Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-02-10

SUICIDE OF a wELL-TO-DO FARMER
At GENoA.-A correspondent OF the
Carson Tribune gives the following
particulars of a suicide at Genoa on
the 9Th inst. Says the correspondent:
The citizens of our usually quiet
town were startled and shocked at the
discovery that Mr.. Herman WinRle-
man had committed suicide by hang
ing. The body was found, probably
within an hour after the commission
Ct the act, hanging in the new barn
which he had lately built on his ranch
the ranch purchased from Mr.. Was
son. lie had placed a ladder against
the side of the barn, secured the rope
(wo pieces of baling rOre .ioined) to the
joist above. and from thence hung him
self, probably by a leap from the lad
der, as OF the ropes had snapped
asunder from the strain put upon it.
His feet nearly touched the ground,
and the body hung suspended close by
the ladder.
The deceased was in fourishing cir
cumstances financially. 4 man OF strict
habits and excellent character. Nearly
Il wear ago he buried his wife, who left
an Infant child, and since then those
intimate with him represent him as
frequently in il very respondent mood.
especially within the last few weeks.
Ii is said tina! before the death of lis
wife he promised her that her body
should not be buried for one week at
ter deccase, and that it should be taken
shortly after to Germany. The burial
took place five days after death, be-
cause, in the opinion of others, it be-
am necessary. Possiblythis circum-
stance may have seriously affected him
taken in connection with the fact that
his promise to remove the body and
take the child to Germany had not
been complied with.
At the inquest held to-day the fol-
lowing facts appeared: In his trunk.
found at the h0useof NJ. Bauer, where
his child was being kept, and where he
boarded, his books and papers were
found Systematically arranged, his
watch. purse and other valuablcs laid
therein, and on top of all inside
the trunk IN open letter i'll German,
of which the following is Il translation:
GENOA, Feb. 5, 1874.
To Chris. Bddcnhop-Dcar Chris:
In case that l should die, You shall be-
come guardian of Mary. DO the best
you can. Sell everything, and send 1t
TO her grandparents, and see that the
little one shall not afterwards remain
here in the country. You take her
with YOU to Germany. She has money
enough, if she only gets a good educa-
ton. | owe iiaincs Il hundred dollars
for lumber; and a wagon, harness and
saddle is not yet paid for; and in Davis
store l owe thirty-tive to forty dollars,
for shingles. The old Bauers have not
received anything yet. Mythings you
and the old man can have. The papers
are all n the trunk. l can't write any
more. Do the best you cam, with Gods
assistance, for little Mary.
ii. WINKELMAN.
/ have five tOnS oats with IL. Tucke,
four tons OF grain with =. Lenkant,
twenty-five and three-quartcr tons OF
hay near Sheridan. and the hay here.
1t is all paid for. The papers are all in
the trunk. On l.. Pray'> horses | paid
twelve hundred dollars. 1t is all on
notes. lie has his o and l have
mine. Most of the things are on the
ranch vet. and the keys to them are
here in the trunk. See to it that the
KEYS go in no other hands but Baden
hops. Deliver to him the letter and
key.
On a separate piece of paper in the
trunk was written the following:
must be where my wife is. l am
tired of being here.