New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-02
SUICIDE ADDS TO MYSTERY.
WILLIAM II. MARsTON. WHOSE BROTHER
RECENTLY DISAPPEARED. TAKES
HIS LIFE
NO APPARENT CAUSE FOR THE ACT. BEYOND
ANXIETY FOR us BRoTHER-WELL
KNOWN AMONG OLD WALL STREET
LEADERS -A FRIEND OF

KNOWN AMONG OLD WALL STREET
LEADERS A FRIEND OF
IREsIrENT LINCOLN
To the rnystry OF the disappearance a week
ago Of Charles +. Marston there was added
yesterday SAD sequel in the suicide Of big
brother. William II. Marston. He was found
yesterday mornii 2 lying on his bed in his room
at No. IL West Forty-fourth- St. with the ar
teries OF one Of his wrists severed and with life
extinct from the consequent loss of blood. Just
what prompted -1r Narston take his life
is purely q matter Of theory. but naturally his
suicide has been. in the minds Of his friends.
inGissolubly Conns ed with the strange and
sudden disappearance OF his brother.
Tor years both Trn had been well known IN
financial circles. Although recently they mad
dropped into compa utivc Obscurity, 50 far as
large and public hnielcial operations were con-
ccrnod yet in the dsEs when Commodore van
dorbjlt was one Of the great leaders In Wall
Street the house Of William II. Marston &
Co. was one Of the strongest brokerage firms
in The Street The frn conducted its business
always along the most conservative lines. but
II was generally understood that the two
brothers had amassed large fortunes. William
Marston a personal friend OF President
Lincoln. but except in one instance, when he
veyorshp OF the port of New-York Mr.. Marston
never tried to take advantage Of his close ac-
ouaintanceship with Mr.. Lincoln. nor did he
dabble in politics.
DISCOVERY OF THE SUICIDE.
Apparently there more cause for Will
fam Marston's suicide than there was for the
withdrawal OF Charles Marston from the knowl-
ed~e Of his friends and relatives. When Mr..
riCht
nothing in his manner to indicate to his rela-
tives that he was likely to take his life. Yes
terday morning he did not come downstairs
10 breakfast and at II o'clock his daughter
Laura went upstairs to arouse him. She could
gain no response TO her calls. and opening the
door of his room she found him lying dead on
the floor
When the news Of Mr.. Marston's death
was first made public 1T was said that he
had cut his throat hut later i, was learned
,ha, he had cut the arteries OF his left
wrist and had blei to death. Or. c. c.
Jollire the famiY physician. was immediate
" sent for hut he saw In q moment
that Nj. Marston was beyond all aid
The same retcence which has been observed
hy IN. family since the disappearance OF Charles
T. Marston was manifested yesterday at the
house in Forty-fouf wh s., was impos-
sihle ~ ob,A,n nar, ,a..lruia regarding Mr..
Marston's suicide The family Is Is well known.
n extremely avcrse 20 anything approaching
nstoricty. and the double misfortune which has
come upon II IN less than week has stricken
the household
GTATEMENT q HIS PHYSICIAN
Last night. however Mrs Chase. sister-n-
law 81 the dead man declared that his end was
due not 10 suicide but to accident. No expla-
nation was given Of the circumstances that
pointed so strongly toward suicide
II was also said last night that man an
swerng the description Of Charles f. Marston
had been found in the East River. and that
member Of the Marston family had gone TO
the Brooklyn Morgue 10 examine the body
there This report could not be confirmed. how
ever.
A Tribune reporter visited the Brooklyn
raorsue last night and waited for the represen-
tative Of the Marston family TO appear. He did
rot come. however. though the morgue- keeper
admitted that the body of middle aged man
had been discovered late in the afternoon IN
Peciic-st The morgue-lteeper declared that
the face Of the drowned man resembed a news
paper picture that he had seen Of Charles f.
Marston. There was. however heavy bruse
or carbuncle on the forehead Of the dead man.
Most inqurers at the house were directed to
DR. Jeline and to the newspaper men who
saw him at his Office in the St James Build
in- Twenty-sixth-st and Broadway he said:
Mr. Marston was Frustrated by the heat
Moreover, ne had not been the same since his
brother went away. The disappearance Of his
brother so preyed on his mind that he was
certainly irresponsible mentally when he died
by his own hand He had no financial or do
nestle troubles so far as l know. and have
known the Marston family for good many
years.
He seemed. however, to be as well as might
be expected under tie circumstances when he
paid his last visit to the Union Club few days
ago saw him yesterday. and noticed that he
looked distressed because Of the mysterious dis
appearance OF his brother. Last night he sat
up till a late hour conversing with his son and
two daughters and Mrs. Ella Chase They told
me that he seemed 10 be all right and was
quite cheerful when he babe them good night
before retiring That the last seen Of him
alive"
DEVOTION OF THE TWO BROTHERS.
Mr. Marston was sixty-four years old. and
had been a widower for several years. He and
his brother Charles had lived together since they
first came to this city, and In business ana 40
nestle life they were inseparabie Also hVihS
with Mr.. Marston were his only son, ROBERT
and two unmarried daughters. VINO owned the
house No. III West Forty -fourth-st lie spent
q great many of his evenings at the union CiuD'
OF which he had been member for many years
II was learned yesterday that MT Marston had
q fairlv large sum to his credit at his bankers.
In 1896 he formed the Hopkins Alaska Cold EX-
ploraton Company. for the purpose OF hnding
and working gold mines in the since developed
IEIondi,c region The shares were bought more
or less widely Il speculation. There Is no
hint that anything in connection with TINS COM
pany mad TO do with Mr.. Marston's suicide
William H. Marston is said to have come to
&c hrnt heP
oh o,,i NO Eo hrcamn a clerk In