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.

Will of E. P. Christy--Motion for Counsel Fee to Contestants Denied.; SURROGATE'S COURT. Before Surrogate Tucker. Share full article. March 6, 1863.

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.

Edward P. Christy (1815-1862) Although he was not, as he claimed, the leader of the first blackface minstrel troupe, he indisputably led one of the most renowned.