The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-01-20

rhe Suicide ~ Doctor Henry Adolphus Wet
necke.
INQUEST UP ON HIS BoDY-DETAIL OF THE MELAN.
CHoLY rRANsACTION-vERDIoT or THEJURY.
We apr ended all the facts which could be collected
cnnec ed with the sad end of this gentleman to the full
eport of the Coroners investigation held to inquire into
he circumstances Of the very sudden death of his wife,
'u' ished in the HERALD Of yesterday morning 1t APP
rs that when he left his late residence No So Leonard
direct after that event took place. he came and engaged
room at Tammany Hail. There he administered to
himself powerful dose Of the acetate of morphine ter
minating life rendered unhappy by intemPeranee ana
upon his body yesterday morning, when the following
gentlemen were sworn upon the jury,
Thadeus W. Meighan, J. Van Jooei'
j. 1. Palmer, A. H. Bates,
Renben Phlips Jesse H. Patterson.
The Coroner and proceeded the Bellevue HSsp
return they proceeded to Tammany Hail. where the fol
lowing testimony was taken
Han n BrSwn in his
absence Doctor Wenecke came here on Monday night be-
tween the hours of eleven and twelve O'Clock he applied
to me, If recoect rightly for single room replied,
YES p he then entered his name upon the book as is
customary tins is the entry which he made[Regiser
wandering as ii Of person labong under high
exctement-(e then took several bills and change
hns he
change in his pocket noticed that he had vest him
asked him If he wished to retire to bed = he replied,
ter to show him bed while the porter lighting the
lamp, deceased asked me whether he could go to bed
any tme' told him @ he could, kept open all
night Immediately then he seemed TO change his mind
and said, I'll 60 now" he shown to bed when he
first entered the Office he was slightly under the influence
little tight this Is common phrase ; the
porter took him to room No S. this Is the same
about six O'Clock Tuesday morning j. was called
about quarter past one, p. NJ, by the porter who
v,xilI
little went down stairs and Mr. Brown told me, that
the had put in No IS room Monday night dead
went up to the after this and found the man
dead; three papers lying upon the tableone was
empty, and the remaining two were full OF powders in
tnbler observed little Of the remains Of a. powder
powders they wetted persons there thought
the powders pecacuanha then loft the room and it
remained locked until the doctor to make post
mortem examination; do not know OF any cause of
death there German printed medical paper wrapped
Mary Richly sworn-I am chambermaid in Tammany
Hail. about ten O'Clock yesterday morning went to the
room No. IS; it locked unlocked it with my own
key and when went in found the key Of the dog lying
upon the carpet inside; the deceased man was lying in
the bed upon his left he appeared to to be asleep;
O'Clock went back to the room and found him still in
the same. position his hand black; his face was
also black that ne was ssn dead or in
sons to see him. told Mr.. Brown my opinion of
his being dead went up with the two barkeepers; one
found him dead did not hear what he called him
by; we again left the room Mr. Woodbury. having locked
the door and kept the key do not know any further Of
his death; when went into the first his dress lay
upon q chair.
Augustus A. .woodberry, sworn-I am clerk at Tam.
going the s. and finding the deceased dead in his
bed The bed clothes were much turned his face
did not at first know whether he asleep dead;
found him stiff, and soon became that he dead
Doctor David Uhl sworn-I made post mcrtem exam
nation of the body of the deceased did not find any
marks Of external violence the pupils of the eyes
much contracted, the stomach was very much inaamed
well the ntcstines to it, the remaining portion
of the ntestnes were congested took charge Of the
powders found in the ROOM and subjected them to a
chemical analysis the powders consisted Of acetate Of
morphine each powder contained twenty five grains;
upon examining the contents Of the stomach found
small quantity of the acetate of morphine the stomach
presented the usual inamatory appearances shown
that morphine found in the stomach conclude that
his death was produced by morphine
Huldah n Jessup sworn-I reside at No. 80 Leonard
street This ladys testimony nearly similar to that
given upon the quest held upon the body of Mrs Vie
necke. They lived unhappiy visited Mrs Wienecke
pearsa very i'll she had loud snoring noise from her
mouth and nose; the doctor-now dead-gave her the
contents Of two ounce vial Of something like pale bran
dy he said IL to make her vomit Mrs. Morton and
put her bed and used every effort to her but
she did not show any signs Of life when we rubbing
her limbs she died about half o'clock the
evening; when this family was in the house there
slight ntermssion between their quarreling and fight
ing have seen great deal of liquor carried in, but
either drunk; from the continual disturbance
the house, think they often drunk; when FIRST
went into the the deceased doctor sad she won't
i've, and I'll die too he acted very strange during the
day he would beat his head with his hands and pace the
floor when doing upon my asking him Why he
did SO, he replied, that everybody would say
he had poisoned his wife, he said that the
day before he had bottle of wine and she had
drank glass and half then he took out bottle
containing laudanum from his medicine case in eDy
me, he said, 'she is gone and I'll take dose too"
took the bottle from him. and he went for his coat to go
out he sad The would 60 drown himself' We kept him
in the room sent to the station house for cer;
officer from the Fifth ward station house and at
that time the deceased appeared to lie rationa
fore his wife died he went to the bed and kissed her.
saying good bye, Eliza III ~ with you rcolrow;' he
remained in the about ten minutes and then put
his oyercoat ard went into the street this the last
saw of him.
After charge from cororerO Donne the Jury return.
ed the following verdict
We find that the decca ed Henry A. Wienecke came TO
his death by admin ing to himself large dose of
acetate Of morphine whilst in state of mental aberra-
ton, produced by the sudden death Of his wife.
The deceased about forty five years Of age He
educated in Germany for the medical profession and had
fair practice in this city for years past until
he unfortunately became OF incorporate habits. Some
year since lie RETAINED from drink and again improved
u eve respect for two years but unfortunately he
again loo away and continued unhappy life up to the
time of his more unhappy death.