The sun., 1910-10-08
BROKER MALCOM DISAPPEARS
JI1iDF STORI nor CONFIRuED
~ HLLL STREEr.

Report mat MAn jumped ON crhaard
Sunda, Wight FIRM u NJ, Nncricd
rs.r, was cou>lisrib!c anxiety among
g., E-rhanEe members Yesterday oV"T
,-.-r-r hat George Malcolm. head AMI
t,ari member ~ the Stock ENchange
Nf--~ Malcolm a Coomhc AT IOO Broad
,,v r,i committed suicl ie Their anN-
,.,v vas said 90 he personal rather than
.t.s. al n Bernard Coomhe SIR Nal
r,~- partner, SaIi
4 st,. heard the rumor that Mr. Mai
q. r -. committed suicide hut have as
~ nrn unable TO confirm u Mr. Nal
com was az the once on Saturday for a
. - 'tme and We had lunch together.
n. lad hsrn visiting his friend DIR Doty
4, Quarantine for some time and went
d wn there saturday night sunday
p ~nrug Mr Malcom told DR.. puty that
/. was coming into the Ctty. but would
r.'lrn m the afternoon. lie has abSo-
lrely disappeared sinCc then. Nothing
sas been heard from him and no trace OF
him found,
Mr. Maloom had been IN a state OF
great nervous depression ever since the
Death Of his son william early IN June
This was followed by a nervous break.
down Of Mrs Malcom. who Was sent to a
- ni,arium Mr. Malcom had be-n ia
very depressed state ever since. So faT
a. his business affairs were concerned
there was no reason whatever why hs
should be worried. and his trouble came
solely from the unfortunate death of his
son 70 whom he was greatly devoted
later IN the day 7 Gortun Coombe. who
10 also a pa rtuer in the firm. said that all
efforts had fa,lsd to reveal any trace Of
Mr. Malcom's wh@rea abouts Both the
"a rtners and Office mana gers AZ loo Broad
~ay refused 20 reveal just what measures
are now being taken 70 trace Mr. Malcun
Thew are also reticent upon the theory Of
NJ Malcorn's suicide. saving that thsv
snow absolutely nothing about the ~.
rrrr~ or their origin 4 report that Mr.
Nllcom had lately written letters to
- ends in which he spuka - has detsrm
rsrron was NOT discussed
Friends of Mr. Malcom assert that the
-.u0- II pn>sIOle suicide has n" other
s.- - than an item IN Monday morning.
newspapers concerning a passenger who
urrad overheard from the Fall River
I'm. steamboat Priscilla while she was
or fer way to Boston frpn New York
After the death Of his twevs-vear-o odd ,
.or from SCARLET fever last June Mr. |
Hal~om spent some time AZ his country |
place A. Hyannlsport on Cape Cod To
zach n he often travelled on the Fall !
River Line
A. snon a. he returned n IN. city Mr. |
Ma com went Co spend few days with |
hs friend Or. Alvah II Doty Health |
O~csr ~ the Port. on Staten Island |
Gf,Ar Mr. Malcom left Dr Doty on Sundly v |
morning he had time to go aboard the |
Priscilla which left for Boston late sun
dav afternoon.
capt Henry o. Nickerson. acting |
general manager ~ the Fall River Line. |
-ald Yesterday that the company did not |
PIT much faith ia the suicide story ,
AboIt O'Clock on SUNDAY evening a
saiNr from one Of the battleships of the
A~e' who WAS a passenger on the Pris-
ella .-uprted that he had seen q man
Urry ny-r the rail An inventory 81 the
Passengers holding -tsteTOom tickets
sruved that there was no one missing
apt Nickerson aid that it was possible
mat 'n" man who Iump.-l overheard had
not I.-Cua-ad a staieroom ticket and
tra' oons..pu"ntly there could be no
rsoord Il hi- presence on the boat.
Another story Yesterday which -...m..d
g.. l.. 4.
coo. p.r-0nal friend 81 Mr. Malcom
>sI1 that Mr. Malcoms son died on one uf
'1' FaH River Lines boats while being
moved from New York To- the country
pace 90 HvdnnI-port
az \i"kerson insisted that he had
r. "r.ri + ih. death - the buy and
a ." dl uF remember any such oc-
rr'H". ID. fact that the child had
.rsr'-f fever w0ild keep him on the
-t"an tpa'. u Was said. AZ the offic-S
{ Malcolm \ COombe not hing definite
Fn..f p" inii A. 90 the place whep' the
~ 1l"1 lhs undsr-t AndInR ~ the man
'aa .'Fon was that he had died AZ the
'o1r'~v LAO" in Hyannisport.
Asmusrs Of the stock Exchange who
'Ava seen Nr Malcom const antly dur
rz'.s summer -ay thai he was obviously
-H''~.s from a nervous breakdown
'-vera. seeks ago, This was particularly
lo'Io-a'l" 'hey say when he was on the
7oor = ne exchange. where he was 50
,tHrv"is rat he co'ild transact business
'nIy a"T Erea, enort After the death
= b. srn Mrs MRlcom was removed
.. .srrtrpm and Mr. Malcom and
20 r.1"-' son. who - working in the
'AhS vent - live A. the house of some
W Va. CONS relatives
VI Ns'run was admitted 20 member
'air ra New York Stock Exchange
N N"p"uD"r : SOS The firm of Nal
.''0 1pmhe. which 10 composed ~
% -" 3 NaIrp-n. 7. Gorto Coombe.
, h"rnard nornbe. Alexander Carleton
~ Howard Mott. was admitted on
Hav g. isaa Iha firm has in addition
'. hank A. lno Broadway ten branch
~. .'- hre. local and seven scattered
? Rrrr' New England In IDOs Mr
Va ' va = nernber ~ the governing
'"' . m" STOCK Exchange :,
w.. r"r- - the ir'n Ssid yesterday
20 ~ NaicornS absence would have ,
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