Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-09-23 | Page 6 | Wealthy Business Man Attempts Suicide

WEALTHY BUSINESS MAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE buffalo N Y sept 23 reed north nip a wealthy st louis business man attempted to commit suicide yesterday by shooting the bullet however merely a superficial wound in the scalp worry over hia cifes health which presented his returning to st louis where ho had an important business engagement is attributed as the cause ot his act st louis sept 23 reed northrup reported attempt to commit s icide at buffalo was unsuccessful is a brother of who killed himself here last june in a lit of despondency as the result of eick ness the North rupa are cousins of the goulds northrup came to st loui several years ao aa the president of the american transit company he retained the position until laba spring when the company waa absorbed by the missuri pacific since then sir has not been identified exclusively any other business interests