The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-06-03
RUSH G. ESTEE
PERHAPS DROWNED
Son of Ex-Mayor and Mrs. ]. B. Estee of
Montpelier was Yachting on Lake
Superior When He Dis
appeared.

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Rush G. Estee, son Of Mr.. and Mrs
James B. Estee of State street. Mont
lpelier, and member OF the New Yorl
Stock Exchange, has been missing sine,
| Wednesday night and the police of Du
luth, Mimi, are searching the city anC
bay for the young man. Mr.. Estee has
been travelling with Kenneth Van Ripel
and party on pleasure yacht on the
Great Lakes, the boat docking Wednes
day evening in the Duluth harbor. He
was seen to leave the boat, presumably
to go ashore, by his friends and has
failed TO return or make known his
whereabouts since that time.
Mr.. Estee was born in Wisconsin and
as his parents came east about the time
he entered college he has not resided
in Montpelier for any definite period.
He was graduated from Columbia col
Ilege in 1908 and for three years has been
member of the Stock Exchange. He
| is 80 years old The dispatches telling
of the fears are as follows:
Duluth, Mimi, June 3.--.The waters of
Duluth harbor are being dragged for the
body of Rush G. Estee, member of the
New York Stock Exchange, missing for
two days from the yacht Rambler, on
which he had been the guest of Kenneth
b. Van Ripper of New York.
The belief that he was drowned is
based on the finding OF an empty canoe a
mile from the yacht. He had left the
yacht In this canoe Wednesday night,
and it was found at s o'clock Thursday
morning.
Mr.. Estee had been invited to join the
yachting party because his friends
thought that he needed vacation. Some
of them said that his Disappearance must
have been caused by an attack Of mental
aberratio due to overwork. He had not
rested from business in eight years.
The broker, who is 80 years old. went
out alone in the canoe In the afternoon.
He did not return and the party aboard
the Rambler had dinner without him, be-
leying that he would be found on some
other yacht near by. They were an
chored off the Duluth Yacht club. Later
in the evening when he did not return,
they visited the yachts in the harbor, but
no one had seen him. A search of the
bay all night revealed nothing One of
the searching parties came across the
empty canoe at o'clock in the morning. |
They Immediately notified the police.
New York, June 3.--lt was learned at |
he Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity house, |
I0s West 18th street, that Rush G. Estee |
vas member of the fraternity and made
his home at the chapter house there. He |
vas a bachelor. About 10 days ago he
vas at the house and spoke of taking a
,achting trip.
He was head Of the New York Stock
Exchange firm of r. G. Estee a Co. of SO
Broadway. He was gradsated from Co.
umbia several years ago, and admitted
o membership in the Stock Exchange in
9l3. For year he was board member
i the firm of Gilbert Elliott a Co. of 27
'ine street He was member Of Colum-
ia university and Greenwich Country
lubs.
Members of the board of governors of {
he Stock Exchange refused yesterday to
firm or deny or comment in any way '
pom the report that Estee had gotten 4
ITO difficulty on the exchange over al
'ged violations of the rules OF the insti-
ltion. The governors were asked wheth. I
or not hint had been given him to G
Ike an opportunity to sell his member a
nip. S
Kenneth B. Van Riper on whose yacht
stee was a guest, had invited him to
him on the first trial of the
sssel on the Great Lakes. The yacht,
hich is about $50 feet in length, was l
Gently purchased in New York waters
I'd sent West by way of the st. Law
nee river and the canals. According to 7
e missing mans friends, his difficulties !,
ith the Stock Exchange authorities af. !
cted him deeply. y