Obituary from Brooklyn Standard Union, 4 May 1931
NOTED DOCTOR SLASHES WRIST, ENDS OWN LIFE
Dr. Cyrus HAMLIN was Descendant of Vice-President
Funeral arrangements were being completed to-day for Dr. Cyrus HAMLIN,prominent Brooklyn physician and a descendant of HAMLIN, Vice-President of the United States during Abraham LINCOLN's first term as President, who ended his life yesterday by slashing his wrists with a razor blade.
Dr. HAMLIN, who was the father of Sallie HAMLIN, one-time famous child performer, now Mrs. Sallie E. DENTON, 10 Westminster road, lived at 180 Sullivan street, on the edge of the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
At. 11 A.M. yesterday Dr. HAMLIN, who was 61 years old, told members of his family he was going for a walk. Shortly thereafter, his daughter looked out of a rear window and saw her father's automobile parked between two private garages there. She went to investigate and found his body lying across the bumper of the car which faced away from the house. It was the theory of the police that the physician placed the car in that position so he would not be seen from the house.
Dr. George McELVARE, of 863 Park place, was summoned and after an examination ascribed Dr. HAMLIN's death to loss of blood. A safety razor blade was found clutched in his right hand.
The physician was born in Bangor, Maine, and was a graduate of Maine University and Long Island Medical College. He had been attached to the staffs of St. Mary's Samaritan and Brooklyn hospitals, and was a specialist in diseases of the heart and lungs.
For the last five years he had not been very active in the practice of
his profession because of his poor health. A year ago he went to the South Sea Islands, where he remained six months, but, instead of the expected improvement in his general condition, there resulted a turn for the worse and he suffered considerable pain recently.
His widow, Mrs. Hattie HAMLIN; two daughters, Mrs. DENTON and Miss Eleanor HAMLIN, and a son, Hannibal, a statistician at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., survive him.
Dr. HAMLIN had been for many years a prominent member of the Kings County Medical Society and he was one of the best known physicians in Brooklyn.
-contributed by N. Ellis
NOTED DOCTOR SLASHES WRIST, ENDS OWN LIFE
Dr. Cyrus HAMLIN was Descendant of Vice-President
Funeral arrangements were being completed to-day for Dr. Cyrus HAMLIN,prominent Brooklyn physician and a descendant of HAMLIN, Vice-President of the United States during Abraham LINCOLN's first term as President, who ended his life yesterday by slashing his wrists with a razor blade.
Dr. HAMLIN, who was the father of Sallie HAMLIN, one-time famous child performer, now Mrs. Sallie E. DENTON, 10 Westminster road, lived at 180 Sullivan street, on the edge of the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
At. 11 A.M. yesterday Dr. HAMLIN, who was 61 years old, told members of his family he was going for a walk. Shortly thereafter, his daughter looked out of a rear window and saw her father's automobile parked between two private garages there. She went to investigate and found his body lying across the bumper of the car which faced away from the house. It was the theory of the police that the physician placed the car in that position so he would not be seen from the house.
Dr. George McELVARE, of 863 Park place, was summoned and after an examination ascribed Dr. HAMLIN's death to loss of blood. A safety razor blade was found clutched in his right hand.
The physician was born in Bangor, Maine, and was a graduate of Maine University and Long Island Medical College. He had been attached to the staffs of St. Mary's Samaritan and Brooklyn hospitals, and was a specialist in diseases of the heart and lungs.
For the last five years he had not been very active in the practice of
his profession because of his poor health. A year ago he went to the South Sea Islands, where he remained six months, but, instead of the expected improvement in his general condition, there resulted a turn for the worse and he suffered considerable pain recently.
His widow, Mrs. Hattie HAMLIN; two daughters, Mrs. DENTON and Miss Eleanor HAMLIN, and a son, Hannibal, a statistician at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., survive him.
Dr. HAMLIN had been for many years a prominent member of the Kings County Medical Society and he was one of the best known physicians in Brooklyn.
