The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-15
c, 7. BARNEY DIES
FROM PISTOL SHOT
in Moment Of Consciousness He
Assures Physician 1t Was
Accidental.
HIS FORTUNE is INVOLVED
At Moment OF Death Friends
Were Endeavoring to Re
adjust Affairs.

NEW YORK, November 1i.-Charles
OF the Knickerbocker Trust Company,
and until recently n power in the f.
nnncial world shot and killed himself
to-day in his home. His loans with
the bank, II is said are amply secured,
and when he was forced from its presi-
dcncy ne was. to all intents and pur-
poses. eliminated as factor in bank
ing circles. What i'll effects his unex-
pected taking off might have had on
the financial situation generally had
long since been discounted. In distress
OF mind over the dissipation of his
private fortune and the loss of his
high standing among business asso-
ciates.. intimate acquaintances find the
hidden drift that broke his health and
reason.
Friend. Came to His AID.
And even much of his personal
wealth might have been saved. At the
time that Barney was dying at his
home at East Thirty-eighth Street and
Park Avenue. and surgeons were prob
! ing for bullet that, misdirected by
a nervous hand, had entered the body
below the heart, handful of friends
at a downtown office were concluding
an arrangement by which the loose
ends OF the bankers many enterprises
were to be gathered up and financed by
a stock company, which, If not wholly
successful. would at least rescue from
1.-THE wreckage sufficient to insure the
promoters future financially. The con-
ference Broke UP at the announcement
| that Mr.. Barney was dead.
Mr.. Barney. who was In his fifty-sev.
en,h year. shot himself early to-day
while alone in his chamber at the rear
OF the second floor of his home.
/, Tire bullet entered below the heart
/ and lodged under the left shoulder
1 blade. He died about 2:30 o'clock this
afternoon, after suffering intensely
/ The death was reported to the coroner
a little past o'clock From the con.
fusing stories due to the excitement
1 of the hour. 1t was determined that
4 Mr.. Barney deliberately shot himself
! while alone and soon afters>rising.
AS the bullet entered his body lie
fell unconscious upon the bed. The
report of the revolver startled the
family. Mrs. Susan Abbott Meade. who
4 was a guest at the home. was the first
to reach the chamber and she sum-
moned the physicians.
said II Was Accident.
Dr. Dixon responded and also called
two other physicians. Mr.. Barney
was revived, and to DR.. Dixon, foi
\ twenty years his family physician
said: Doctor, this is an accident"
/ In reporting this to the coroner. DR.
Y Dixon added. with this l coincide"
Ether was administered. and effort
We're made to remove the bullet. bu
they were not successful. During
periods of consciousness the patien
suffered much. but, according to thos
who We're with him, made no statemen
other than that quoted by DR.. Dixon
A desk in the chamber was littere
with memoranda and piled high Will
papers. including letters from bank
ers and other financial correspondent
throughout the country. But the cor
oner was unable to find any com
, municatio from Mr.. Barney that sug
. gested purpose of self-destructiol
. Mr.. Barney was born in CLEVELAND
Ohio, on JANUARY %. 1851. He was tn
!, son of A. II. Barney. president of tn
/, United States Express Company. AZ
:. ter being graduated from Willitm
I College in 1870, he married Miss Lii
!, whitney. sister of William c. Whit
: ney.
|, Books In Good Order.
s The receivers for the knickerbocke
l Trust Company-Ernst Thalmann Ge'
Statement Tonight. in which they sal
!. that they had nearly finished takinn
, over from the banking department.. tn
! securities and investments OF the con
pany. The comparison with the BOOK
q had not been completed. but the book
8 appeared to be in good order, and theer
was no evidences as yet discovered II
dlcating that any fraud or embez2!e
ment had occurred.
/ / ENEMIES MEET