The evening world., 1908-12-21
Inventor, Who Shot Finqncier
in Broad Street Office, Is
Charged With Murder.
INSANITY is CLAIMED:
Relatives of Slayer Declare He
Was Crazed by Losses
Through Fraud,

Harry b. Suydam, the curb broker
who was shot in his Office at No. 80
Broad street by John c. Lumsden on
Saturday morning, died shortly after
O'Clock this morning in Hudson Street
Hospital. Tho surgeons gave up hope
yesterday. and Suydam's vitality alone
kept him alive during the last twelve
hours.
Lumsden. who was held without bail
IN Centre Street Court yesterday by
Magistrate Finn to await the result of
! Suydam's injuries. was rearraigned to-
day. charged with homicide. He was
then committed 10 the custody of the
Coroner.
Suydam's wife. who hurried from her
home in Planfield. y. j., when she was
notified of the shooting, was at his bed
side when he died. In fact, she had not
left the hospital from the moment of
her arrival. She Is an invalid, and the
suspense and shock have had an alarm
Ing effect upon her health.
Two Bullets Caused Death.
The two bullets that caused the death
| of Suydam were Of IS calibre. One en-
tered his left breast below the heart,
passing entirely through the body. The
other passed through the right lung and
, lodged in the back.
COnsidera BILE matter of public interest
/ regarding Wall street methods OF fin
ancinG companies will be brought out on
| Lumsden's trial. lie has influential rel
atives in the South. and there will be no
lack of funds for his defense
His people declare that he was driven
insane by Suydam and others in Wall
street, who defrauded him out of an in
vention. Lumsden has the emotional
temperament of an inventor. they say.
Some inventors. after they are
robbed, commit suicide" said LunlsGen
in the John street police station shortly
after he was arrested on Saturday. II
am not that kind"
Lumsden's invention was an electric
vibrating massage machine. He per-
fected 1t in Birmingham, Ala. where he
was the manager of theatre. and came
to New York TO launch II on the market.
He and all his friends believed lie had a
bonanza.
Wanted to Put Wife In Opera.
His wife,, Caroline Miller. Of Charles
ton. sister of Reid Miller, solost in
the Brick Presbyterian Church. has a
magnificent voice and had gained much
renown through the South as a concert
singer. II was her ambition TO appear
in opera. and Lumsden, when he brought
her and his invention 10 New York,
firmly believed that his financial re-
turns would enable her TO crafty tina;
ambition.
He met Suydam, one of the best
known and most popular OF the curb OPP
/ orators, last April, Under Suydam's
guidance a company was formed TO ex-
plot the massage machine. Lumsden
was elected president He put most of
his money in the concern. Suydam sold
considerable stock among his friends in
Planteld. where he was a member o.
the Common Council Il prominent cAurch
worker and high in Masonic circles.
The massage machine d'd not pan out
as the inventor had anticipated. Late I'm
the summer the company WAS rcoIEan-
lied. with a man named Jacobs a,
president. Lumsden did not think ne
had been treated fairly. lie held notes
for money advanced amounting TO 5000
and demanded payment.
Claimed He Was Defrauded.
Jacobs and Suydam claimed that the
money had been expended in forward
ing the interests of the company, but
Lumsden declared they had diverted 1t
10 their own uses. Suydaln, however,
agreed to pay tne notes a. soon 49, tie
state Of ME finances Warranted &c ou.-
lay.
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robbed by WAL street gaarpcrs.