New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-22
W. Y. NISSAN FOUND DEAD
Vas a First Cousin Of ". K. Yam
derbilt-Heart Disease the Cause.
ADDICTED TO DRINK AND DRUGS

William Vanderbilt Kis9am a first cousin OF
William Nissan Vanderbilt, died suddenly WINE
sitting in a chair in the Planters Hotel a W
cent lodging house at Canal and Mulberry sts.'
Newark. early yesterday morning. The imne-
date cause Of death was heart disease. super
induced by the excessive use Of liquor ana drugs
The body was removed from the lodging mousse
to the MOrEue.
Nissan was thlrty-fve years old. his HOthei
lives in Jersey City. lie went TO Newark Iouf
years ago. He had no occupation and H'ea On
an income which he received monthly soon
after going to Newark ne met Dr. Paul D.
Thorne a young man. when an attendant II
the lodging house found Nissan dead In the
chair Thorne was asleep in bed a few feet away
He was taken by a policeman to the FiIst ire
cnct police station and questioned as 20 the
cause Of Kissam's death.
last April Nissan and Thorne had falling
out. and Nissan was possessed with the IDEA
that Thorne had done him an injury lie
searched for Thorne in the different haunts tNey
had been freouenting. and finally turned up in a
drug store at Mulberry and Market ST. "heIe
he fourished revolver and made threats 4
policeman was called in and arrested Nissan.
who was locked up for the night at the FIRST
Precinct poIfce station. In the morning Police
Justice Lambert fined him $40. and he promptly
maid over the money and walked out or the
courtroom Soon afterward the two men be-
came reconciIed. on Friday Nissan and Ihorne
started out for round Of the saloons. and
drank freely. Early in the evening they turned
up at the Planters Hotel much the worse Tor
liquor. Nissan said he did not want to go to
his boarding house. and he remained with
T'borne. who has been a regular ledger in the
place. The two men remained in the assembly
room and took a number os drinks. AT 0 o'clock
for Hn ut
them to Thorne's room. Kissam refused TO go to
bed saying ne would be more comfortable in a
chair. At 6:l5 a. m. yesterday one Of the men
employed to clean the rooms saw Kissam sitting
I'm an unnatural position, and tried TO AWAKEN
him. and, failing to DO reported to the CLERK
who. after looking at Nissan, called in police
man. County Physician Mckenzie was informed
and visited the lodging house to examine the
body He gave a permit for its removal TO the
morgue. Information was conveyed to Nissan 5
mother I'm Jersey City. and the body was held
awaiting her disposal
Kfssam's father was a broker in Wall Street.
Money was left the son by his aunt. Mrs Will
lam II. Vanderbilt, and he received the income
therefrom monthly and proceeded at once 10
dissipate it, DR.. ThOrne said at the police
station that he first met Nissan at a gold cure
establishments where Nissan had gone to be
cured of alcoholism and the morphine habit
Nissan went to board with Mr. and mrs
Frank Ref. of No. % WalnUt-st. Newark He
told about the drinking bout on Friday and how
Nissan had gone to sleep in a chair in his
room. Thorne said that when Kissam began
drinking heavily he would ask him, Thorne,
to accompany him to see that he was not robbed
Of his money and watch. and TO get MIN back
to his boarding house safely.
William Vanderbilt Nissan was the son %
Samuel H Nissan. His aunt. Ms William II.
Vanderbilt was the mother Of William Nissan
Vanderbilt. Ten ~ears ago he married Miss
Lila II. Brown. the daughter Of De Witt Gin
ton Brown They lived together only few
months before they separated, Nissan bringing
suit in the Supreme Court of Brooklyn for a
legal separatfO from his wife, on the grounds
Of abandonment Mrs. Nissan at the same time
sued for q divorce. also alleging abandonment.
The counter charges attracted much atten-
ton. Mrs. Kissam's case was conducted by her
father who declared that the couple had only
lived together three months. when Mrs. Nissan
had been forced TO leave her husband because
of his evil habits In the midst Of the case
Nissan disappeared, and was later found an in
mate of the Kelley Institute. at Wife Plains.
Later he went to the Inebriate Hone. at Fort
Hamilton. An attempt to reconcile Nissan and
his wife resulted in her agreeing TO return to
him If he kept sober for five months and divided
his income with her. He did neither. but was
finally ordered to pay his wife SO a week His
annual income was S24O0. it is said.
Louise Vanderbilt Nissan, his sister. married
in 1898 Louis Sayre Kerr the of Thomas
p. Kerr.