The New York herald., 1879-11-17
SUICIDE OF A woULD-BE ASSASSIN.

AUGUST wOEHLER, THE BARBER WHO ATTACKED
DIR. FooTE FOUND DEAD IN A HOTEL.
A respectable looking man registered at the Put
nam House at eleven P. NJ. Saturday as J. Peters,
Newark. N. ]. He was assigned to room on the
fourth floor and no further attention paid to
him until yesterday afternoon. when the chamber
maid sought admitance. but found the door secured
on the inside. AS 1t was unusual occur
rance guests to remain secluded for such
q length of time efforts were made to arouse
tho occupant of tho apartment. but without
The door at last forced open
and then 1t was discovered that the man was dead.
He found suspended by the neck. by means OF o
handkerchief. from q clothes hook. From letters
found in his clothes his real name ascertained
to be August woehlcr. that he was thirty years Of
age and . barber 1t was also learned that he was
the man who attempted to shoot DR.. Foote. a.
the lat inst. The particulars Of the assault on
DR.. Foote were published In full at the time
in the HRnALD. The motive for the crime did
not remain mystery long. The would-be
assassin avoided arrest but few days after his
counter with DR.. Foote he wrote letter to friend
in Hartford, Conn., wherein he confessed to having
attempted Dr. Foote's life. He said that he had been
patient under the Doctors care for long time
without however, receiving any beneficial results
he had therefore determined to take the Doctor y
life. and had he not failed in doing SO he would
have committed suicide. Nothing further could be
learned concerning the man whereabouts until his
dead body was found in the Putnam House yester-
day.
THE SUICIDES LETTERS.
On table in the discovered three letters.
which when opened read follows:-
How sick ami shall try 1.-Two long enough to kill
able TO- for hardly get up this morning. II he had
shot instead OF doctoring mo could be thankful to
him one yoar ago.
Another. which was addressed to friend named
Gilbert. read:-
Iwrote 70 you that would bc more when you re-
not want anybody TO hunt for wanted to get
another chance at him IL could have been watchn x
him day, but Is shall Have to give the
How often wish that my mother had used me like my
father. tor she had should have cared and would
have acted as ploased but using she did. could
NV ~ ''' '''-N ~ '''A' %uGUsT Hsr woEHLER
The other letter, which was written on o sheet Of
paper headed "Waldo House. BROOKLYN. N. u" and
addressed to the Coroner follows:-
Thirteen years ago left homo and camo Now York
full Of life and health and stayed here months Then
went home again aud shortly atterward went Bos
ton had very strong passions. but my ambition was
high, andI wanted to be somebody in tho world. SO
made up mind to control my passions and be above
low living lett Boston, went through the West and at
length reached California suddenly became III and
Oh when viii young men know enough TO employ regular
and doctors attempted his life the other
trigger hard enough. hate 70 die n murderer, but
no has made my life those last ten years
perfect misery. will commit suicide for done wish
to live any longer hope shall attempt his life again.
but get In fearful state OF mind sometimes when
think how he might have saved me he wished hut no
would rathor mako lives miserable and
do the right thing AUGUST WOEIILER
Deputy Coroner Miller took the case In hand and
ordered the body to bo taken to the Morgue.