Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-15
.CAAS. 7. BARNEY
KILLS HIMSELF
DEposED PRESIDENT or KSIck.
ERBoCKER TRUST COMPANY
COMMITS SUICIDE.

New York. Nov. ia..-char,.s
tracy Barney, the doposed presldcnt
OF tho knickerbockcr Trust COMMA
ny and until recently power In i.ho
financial world. shot and killed him.
ser today In his homo. His loans
with the bank. Il Is said. are amnlv
secured. anu when no was forcsi
from Its presidency he was 10 nil
intents and purposes. eliminated as a
factor In banking circles. WIN, ~
ehects his unexpected taking Oh
might have had on the financial sit
uation generally had long since been
discounted In distress OF mind OYER
the dissipation OF his private fortune
ana the loss OF his high STANDING
among business associates. intimate
acquaintance, and the hidden drift
that broke his health and reason.
and even much OF his personal
wealth might have been saved. Ar
tho time that Barney was dy,ns NJ
MS home ut East Thirty-eiahth
atrset and Park avenue. and sur.
seons probed for a bullet that. mis-.
directed by nerveless hand. had
uttered the body below the hear; n
handful OF frinds alta down town Of
ice were concluding an ARRANGEMENT
oy which the loose ends OF the banl-
ers many enterprises were TO be
gathered up and financed by stoch
company which. II not wholly sue.
cessiul. would nj least rescue from
me wreckage sufficient to insure the
promoters future financially. The
conference broke up at the an
nouncement that Mr.. Barney was
dead.
Mr.. Barney. who was In his 18th
year, shot himself early today. while
lione In his chamber at the rear OF
,ho second floor OF his home. The
bullet entered below the heart and
lodged under the left shout Ter blade.
lie died about gao O'clock this aft.
arnoon after suffering Intensely.
rhe death was reported to the core.
ner little past 3 o'clock.
From the confusing stories. duo
20 the excitement OF the hour a VIVA
determined that AIR. Barney DELHI
srately shot himself while alone, and
soon after rising. AS the bullet en-
cred HIS body he fell unconscious
ipon the bed. The report OF the
revolver startled the family. Mira
susan Abbott Meade, guest. was
he first to reach the chamber ana
'he summoned the physicians. Dr.
Dixon responded and also called two
)ther physician9. MIR. barney was
'evlyed and TO Or. Dixon, for twenty
'eaTs his family physician. said:
Doctor, this Is an accident"
In reporting this to the. coroner
Dr.. Dixon added. with this / coin
idc."
Ether wa administered and cf-
'orts were made to remove the bull
ct, but they were not successful.
During periods OF consciousness the
patient suffered much, but accord
Ing to those who were with him
made no statement other than thai
luote1 by DR. Dixon
A desk In the chamber was liter
ID with memorandums aud piled
high with papers, including letters
from bankers and other financial cor
respondents throughout the country.
But the coron was unable to nnd
my communication from Barney
hat indicated the purpose OF sclf-
destruction.
Sir Barney was born in Cleveland
o.. on January %. 1851. He vas
he son OF A. H. Barney, presiient
Of tie United States Express com
Dany. AiIcr graduating from VIII
Hams COLLEGE in 1870. he morrieI
Miss LILY whitney. sitter of VIII
lam g. whitney.