The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-11-21

New York, Nov. 15.--Charles Tracy
Barney, the deposed president Of the
Knickerbocker Trust company, and
until recently a power in the financial
world, shot and killed himself Thurs
day In his home. His loans with the
bank, It is said. are amply secured.
and when he was forced from its pres
idency he was, to all iutsnts and pur-
poses, eliminated as q factor In bank
ing circles.
What 81 effects his unexpected TAX
ing of might have had ON the finan-
cial situation generally had long since
been discounted. In distress Of mind
over the dissipation Of his private for
tune and the loss Of high standing
among business associates, intimate
acQuaintances find the hidden drift
that broke his health and reason
Friends to Rsscus Too Late.
Much OF his personal wealth might
have been saved At the time that
Barney was dying At his fions at
Esst irty-eigfish street and Park
avenue, and surgeons probed for .
bullet that, misaIrected by o nerve
Isss hand. had entsred the body below
the heart, q handSuS Of friends at .
downtown ONCE wore concluding an
arrangement by wkteh the loose ends
of the bankers many enteupvfses,
we're To hs gathered ny and financed
by y ssoek cpmpany which. ~ not.
u.x~,v,- .,.~<~~.S..l v,r~y4 ~ lontxf4 v,&
,as from the wrsckage sufficient to- In
sure the promoters future nnancisfIy..
The. ecufSreuce broke up at the an,
nouncemsut that Mr.. Barney was
dead.
Mr.: Bsrney. who w2S I'm HIS fifty
seventh Yoar, shot fiifrseIf early iu
v1s day, while alone In IFS chamber
Vt the rear of the second floor OF HIS
some The bullet entered below the
Heart and lodged under the left shoulI.
Ger blade. He died about ESQ o'clock
Ifter suffering Intensely
Said Il Was an Aoaitsnt.
From the confusing stories told the
coroner IL was determined that Mr..
Barney deliberately shot himself while
alone, and soon after rising. As the
bullet entered his body he fell un.
conscious upon the bed. The report
of the revolver startled the family.
Dr George A. Dixon was summoned
ind he called two other physicians.
'ir. Barney was revived and to DR..
Dixon, for 20 years his family physi'
alan. said:'
Doctor; this is an accident"
In reporting this to the coroner DR..
Dixon added: with this coincide"
Mr.. sarney's Career.
Mr.. Barney was born in Cleveland,
o., In 1851. He was the son of A.
n. Barney. president Of the United
States Express company. After grad
uating from Williams college In 1870
he married Miss Lilly Whitney, sister
Of William c.. Whitney. and settled
down to- an active career In the bank
Ing business Of New York city.
As HIS success IN banking became
pronounced no determined to increase
the scope Of his interests and became
connected with the stock exchange
firm Of Rogers & Gould as a special
partner At the same time he began
to make personal Investments In New
York city property. and his keen In
sight, coupled with general upward
trend of the market, made him very
suceessfui for many years. As an
officer or director he was connected
with 81 concerns, largely financial In
stitutions- From some Of these he
was forced to retire when IL appeared
that some of his business ventures
we're going against him.