtemp5raartes ms We're The brirhtnesa
Oh lie HsS w ese 4 he. 1ne of T0 EoIumhfa C o. sas So and.
having business in New York in sV connee tom
t Th,e' m n, ming Of Unci 'r Ial i A:s.n rer asn early ao on
breakfnstod at The city i' Hotel. This date
hiu nbifa mi oa viii III ! Mon nN snna aTsN s \ q 1 oo IN
and Madison sanare a farm In the far country.
cs The o onS T 5'o,sI was s,r on . brosd SsiS. between
YorE' iesueh IN IN iSas Ier " ennf ut Tas, 70 q New
Mia Lotel Of no d"y' ocnm,S ynhni.
Iiock. the blocks being there exceeSins short'
then MS nov, II Run IuU narIors AMI hed,'
rooms. and was In the very centre Of mn.town
New York life. The large retail shops wers
near at hand, and the most iashionahie rssio
dence quarter. State street. f%rontinn the Rat.
terv. wns nor for LeIow II 80"
Alter ~nnerLddinn, vas stiII n midday
meal - the ex-CIancellor resolved seversi
friands nmonr .h"n, Mr pnHart Eay a.
tinruished snnctv y IN TIER Navy lazy q Gi D;
that time, Mi. Rovv inyitsd lin 70 dine or
rather take suppor. mt his house nnt tia az.
chancellor accented. TowaTI 4 n'ciock he
withdrew 10 his room in The hotel and wroto
several letters. some tina between h.i5 and
5.15 o'ciock la cnmo dnwn atnirs ond wnnt
out. presulnnhiy TO teeu nis ennau"mant NJ
tbs house Of Mr. Ray. wI,ici was nj ~ Market.
f.Id Is reet- frnntin1 fla Ratt"pv Uo hnS IN
nm oyercoat and carried an umbreIla aor y
was a very stormy night, tho rain pourinS
from iho i,,ta aftarnonn mntii .,rIu' T. onnt
,norntmS WIFI n poIn ddriyi,e e"ity ~ hGhe
fashion stiii Known in Nav VnEk ~ Ia nassaSS
ont of the hotel door into lie nIuht and ba wss