Charles A. Binder (November 2, 1857 New York City – May 16, 1891

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) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He attended Public Schools No. 20 and 40, and Heidenfield's Private Academy. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1877, was admitted to the bar in 1878, and practiced in New York City. He was a member of the

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(New York Co., 10th D.) in

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and

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. He killed himself on May 16, 1891, at the Sheridan House, located on the corner of Broad Street and Rahway Avenue, in

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, by shooting two bullets in his head. Binder had misappropriated about $20,000 from an estate of which he was co-executor, and feared being arrested.

References

Sources

''The New York Red Book''
compiled by Edgar L. Murlin (published by James B. Lyon, Albany NY, 1897; pg. 503 and 505)
''First Annual Record of Assemblymen and Senators from the City of New York in the State Legislature''
published by the City Reform Club (1886; pg. 30f)
Biographical sketches of the members of the Legislature
in ''The Evening Journal Almanac'' (1886)
''A DEFAULTER'S SUICIDE''
in NYT on May 18, 1891 {{DEFAULTSORT:Binder, Charles A 1857 births 1891 deaths Lawyers from New York City Republican Party members of the New York State Assembly Columbia Law School alumni Suicides by firearm in New Jersey American politicians who died by suicide 19th-century American legislators Politicians from New York City 19th-century American lawyers 1890s suicides Multiple gunshot suicides 19th-century New York (state) politicians