Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-19

SUICIDE OF A WEALTHY YOUNG MER-
Mention was made I'm a telegram to The
STAR OF Saturday Of the suicide, in Druid
Hlii Park, OF George A. Ahrens, a Junior
Messrs. Stirling, Ahrens 4 Co, Of BaItimore.
The American says:-On Saturday, about
lE30 o. M, George FOSSIL, one of the work
men i'm the park, in going from the NansiOn
House toward the Woodbury. road, disoOy-
ered The ngure OF q man in a sitting position,
Win MS back against a catawb a tree Fos-
sci, on flrst seeing him. thought he was in
.oxicated or asleep, as his hat was lying by
ms side and his head was bent over on HIS
chest On nearer approach, however, Fos-
sci noticed that the man was dead, having
been shot through the right temple. IL was
evident that he had been dead but a short
time, as the body was quite warm and blood
was oozing freely from The wound, trickling
down the face of the deceased over his
shirt bosom. In his lap was a four-bar-
relied Sharp's revolver, with the right hani
Oh the deceased resting on but not grasping
~ Ills left band was in his overcoat pocket.
On searching the body, Capt. Cassel, super
lntehdent OF park police, found book OF
deposit with the banking house of AleXan-
der Brown 4 Sons, with the name &C. A.
Ahrens" on the cover This was the first clue
10 the identity OF the suicide. Capt. Cassel
drove at once 10 the banking house of Alex
ander Brown q Sons, corner of Calvert and
baltimore streets, who referred him 10
Messrs. Stirling, Ahrens & Co, al the Calvert
Sugar Refinery. On arriving there he M;
Mr.. AdOlph Ahrens, a relative OF the
u.
Cassel after few moments conversation,
was perfectly satisfied that the bOiy at the
park was none other than that of the relative
OF Mr. Ahrens. In as delicate manner As
possible, he broke the terrible news to the
latter, who was overcome with emotion.
Justice James II. Smith held an inquest.
The jury after being out for about ten min
utes returned a verdict that "Ge9. A. Ahrens
came To his death from pistol shot wound
inflicted by his own hands"
The deceased was about thirty-twO wears
OF age, and leaves a wife aud two children.
He had recently inherited a large amount Of
money by the death of his father. His rela-
tiveS say they can assign no reason that
would account for mis- committing the terri
bic decd by which he sacrificed his own life.
He left home Saturday morning in his usual
health and spirits. 1t is thought that he
entered Madison avenue car and rode out
to boundary avenue, where he took one OF
the Park cars. The conductor of one of the
latter states that he remembers n gentlem an
of his description asking TO be directed 10 a
point in the park from which q good view
could be obtained. The conductor referred
him to Prospect Hill, opposite WOodberry.
tie must have then started in the direction of
Woodbury. as his body was found a few feet
from the WoOdberry road, about four hun
dred yards northeast of the Mansion House.
Some of the employees in the park say they
heard shot about nine o'clock, but, as has
been stated. DIR. Bauer is of the opinion tina.
the fatal shot had only been fired half an
hour before the body was found. This would
make the time of the commission of the deed
about IL a. m. Three of the four chambers of
the pistol were unloaded