The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-01-28
The YEARS FIRST FRUIT
Pall Stern Hangs Himself In 4 Pafk
Street Tailor Shop.


morning. The scene was a little one
story tailor shop at No. 344 East Park
street. which leans up against the west
side OF the saloon of John Bode. The
shop IL composed of two rooms. The
front room is occupied as n tailor shop,
while the rear room is used as sleeping
and living apartment by the tailor, Florian
Voneschen. and his partner. Paul Stern.
Al 7:3O O'Clock this morning voneschen
arose from his bed and went into the front
room. In the dim morning light he dis
cerned family the form OF his partner.
whats the matter, Paul. called out
voneschen. There was no answer, hut
the form swung slowly around,
Stern's Hhastly face to his Mortified part
ner. Gazing i~ntcntly. unable tn realize
for q what had happened, Vone-
schen saw n cord suspended from the
of Paul stern The frightened tailor in
saloon keeper, and in a few minutes a
crowd was gathered about the place.,
peepine in at the form Of the Head man.
had been committed with great dclibcra-
ton. The. tailor shop had formerly cen
been suspended from the ce,,ter OF the
taken down. He had then formed a loop
the ordinary clothes line, fastened il TO
the lamp hook, mounted the table. and
sllppea or; 1t A. suppoSea .l,1ai..e S'ca fnr
there were no signs of a
The wrists were. slightly biackencd. The
rested ON the floor. when found. but this
is supposed to have resulted from the ex-
/ feet, eight inches i'm height, but in life
was about two inches shorter than that.
He weighed about 155 pounds. His features
face, sandy moustache and blue eyes, and
was about % years old.
In storms coat pocket were. found two
envelopes scribbicd over thc'back i'm the
German language. The writing was
Identified as thai of Stern. Translated,
the writing was as follows:
"Be SO kind. Florian, aud write To the
following Address that l am dead. i ask
you not to let them know the way in which
you will find s1i. If possible give me
decent burial, The pain in my left arm
longer. To Professor ". Doergcs. in
weIstofI, near Voerfsfcld. Province of
Brmnswick, Germany.'
trunk. but in his pocket was found a purs.
containing S1s.55. II the trunk, besides
SSss-o.s% left T,l Little h., Fails
half, Stern being a shoemaker and Won
eschen n tailor: They worked ia Helena
times hard there. came to Butte between
three and four months ago. Vonescher
for a job as a shoemaker. but was unsne
board for Stern and lodged him. Bode
Stern was very despondent at times. be
cause he couldn't get job
Hs %as f In his p p"..sri" Was f dsH"
a slip of paper with the word 'Briomia.'
written on it. A small vial labeled will
ehet said there was nothing in the botti,
to do him any harm. Voneschen sal.
chased ON Saturday; he giving stern .
cents with which to buy it. II was "a liquis
medicine. and Stern had used il eve
icine was n specific for rheumatism. SterI
appeared in AS good spirits as usual OF
Inner .yonechen went toy Rosks
and did not return until liza
s'e.osk last night Z: n, When he y resnrnns
asked him how he felt. and he said he wa
suffering great pain: voneschen went
hut Stern said il was no use, he couldn
sleep on account of excessive pain. Won
and thought he slept more soundly- tina
usual on account of some medicine know
as Kings pills, that, he was taking. III
noticed that the door tn the front roor
was half closed. He went TO sleep again
He next awoke about 1880 o'clock an
made the discovery as already relate,
Stern's body was removed to Sherman
undertaking. rooms. This afternoon a
flee. DR.. j.. w. toward. who had e,
amincd the body. said that death was cv
uentIy c;tlSeu Dy STANDARDIZATION ~ ~
amined the body closely and could fin
no marks which would lead him to su
pect that the man had been murders
first and suspended afterward. The bod
was still warm and lif.. had been eNtin,
not more than four or five hours. Floria
Voneschen described the manner of fin
ing the body and said they had be-
friends together for IL month
The deceased read no bool
likely to lead him to suicide, an
was not particularly melancholy. He IL
not notice that Paul was not in bed wi,
him when he first woke up this mornin
Peter He $ had known the deceased thr.
or four weeks, aud did not notice that
was excessively melancholy. although !
often spoke of his embarrassed financi
condition. He never bought n drink AT
never seemed to have any money. dol
Bodle, Simon H~answorth. and other W
nesses were examined, but nothing ne
was developed.
The jury consisted of w. 3. MarRill.
ID. Galloway. r. TAFT, John Chisholm.
. NJ. Spunelfeltcr and ". &. Kinney. II
verdict was hat the deceased came to- ]
death by suicide.
Butte Heal Estate Record.
BY the Standards special wire.