Waterbury Democrat., 1901-03-13
MAY BE COLONEL SHERIDAN.
Registered as "Afr Brady In q Hotel
 in Belfast Ireland.

Registered as "AIr Brady 7 Tn q. Hotel
 in Belfast Ireland.
 The many friends in thls city of Col oneI James H. Sheridan. who has been missing from his home in Bridgeport for many weeks, will be surprised and pained to read the following story pulp lished in this mornings Bridgeport Telegram:
 A circular received from Ireland leads many local people to believe that Colonel James Fl. Sheridan committed suicide in Belfast, Ireland, February 10. The description states that the man registered at the hotel as "Mr Brady" He was about 30 years old, five feet seven inches in height, gray hair and index finger of right hand rather short. He wore gold-rimmed hat, had the word Senator engraved on his gold hunting case watch and the letter ''S'' on a large number of silk handkerchiefs. Colonel Sheridan left this city Jan- uary 21 rather suddenly, and when it was ascertained that he was in finan- cial difficulties, his friends surmised that he had left for good. Frederick c. Mullins and Walter Stapleton went to New York to look for the missing man. They traced him there until January 24. when they lost all track of him. The supposition is that he took a slow steamer for Ireland, ar- | irving there about the time the "N1r Brady" mentioned reached Belfast. He had about $500 when he left Bridge port and it is thought that when he reached Ireland, or even on the way over, he brooded over the loss of mon ey and worried about the time when his small sum would be exhausted. When the money was gone he prob- ably decided that he would relieve the | world of himself and committed sui 1 eide.
 The description sent over from Bel fast tallies with Colonel Sheridan's al- most identically, both as regards the shortnesS of the index finger of the right hand and as regards the articles of wearing apparel. such as the watch, eye glasses and the silk handkerchiefs marked ''S." His friends feel certain that the dead man was no other than l Colonel Sheridan, to whose financial aid they would have come had he but mentioned the fact he was embar- raSsed. He, however, in his independ- ent way, would not hulniliate his pride by asking financial assistance even of | friends.
 Colonel Sheridan was well known iu the Connecticut National Guard, and had the reputation of being one of its best tacticians, and while q strict dis ciplinarian. was not martlnet. He enlisted first in Company E. Goodwin Guards as private, and by degrees rose through the various grades until he reached the colonelcy of the Fourth regiment. He was we'll liked by the men, who greatly admired his firmness. He might have been tn, brigadier general of the state had h' not generously stepped aside and al lowed General Russell Frost of Nor
 walk to take the place. Colonel Sher idan retired from the militia abou two and one-half years ago.
 He was q prominent member of tht Knights of Columbus. He never mar ried, and for many years conducted the saloon at the corner of Middle ant Golden Hill streets, with the excep tion of the time he served on the board of assessors. He was of q social dis
 position, quiet and unobtrusive il manner and a man who had many friends in tlis city.