The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-24
4 SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.
Two Simultaneous Double Suicides In
London and Baltimore.
From the Baltimore Gasette.l

| tAlned an account VI IVY young GeC[naus, VI
| fheir own Country, and fed to London. In
| the latter city they led for q time a life of de-
| hanoherv. sGuandering .laviBhly their ill-got-
| fen gains. When these were all spent, re-
| morse followed close upon the heels Of power
~, and In q moment Of desperation they went
and shut themselves 10 q room, with the .un-
other. or That each shonld kill himself. The
nronositjon go desperately made was as des-
pnerateIy carried out. When pistol shots were
heard. and the alarm was raised, those who
hnrst into the room found one Of the young
men dead and the other badly wounded. At
the coroner's inquest the testimony of the
| wounded man was TAKEN and the whole affair
very thoroughly i ipv ,ss Sssa ma the ea finding m i, 81
deaih bv bis own hand, but that his wounded
ossnciate was accessory to the deed-the
penalty of which, under the English law, is
| death. =.
| be Almost counterpart OF this tragedy occur
red about the same time In the nelghborhood
| of Baltimore. The victims 10 this case were
| slso two Young Germans.. They came to this
cifv early In August, having then 10 their
nosaession a considerable amount OF money
ssIaroe rolls of Notwithstanding to the
testimony of Mr.. Schultz. proprietor Of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at which they engaged lodg-
ineV, and where they remained nearly three
days. At,
ment under which they iaoored, and their In
eitv. gave rise to such grave doubts concern
Inc them, that upon Information Obtained from
anne ouarter, Captain Lepson issued orders
far their arrest on suspicion. Before these
orders could be executed, the strangers had
Left, and no trace OF them could be found.
Since their death 1t has been ascertained that
on quitting the lodgings OF hr. Schultz they
vent to q ~dlsrepItaole o, mouse ETsepE os . Gne
thew are said to have exhibited large sums OF
! money. making besides extravagant presents
of jewelry to the Inmates.
Although it Is alleged that they left this
house the same day they went there, they ap-
( near 10 have struck up q sufficiently Intimate
acquaintance with tne man waianer 70 en-
land. sskIuo how things were In Baltimore
.if the road was clear" they wrote, ''they
would come back again." adding the sugges'
| live sentence: ..You understand It." Al the
same limo they requested Waidner 10 call on
| Schultz and get the personal clothing lefS al
| that boarding house, and forward 1t to them
| at Cumberland. This letter was signed 4. and
q. Muller. When at 'Waidnet's previously
| they gave their names as George and Robert
| Fisher, and stated that they were brothers,
and were engaged in.the manufacture OF tor
toise.shell iewelry In New York. 1t Is be-
lIeved that Muller lsthelr true name.
But to return. Wsldner did not call al
schultz's for the clotklDg, and q few days
/ lster-on the; 9th OF AuR1st-rne Two men
~reappeared at Waidner's house, roughly
dressed, and greatly cast down In spirits
They accounted for their dependency
go at least it is said-by stating that they
had lost all their money and watches while
away. aud were only able to return by steal
ING q ride on coal trains. This story Ia cor
ro6orated by Mr.. Schultz, TO whom the OLD.
est of the TWO men went for the baggage
that had been lett there. MOI oelog Witty
to give 1t up, under the circumstances Mr.
SohnltZ asked the man to call for It again,
%sceompapied BY his brother, and then notl'
3ed an officer that the strangers whose
arrest had been ordered had returned,
Naither of the Two men went back again
for their clothing. After his interVie"
with Mr.. Schultz, the' eldest re)oineo hs
| brother at Waidner5, where tney remaiheo
until the following day, ano tnsn LOON Ooh h .
Of them until their bodies were discovered
among The thick underground of q piece o.
wood About two miles from the city. and no.
mora than forty yards from the public high
way. ...u, .o,, .,
lead irreslstibly to tne conciosIon lnas .l UmS
| young men, one Of them but twenty;,sl4, ano
| The other twenty-three years OF age, driven tc
desperation by their losses, and the fears that
beset them, Killed themselves, and that asI thss
| cd for their money. II this theory Of mutual
| suicide should be confirmed on further inves'
tigation, the circumstances surrounding inc
| deaths Of these men would be strlktngly BIZ
lar. almost to the mInutest particulars, to the
case but recently reported In London. In both
Instances the men were young; were suspect
fice: we're possessed of considerable sums Of
money: lived a loose, dissolute llfei s~quander
ed, or were robbed, Of all they had. and W " inc
themselyes. The only variations between the
two cases are, that In the one case the agree
ment was carried out In 9 crowded city. In the
other in the suburbs; and that In the Londor
case one of the Germans, though desperately
wounded, failed of bis intent. In all other re-
spects the similarity is 30 close as to be abso
| lutely marvellous.