Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-25
MELANCHOLY c
a German Professor Of MusIc Takes
StryehaIas On the Highway.
Papers and Documents Found % HE Per-
s0a-whs and what Ne Was.

Papers and DscGnsnts Found % Me Per-
son-whs and what Ne Was.
We made brief mention yesterday
morning Of the finding OF the body of q
supposed suicide, on the State Line road,
and Of the fact that an inquest had been
held by the Coroner. The lateness of the
hour &c which the Coroner returned on
Tuesday evening, precludsd our giving
any further particulars, but on visiting
the Office of Squire Giles yesterday after
noon, We were placed IN possession Of the
following information, In addition to that
already given:
THE oRPsE
was found, a. we stated In our paragraph,
by a Mr.. Robinson, lying under 9 huge
oak tres, on an eminence or hill, fronting
the residence of Mr.. Lake, on the State
Line road, two and a half miles from
Court Square. The finder did not stop 20
ascertain more than that 1t wss a corpse,
and to notice q box labeled strychnia
lying close by. These facts he commune
Gated to the police, and they notified the
Coroner, by whom a deputy was sent out
to hold
AN INQUEST.
On arriving at the scene, the Acting
Coroner Esquire Lindsay we believe)
summoned a jury from the surrounding
neighborhood. The body still lay
as 1t was first seen, the head
resting on the roots of the wide
spreading oak. Near his left hand was
a small glass tumbler or goblet, holding
about q third of a pint, such as are used
in the German saloons to sell Rhine wine
in. On the other side, at the distance of
four or Eve feet from the body, lay a
claret bottle, which, on being opened, was
found TO contain about a glass of Rhine
wine. Near to this was a small pasteboard
box, about an inch and a half in diameter
and a half inch deep. This was labeled
"NIrR. sTRYCHNIAE," --i
"from Fredrickson & Harte, 1879 Canal
street, Touro Buildings, New Orleans"
On opening this box, it was found to be
still about one-third full of ~strychnlne.
The glass was found, On examination, to
be encrusted with minute crystals of
strychnia-evidently the result of the
evaporation of h residue left in it after
the fatal draught was swallowed.
THE PERSONNEL
of the deceased was carefully examined.
He appeared to be q man of from forty
five TO ffty-fve years of age, and of me-
dunn size and build. His hair was grey,
as was also his beard, which consisted of
heavy chin-whiskers and mustache. His
eyes could not be well described, but the
whole contour of his face denoted that
be was of Germsn descent. His hat was
a low-crowned, straight-brimmed felt hat.
His coat was of black alpaca, and his
pants of some light stuff. On searching
his pockets, a mass of papers were found,
among them
LOTTERY TICKETS
in any number. The deceased was evil
IDENTIFY an investor in lotteries of all
- nnann tho pnNN ~ NTnLaGa
We noticed a half dozen or so of the
louisiana State lottery, several from the
Alabama State lottery, three certificates
Of membership in the Mississippi Agri-
cultural Mutual Benefit scheme, several
tickets Of the Tuscaloosa Scientific and
Art Association, etc. There were also
some
vALUABLEs
found in his pocket. An o~ld-fashioned
German buIl's-eye silver watch of small
siza, and worth but little. In currency
teen dollars and thirty-fve cents. With
this roll were some papers which fix
THE IDENTITY
of the unfortunate man, and show him to
be a musician by profession, named
Charles Muller Tor Miller. One of these
papers is a receipt for board from Mrs. Z. !
Wilder, Vicksburg, Miss. 1t is dated
May 18th, 1870, and is in favor of Charles
Miller. With this bill and money were
found several leaves from an old
MEMORANDUM BOOK.
On one leaf is the rough draft of an adj
vertisemsnt in English and German. The
English reads as follows: "Wanted-A
professor of music wishes to obtain
board n lodging. Address Q. Miller, /
Daily Sun Office This was written over
80 often, n so altered and scored, az to !
be hardly legible. He had stricken out
letters "iller,n and left only his
and had apparently altered
the word Sun to Avalanche. In
the lower left hand corner the words s.for
the 4VGtdHche" are distinctly visible.
On the opposite side the same ADVERTISE
ment, similarly cut up and altered, APP
peared in German, the only difference bs-
ing, that in the lower left hand corne
we're the words, Memphis C0Tresp0z-
lent" PoSt-oTiz GebGUede." On. another
.saf was a
LIST OF FREE HOUSES,
boarding houses and hotels. The Ioca-
ions, charges and character of most of
.he secOud-class public houses in the city,
we're there recorded with surprising accu-
-acy of detail. On another leaf was writ
ZEN a sort of programme for an orchestra
concert, the names of pieces of music.
stc., the name Charles Miller" occur
ring quite frequently throughout.
WITNESSES. Q
Having made these examinations of the
the Coroner proceeded to ques-
ion parties who had assembled around
( any thing was known of the deceased
Jy them. A German gardener, working
It Lakes place I'VE belIevel stated that he
lad seen him the evening previous, and
alked with him. The deceased stated
he was a musician, and played in a
in the city. He did not recolleet
What theater, but thought he said Earie-
or Memphis. Did not talk much
With him. Thought that he was all right.
Another witness, a man who keeps a bar
nd grocery store, near Big Spring. swore
the deceased had come into his place
evening previous Monday, and had
AIKEN s drink. he had had some CONVEX
alton with him, and the deceased told /
i'm that he was going out in thec country Z
0 see his sweetheart. This closed the {
estimony, and the jury Immediately rem
cred I
A VERDICT {
0 the effect that the deceased, Chas. q
ailler, csme to his death from poison, to
Tit, nitrate ofstrychnia. administered by
is own hand. The body was taken in
barge by the county officers and de-
inferred. Having obtained the
Dove facts from the Coroner and inspect :
d the papers and documents, we last
light visited the Varieties, and the other
imilar establishments in the city, where
re learned that a man OF the same name,
answering to the descriptions given Of
he deceased hsd been employed in this q
ity, but was supposed to nave gone of )
nth Robinson's circus. We cannot, of :
oerse, say that the two parties are iden- !
lcal, but from appearances we should :
ay they were. We will probably have :
1rther information on the subject to-day. !