The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-19
SUICIDE OF ALEX AGAR.
1HE TETE&AN STITTONER SHOorS
HIBSELF Ar mrs NOME

He Hrd Been worryIng About the FInnu.
ctni StrInRency, but 3II- Anxiety About
His own nusinr,s Was Unnecessary.
Alexander Agar the head OF tho firm OF Agar
a llamblin, Wholesale stLtloners and blank
book manufacturers OF 2p2 broadway. COM.
mitted suicide yesterday at his home IS Put
nam avenue. brooklyn, by shooting himself In
the head. Mr.. Agar went TO business as usual
yesterday morning and on reaching his ofncs
spent couple Of hours In opening his letters
and attending to his correspondence. lie left
the Office before noon, telling his partner and
son-in-law. W. c. lIamblin. that he was not
Telling well. and was going home. He reached
tho Putnam avenue house Just as his wife and
the other members Of the family were sitting
down to lunch, but he hurried up stairs with
out Joining them. He told his wife that both
his head and stomach were troubling him. and
that he would take a rest.
While the family were still ut lunch there
was the loud report OF pistol up stairs. and
Mrs. Agar and the others hurried up to ascer-
tain what had happened. They found Mr.. Agar
stretched on his back on the floor OF the bath
room with bullet wound In the right temple
and a new flve-chambered 32-calibro revolver
at his side. There were some faint signs Of
life and DIR. Brown who lives In n O ghborlnR
house. was summoned. but when he arrived
MIR. Agar was dead.
The suicide shocked the neighborhood. and
especially the Lincoln Club. close by. OF whlcn
Mr.. Agar WAS one 81 tho most popular mem-
bers. II was known that Mr. Agar was happy
In his domestic and social relations and PROS
porous in business. and people were at q loss
to assign any cause for tho act. His last visit
TO the Lincoln club was on Wednesday light,
and there did not seem to ben more cheer
tnl man In the pnrlors. Members OF his
family and some OF his most Intimate Rc-
qunintances say that no bad worried more or
20 md Nai al - n
Rency In general, and that he suffered from
unnecessary anxiety about his own business
affairs. Recently, also. he was bothered over
lawsuit about some property in Georgia,
which he owned. There was one decision in
his favor, but another soon followed which
was adverse 70 hin. over CONSTITUENCIES on
these matters. Il is thought. led to temporary
Mr.. Agar was born in Brooklyn sixty-four
years ago. lie was one OF the best known men
IN the stationery and blank book business in
Co. For nearly twenty years. he WAS In part
nership with owen {. owens. at ITO William
street, and then started business on his own
About ten years ago the firm became Agar tS
Hamhlin. and located at It's present stand in
Broadway. 1t did an extensive business. and
MI, Agars estate Is estimated to be worth
For the past twelve venrs Mr.. agar had been
q truste. and TREASURER OF the Stationers'
South BROOKLYN savings Bank. one Of the own
ers Of the Long Island Savings Bank property
in Fulton street and Boerum place. and was
Interested In other, FINANCIAL institutions He
cratic Club. and was active in tho
recent campaign. He was a Royal Arch Mason,
and member Of the Episcopal Church Of tho
Messiah, He leaves six. children. His son. II.
X, Agar. has been associated With him in huai-
ness The funeral will ha held to- m orrow aud
the Lincoln Club will attend In body.