The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-15
BARNAT0 KILLS HIMSELF.
THE FAMOUS MILLIONAIRE JUMPS
oTERBoARD AT SEA.

C,p,.d From M.aeirr-u,, Great wealth.
Special ea0e De'pd'c" 10 raL SUN
LONDON, June IA despatch to the Central
News from Funchal. the capital OF Madeira,
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south African mHit'-miiionairc' whiie return
ing to England from South Africa, committed
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covered.
The news OF Barnato's suicide was re- |
ccived by cable yesterday afternoon by Miss
Alice Holhrook, who is living In tho Hotel
vendon,o, in this city. She io a sisterin.law OF
Barnato. and the news was caoied by her sister.
b Barney neyI R,pn" to was N ra oonuUIi to DO the riches.
man In IN. ,ynr,d hs sor,uno hay,ns, hoor osti.
mated as high as $500, 900. 900, but where he
came from and how he laid the foundations Of
his fortune are matter. which have never been
made quite clear He appeared In London about
five years ago with his head full Of great
schemes' anu "i'nin TWO years N iauhcnon q
stupendous speculative movement In South
Ea,ar Kin.
hanhr hins'
Barney Isaacs, who used to 10 about the white.
old iron, and Barney himself turned cartwheels
in the streets behind omnibuses to amuse the
name was originally 1saacs. and that
r"a =" ~ = y ssnht ens ai,somnh 1870
seems TO DO no doubt and. although another
ynte tutors for him. this is probably a myth. for
his lat -, .dnoa,,"n and his mnonv,h n'anror
were notorious.
Sometime during his early youth Barnato
drifted off to the South African mining country.
What he had done before that time to earn a
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aieer nc arrived IN AFRICA, ~ iArse'y ma.,efo.
nersons who claim IN have known him
at various periods Of this stage of his
career car %I,. , which ,n! indicate di a. s.s that hat. he Un,v lived wc1.,n by
upon : much smaller scale. lis Is said to have
cnrSine a as saucy "" nromptei 6r thu onportnnitv
Afforded, Just before he made bis ,arsat
the owner OF a circus" which consisted
Of a single donkey that did clever tricks. Some.
times he neddlei Watches ar even cheaner ar.
ticies. and there were hipts thai he had dealt in
.contraband." as diamonds are called which
Ne NOT who o0 mspe tmt%Tgn in me eh ree south en Af 4
conntry DO nnt aIwnvs IN iusi how II is done and
HoWIever. it was its %rapidity that suggested
5he m Iamnl t one s l9llTT Is tb ane 6 5sD dis oS Ue Ai1 by
accident that the :" blue earth" at kimberley was
K EiiURbe !hsn m haa oe snd a WSen ih bey q reaehed DE- 9TH
fsr 100 .s. tsf Il chin sf Io Is.S Se SsS { esss su Torf,a the s ysdI:
denly ended and tbey came anne upon a su6stratum
Ct sfg Sf. earth that that % so,ss sl aitn as hard hard t rs r SSls
earth and piled up several hundred tons Of It,
S %rnt tn swa rest tho bSan last mani 1hei iet, oi wben I tho
racing season came on. and four months later
barney came trampinr that way md In the
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a 3O-carat diamond. He sold the stone. pegged
9st ali ths mine; entered claims for it, and sold
others, S bSI' II Il IS ho certain eTtsip itbbSi,'a ns eariy 'n ns is sss
Rarnaio had hecome a heavy snecnIat1r in min.
ine propertiies' and about hat time he went to
JohanDes5urs and sought up up i lot + mining
a tss asaTy l'f Hsrs he f came f is oppSsision by to t e,
en- Snas hhU %nr al ana ans ms nnd 5Fiends si ana n ig 1sss time met 1h in,
terests @ere combined. south AFRICA grew too
nneomforta6ie' He had represented KimberIey
for a couple of terms In the Cape Colony
clubs, but frst the Kimberley Club expelled
III him in.r Tor ms msiSS bad and and sISbt insulting montbs ~ lanSnS g ito to
Rand Club, The most exclusive orsanization Of
south Africa. followed suit.
he took daily hS ISpbb BATHS in ch1mpSgne. an S he spent
!, BSj in ,,s ;Siss h q .a Mi i nsi inSs.. a fSnd b:
. to- take him up, London clubs blackbaiied
. him 81 i LS ndS;5 ps &c js, sff e! to dsspisss r hin; and
: Vincent chan1od all this First ha went
: Win RarnaIn os the lsIter's gnest 10 visit
!. the south African mining regions. His
. wife. the beautiful Lady Helen Dnnscombe''
: sister nf The Duchess ~ IeinstaP Wa
[ one NJ the marry and when thev re.
turned. her social support did much 10 helm
launch the great Kefir boom Sir Edosr TOT
, Rarnato to Paris and introauced him In other
, Euronean financial Centres and the commands
: and shares which he was enabled TO create and
: sell seemed endless. ANYTHING with South
Africa and Barnato's maine upon il was ac.