-contributed by N. Ellis
Obituary from Brooklyn Standard Union, 4 May 1931
NOTED DOCTOR SLASHES WRIST, ENDS OWN LIFE
Dr. Cyrus HAMLIN was Descendant of Vice-President
Funeral arrangements were being completed to-day for Dr. Cyrus HAMLIN,prominent Brooklyn physician and a descendant of HAMLIN, Vice-President of the United States during Abraham LINCOLN's first term as President, who ended his life yesterday by slashing his wrists with a razor blade.
Dr. HAMLIN, who was the father of Sallie HAMLIN, one-time famous child performer, now Mrs. Sallie E. DENTON, 10 Westminster road, lived at 180 Sullivan street, on the edge of the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
At. 11 A.M. yesterday Dr. HAMLIN, who was 61 years old, told members of his family he was going for a walk. Shortly thereafter, his daughter looked out of a rear window and saw her father's automobile parked between two private garages there. She went to investigate and found his body lying across the bumper of the car which faced away from the house. It was the theory of the police that the physician placed the car in that position so he would not be seen from the house.
Dr. George McELVARE, of 863 Park place, was summoned and after an examination ascribed Dr. HAMLIN's death to loss of blood. A safety razor blade was found clutched in his right hand.
The physician was born in Bangor, Maine, and was a graduate of Maine University and Long Island Medical College. He had been attached to the staffs of St. Mary's Samaritan and Brooklyn hospitals, and was a specialist in diseases of the heart and lungs.
For the last five years he had not been very active in the practice of
his profession because of his poor health. A year ago he went to the South Sea Islands, where he remained six months, but, instead of the expected improvement in his general condition, there resulted a turn for the worse and he suffered considerable pain recently.
His widow, Mrs. Hattie HAMLIN; two daughters, Mrs. DENTON and Miss Eleanor HAMLIN, and a son, Hannibal, a statistician at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., survive him.
Dr. HAMLIN had been for many years a prominent member of the Kings County Medical Society and he was one of the best known physicians in Brooklyn.
-contributed by N. Ellis
NOTED DOCTOR SLASHES WRIST, ENDS OWN LIFE
Dr. Cyrus HAMLIN was Descendant of Vice-President
Funeral arrangements were being completed to-day for Dr. Cyrus HAMLIN,prominent Brooklyn physician and a descendant of HAMLIN, Vice-President of the United States during Abraham LINCOLN's first term as President, who ended his life yesterday by slashing his wrists with a razor blade.
Dr. HAMLIN, who was the father of Sallie HAMLIN, one-time famous child performer, now Mrs. Sallie E. DENTON, 10 Westminster road, lived at 180 Sullivan street, on the edge of the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
At. 11 A.M. yesterday Dr. HAMLIN, who was 61 years old, told members of his family he was going for a walk. Shortly thereafter, his daughter looked out of a rear window and saw her father's automobile parked between two private garages there. She went to investigate and found his body lying across the bumper of the car which faced away from the house. It was the theory of the police that the physician placed the car in that position so he would not be seen from the house.
Dr. George McELVARE, of 863 Park place, was summoned and after an examination ascribed Dr. HAMLIN's death to loss of blood. A safety razor blade was found clutched in his right hand.
The physician was born in Bangor, Maine, and was a graduate of Maine University and Long Island Medical College. He had been attached to the staffs of St. Mary's Samaritan and Brooklyn hospitals, and was a specialist in diseases of the heart and lungs.
For the last five years he had not been very active in the practice of
his profession because of his poor health. A year ago he went to the South Sea Islands, where he remained six months, but, instead of the expected improvement in his general condition, there resulted a turn for the worse and he suffered considerable pain recently.
His widow, Mrs. Hattie HAMLIN; two daughters, Mrs. DENTON and Miss Eleanor HAMLIN, and a son, Hannibal, a statistician at Yale University, New Haven, Conn., survive him.
Dr. HAMLIN had been for many years a prominent member of the Kings County Medical Society and he was one of the best known physicians in Brooklyn.
-contributed by N. Ellis
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