The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-22
AMOS r. EMO DEED.
n. wac the owner or the Firh Avenue Hotel
spa Iert = Large Fortune.

m, WA, the Owner or the FInh Avenue Hotel
ana Left . Large Fortune.
Amos r. Emo, owner of the Fifth Avenue
Hote, property and one of the largest holders Of
real estate in this city, died at IL o'clock yes
terday morning at his home, 80 Fifth avenue.
Until about q month q % Mr.. EN- made his
home at tho Fifth Avenue Hotel, where his
son, Amos II. Emo, lived with hin. He was In
his eighty eighth year. and his health had been
| Door for several years. About three years ago
he had an attack Of pneumonia. and since then
no had been failing steadily. His son Amos
looked after his large real estate i~nterests. and
he spent much Of his time at his country house
In tho town where he was born. Simsbury,
Conn.
He was born on Nov. i, 1910. In company
with his cousin. J. ]. Phelps, father OF the ate
William Walter Phelps, Mr.. Enoscame to this
city In 1881. The two young men brought WITH
them all the earthly goods they owned tied up
In q couple of bandana handkerchief They
had been clerks in country. stores and tney soon
formed q partnership and opened o dry goods
ed in those days at 81 John street with David
Hale. who had just started the Journal %
no friends to indorse paper for them, they soon
made their house an important one. Ihen tney
dissolved partnership, and Mr.. Emo became me
PbeiSs the head of Phelps, Chittenden q Bliss.
In 1850 Mr.. Emo retired frS Sso the GOD dry & goods IDS
ren 10 bus bnii ad0 the Fifth Avenue Hotel. The site
for the hGssl Gales Tss The! AEno 50 f tSf gPt snG thu ss' ho tel
came near causing his ruin before II was hn.
ished because of the financial panic otthat
time. He finally secured the assistance OF "a
the most successful hotel keeper in the country
s snS , S6S Z Ions lease @o OF 4. 70 af hais the sf hotel &Gt Be.
gan to pay Mr.. Emo bought the triangular piece
Of ground across from The 1;,, tidth Avenue a3S n atber:
properties in that neiRhborhood. and the rapid
growth in values brought him wealth. ! His Tor;
s sI5e 900 ! 90. Hoyt e Theatre Is one Of tho
buildings in that neighborhood which belongs
his II real estate was s5,ss5.oo {. The actual
In 1895, Mr.. Emo was married to his cousin,
Lucy Phelps of Simsbury, and she dled ABOUT
fourteen years ago. The acts or one OF ms sons'
Sohn c: Emo, led to 2 hesEy ORA drain P.% upon Ssan Mr. AZ:
strumental in starting the Second National
Bank, and through his influence his son John
was WAS % aiseov Its Pr fSs. there ON wan Ma = shortage 81; r t t Of
81. 900 in the banks funds caused by Tres.
dent Eno's Wall street speculstions. Atter
Of this loss, which he did. He afterward paid
short, being aided in making this payment by
William Walter Phelps.
When MIR. Emo thus went TO the rescue Oh tne
bank q financial panic was in progress and
money was extremely hard to get. Neverthe,
less. tho doors OF the bank, were never closed
and every deposition was paid In full, although
million dollars. The credit OF the institution
was saved at a time when its loss might have
done tremendous injury to business. Mr.. Emo
never recovered from the shock OF these events
and of those which followed as their natural
consequence.
Mr.. Emo was a man of unusual intelligence
and foresight. It Is an interesting illustration
Of the yigor Of his mind that in his old age no
took up the study Of Latin. French. and italian.
and acquired a reading knowledge Of all three
without other assistance Than his dictionaries.
In the latter years of his life. before his eyesight
failed. he WAS accustomed TO spend many OF his
evenings translating Dante, Cesar. or Victor
Hugo.
Mr.. Emo leaves six children. They are Amos
+. Emo, DR.. Henry c. Emo of 100 East Twenty
first street, John c. Emo. William Phelps Emo Of
Gramercy PARK, and Mrs. Charles B. Wood.