New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-16
J. B. OLTMAN's SUDDEN DEATH.
CLUBMAN AND STOCK BROKER WAS A MEM
Der OF ]. NJ. FIsKE & co.


John B. Gilman. well known stock broker and
clubman OF this city, who died In the New-YorK
Athletic Club at 1 o'clock yesterday morning. after
falling down flight OF marble steps as told IN The
Tribune, was sixty-three years old and had been
dining at the club OF which he was member. with
Brent Good Harry Miner c. A Fish and the presi-
dent OF the organization. ]. r. Van Wormer. Mr.
Gilman with the exception of a slight vertigo
OF which he complained, appeared TO be In his
usual health. A few minutes before o'clock the
party left the dining ROOM which is on one OF the
upper floors and started for the ground floor of the
clubhouse At the head OF the marble stairway
leading from the second to the first floor Mr.. Oft
man exclaimed to Mr.. Good, who by his side:
Good. feel dizzy!'
without uttering another word, and before his
companion could reach him. he pitched headlong
down the marble steps and rolled almost TO the
bottom Frank ]. Carter, the registrar OF the club
and Mr.. PTttington, a guest of the club, were
standing the foot OF the stairs, and they
rushed to Mr.. Oltman's assistance. He
conscious. and blood trickling from his mouth,
and There a number of men near by,
and the greatest excitement prevailed. Messengers
sent throughout the clubhouse for a doctor,
but although many of the members physicians
there present at the time. DR.. White
head GnhIlan OF No "a Central Park South.
sent for and he arrived about the same time as did
ambulance in charge Of DR.. Clark. of Roosevelt
Hospital. which had been summoned by telephone.
The doctors pronounced Mr.. Gilman dead
Mr. Gilman born in Baltimore. Of German
parents. His father died when he an infant
and his mother when he eighteen years old.
When he ten years old his mother brought him
10 this city and he soon afterward got employment
a messenger boy for the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. He remained with the company
for several years. to be operator ard
ceived the first message the Atlantic cable
to this city In 1882 ne became the assistant cashier
of the company Not long afterward he purchased
seat the Stock Exchange. and resigning his
he
Der of the firm OF Josiah NJ. Fiske & Co. with
offices at No. 20 Broad-st. He a member OF
that firm the time of his death
In 1888 Mr.. Gilman married a stepdaughter of
William Harvey, who William II. Vanderbilts
partner in the steamboat business. They had four
children three of whom are alive. One of these is
Mrs William H Fallon. of No 1OI West Eighty
sec9ndist The others are H. H. Gilman, who
Paon; and William H. Qltman Mr. Gilman owned
City in which he lived until 1892, the year OF his
S mLe Geathi he then gave up his Jersey City
Piermont, N Y. living here with his daughter in
the winter and at Piermont in the SUMMER. Mr.
social circles and well known in Wall Street, He
Mas member Of the Jersey City Volunteer Fire
a, Brent Good who was present when Mr. Gilman
friend. and his death was a severe blow to me. We
M d Just finished eating dinner at the club, and
Mr. Gilman said that he was going to the coat
steps he fell backward, striking his head. Whether
ne dled from apopleXy vertigo | am not certain
When reached the fallen man he said to me:
uttered, MI. Gilman was sixty-three years old
last March and we have been friends for forty-ive
years yea s6 edeq upon his partner Mr. Fiske to-day
did / was there prepared to do anVfbne ie so,ild
Mr. Fske told me that everything was all right
needed. The funeral will place at the Madison
Avenue Presbyterian Church to-day and the burial
Whitley; ex-president Of the New-York Athietic
and myself" '' -e' "a 1911 d NJ F4SAe