Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-07-01
A SAD SUICIDE.
Young rbiIadeipn,s Artist Stra"g,cs
Niu,-,If. with no Apparent cause
tor tho X. ph i,eou,

tor tho K.sh pecd.
otto Kaiser, jr., well known irUHon
painter and decorative artist, was toupu
strauglcd To death Monday morning III tho
hallway Of his place of business, No.
,OO5 Walnut street, Philadelphia. Tho
yuung man had committed suicide, but tho
motives which prompted tho act arc still
involved in doubt MIR. Kaiser was
prosperous young German, about thirty
two years ut age. llo had u wiio aud two
charming chidruu-s boy of seven aud
glrl OF four years. Those who know hl'h
boat SAY that his domestic life had always
bccn one of uualluycd happiness. His
business was supposed to bo oKCellcnt,a ,aud
hc was believed to DO accumulatinS
money, Asa skilful artist and decorative
paper hanger he stood in the front rank oi
his profession, AMI had done sOmo oi the
best and most elaborate work i'll the city.
MIR. Kaiser had been absent from his
homo, at the southwest corner ot run
and Powell streets, since last saturday
evening. Ills absence however, caused
no alarm until this morning, when some
of his wurkmCu coming To the walnut
street establishment ut the usual hour
found tho place still looked up. James
Dunahue, Mr.. kalsor's brOther-ln law,
was scut for. Finding himself unable to
gain admission and fearing that somothihS
was wrong, Mr.. Donahuc procured a Key
and rcturucd, accompanied by two oiho"rs
of the Nineteenth district. Upon cilcctiuS
an entrance into tho front office Mr..
Douahuo found lying upon the propr .otor's
'''N '''> JrNE -, 1851.
DEAR WlFE-luu will find tull state
mcuts uf affairs in saiC III small box. EN
cuso mo for taking this step, but II Is thc
nnIy ono left for me-thc unfortuuato.
Give my best love to the children, and you
and they DO kissed hundreds of timos.
Also giyO my love to mother aud toll hoT
not to grloyc for me. You will liud, IL mat
tors ara managed right, that you vii have a
uice amount loft, but at present am not
able 10 settle otherwise. From your loving
husband. OrTu.
y. B.-You will hui me in the th,rd
floor hail No. l,OO5 Walnut street.
Rushing 70 the hallway on the thlId
floor, tho party there found the body OF
the Young artist. He had tied stout
picce OF cord about his neck aud attached
it TO the stairway above his hoad thcu,
mounting the haudraiI OF the staircase, he
had let himself down deliberately until ho
strangled to death. Fac position III
which the body was found with tho
legs on either side of the handrail indi-
Gated the mau's persistence in taking his
life. Had he been So disposed he could
have rescued himself from his position II
his resolution had forsakon him even ~
the last moment. No one appears 10 have
any knowledge Of the misfortuues 10
which he refers in his last letter to his
wife, aud his embarrassments arc believed
to have been wholly or mainly imaginary
4 Wealthy BsItImorvsn's VIII.
The will OF the late Samuel NJ. Shoe
IN lker, vice president and general manager
ut Adams Express company, has been
filed for record. Il5 leaves to his two
sons SO 900 each. to be paid to them
iu sums OF $25, 900 when they r, spec t.
igely attain the ages OF twenty one,
twenty. eight and thirty'hye years. The
rest of the estate, real and personal, Is lott
TO q safe Deposit and Trust company 1t
trust, to be divided equally among hi'
children for life aud at their death to thoiI
children, excepting SlO,O 900 aud live stock
etc, which is left TO his wife, this ber
| all she receives. There are no bequests /,
charitable institutions. The estate i
valued at $l,OOO,OO
Killed ~ hiie saving Her Mother.
\ dispatch from Helena, Montana, say
that Mrs Q. +. Kemp, while i'll and il
great pain on Monday, attempted TO shoe
| herself Her daughter Ella, 20 years old
tried TO take the pistol away from her, whel
it was discharged. The bullet pa5se,
through the daughters brain, killing he
| inStlutly