New-York tribune., 1901-07-09
F. d. WHITE A SUICIDE.
SON OF AMBASSADOR WHITE SHOOTS
HIMSELF THROUGH THE HEAD

Syracuse, N Y, July S.-Frederick D. White
sador to Germany, committed suicide at $50
o'clock this afternoon at his home No 6O9
James-st. Prolonged Ill health and persistent
and exhausting nervous disease are given as the
only possible explanation of his act.
MI Whlte appeared to be in usual health dur
Ing the day, and attended to matters of business
in the management of the White estate. He
was alone in the house with the servants during
part of the late afternoon, Mrs. White and his
son being out. She returned shortly after )
O'Clock and sought him in his library. She found
mat he had been making out his usual monthly
checks in the transaction of business. and had
evidently broken off abruptly
She went through the house looking for him
and TO the bathroom, on the second floor She
tnere found him lying dead the floor. A bull
let from rifle had passed through his brain,
and death had been instantaneous. No one had
heard the shot
Some eighteen years ago. completing his
course at the Columbia Law School, Mr.. White
had severe attack of typhoid fever. from which
he never fully recovered Stomach and intestinal
troubles resulted. Later his nervous system
became weakened. and within a few years
neurasthenia developed.
About year ago he suffered a severe attack
Of the complaint During the recent hot spell
another attack of the disease on, leaving
him in a state of acute nervousness.
Coroner D. F. Mathews made examination
OF the body. and it was at frs, given out that
death due to cerebral hemorrhage.
The announcement of Mr. Whites death was
received with great sorrow in this city where
he occupied a prominent position in social
circles. cable dispatch announcing his death
was sent to Ambassador White at Berlin to-
,iyp+ he
have been made.
Frederick D. White the only son of Am
bassador White. He was born in Ann Arbor
Mich December II, 1859. He was educated
at Cornell University and also in the University
OF Berlin, Prussia. He studied in Columbia Law
School. NewYork. from 1882 TO 1884. In the
last named year he admitted to the bar at
Binghamton y. Y. and afterward practised his
profession in this city.
Much Of his time in later years devoted to
the management of property owned by himself
and his father.
In 1885 Mr.. White married Miss Anne Bruce,
daughter of General Dwight II. Bruce, the pres
ent postmaster of this city. Besides his WIFE he
is survived by one son. Andrew D. White ID.
Mr.. White one of the most highly edu-
Gated men in Syracuse. He was especially well
informed scientific and historical matters
During his early life he spent many years with
his father in Europe. He was a brilliant writer
and conversationalist. and gentleman in the
best of the word
Mr.. White had large property interests in
Syracuse, being interested with others of his
family in some of the largest real estate hold
ings here. including the White Memorial Build
ing the Empire House property and other large
blocks
Mr.. White had been about town during the
forenoon and appeared bright and hopeful, and
nothing was further from the minds of his
friends than that he should take his own life.
1t is thought that he did not preneditate
suicide, but that he acted a sudden impulse.
From the appearance of the body when found
In the bathroom II is supposed that he placed
the barrel of the rife in his mouth and dis
charged II with his foot AS soon as the body
was found DR.. II. c. Locke, the family physician,
was summoned, but could do nothing as death
must have been simultaneous with the shot.