The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-10-01
|. N. SELIGMAN
KILLED BY FALL
FROM A HORSE
Banker Is Found Uncon.
sciOus in Road at Irving
tOn-On-HudSOn.
HIS SKULL FRACTURED
Was Taking Early Morning
Ride-Death Followed
Operation.

Isaac Newton Seligman Of 36 West
Fifty-fourth street. member of the
banking nrm OF ]. & w. Seligman &
Co. and director in many other finan-
cial and industrial enterprises, died in
Mount Sinai Hospital yesterday after.
noon about 3 80 o'clock. His skull was
fractured when he was thrown from a
horse carly yesterday morning while
riding near Willow Brook. his summer
home at lrvinston on the Hudson. n. Y.
Mr.. Seligman returned to Irvlngton
riday night from his estate in the
Adirondack. where he had spent his
summer vacation. For many years it
had been his custom to take a horse
back ride each morning before break
fast, and yesterday he started as usual,
using . horse which had not been rid
den since the banker went to the noun
tains. Half an hour later a passerby
discovered MIR. Selisman's horse grazing
In front Of the lrvington Presbyterian
Church. with the banker lying uncon-
scious in the roadway. He Immediately
summoned DR.. Smith, an lrvington ply
sician who took Mr.. Seligman to Will
low Brook in an automobile. There a
preliminary examination showed that
Dr. Kaufman. New York specialist
DR.. Gerster and DR.. Edwin r. A. Selig-
man Of s24 West Eighty-sixth street,
Mr.. Seligman's brother, were hastily
summoned to lrvington.
The physicians reached Mr.. Selig
mans home about 10 o'clock, and after
brief consultation and examination de-
cided that a major operation offered the
only hope of saving the bankers life.
An automobile was prepared for the pa
tient. and the party started for New
York. but found 1t necessary to stop at
the Dobbs Ferry Hospital. where q
slight operation was performed to ia
ciltate Mr.. Seligmans breathing.
Operat ation at Hospital.
Noun, Sinai Hospital was reached
soon after I o'clock. and the operation
was performed at 1 80 by Or. Elsberg
. Of the hospital stan. assisted by Dr.
Bernard Sachs. Mr.. Seligman failed to
regain consciousness, however, and died
bout two hours after the operation.
Later his brother. DR.. Seligman. made
this statement about the bankers in
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"Examination showed that Mr.. Selig-
mans skull was crushed, tendons and
arteries dislocated. with profuse hem-
orrhs ses inside and blood clot on the
brain"
His only son. Joseph Selisman, who is
an aide-de-camp to the commanding Of
! fcer at Camp Wadsworth. Spartanburg,
$. c.. was notified by telegraph OF his
| fathers death, and a message was also
sent to Mr.. Seligmans brother George
W. Seligmsn. who is out Of the city. II
was announced by members OF the FAM
/ lily last night that tire funeral services
: will be private and that interment Will
/ be on Tuesday morning in Salem Fields
Cemetery. Cypress Hills.
Mr.. Seligman was porn on staten ISL
/ and on July 10. 1855. and was the son
OF Joseph and Babette Steinhardt Selig-
man. lie received his early education
/ In public and private schools, and was
graduated from Columbia University
with an A. Il. degree in 1876. While In
college he was a member Of the Column
bia crew that defeated Yale. Harvard
and other colleges on Saratoga Lake In
1874. In 1888 Mr.. Seligman married
Miss Greta Loeb. the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs Solomon Loeb. Two years
later he became member Of the bank
ing firm OF J. 4 W. Seligman. He was
widely known in financial circles.
Interested In Charities.
Mr.. Seligman was identified witt
many charities. among them the United
Hebrew Charities, Of which he was vice
president: ST. johns Guild, of which ht
was treasurer, and the National Child
Labor Committee, of which he was
chairman OF the finance committee. Ht
was also a member of the Mckinley
Memorial Association. the General Gran
Tomb Association, the Carl Schurz Me
mortal Committee, the Chamber of Com
merce the Legal Aid Society, the CIT,
Club the Citizens Union, the Hudson
Fulton Memorial Committee, the Civil,
Forum, and was treasurer or the An
drew II. Green Memorial Association
and a member of the committc OF Mint
for police investigation and OF the Amer
lean Academy Of Political and Socia
Science.
Besides his connection with the bank
| ing firm Mr.. Seligman was identife'
with many other business and f1nancia
interests, including the Audit Compan.
. Of New York City aud Suburban Home
Company. the Lincoln Trust Company
the Munich Reinsurance Company, tn
. ! New York Founda ton, the Rossia In
surance Company " Petrograd. tn
, United states Savings Bank of the Cit.
. OF New York. the Wawbeek Land Com
, pany and the Mount Morris Nationa
Bank.
In addition to two brothers. hi
widow, a son and a daughter, Mr.. Selig
man is survived by two sisters, Mrs
Jacob H. Schiff and Mrs. Paul NJ. War
? burg.
SON on Hts Way Home.
S,.prASRreo. 8. C.. Sent 30--Lieu