On the 9thinst., Mr. EDWIN P. CHRISTY, of this City, threw himself from a third story window of his residence, No. 78 East Eighteenth-street, while laboring under temporary insanity.

The E.P. Christy Will Case Christy's Body Exhumed, and Portions of it in Court. Share full article. Oct. 16, 1863. Credit... The New York Times Archives.

It also made E. P. Christy rich. He retired in 1854, at age 39, leaving the Minstrels to perform without him. But retirement proved less than ideal for Christy.