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 Suyd1m, the curb brol;er
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 gaze up hope
yesterday, and Suydams 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 to the custody OF the
Coroner.
Suydam's wife, who hurried from her
| home in Plainfeld. ". 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
| Lunlsden'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 Wal!
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 LumsGen
in the John street police station shortly
after he was arrested on Saturday. Il
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 1t 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, a sister of Reid Miller soloist in
the Brick Presbyterian Church, has a
magnificent voice and had gained much
renown through the South as 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
Planfeld, where he was a member OF
the Common Council, prominent church
worker and high in Masonic circles.
The massage machine dtd not pan out
as the inventor had anticipated. Late in
the summer the company was reorEan-
lied with a man named Jacobs a,
president. Lumsden did not think he
had been treated fairly. He held notes
ior money advanced amounting TO $500
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. suydan. however,
agreed to pay Tie notes a. soon as tae
state Of nls finances Warranted t.e Uu.-
lay.
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