New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-05
F. ]. BlSCHOFF MISSING.
KEEPING OUT OF ASYLUM.
Wife Docs Not BelieUe HIM Insane
His Family Destitute

judged insane by a commission appointed Dy
Justice Warren w. Foster three weeks ago. and
| ordered committed to the State Hospital for
| the Insane at Matteawan, are greatly worried
| over his disappearance in New-York just after
the commitment was signed. They believe that
| he is In hiding in an effort to keep out Of the
asylum.
He is the son of the late Henry Bischoff. ST.,
who is best known to New-Yor1ers as the
founder of the Bischoff banking house in Broad
way at Park Place. His elder brother is Judge
! Henry Bischof, of the Supreme Court His wife
| and two daughters, Marie and Sadie, are living
| on the outskirts of Harrison, n. Y
| Mrs. BischOff said yesterday that her husband
| was last seen on September 19 at the office OF
! their lawyer, l. Newton Williams No. 81 Lib
| erty-st He was then trying to have the COM
mitment to the asylum set aside She received
| a letter from him last Friday 1t was mailed in
| New York, and told her not to worry. as he
| would keep out of the way until matters We're
| cleared up. She says he is not at St. Mark s
| Hospital. where he was i'll before the recent
! court proceedings
The Tribune last night called up the authori-
| ties of the Matteawan Hospital for the Insane,
| TO which Bischoff was committed, and asked II
I'VE have no record of any prisoner named
Franklin J. BisChoff at this asylum, and ne
! certainly has not been here
There is about to be a spirited legal contest
over the settlement of the late Henry Bischofs S
| estate which at the time of his death was sup
posed to be valued at a considerable amount.
Justice Henry BisChoff, the executor, nled MS
| first account with the Surrogate early in Au-
gust of this year, and before the end of that
| month several of the heirs, members OF the ram
lily of Franklin J. Bischoff, filed extended obJec-
| tions. demanding. among other things the pro-
: duction of the books of the estate, that they
! might have expert accountants examine them.
| Surrogate Thomas heard a motion MADE py
Justice Bischoffs attorney to strike out the OBJ
| jectons. He referred the case to ex-Juoge
Abraaant r. Lawrence. of No 1t3 Broadway
who win hear testimony in the case as referee
| The hearing has been set for october IA
| Henry Bischoff. sr whose estate thus comes
| into the courts died March I, 1882 He was
| born in Baden, Germany, in 1871! he came 10
I this country in 1S4I and started an importing
! h1Jsiness dealing in wines and fruits depart
| ment devoted to money changing and remittance
! grew to such proportions that he abandoned the
| :mnorting and devoted himself entirely to bank
! ing At the time of his death he was director
| of the Union Square Bank and a member OF the
| Liederkranz and other German societies
: He left long will. made in 1896 and offered
! for probate on March IA. 1902 The will was
! witnessed by such well known men as Hermann
! BoIte William J. Becker, H. Adolph Wmkopp
| and Touis b HasbrOuck, and there was no con-
| test Justice Henry BisChoff became the ex-
| ecutor
PROVISIONS OF THE WILL.
! The will made bequest of his interest IN the
| Rischoff banking house to his eldest son. the
| Dresent Justice The residue of the estate. both
zeal and nersonaI was to be converted into cash
| and divided into ten equal shares or Whlch
! Justice Bischoff was to receive two shares; Two
! daughters living in Germany two shares each
| q grandson in Germany one snare. ahother
! grandson Ernest Bischoff, of No. 093 west
| 11od-St share, two remaining ShareS 10 De
| placed in trust the income to paid to Franklin
! J. Bfschoff and his family for their support. the
! shares to be divided share and share alike He-
/ tween Mrs Bischoff and her two daughters on
! his death ,. ,., . ,,- =
! siderable practice, when he was charged with
| 9onyertinc certain funds intrusted to him as
| attorney to his use He was IN hlsnly
! nervous condition. and it was believed that his
| mind was unbalanced. He was sent TO Bloom
/ inqdale and remained there nearly year. when
| the authorities refused to hold him longer
Tho proceedings leading up 20 the recent com
,,t+tyoe,t of Franklin ]. Bischoff began Decem-
| her : 1903 when James J. Jenny, of no. 20
| West 37th-st seventy years of age, retired
! ,,arcbant. charged Bischoff with the larceny OF
! 60 600 The complaint declares that Jenny gave
! r2ischoff check for that amount on the
.-,,s+ordan, Bank to pay off mortgage, and
+to+ the money was diverted to Bischoffs own
,sa Rischoff pleaded not guilty, and, it ap-
! o~i,c that his sanity was questioned, JUS
! ttoa Warren X. Foster of the General Sessions.
| -, r,1v 26 1905 appointed a commission to
| ;porirc into his mental condition John Ordway'
Dr Allan McLane Hamilton and William J.
| carroll on September u the commission re-
! ported as follows:
/ THAT Franklin J. Bischoff. from his early
,.outb has exhibited symptoms OF an Imperfect
! mental organization giving rise to progressive
/ eorm of insanity known as paraholdai deiiletilld
/ rascox and whose uninterrupted advance mas
/ Leau aCcnmpanied by fXeu delusloIS OF personal
/ narsecution extending over d pefiHd OF many
/ Iraare That i'm consequence of TINS condltloh OF
! Ee,+o1 5aeaneracv his reasoning powers are so
ronfneed Al to be Incapable of distinguishing pc
! .-oor- rjqbt and wrong in estimating the true
| character and consequences OF MS action to"arc
/ others and that he is unable TO cphduct ms ue-
| go or instruct his counsel in preparing H.
II signing the commitment Judge Foster
wrote:
have carefully read the report of me com
1 -, and the evidence which II Is based
! !, s,lt5,,, he report, and. deeming the defend
a,,,e discharge dangerous to the publlc SAFETY, L
/ Ca,,,r,If hin, to the State Lunatc Asylum.
INTERVIEW WITH THE WIFE.
Tribune reporter Mrs Franklin J. Bis
| oboef Yesterday in hor home. in Park Road, Har-
! rison She said:
-rba,. can never make me believe that my nus,
/ hsnJ ;s insane though ] must say ne mas Heu
! trorbIos enough TO make him So For ten yediIo .
/ IL has been nothing but indictments anu ~ Ia
/ stous and commitments. Beiore ms lttiel 49,
we received an allowance OF NlVp q mon VIM
! ,aiIo1 ms IN live in some sort Of comfort.
Errer since his death we have peeil uyhhS 70
! - mo estate settled. and To hnd out What
! ,t is To he held in trust unt my husband
! H. I-Dti1 rbcu we should be pa+d the income
/ Aftnrr-.,rd II goes TO my daughters
/ =, ,,,,s t,., wears after Grdndfalnef btschou ;
! a.h M ne received anything irom the es-
! Continued ga fourth pnge.