The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-05
 CAUSES BISHOP
 TO END LIFE
eo1ashes Abdomen-Opera. tion Could Not Save
 Him.

Seized with a rather sudden attack of melanchoIia after a seeming re- covery after a trip to Florida, few months ago, Nathaniel w, Bishop, son of the late William D. Bishop, one-time president of the New Ha- ven road, entered the bathroom of his home Saturday and there stabbed himself seriously that his death followed early Sunday morning.
 MT. Bishop, who had been appar- ently in better health lately than fol some time past, eviently suffered a relapse Saturday and told his wife he was going for a walk and would stop at the doctors while out. He went to the home of pr. Henry Blodgett, 379 Park avenue, q few doors from his own home and so inn pressed was the doctor with his call CTS nervous state that he accompa- nied him to his home.
 Arriving at the Bishop home, 301 Park avenue, the two men went to MT. Bishops den and after a few minutes Mr. Bishop excused himself and left the room Dr. Blodgett sus- picious, followed MT. Bishop in a minute or two and found him lying in a pool of blood on the bath room floor, blood gushing from a long wound in the abdomen
 Mr. Bishop was immediately taken to the Bridgeport hospital where Dr.. Philip w Bill and Dr. H. Bertram Lambert as well as others were call ed into consultation and it was de- cided to operate immediately al though even this decision HNs re- garded as almost hopeless. Medical skill proved unavailing and the end came early yesterday morning
 Medical Examiner Garlick stated after his investigation that the knife had entered beneath the heart and then been drawn downward slassling g the abdomen, puncturing the lung and cutting other organs
 MT. Bishop was born in Bridgeport July 1S, 1865, and attended schools in the city, later pursuing an academic course in Yale and graduating from the law department in 1S89- While at Yale he was prominent in athletics and has never entirely lost his inter est in sports of all kinds.
 Following his graduation he became associated with Charles Sherwood in practice and two years later entered the firm of Chamberlain, Bishop and EIull as partner He later praetcen with Judge Stoddard of New Haven and finally gave up law to become secretary and manager of the Amer ican Ordnance company, the concern now known as the American and Brit ish Manufacturing company
 Following the outbreak of the Span fsh-Ameriran war he joined the navy in 1888, becoming a lieutenant, junior grade, in the Third division of the Naval Battalion of Bridgeport The Nathaniel w Bishop post, Spanish American War Veterans, was named after him
 Following the war he became sec- retary of the Bridgeport Steamboat company until the line sold out to the active in managemc mt and control of the B D. Pierce, .Ir. company He was also financially interested in the Iron Ledge Quarry company, and other bg1s- ness enterprises and was a director in the Connecticut National bank, Bridgeport Housing company, and the Morris plan company
 The deceased was married Oct 31, 1889. to laiss Alice L. WaTner- NIT Bishop was IroIninent in social and club circles ard was a member of the BroOziawn, Country. and University cEGTbs- DTIIfes the past WET he served as hea1ten4nt-comnande in the navy.
 He is survived by his wife and three sons, WaTnez- Alfred, and Nathaniel, a brother iherEy A Bishop, and a sister in Boston Funeral services will be tomorrow afternoon frcnl the late home, service to be conducted bg Rev. Alexander Alison, Jr-, of the lirst Presbyterian church, assisted by Rsev William Horace, Day. Of the United church Burial will be in the NIouIkadn Grove cemetery