The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-01-20
DEATH OF DEPPE.
His Supposed Suicide, Etc.

The supposed suicide OF Charles Deppe, at
his barber.shop, No. 3O5 Main street, YES.
terday morning, created quite stir among
the friends and acquaintance of the de.
ceased. whom ii appears terminated his life
by taking an overdose ofmorphine. The de.
ceased arose from his bed abou; 10 O'clock
Thursday night, and remarking to his wife
that 1t was daylight and that he was going
TO open his shop, he dressed and left for his
shop, where he was found at . O'Clock,
stiit and stark il the embrace of death.
lie had Invested himself OF his pants
anu when discovered was lying on tenn.
porary bunk he had improyised. Near by
was found an empty bottle labelled NOR.
phine, and the supposition is that he com.
mitted 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 0r 5000. The following is tho
testimony adduced on the jury of inquest.
THE INQUEST.
Slate Of Texas County OF Dallas:
evidence taken upon the inquest held
upon the body of Charles Deppe, at No,
5S Main street, in the city OF Dallas. bv
William Edwards, Justice OF the peace. on
the 10Th Of January, 1883
THOMAS REINIcKE
being sworn, says; knew Charles Deppe
IN ms lifetime; he is dead now; last night,
ABOUT z O'Clock, | was aroused by an alarm
az my 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
ana were working on him. but he was then
unconscious and was dead, think, but
was hardly cold; | saw bottle at his shop
Tue laoel on the bottle was morphine; the
door was locked on the inside, and either
Mr.. Michel or Mrs. Deppe had 10 break
the glass OF the door to reach the KEY to
unlock the door; Deppe was found in the
pack room OF his shop; we brushed him and
used all our eiiortst to arouse him.
| ,. MICHEL
| peing duly sworn, ssys: About / o'clock
last night Mrs. Deppe called at my house
ana was crying, and asked me TO come and
hunt for her husband, Char es Deppe. |
came uptown with her and looked around
az all the saloons for him; when not finding
nun, together with Mrs. Deppe, we went TO
ms shop and binding 1t locked, Mrs. Deppe
thoughth he must be in the same; she pro-
cured candle and held IL up close to the
was in the lock on the inside; she asked me
TO break the glass so We could open the
door; got brick and broke the glass gu,
OF the door and reached my hand in and
opened 'he door, when Mrs. Deppe passed
into the back room and followed her.
where Mr.. Deppe was found dead; [ ruboed
him, but he YVES dead Mrs. Deppe said
that about $ o'clock last night She and
her husband left Mr.. Reinicke's
and went to their home; MIR.
Deppe retired, but Mrs. Deppe sat up about
an hour reading, when she retired and fell
asleep; when she woke up afterwards, She
discovered that Mr.. Deppe had lett the
ROOM believing that he had only stepped
out TO the water.closet, she waited until
turning, after she called him She came to
my house and woke me up; | saw little
bottle lying on little table near the door
of the back room; the doctor said wha; was
In II was noiaon ' W."