New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-14
DEAD FROM ST1RTATION.
AN OLD MISER WITH THOUSANDS OF DOL
LARS IN BANKS
HE OWNED TrNFMENT HOUSES IN HARLEM
BIT LIVED On MILK AND PorAToFS-FUNDs
HELD BY HIM IN TRUST FOR TWO UN-
KNOWN MOUNTAINEERING KNOWN
ABOUT HIS RELATIVES
OR HIS FElFNpS.

OR HIS FIJI lFNUS.
Gustavc A. Tuchel. sixty years old. who lived
in miserable apartments AZ No. ?l0 East One
hundred and second ST, died yesterday. Coroner
>,hultz. investigated III" ease, and found that
ri,hcl h,L evidently died from starvation. and
THAT he WIS a ms"r. Bank books were found
Shaving that Tuohel had about $4,000 slowed
away, while papers in his room Indicated that
rurh.l owned three tencmcnt-housrs In Harlem.
Nobody seems To- know much about the old man S
life. and even the stories of his ncghbors with
Nhom lc passed the last year or his HE throw
little light on the mystery.
About "A year ago h. went 10 the house where
hc died. and told the aniircss, Mrs. Fundus. that
he wished t. rent two rooms. Two in the rear
On the second floor were shown 10 him.
The next day he moved in with his fnrnitnre-a
lot If ,iL pi,latrd looking artirlcs-tnd Il number
of boxes containing books and papers. None
If the tcn.nts know anything about him beyond
the fact that he once said that he was book-can-
va,srr He WAS in the habit Of going out early
IN the morning and not returning until late at
ni.ht
Tl, old man cooked his own meals and made
no coniidant Of any one. Tie neighbors got Ia
know him hv scht, and lately they noticed that
me- seemed 10 srow more feeble every day.
Last Frilay the old man came home about
,'rlnrS Mrs. Fundus. the janitrcss, noticed that
ac seemed weak and she assisted him to his rooms
AZ noon yesterday She knocked at Tuchels door
but received no answer. She informed police
man that she feared the old man was dying. The
officer climbed ont on the fire erape and entered
by the window The old man was found lying
,,nconscIou> on the lounge. Az ambulance from
the Pr,>by Hospital arrived soon. hut Tuchrl
died about three minutes after il arrived
Ills room presented state of the most abert
poverty and was dirty beyond description. Cor
oncr Schultzc found five bankboolis on little
shelf One VI them. of the Dry Dock Savings In
,,itution, showed that Tuchel had S?.s4l To his
crc,li, there There was ulso a book Of the same
bank showing that the mi>cr held in trust for
one Marie Bestvatcr S2,s4l. Marie also las
81 100 deposited in trust In the Metropolitan
Savings Bank, und Tuchcl had S2:j in the same
bank to his own credit. Tho Coroner found also
"A couple OF books which indicated that Tu"hei
held In trust for one Ida Bcstvatcr $4,000.
Several papers foLnd in his room Indicated that he
owned the tenement houses Nos. 233 10 237 East
lalst-st No will was found In one Of the
pcrScis of his trousers was found ST aj. Among
II lot Of filthy rubbish were a couple OF queer
looking old brass watches of E.ngsh make. two
imitation diamond PinsS ana m"',g,Se on
iirst-st which had been cancelled.
Tuchel was in the habit of visiting grocery
store near by, which is kept by Mr.. Hahn. The
!. rorcr said last night that the old man used I"
hny from him occasionally pint of milk and
uuart of potatoes. lie had talked often with
/ nclcl. but could cot information further than
that the old man came from Germany. On Friday
Turhrl went into the store and bought the usual
pint of milk and the quart Of potatoes. Mr.; Hahn
.,,ys that ne seemed more feeble than usual.
The names Of the two women for whonl ~
was trustee nre not in the city direc Sry.
and it is likely that the Public Administrator
will have a hard time finding them.