The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-25
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The supposed auioide n Charles Deppe, NJ
lie barber shop, No. 300 Main street yes.
lefday morning, created QUITE q slit among
the friends and acquaintance " the de-
ceased whom II appears terminated his life
by taking an overdose Of morphine. The de-
ceased arose from his bed about lOO'olOck
Thursday night, and femafking 10 his vile
that IL was dasight aud thnt he was going
10 open his shop, he dressed nnd len lOr MS
shop, where he was found Vt O'Clock
siilf aud stark In the embrace OF death
lie had Invested himself Of his pants
and when discovered was lying on tenn
porary bunk he had improyised. Near by
was found All empty bottle labelled "mor-
phine," and the supposition Is that he com
nlitted suicide. A jury OF inquest was EN-
pannelled by Justice Edwards, and. the fol-
lowing are the proceedings of the jury. De-
ceased was member OF the
Knights of Honor and his life was
insured for $1,000. The following IS the
testimony adduced on the jury of inquest;
THE INQUEST.
State OF Texas, County OF Dallas:
Evidence taken upon the inquest neld
upon the body of Charles Deppe, at No
1903 Main street, in the city OF Dallas, by
William Edwards, justice OF the peace, on
the 10Th of January, 1888;
THOMAS hElNlShE
being sworn, says: | knew Charles peppe
in his lifetime; he is dead now; last night
about 2 o'clock, 1 was aroused by an alarm.
at nv door; | recognized the voice as Mrs
Deppe: then went up to his shop, where
found several persons and Deppe; Mr..
Michel and others had Deppe raised up
and were working on him, but he was then
unconscious and was dead, THINK, put
was hardly cold; / saw bottle at his shop;
Al, laa mo
door was locked on the inside, ami either
Mr.. Michel or Mrs. Deppe had to break
the glass of the door to reach the key to
unlock the door; Deppe was found III the
back room OF his shop; we brushed him and
used all our efforts to arouse him.
+. MICHEL
being duly sworn, says: About l O'CLOCK
last night Mrs. Deppe called at my mouse
and was crying, and asked me to come ana
hunt for her husband, Char. es Deppe;
came uptown with her and looked around
at all the saloons for him; when not hndlhg
him. together wfNl Mrs. Deppe, we went to
his shop, and finding it locked, Mrs. Deppe
thought he must be in the same; she pro-
cured candle and held it up close TO the
glass of the door, and she noticed the Key
was in the lock on the inside; she asked me
to break the glass so we could open the
door; | got a brick and broke the glass out
of the door and reached my hand in and
opened the eoor, when Mrs. Deppe passed
into the back room and | followed her,
where Mr.. Deppe was found dead; ruboed
him, but he was dead; Mrs. Deppe SAID
that about o'clock, last night she "a ana "a
her husband left MI helhlcke.
Deppe retired, but Mrs. Deppe sat up about
an hour reading, when~she retired and 1ell
asleep; when she woke up afterwards, she
discovered that MIR. Deppe had lett the
room: believing that he had only stepped
out 10 the water. closet, she waited until
about an hour and a hall, and MS not re-
turning, after sic called hun, she came 10
my house anu woke me up; l saw iitele
bottle living on a little table near the door
ofthe hack room; the doctor said what was
| in it was poison.
Lv. MEYER.
Near o'clock this morning was aroused
nv some one calling out at Reinecke's door
that Charlie was dying; told Mr.. Cade
would get up and see what was the mater;
ON going outside ! met Mrs. Deppe; she
asked me to get q doctor; telephoned Tor a
dnctor and DR.. Allen came down, and we
went together to the shop OF Deppe; ne
said he was dead; started out after some
wyner- and in reaching for the dipper no.
ticed a bottle. with the cork out OF 1t, lay
ing on the table, it was marked morphine;
/ don't think there was anything IN the
bottle. -,
An inquest held on the 10Th OF January,
1888, at No. 305 Main street. IN the cisS ,h %
peace, acting as coroner, upon the ueau
podv of Charles Deppe, on the oaths OF
William Bradshaw, H. Goslin, Ike Morrl,
son. e. w. Smith, f. G. Fry and Tom Nor
Tis' good and lawful jurors of said county,
who. being in due form sworn, upon viewing
The dead body of said Charles Deppe, 40
say that the said Deppe came 70 oo ms ueati ,
o;clock at No. 3O5 Maia street, in the CITY
Of Dallas. Texas, at his place. of business,
from the effects of an overdose OF NOR