New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-12
MP r 4. SHELDON MISSING.
WIFE AND RELATIVES THINK HE
HAS KILLED HIMSELF.
San IMPRESSED A WISH TO DIE. AND TWICE
IN THE WEEK HAD ATTEMPTED III TAME
HIS LIFE-DIsAPPEARED on

,,n IMPRESSED A WISH TO DIE. AND TWICE
~ THE WEEK HAD ATTEMPTED TO TAKE
HIS LIFE-DIsAPPEARED ON
THURSDAY NIGHT.
,or,amin Arad Sheldon. for over forty years
,.,ort professor of mathematics in the thNer-
S., the city OF New York. has been missing from
q" 80 No ~ Norton-st.. Eastern District. since
r.,rsdav evening and his VIE thihhs 'ha' "e mas
admitted suicide by drowning
o. sbeldon's disappearance was reported to the
rcs Of the Clymer-st. station yesterday st'or
t,,ess search had been made by relatives N hopes
''r.,ng some tidngs OF lin. All Thursday night
%. Missing mans relatives walked up and down the
80 front in the neighborhood of the South ien'h-
Nv oar in order II possible TO find his body IL II
soating in the river. DR. Sheldon is seventy
~,ars old and according 10 his family had for
We time acted though his mind was unbal-
-, A few years ago he had stroke of apo
wv and he also suffered great deal from htart
,rr,uble. Sometimes of late he has been very Nic'
~, and according TO his wife often expressed a
desire 10 he dead ,., - -
-, ,sr husbands disappe arance TO the police. that
49, nisr at the end of South feminist was the best
sn,ed for persons who desired 10 end their lives
w drowning and fear he has ended his own life
IN this way
On account of his feeble health for the last year.
', sheldon attended the University only once
,,Aovch he drew his salary regularly For several
o,,hs Or sheldon seldom left his home except
"a walk up and down in front OF the house where
- has lived for thirty years. Mrs. Sheldon always
Kan. A watch on her husband Whle tdh'"h '"'Se
walks in case he should wander on.
nfo.clock on Thursday evening DR.. Sheldon tod
,,s wife that he was going for his usual walk She
od not watch him. as had been her custom ana
"a he failed 10 return az : o'clock. Mrs. sheidoh
..-,ed ont TO look for him. The doctor was no.
Mo Sha1ln hana y,1e
a,oo,lv alarmed TIE doctor had only 10 cents IN
rs possession and II was known that he could not
-. s,o,e FAR Inquiry in the neighbor hood of his
horne bv his family showed that DR.. Sheldon had
len seen TO board Frank in-ave car going
,orard the Broadway ferries. and to agh' al Sou'n
~ar,b-st II could not be learned whether or not
ne went toward the pier.
Yesterday Mrs Sheldon telesraphed TO professor
wa-ner Of the college, informing him OF her nus US
,"ods aight and the fears she entertained OF Ms
'ean, v effort is being made by the police 10 find
so-na trace OF the missing man. but II IL now gen
orally believed that he has COMMITTED su,tiuv iS
evening Mrs. Houston his married oausn'er s',o ~
her father and often asked her the best way 10
meet death without suffering On Iuesuay said he
She said he babe them all goodoy; anu Sau W. ~,
VAS going away He was prevented from Iea|ins
,r oIse on Wednesday he called his seven-Eeai,
Old grandson Sheldon Houston. TO ms ms, Sos I M
said that when he was dead ne SHOULD have me
watch. That afternoon ne aI'T nrp"enteS hy Mrs
Hovston who took the razor from him lie APP
reared rational after That . -, ,.,,.o NM,
Piast evening a stranger called at the house ahI 10
o,S The family that while on the pier at the END OF
Snnth Teuth-st. on Thursday night he heard a man
Sump overheard but could see no'h'hs oi III"
when he reached the end of the pier; ia. 60, T.,
Ifn missing man is described as being SIX itel III
height full gray beard and gray hair. ana "oIv r.,
nsir Of dark trousers. dark frock coat ana SUI
hat ,.o % tho I-niversitv of
NAw.York and after his graduation went 70 an
torria where he remained short time On me te
I'm he became the assistant professor OF
,1s,tcs lie received the degree or DOCTOR OF pm
iosonby from the University of New-Iork ne was
associated with Professor Bennett IN prop t,,
1n,rstt,s Algebra and other mathematical nookS
iia vas also The Oldest professor connected WIN
college For years Or. Sheldon mas oeeil d d.r, ,id
$50 about The BROOKLYN library. where ne "ouIu
90 almost every afternoon after hnishlng his WoIh
~ he college and remain for hours IN IeAulls CIV
,,ndving nefhematical books. He also TOOK a dttP
nieres, in politics from the point OF VIE" OF " SUI
nj poi'ical economy