Show THE S THICKEN HOUSE pathetic Inci incident denti of or cyrus fields creat misfortune WIFE DEAD imie MINE start of the sires foma noble lire life and atia sons terrible shame A 1 sad wedding anniversary NEW YORK dec doe faller cyrus cyru a W fields attending physician I 1 leaned ad a bulletin this morning saying that bis his patients condition was somewhat better than it was yeat yesterday erdis borni morning 0 T the he condition of airs mrs lia lindley fields daug daughter liter remains about the name same after having tried to co commit in suicide edward AL field has been declared insane and was yesterday placed in a private asylum near mt alt vernon it is now known that edward M field not only robbed and deceived bis his partners but stole every cent bis his trotting trusting father bad had fie field evers realizes be the fact that he is penniless in his old age for aa as be lay on his deathbed yesterday he said to an old friend 1 I am as poor as the day I 1 came into the world 11 at noon dr fuller faller said there was a favorable outlook for field living a considerable time with even a slight hope ot of hia his ultimate recovery field the doctor said Is in no immediate danger of death A friend of the field family this afternoon said the rho family fa ily has decided to take edward M fields case before a judge and jury at once they want to have fields sanity passed on publicly so that it cannot be said that bis his insanity Is being used as a pretence predence pre tence tor for saving him from the ro results of bis his financial wrong domes 11 NEW YORK dec 2 the losa loss of the union pacific by the hypothecation of its securities by field lindley co is eakim estimated a is d this morning morning to be ol 01 which it la is said tho the road has his recovered the greater part NEW YORK doc dec 2 fifty one years 8 ago go today to day a new england youth known aa as cyrus cyras west field stood at the marriage altar full of vigor hope and sturdy ambition his ills strength made its impression upon the century bis his hope bore him up in bis his work and bis his ambition has been rew rewarded ardea with medals with knighthood and with the thanks of the united states congress hand in hand the new england youth and his helpful wife came honorably down through half a century of time almost to the present oay day A little more than a week ago however the woman he wedded on day of bis his majority died tonight to night bereft of life and wrecked in fortune 01 tune and penniless by the band hand of an ingrato ingrate and disgraced son cyrus field lies dying at 72 years of age in a the handsome house that no longer shall be bis his edward 31 field the son who wrecked the firm of field lindley Wel chers fe co is an inmate of vernon bouse house a private private insane asylum nea rothe village of mt vernon mrs edward al field lies dangerously ill at the home of oi her brother dr lindley mrs D A lindley daughter daugh tar of cyrus W field is believed to be on her death bed this expresses esea in ina a few words the pitiful I 1 condition on of a family which a low ow weeks ago was envied for its wealth happiness and social eminence and uie the tact fact that today to day is the fifty fiat first anniversary of cyrus W fields fie marriage adds ad a new bad sad need deft to the story of the th day d A member of the family too 1 aki came from the bedside be belde of cyrus field and said he ile is completely broken broke a in health and spirit bereft of his wife and his fortune 1 and crushed crashed by the fact that bis his f favorite son has financially ruined the family and made a mental wreck of hi himself in belf the u unfortunate fortunate U old man fee feels 1 that death would be a welcome solace to him he feels that his name has been tarnished notwithstanding anding the fact that be has sacrificed his all to keep bis his son from bankruptcy dr I 1 fuller faller the family physician said I 1 chemay ue may linger for several days and he may die in a few hours G i edward field appealed to his life father recently for assistance to prevent the failure of the firm all bis his resources having been used up his ills father consented to a assist slot him and aud authorized him to take certain securities fro from m bis his strongbox strong box tor for the purpose th the e eon son however took every negotiable security there was in the box but even that did not prevent the firms downfall it is beloved believed that all that remained of mr fields once great fortune before thia this fresh rouble trouble did not exceeded 1 ind and of that not a dollar is lefi left flow how much edward succeeded in retting from his father ia is not known but it 1 la said aid to have been the balance was believed to have been in unencumbered real estate of wh ch big his bonee house which be he sold this w wd w k formed a part tast cyrus IV field is now penniless recalls the fact that he was suppose posed to have been a special partner in tho firm of field lindley co for until march let it last on oa that date the firm was reorganized distal then the senior field is sup supposed posea t to have withdrawn this atia it is now believed that the it if it existed at all in that way was never withdrawn but was lost and that its loss brought about the reorganization and introduction of new mom members bers and that edward 31 fields speculative course continued with t the he result that the money ot of all the par partners was lost as an well as tho the half a million belonging to bis his father the statement ament frequently made by the assignee that the two partners lindley I 1 le and Wel chers were innocent of all all knowledge of the firms condition and that it bad been going on until the failure ia Is laughed at by bankers and brokers the remark made by assignee gould has be been en the subject of much comment today to day mr gould said it seems to me ina the greater part of 01 the money lost by the operations of E M 31 I 1 field bold was lost right here by partners in the firm still gould could not begin to g give I 1 ve a any ny estimate of the ass assets eta and liabilities of the defunct firm to show the difficulties be he labored under he said suppose barties parties should come here and pay largo arge sums of money to one of the partners and suppose this money was paid right out again by that partner to 0 her parties then these iran transactions a act 1 on am might light not appear on the books now I 1 have a suspicion that thia this very thing has taken place lace Edward dM Tl field after the alleged ro attempt upon hia his life has been removed to 0 a private I 1 insane n sane asylum at mount vernon by 0 order of judge mcadam in ili their air aari affidavits davits the physicians declare edward 31 field ia is a lunatic dangerous danee to 0 himself gelfand and to others members of the family deny that he attempted suicide new york dec dee 2 in crossing a switch at one hundred and forty I 1 ninth street this evening the rear rea r car of a train antho on the harlem railway wag was thrown from the track on its aide side an unknown mano man two car cleaners and another employee of the company were killed two others were In injured jared |