The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-21
ZIMMERMAN DIES
 AT CLUB SuDD Y
 IN FRlEDS ARMS
.Unloaded sl2. 900 900 Loss on Morgan Daugfter Married
 Duke.of Manchester

cincfnnati. Dec 2l-Eugene zi1nmer- man, rriiliohaire railroad man and h-s ;nancier. and father of the Duchess of fManchester, died suddenly in his club Shere yesterday. a
 His health had been poor for several weeks but it was not believed he was. d- daugersof dea4h.s At the time of the kfats1 attack he was studying the rec lords Of the Cincinnati. Hamilton 6 DavHon Railroad, from which came lnost of his fortune. and the sale or EsxIlfcI1 is now under investigation by zti1e Irzbers4ate Commerce Commission Mn W hlugFtDn-
 AFr Zimmerman was sixty nine years SoEd. a veteran of the Civil War, a thfr- Ay-second degree Mason and a men- Aaer. of the Loyal Legion
 He had planned a trip to New York 40 axteard to important business ton1or- hfCyv s1,a1t was finally prevailed upon Ev Dr. A-sB. Thrasher, his physician, hot to make. the trip as it might cost Nlinn his life. Disregardfng the advice tof his physician, MT. Zimmerman ven7s SS4ured to the club forsa "chat with the iDoys
 He was prince of good fellows, to Iause the expression of his associates. land was always in jolly mood It1s not known what was the urgent husinAess he wanted to attend to in HJew York His business associates ksax they know Of nothing that de-
  MT. Zimmerman has been before < tthe public. eye in recent years chiefly Eby reason of his daughter Helena s E1r1arxiage to the Duke of Manchester land his difficulties with that young knob1enn1an. Only a. few weeks ago he kfold Manchester: "Go to war. Get to 1.-the front and get away out in front. kYOu' re a failure as a, dnancier; may be yor'n do better as a fighter
 The hnancier got more undesired a-fE T<--- T- FFvEareaaaln, 9 breeder of fancy dogs l]vho lives in EITnhurst, L. l. brought ksuit again him for s1o0. .0o0, charging fbreach of promise to marry. It never kcaxne to trial.
 But he had an Interesting and hon. Eora.ble career, and won his way to br1ches and prominence through his Hown efforts.
 Mr Zimmerman was born in De- scember, 1845s in Vicksburg, Miss. His tfahher was a. man of good circum- stances, who died in 1857, leaving a widow and two children. When the Civil War began, the Zimm er1nan tpropeIt was destroyed and the fam lilly had little to look forward to. tEugene, a student at Gambler Col l1ege in Ohio, walked to Cincinnati, Iznore than 100 miles, and Joined the Federal navy.
 He got into action quickly. While dis1odging mines, small boat in fWn1cn ne was rowing SLfQcK one ana Twas demolished Several were killed z lbIIt the young recruit escaped, though he nearly drowned. This was in the EYazoo> River.
 Tn the next ngagement-wflen Ar Kansas Post was captured-he was promoted to be an Ensign He com nanded a mortar vessel at the siege of Vicksburg and again was pro- noted, this time to be Acting Master of the steamer Ouchita- He became q Lieutenant. a Lieutenant Com nander and finally Commander be- fore the end of the war. And at that time he was scarcely twenty years old.
 With his navy pay in his pocket he had a chance after hostfIities, to buy "a partnership in a blaming mill in Cin- kcfnnati. He WAS quick to take ai- vantage Of the boom of the oil fields 1n.187o and amassed considerable hold ings. which he sold out at great profit later to the Standard Company
 Mr. zimmernan next took up rai1-