New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-05-03
TOLD HOW TO FIND BODY.
GENT LETTER; THEN DIED.
Herman RothschiLd, MiIIiner, Sui-
eide Found by Brother in Woods.

After sending his brother letter telling him
,s-e TO find his body. Herman Rothschild. a
,el,rv r71sIIiner, living at No 800 West Eighty
...o,5st lay down in a clump Of woods OPP
.s,+a the New-Yorl Juvenile Asylum, at One
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Amster-
1--we. some time yesterday afternoon. and
.bo- himself twice through the head
rs,s brother Joseph J. Rothschild. secretary,
.-,esnrer and director OF the Majestic Hotel
co,neny. at No. West Seyenty-second-st-,
W. was the recipient Of the letter. Informed the
.I,.s and fastened 70 the spot where the
.-o.ner had said his body would be found. to
s.s that his brother had told the truth.
A. Rothschfd at his home. No. ISL Central
rerl- West. last night. said he knew Of no rea-
.or why his brother should have taken his life
&C he apparently had had troubles. either OF
, business or family nature Mr. Rothschld
-..-ad that his brother had been missing for
e,-e-al DAYS and that Friday he had re-
,e,,-e6 q letter from him in which his brother
,e5 stated that he was going 10 kill himself and
--a,,ls inform him later where TO find his body.
On the receipt Of the first letter, Mr. Roth
child said. he told the police. and had a general
alarm sent out for the missing man The letter
he received last night was sent by special de-
IT, NfT Rothschild was at dinner with his
emily when the letter carrier arrived at the
house Mr.. Rothschild suspected at once what
.be letter contained and he hurriedly opened it,
II read:
Dear Brother. When you receive this letter "a
III 70 dead You will find my BODY in the woods
'1rostte the Juvenile Asylum Goodov, al.
rzon;rr against hope that he might be in time
- prevent his brother from committing his
-asb act. Joseph Rothschild called cab and
s-o,,e Il top speed 10 the West Sixty eighth-st.
s,a+fo,. There he showed the sergeant the let
"a and Fatrolrnan John D. Douglas was sent
-5-b him TO the West e-hundred-and-hfty-
seco7d-st. station. Patrolman Louis Hilder-
stein was sent with them to the woods where
+be letter said the body would be found.
About forty feet from Amsterdam-ave., near
c,ne-hundred- nd-seventy-seventh-st. the body
~ Herman RothschiId, with the head propped up
against pile Of rocks, was found. In the left
hand was a revolver. and on The left side Of
the head were two bullet wounds. One of the
bullets had passed entirely through the head,
and had also gone through his right hand, which
the r1illiner had probably pressed to the side Of
his head while firing the shot.
An ambulance was called from the J. Hood
Wright Hospital but the surgeon said that Mr..
RothschiId had been dead for several hours No
money was found in the pockets. but gold
watch and chain were found in the waistcoat.
The body was taken TO the West One-hun-
acknowledgements station and the coroner
informed. Several papers which. il is believed,
NAV throw some light on the merchants motive
for committing suicide. were taken out Of the
pockets. sealed. and viii be opened by the
coroner.
Herman Rothschild vas forty-six years old
For several years he had been in the millinery
business at No. 10 West Thirtieth-st- He was
q widovver. and lived with his daughter and his
sister, who survive him.