The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-07-14
itIS THE CITY OfTIIEDEAD.
;AdoIpi Blumenrcutcr DcstrOys Hiniself
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y In Order 10 Go to Ills Vile.
About o'clock yesterday afternoon word
was received In tho city that u man had COM
1 mitted suicide In tho Peninsula Cemetery, by
llrs. shooting and then s,abbing himself, and
hud died while lying OIL his wife's grave.
Sensational news ul this character spread
fast, and In few minutes the street cars
We're filled and ono or two cntcrprisingJ. P.'s
were making all speed in order TO be on the
ground first and hold the inquest. A repor.
Ter OF this paper was early on the ground, und
I ascertained the following:
Last July Adolph Dlumenreuter aud wife
arrived In this country from Berlin; he was
. II man about 80 or IS years Of nge, n stone
mason and bricklayer by trade and very
1 good workman. lie and his wife were very
fond OF each other and lived happy Last
april she sickencd nnd died, being buried
6 on the 2Sth. Her husband almost died Of
despair and from TINT time OH he was u
changed man. in fact be was evidently in.
sane and once or twice talked OF killing him,
self. He hired furnished room OF faulty
( In Fulton where lie and Ills wife had lived
since their arrival from Germany. At night
B he would walk up and down the room and
!, loudly sing, often his songs were OF ribald
( nature. The attaches OF the cemetery often
z noticed him in the enclosure and always he
was weeping over his wife's grave.
Yesterday they saw him about 80 o'clock
vending his way up the hill and that was
: the last seen or heard OF him until ho was
/ found by Rev. 9. L. Mnstlen, of the Fourth
Street Church, lying beside his wifcs grave
in q pool OF blood. breathing his last. DR..
Masden had gone out to repent the burial ser
Z vice over tiny little grave, at the request oil
m aged grandmother. lie noticed the mail
lying there and supposed lie was drunk, but
{ Us soon rs he ascertained his mistake he tele.
fphoned word to the city.
z The grave OF Blulncnrcuter's wife, and the
!, place from which lie took the last look OF this
beautiful world. Is Oil top OF the narrow ridge
Z TO the northeast OF the main part OF the
cemetery, and directly over the mouth OF
+: the tunnel. The lots in this part are owned
by the poorer classes and are Situated long
Z distance from the entrance TO the grounds.
4 The view from there Is u lovely one. Stand
Z Ing OH the ridge and looking down either
: OF the sloping side, the eye encounters fields
and pastures through which the creek winds,
Z while on all sides are found high and lofty
hills The sun shone brightly, the birds
I. sang gnily aud all nature seemed to smile:
. Still, all this vas not attractive enough 10 in.
I duce this poor mortal to stay and abide the
\ time when he should be called before his
Maker. Il. sac j
Sweeney was the first to arrive and
be impaneled q jury composed OF the follow.
{ ing: Geo. Ankle, VIM. Bayha, ". J. McGan.
non, 7. II. Myers. John He'll. John Wilson,
John Lanahan, NJ J. Roth, W. II. Gill, Geo.
Wells, Henry Linden, Theo. Myers.
The body vas raised and 1t was found that
with sharp razor he had cut his left arm
half through just below the elbow, 'severing
the arteries. and slowly bled 10 death while
sitting beside the grave. lie had q careworn
look on Ills face: be was dressed evidently In
( his best, and In the pockets was found. among
other articles, n letter written in German, the
following being translation: ~
81 Will, cannot live any longer without
my dear wife-a true wife, who followed
her husband during thirty years In NIL his
troubles aud miSiortunes, cannot be left
alone in her death. May human society
critlcise me as tpleascs. stand now before
another Judge where everyone once has to
stand.n
There was also n switch or braid OF fine
hair, presumably that OF his wiie's; In II
vest pocket was 81 60. lie had pair OF
spectacles OH, and In an old fashioned bead
purse was another pair. lie was evidently
m old soldier rs there was also found small
! buckle with piece OF blue silk attached, on
(which In yellow silk was worked ..F. ". w."
!and two crosses; also two medals attached to
y n heavy silk bnr-one medal is OF 1883
from Fredrick Wilhelm ", and the other OF
slsi9 from Prince Leopold OF Baden.
Averdict OF suicide was rendered, and the
remains taken charge OF by the county, the
/. poor fellow having no relatives.
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