New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-05
Nat W. Bishop
Ends Life With
Hunting Knife
Millionaire Son of Late
New Haven Il. Il. Head
Fights W IN Doctor
After Mortal Stabbin.
Victim of Melancholia
Weapon Plunged Into
Abdomen Few Seconds
After Leaving Physician
Srecinl Dispatch To Tie Tr,bun.

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Nathaniel Wheeler Bishop, millionaire
son of the late William d. Bishop. one
time president Of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad died at
the Bridgeport hospital early to-day
from wounds inflicted on himself with
a hunting knife while suffering from
melancholia. He died, despite heroic
efforts of surgeons at the Bridgeport
hospital, who operated on Mr.. Bishop
shortly after his arrival there.
Mr.. Bishop, who was q Yale gradu-
ate, law school of 1889, member of
the Bridgeport Board of Education. and
during the war lieutenant commander
in the navy, slashed himself in the
bathroom of his home Saturday after
noon. He suffered periods of mental
depression. bordering on melancholia,
FOR some time past.
Suffering from one such attack year
ago, he went South for his health, re-
turning from Florida about two
Place Saturday, saying to his wife:
I'm going out for a walk and am
going to call on the doctor while I'm
out"
Fought With Doctor
he went to the home Of Dr. Henry
Blodgett. q few doors from his own
home. DR.. Blodgett saw at once that
Mr.. Bishop was in a highly nervous
state. He accompanied Mr.. Bishop to
tie Bishop residence, and the two men
Vert up to the clubman's den. Mr..
Bishop excused himself for a moment
md entered the bathroom. Noting
leo $1,:v
hp's actions, the physician followed.
mr.. Bishop was lying on the floor
with blood streaming from g long
wound in the abdomen.
Although the wound was bad one,
Mr.. Bishop, who was of powerful. ath
letic build, had lost little strength by
the time the doctor discovered him. He
was fully conscious, and it was only
after a struggle that the physician,
with the help of others in the house.
succeeded in keeping Mr. Bishop quiet
until the ambulance arrived.
AS Mr.. Bishop, after inserting the
hunting knife at point under the
heart had drawn it downward, the left
lung and other organs were cut. and
great care had to be taken in convey
ing him to the hospital to prevent death
occurring Immediately.
Nathaniel Wheeler Bishop attended
the schools of this city and then pur-
sued an academic course at Yale. gradu-
ating from the law department with the
class of 1889. While at Yale he took
an active part in athletics. and after
graduating never lost his interest in
sport. Following graduation, he en-
tered upon his profession in associ-
alton with Charles Sherwood
Two years later he became a partner
in the law firm of hamberlain, Bishop
4 Hull, and later practiced with Judge
Stoddard, of New Haven. He finally
gave up the law profession to become
secretary and manager of the American
Ordnance Company, the concern which
Is at present known as the American
and British Manufacturing Company.
Spanish War Veteran
In 1893, following the outbreak of
the Spanish American War. he joined
the United States Navy, becoming a
lieutenant of the junior grade of the
Sd Division of the Naval Battalion OF
Bridgeport. Nathaniel W. Bishop Post,
SpanishAmerican War Veterans, was
named after him.
Following his return from service
he became secretary of the Bridgeport
Steamboat Company, Of which he re-
manned an officer until the company
sold out to the New York. New Haven
& Hartford Railroad, at which time he
became an active factor in the manage
ment and control of the B. D. Pierce
Jr. Company. contractors, later becom-
ing president and one Of the chief
stockholders in the Iron Ledge Quarry
Company, an auxiliary Of the other
corporation.
He also became fnanc ally interested
in several other business enterprises
He was a director of the Connection
National Bank. the Bridgeport Housing
Company and the Morris Plan Company
On October 81, 1889, Mr.. Bishop wa:
W WaTraed IN sns city 70 Mss n Alice n
Warner. Of the Warner Brothers Com
pany, corset manufacturers. Tire,
children were born-Warner, Alfred
and Nathaniel.
Mr.. Bishop was prominent in socia
and club circles and was past presi
dent of the Brooklawn Country Club
University Club and Contemporar
Club.