The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-21
THE CfREER or FR.fNH K.iIfLER.
An American-G ernan Nurdcrcr'- Suicide Ia
Jail In ENGLAND.

PoRr JrRvfs Aug -. Frank kahlor.
TX 4 twenty years. WIS arrested i'm this plarcon
the 10Th OF January. 1873. un charge "f being
the rnclcadcr in lnrgc number ~ bold ana
skilful hurslnr.- tlat had puzzled the auihcri-
t.c~ for som. months H. pleaded guilty II the
charge at Ncwhurgh. and was sentenced hy
judge Fullerton to- five ycnr- ia Sing sing Pris-
IN. kuhlcr WIS tp work i'm the coop, shop at the
Prison. On the 18Th OF jun he WAS headed w
in a barrel hy "a fellow convict. and loadod into a
barge AZ the prison dock. The har.,- anchored
near Tnrrytown that might. kahcr pot himself
out If The barrel. and jumped overheard. He
SWAIN to he cn-t bank ~ the Hudson. broke
into farm house. and stole u suit If clothes.
leaving his prison suit i'm their place H. ro-
turned in ilr village. and ON Tho lHih WIS cap
turrd at Callicoon. lie jumped from u train and
SWAIN tho u 'awarr river To- the woods IN Penn
sylNanu lie was nest heard ui in Cgnuda.
49, In the ill 9i, lSt5 he, "nl4,d i"d IN the tnitcd
on was ordered to south American waters;
While living oiT the coqst II Brazil knhlcr and
a few others deserted from the ship. They
reached Rio Jnnorl9i whore an bnt hnhl"r dled
wrecked soon after leaving mort, md the crew.
uiter srvrrnl DAYS Of suffering in open honts,
was picked up by an English merchantman 9nd
landed at Iaguun, Brazil kuhl"r returned -
RIO Jnncrio. md from there went ~ orc Prot".
in the mining regions. While ih"r" lie was
discovered robnlnu some fellow workman. H.
shot the person who discovered MN and made
his Escape rem hing the port of Bahia. Shortly
ntcrward the United States man uf-war Swn-
tara suiird from New York with TIA" party -rnt
out to tax" observations of the transit VI Venus.
II left on the 18th ~ juno. 1915 The first pAcc
at which it touched was Bahia. Brazil. kuhnr
enlisted rs II seaman on tho steamer. H. re-
mniupl with the vessel until II reached Mol
bourne. Fol. H. 1876 There he deserted H.
remained in Melbourne fcr some time. and the
last pia go his friends in Port J"ryis hcntl lii
refly from him WIS Nnnchr-t"r England.
The English nrw~pup' r. of january last gave
the details of a irigiitlui murder which had been
committed n"nr Plymouth on tine might Of
jan. H. 1877. SOM sailors lud been cnrOusing,
and ono of them a German. left ~" party about
midnight. II" hud cou-idoruhl" MONEY with
him. Next morning h. was found dead with
with blood. was lying near hy. H. WAS rohlnd
of everything. When he left his comrades the
night before he had been followed out 10y u
ruung man who had reached the place That
night. and wis a Stluu.er This person WIS
nowhere around. hut sour ia being made IA" Wis
found hiding in "a hayrick two miles from the
scene of the murder lie had quite "a sum Of
money in gold in his possession. H. WIS ar
rested. On his arm. between his wrist ana ell
bow WIS an an hur. the United States flag. and
y" letters T. II. prirkrd in with lndia ink.
lts namc was subsequently given by him as
Frank khhcr.
lie was lodged in Plymouth Jail. That he was
identical with Frank kahl"r Of Port Jeryis all
the circumstances left very It'll" doubt among
thO-" who knew his character and disposition.
Nothing wlS heard from him aiterWard until "a
in this place received Intelligence that he had
committed suicide in Plymouth Jail. England,
about the first Of this month. where he Na- Fun-
Iucu ON charg" 81 murder.