The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-11
BANKER UNDER KNIFE
NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE UNDER
WENT SUCCESSFUL OPERATION.
EMINENT NORTHERN SURGEON
MADE QUICK TRIP To SAVANNAH
FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Edward b. sheldon, the Delhi Capt.
taIist Who Was Brought from
JekyI Island on GouId's Car. Was
on the Operating Table for an
Hour and a Half-oPeratiOn Was
Success. but the Patients Con-
dition Is Dangerous-PrOmin mt
Capitalist Himself. He l. Con-
nected with some of the Wealth.
lest Men in the Country.
An operation. or more strictly speak
ing. two operations were performed at
ST. JosAph's Hospital yesterday morn
ing on Edward B. Sheldon Of Delhi, y.
Y. millionaire banker with Offices II
Chicago and New York. and relative
Of the Arnours. Ogdens. sohwabs and
other capitalists.
The patient. who was brought from
Jekyl Island OF Edwin Gould's private
car Dixie, exclusive mention OF which
has been made IT The Morning News.
was kept under the influence OF chloro-
form during The operation.
The operation was performed by D..
William T Bun OF New York. who a.
rived during the morning, and who re-
turned North Immediately after the oP-
GRAFTON. Dr.. ". G. Stanton OF Newport,
r l.. travelling with the Sheldon party
as friend and guest. and Dr. William
3 Crawford Of this city.
The Delhi millionaire, who was strick-
CT rather suddenly while on q pleasure
trip 10 Jekyl was On the opera ting Ia
bic for an hour. and a half. He stood
= -rs- r. r--H s-.v nT *
ana his condition al an early hour this
morning was as good as could be ex-
pected- The result Of the operation.
however. cannot BE- told for week OF
ten days. The patient IS being given
every attention. and Is now in the care
OF Dr. Crawford and Dr.. Stanton.
Dr. Bull was well pleased with the
condition Of AIr. Sheldon. He agreed
70 return 10 Savannah Immediately il
there Is a change for the worse IN the
mans condition. Upon his recovery
from the operation Nr. Sheldon win be
taken al once 10 Dr.. Bulls hospital IN
New York. where he viii Be treated for
bladder trouble
Mrs. Gustav Schwab, a cousin Of the
sick man. and wife Of a cousin Of
Charles Schwsb, the steel king. is with
the party. She is stopping al the De
Soto. along with Mrs. Sheldon and DR.. /
Stanton There are two maids and
valet in the party. II was Mrs
Schwab who arranged fo- the trip
from Jekyl Island, and who secured
Gould's private car Dixie. Mrs. !
Schwsb and NJ. Gould are close
friends and when her cousin was
stricken. and il was found that it
would be necessary to bring him 10
Savannah she did net hesitate 10 ask
the loan Of The Gould car.
Mrs Schwab herself made all ar
rangements and superintended the !
moving Of her cousin 70 the car. II
was feared al that tin-e that II might
Be necss sary 10 perform the opera ton
on the car and Dr.. Stanton was &C
companied By DR.. Merrill. the club
physician AZ JekzyL Later Mrs
Schwsb arranged for the transferring
OF the patient al night from the Sa-
Taunah Hospital 70 ST Joseph's.
1r. Sheldon. who is necessarily in
a dangerous condition. is well known
IN the East and West. and the firm
that sun bears his fathers name is one
that Is prominent in Wall street He
is Of 2 retiring disposition ard is very
1o1a OF travelling He has made TWO
trips around the world and spends
great deal Of his time in Europe.
Every winter he comes South, Wis
ittng Jskyi. Tampa and Nassau. II
was his intention. before he was strick-
en-. 10 have visited Tampa and then
10 have gone 10 California. II has been
his custom TO go TO his Delhi home
IN June each year. His summer resi-
dence IS one of the handsomest in that
section Of New York and is said to
have originally cost Mr.. Sheldon in the
neigh borhood Of s65, 900. 1t is known
as chaffee Lodge, is built of marble
and is being continually added to. Mr..
Sheldon's hobby is the growing Of trees,
and there are several thousand acres
of wooded land around his place. He
has an aversion TO entertaining and
mis- one pleasure in life is TO travel.
Mr.. Sheldon's grandfather was Craw-
ford B. Sheldon. for eighteen years
county clerk of Delaware county, New
York His father was Edwin R., and
with a brother, William B.. is said to
have made the Sheldon fortune with