The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-09-14
FREDERICK l.. AMES DEAD.
s1RICKEN WIN dPOPLExY Nv MS
BED ON Z. MOUND STEAMBOAT.


boats, director or officer in more than flfti
other great corporations including the West
ern Union Telegraph Company and the Union
Pacific Railroad Company the richest man In
Boston. and probably tho richest man in New
England. was found dead In tho Presidents
room on board the steamboat Pilgrim of the
4 Fall River line yesterday morning. Mr.. Amos's
homo was in North Easton. Mass. and he AIDE
frequent trips from there to New York. He in
varlably travelled on the Fall River boats.
Tho Presidents room. which is tho finest state
room on the boat, was always ut his disposal.
Mr.. Ames started from his homo on Tuesday
3 afternoon to be gone three or four days. He
boarded the Pilgrim at Fall River at about
o'clock. Capt. Davis and Mr.. Amos wore old
friends. They sat together long after din
ner telling Stories The Captain says Mr..
Ames was cheerful and apparently In good
a health. About o'clock they went up into tho
saloon. where they separated. Nobody on
aboard the boat remembers seeing Mr.. Ames
LATTER that until 10 o'clock, when the bell oil
sjhis stateroom was rung. 1t was answered BY
Mr. Harris. one OF the employees OF the line.
pHs found Mr.. Ames trife 1ustered because
he had been unable to get his valse open.
ls''The key won't work." he said. Harris opened
Z Nhe valise without trouble.
It was Mr.. Ames's custom to get UP early
.When on the boats. and to 20 ashore wit the
boat He hadn't appeared at z o'clock. and
Capt Davis sent q porter to knock on the door
sand tell him the time The porter got no re-
1ponse. An hour later the Captain sent another
3man to the door. There was sttll no response
stateroom and called. He reported to the Cap
tain. Another hour, passed. and on the advice
areea he sas on the
Harris, climbed in through the window and
IN Aood n LIGHT coming In through fhe
door showed that tho bed in the room had been
occupied. but Mr.. Ames was nowhere to be
poited on i the I insid TO- The Captain and Harris
began looking about the room. - They STUN 2,
Ssd Ana the psstiision;,, T6e Sc4y was cola;
.seneer to the house q, Deputy Coroner Con
big boat was shut up from visitors. and flags
were drawn to half mast on both the pier and
to the headonaTters Of the various corpora
lions Of which Mr.. Ames was an officer. In,
no particulars to give until the Coroner ar
DR.. Conway came about noon. gave glance
ut the body. and said death was due to apo
plexy. He took the statements Of the officers
the removal Of the body. From the position in
which the body was lying he concluded that
ale he had rolled Of on the floor The condi-
oupied some time. .The Doctor thought Mr..
Ames had been dead since about ? o'clock in
hs Th susssS n1 S M mes in Boston tee
o9dy on nss
70 take charge Of the body. 1t was, removed
The boat In The and
,BosToS. Sept 1.-THE news Of the sudden
death, on his way to New York. OF the Hon.
ss ns hs%s
ssted. These were Union Pacific and General
no important decline was reRistered Union
Paeiao dropned to 22ss. but rallied to above -
cropped to IS. 6u; reeained its position later.
A. was the genera! opiIndi9n on the street that
tast op As
nearly as could be nscertained. Mr.. Fred L.
Wsssln Gno ana che.ge snd
Mr. Ames Was tho wea,thiest man in New
e. vas pain and most e unostenta HHSn'
the ms Of PRe W9d
which .. occupied So. 50 much Of his time
uIation is we'll known. Mr.. .Ames bore con-
gpicuous part In the work OF railroad corpora
railroad com panies. lie was also a director in
the Western Union Telegraph Company, the |
With about every
Boston. He was probably, the largest real
tremely large real estate interests in Kansas |
City. Omaha. and other. places in the Vest
OF the many companies in which he was In
Time and attention. It was the corrorati9gp.
became directly Interested in i at the dsath Of
his father Oliver Ames. In March. 1877. In
Kansas Pacific into the present Union Pacific
b. took his seat In the Union Pacific Board I Of
Directors he had not once been absent when
any measure OF importance was upon Its
&c the Wes an Of Mr.
sept those Who viii . aE tell SRns H.
Ames was actually worth when he, died. In
Boston alone Mr.. Ames s owned real estate Of
free Of encambrence except o the h II Tre MaG
pais hs e. whsq
MI Anss VAS the I foremost Collector sItt of
works Of art in Boston. and his collections Of
which extended far beyond the bordcrs Of New
Rortant and famous ' works Of the 4 m5dsrn
French school and he had begun collection
stion that he had made in this direeton Being Being
ewo PSTtTalts 9 2 fsmsTnndt. WHICH h, are now
Daniel Cottier. New York. for something like
$4,000 each. He possessed the largest known
eyrstal in the world. measuring seven inches
In diameter. for which he paid 1924. 900. Mr..
Ames was also famous as botanist, his COL
lection OF orchids being the finest In the coun-
try with possibly one exception.
MIR. Ames was born in 1880; He graduated
from Harvard in 1854 and had been one OF tho
most liberal donors to that institution. Owing
TO hi modest manner Of giving It is lmpossi-
Die to estimate the amount OF his Gifts to the
college, but there IL a record OF at least
$40. 600 In the past ten years.
MIR. Ames's house in North Easton. where
are the big plough company works which
pear his name. Is q vsritable palace. and
bis winter home In tho city. although OF a
hum bier style than that OF his brother ex- Gov.
Oliver hmes, is one OF the best of the mansions
:, The body OF Mr.. Ames will be returned to
North Easton to- night ny the officials OF the
New York. New Haven and Hartford RAILROAD
company. OF which company Mr.. Ames has
been a director since the consolidation with the
Old Colony. He leaves Ave children.