The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-02-27
SUICIDE CNV
Wv NH,HE pIHBN ~ RO' on
RIDFR VS. WID ~ H'RgT
psmii' >-,.r Heard ~ NJ. VII. ,nun amer
Us Death shot Wim.eif In the rrrstnc.
Of ~, srd. >r.r q I'm Win Tier Vie
Lived the Itf~ 81 . ,oantr' gentleman

TIE death OF Horny ~rlrlu' Van ~chatrk
pNo s'lci himself On Suntsy night ~ hH-
horn, ~ Lei BANK. y y disclosed in ms
family that he had been married 4 month
age 90 Jer-"y ttN Il vas ti-u pretty well
established yesterday. from statement a :"
bv tho Coroner at Red Bank. thst before TIE
t'trsdE - SunaGr rlgh'. Winch his ihtulIS
are unw.llng 20 believe was not an accident.
NJ Van S,lalCk had words With his wife
over the tlvissniliy Of telling his father -
h. marriage. and that there wa- a difference
Of opinion rs 20 how tao secret should =
disclosed before rlev had settled tie matte
VI Van ~.tlI'A tools az t- pistol auI shot
himself before h. brides eyes There Wa
no our c'~" present, and his famlly SAY tney
believed that MIR Van Schaick Thought tn"
pistol VA uuloaded and took II 10 only IA
= spirit Of plavfulnc-- disclosure, made
b, tac Dorouer. however. have tended 10
strengthen ia" view that Mr. Van setback
hrea the shot with suicidal ,nteut
Mr. Van Syhtlck kept bachelor hail until
a month ago. wAen he married a Miss Grace
Borden. whom hI- family found at the house
when they vent here after the shooting
Nj VA N.Au. - father Is Harry Van SChaCk
a retired lawyer HIS mother lives Ia Europe.
HIS brothers are pr George : Van setback,
a physician ~ - West TLlrty-seNenth street.
and Eugene Van SChalck. a lawyer OF l35
Broadway The latter has IA country place
~ Oceanic, \ j Mr Van Schalck. ST.
lives In a boarding house AZ 40 West Thirty
fourth street strangely enough. although
Il was de,lar ed hat there was no connection
between the events. a servant s4rl became
dcmentcd there yesterday and had to be
taken 10 Bellevue, just when arrangements
wer. being made for the funeral Of MIR Van
Setback. winch WI. be held to-day
The dead man was a graduate Of Columbta
where he became from nent as an athlete
He aiterwdrd became a member Of the New
YORK Athletic club Twelve years ago he
mar ed the daughter OF a Western man
Her name. II Is sad, was Ferguson They
were divorced and Van Schal'k went West,
Hr started artn,l ia Colorado and for several
still out Vest wien the Rough Riders were
formed and II want long hefor" he wa on
his way with some of the CuwtoNs of hls
ranch 10 sui.s' IN the regiment u" snter"d
a, a priva'", served thro!gh tie war and LETT
tic regiment a corl"tai IN Itnor. IA lhe
sturdy health he had known IN the West
had been urok"u hy tie cuban CAMPAIGN
| and from the time he was mustered out uHii
| hs death II L. said he was constantly under
the care of a rhN stefan
tccord,ns to The story Of his life rs it was
told Yesterday BY those who kne" him, Van
SchaiCk lived mainly from the income OF
money that was in u" FAMILY ,"Ca;i"niIiv
he dahhlcd IN real estate and iniulged IN
his bother country home at Oceanic on the
Shire. shury \ wear ago he d"cll'i 20 be-
come a country gentleman and took a house
on Hohblns Point on the shrewsbury oppo-
sitr Red Bank II was to he only temporary
quarters for somo months ago he began erect
iuy a re~idcnc. which vas to cost aho,'s 900"
II l. Within a stone throw Of his other horse
/ on Tho poiut and has attracted much attention.
About Van ScAa!ck built a llis" lace for
raising ch'c.t"n~' also e ten ~" DOS kennels
A." n' l"gN ~, ms 'r'd"n," ~ ~" ~"
~crtt,g" uu Rollins Point an :, al