New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-21

GEORGE r. wYCKoFF.
vvckoY had a relapse. which brought his wife
and near relatives 10 his bedside and the ply
s,ians in attendance expressed doubts then as
n his chances Tor recovery The patient rallied.
,,yeyer. and rested little better. AS the noon
s,ur approached yesterday the change came
,ui kilograms were sent at once TO relatives. MI
wvckof talked with an effort for half an hour 10
liz wife and his Two daughters and sons-in-law
Then he became unconscious, remaining so until
tie last
The bullet fired by Serple had penetrated both
The larger and smaller intest!res and passed
through the liver. lodging in the muscles OF the
beck from which 1t was extracted The opera
ron Of laparotomy performed by DIT Robert +.
Weir. assisted by DIS Frank Hartley. Francs
Murray and F. NJ Cameron. was regarded as
successful. but blood poisoning ensued ana caused
death. semple. Ms assaant. died on Tuesday
from the wound he inflicted on himself after
shooting Mr.. Wyokoff, when his demand at the
bank for St 000 was refused.
The Coroners examination took place yester-
DAY afternoon. and the removal Of the body u
Montcla!I y. j., was at once decided upon II
will lie In the home OF Walter r. BTinckerhoff ii
son-in-Iaw, at No. IL North Mountain-ave' until
the funeral which will take place at the First
CONGREGATIONAL Church OF Montcl1ir, at o'clock
On Tuesday afternoon. The Rev. a. H. Bradl'Iu'
pastor OF the church. will oficiate
After the death Of Mr.. Wyckoff. his widow.
,ros,rafed with grief was taken to her home In
20 Chelsea Apartment House in West twenty
aird-st She was accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
P Burt and Mr.. and Mrs. ". X. BrnckerhOn
Nssages of sympathy were received from many
hisDds and business associates Of the late
Arker.
The crime which resulted in Mr.. NyckoH
:sath occurred on Monday, and the sensational
failures Of the affair still fresh in the puDhc
mind No such assault has been made IN this
country since the time when the life OF Russell
s,gs was imperiNed by a dynamite explosion
SLOWING his refusal 10 pay large cum OF
noney. George H. semple. in debt for $3.50 to a
book canvassng company which employed NM
tsspondent and desperate. threatened to commit
saicide but determined 10 try 10 make some
money before giving up his life He left his
young wife and child in apparently cheerful
SPIRITS on MONDAY morning in the Lyndhurst
APARTMENTS. at No. IS West Eightysecond-st.
s.nple went 10 the Marlborough Hotel Hcrawled
l q crazy demand for $4,000 on the hotel letter
l ,aper and then entered the Bank OF New
l amsterdam Broadway and Thirty ninth-st
l Finding his way at once to the private office OF
l President Wyckoff, who alone, he thrust
/ the note before Mr.. Wyckoff The banker knew
from It's contents that he was facing crank.
and ne arose. sa wing that he could not acc"de 10
II he request T.1l he started forward to seize the
i nan. and Sernple shot him with a revolver. The
l bullet struck Nj. WyckOf in the abdomen. Inc
assassin then shot himself While Doth men
i We're still conscious one ambulance from the
/ New-York Hospital was brought into service TO
i ake them together - The hospital While on the
/ way Nj Wyckon asked his assailant, VINO IA!
| ;aeing him: What did you want 10 90 TINS f9r
| never d!d any thing 20 you May Goa IoTsNe
| YOU" and the fellow answered stolidly, Il am
tGry for you. but not for myself"
| Vn arriving at tho hospital the two men were
| paced on beds near each other Mr. Burt spoke
Ta'en further illustrates the generosity OF Mr..
wh!vkoE anu his sympathetic nature. While the
..'ss'c.ans were working over him. Rroans came
. I'm senple. The banker said 10 the doctors:
p ~, mind me- 90 to him"
| resident WyckOT was born in this city NIFTY
| zen years ago. in the old Eleventh Ward. HIS
I poa was Jacob II. Wyckof. a descendant OF
/ 1ete' Cassen WvchOf. who settled in Long
tsland about 1870. and through his Dutch an
| ,,,suy PRESIDENT WyCkoM was member Of the
.i0Aaha Society NJ. Wyckohs father carried
VA va money brokerage business before the war.
,.' ives afterward the vice-preeident OF the New
l iolk Savings Bank
ar. WyckOn was educated in the public
snOos When he was graduated he found employ
II - IN tdtndllne-St. dry -SOOdS StCTe Wnerc
| !. worked Tor five years. He then entered the
souse Of Lee. Huray & Co. In Woll-st, remain
- With them until their suspension In 1913
an he became successfully receiving teller
ENG teller and cashier IN the New-Ycrk County
.suonal Bank. and in 1883 ne entered the Car
a National Bank vice-preslGent. About a
Tago he was elected president Of the Bank
..Aew- Ansterdam. when Thomas G. Acton re-
,sed from that office on account Of impaired
ssslth In 1867 Mr.. Wyckoff and Mary Louise
ss.or, daughte. Of James Major. OF Somerville
~. were married. For ten years Mr.. and Mrs
l ,"yekoN lived at Claremont and North Noun
~h-ayes in Montclair. y. J. On May ! he
.sa'et the house and moved into the Chelsea
stsrtments. He was a member Of the First Con-
Segational Church In Montclair and Of the
Nontcleir Club
| ar WyckOffs successor az president OF the
rrank Of New Amsterdam. II is expected. will be
..ee-Pres!dent Frank TilfOrd. of Park e. Tilford
sho was chosen acting president by the directors
sotng Mr. Wyckoffs disability. Other bust
-sss demands II was said at the bank yesterday
ay prevent Mr.. Tilford from permanently act
~g as President