Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-11-15
CAUSED BY FINANCIAL Ll'AsTER
Was CONSCIOUS When the Physician
Arrived, and He Told tho ooctor
That the Shooting wao Accidental
At Time of Hin Death Friends Nero
Trying to Make His Financial Flu.
turc Secure.
turc Secure



NEW YORK, Nov. li.-Charles
Tracy Harvey. the deposed president
OF tho Knickerbocker Trust Company.
and until recently power In the H.
nancial world, shot and killed HIM
self today In his home. His loans
with the bank IL 10 said are amply
secured and when he was forced from
itB presidency, he was 10 all lntents
aud purposes, eliminated as factor
in banking c!rclca. What III effects
his unexpected taking off might have
had on the financial situation general.
~ had long since been discounted. In
distrcsa OF mind over the dissipation
of his private fortune and the loss of
his high standing among buslnesa az.
soclates and intimate acqunintances
Is found the hidden drift that broke
hle health and rensop.
And even much cr his personai
wealth might have been saved. At
the time that Barney was dying at,
his home Mt East Thl-ty.eighlh atrect
and Park avenue and surgeons prob
ed for u bullet that. misdirocted by
nervclcss hand, had entered the t.ody
below the heart n handful Of friends
at Il downtown office were concluding
an arrangement by which tho loose
ends OF the bsrknr'. many ente pr'ses
were 10 be gathered up and financed
by q stock company which. if not
wholly BuccesGfui. would at least res
cue from the wrecknge sufficient to
insure tho promoters future fnanci.
nllv. The conference broke lin at tho
announcement that Mr.. Hasney was
dead.
Mr.. Barney. who was IN his 57th
year shot himself early today while
alone In his chamber at tho rea- OF
the second floor of hts home, Tho
bullet entered below tho heart and
lodged undc- the left shoulder blade
He died about $40 O'clock this after.
noon after suffering Intensely
Believed to be Suicide.
The death was reported to the cor.
oner little past three o'clock. From
the confusing stories due 10 the excite
ment of the hour II was determined
that mir. Barney deliberately shot
himself while alone and soon aftor
rising. AS the bullet entered hia t,,dy
he fell Unconscious upon tho bed. The
report OF the revolver startled the
family. Mrs. Susan Abbot Meade.
who was guest 1.-THE home, was the
FIRST to reach the chambe. and she
summoned the physicians.
Or. Dixon responded and also called
two other physicians Mr.. Barney
was revived and TO Dr. Dixon, for
twenty years HIS family physician.
said: Doctor. this is an accident"
In reporting this to the coroner Or.
Dixon added: with this I coincide.v
Ether was administered and Efforts
We're made to remove the bullet. but
thew were not successful. During
periods of consciousness the natient
suffered much. but according to thnse
who we-o with him. made no state
ment other than that quoted by DR.
, Dixon.
desk in the chamber was Uttered
with memorandUms and piled high
WIN papers. including letters from.
bankers and other financial cores.
nondents Throughout tho count-v..
hut the coroner was unable to find
any communication from Barney that
suggested purpose of self destruc.
ton.
Mr.. Barney was l7orn In Cleveland
Chic. on January 81. 1851. lie was
the son OF a. H. Barney. president
OF the United states Exp ess Com
pany. Afte- graduating from Williams
college in 1870. he married Miss Lilly
Whitney, sister of William G. Whit
ney.