Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-10
, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10. 1872
SINGULAR SUICIDE.

lSIG.
SINGULAR SUICIDE.
Two Brothers Deliberately Shoot
Themselves Dead.
Baltimore lSept. l9) Oorrespondence Of the New
York Herald.
On Monday las two dead bodies were
found. about two miles from Baltimore,
under circumstances that gave rise to a
suspicion that they had BEEN murdered.
and the whole city became agitated over
tho mystery that hung ahout their taking
OF. Both were found with pistols by
their sides and bullet holes in their heads !;
hut their bodies were 90 much decomposed
that they could not be recognized, and the
conjectures as to the manner and cause of
their death were as various a. the people
that talked of this strange affair.
The case was given to Detective Crane.
and this evening the following facts have
been unearthed in relation to one of the
stsangest suicides that have ever taken
place in this or any other country. Two
Young men, Germans, and brothers, named
K. aud q. Muller, tortoise shellmarkers,
came to Baltimore about tho 18th Of
August. They were bountifally supplied
With money, and they dispensed it freely
at drinking saloons and at some of the
fashionable bagnios of the city. From
their manners and appearances, tho i'm
precision was produced ON tho minds of the
of the detective force that it belonged to
the fancy, or, to use their own words,
q they were not all right" On the 10th
OF August they purchased emigrant tickets
over the Northern Central Railroad to
Steuhenville, Ohio.
For some days afterwards, until the 24th
Of the same month, they remained in this
city, probably indulging freely in tho dis
sipat'on which its saloons afforded. As a
natural consequence their funds ran short.
They made no secret Of. their situation.
Remarks were dropped from time to time
iu different saloons, which indicated that
they were brothers and family difficulties
oppressed thon also that they had spent
nsarly all the money they had, and on~ of
them said to the other that they had
scarcely dollar left, and proposed that
they should buy pistols and shoot them.
selves. Tho railroad tickets which they
had purchased were frequently exhibited
in tho reetauran.s IF tho city, and it was
noticed that the older brother always had
charge ofthem.
On or about the 9th day Of August
tbey disappeared. Prior to their depart
ure they visited small shop on West
Baltimore street, where firearms are sold,
and purchased two pistols, one a small
single barrelled Allen pistol, and the other
pistol OF large bore, but of tho same
pattern. They stated to several parties
in 'Baltimre that they " ere about going
up onthe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to a
certain point. These parties upon an ex.
animation Of their tickets told them they
could 60 all the way to Cincinnati with
tho tickets, but intimated that they did no,
propose going further than the station they
had mentioned. The rest is left TO con.
lecture. From what is already known
these two men must have stro]led out on
tho Washington road. on the evining OF
the 9th "f'Auguet, with tho deliberate in.
tention Of putting an end to their lives.
They walked On until they reached q
small spot of underbrush, about two miles
from tho city, secluded spot It was
grown over by the heavier shrubbery,
which forms tho base of Maryland forests.
Scrub cedar, blackhaw, and May bushes
furnished dense thicket, where the sad.
dest and most unnatural of deeds could be
consu"mated. There, probably, in the
darkness, forty yards from one of the
most conspicuous highways, they shook
hands, moved a few PAGES apart, bid adieu
to each other, and simultaneously sent
bullets crashing through their brains.
The position in which their bodies were
found and the surl oundiugs, leave but little
doubt that tho above was tho rrec,se
manner in which they killed themselves.
Their bodies were about twelve feet spa-t,
lying exactly in tho situations in which
men arc likely to fall who. shoot them.
selves through tho head. Their clothing
was not disOrdered, a3d no Indications Ol
. struggle were apparent. The ekulls ol
both had been pierced by bullets. The
dress which they wore corresponded with
tho attire which persons familiar with
them in Baltimore had seen.
Tho positions OF tho bodies, with refer.
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duel, and the mere supportion that two
men could stand twelve feet from each
other and put bullet through each 9th.
er's brain at tho same moment is 90 pre.
posterous as scarcely to deserve consider.
alton. The pistol Of the larger pattern
was lying ut the right hand Of tho man
whose head was perforated by bullet on
both 81 ies. Tho smaller pistol was under
the arm Of the man, whose skull was pene
trated in but one place, indicating that be
was shot by . smaller bullet. Az stated
above, tho men, when they left Baltimore
said that they were going to station On
the BIltilnore and Ohio Railroad. Per.
sons at this point have been telegraphed
to by the authorities, and positive informa.
tion a. to whether these two men eve,
visited that station will be received. There
appears to be little doubt in the minds Of
the detectives that thev have hit upon the
right parties, and that two men have
selected mode Of committing suicide the
most startling ever recorded t. tho annals
of any country. ..>