The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-04
A DRAMATIC SUICIDE.

A DRAMATIC SUICIDE
George KleniL Hangs Himself I'm the Hous
Almost IA the Presence Of II IS Dau. hter.
George klentZ, German IS years old,
husband of Mrs. Mary Klentz, the well
known milliner. committed suicide at his
home. 1909 North Main street, at II O'Clock
Sunday, by hanging himself from a hook in
the door casing, four feet above ground,
with the rope of hammock His two
daughters, young women. were in the
HOUSE at the time but before they saw the
commission of the rash act, he WIS beyond
relief. Various rumors were set afioat
about town but the facts indicate plain
enough that he committed suicide. He
was hard drinker, and was one OF those
unfortunate human beings who could not
control his APPETITE for strong drink. He
realized this and preferred to leave the
world. This is about all there is to it.
The details are brought out in the evidence
submitted at the inquest yesterday, a
synopsis Of which follows. The funeral
will take place from the residence at $50
this morning. The officiating minister
will be Rev. c. Bectold.
THE INQUEST.
On being notified yesterday, Coroner
McAllIster impaneled jury composed Of
Daniel Burman, G.. A. Foster, w. Starnes.
j. ID. Caldwell. John V. koogle and
Thomas Scott. They at once went and
viewed the body aud adjourned until
o'clock today when the taking of testi-
mony began at the coroner's Office.
f. E. Fitzpatrick said: l live st 1000
North Water street. One of the girls
came to my house and asked if we had any
W Risky as her father had tried TO suicide,
and for me to get doctor. got to the
house in six or seven minutes and found
him lying on the floor with his head to the
west on pillow. This was about $780,
There is bed in the room. The middle
room is where he hung himself put my
hand Oh his heart and l felt it beat. His
eyes were open. He showed signs Of life.
His face looked very natural, not blood
shot or black. I was there when Mis-.
klentz came back from church. She put
her ear to his heart and said he was not
dead. DR.. McAdams came and after he
examined the body she went out of the
room. DR.. Shutz came and she asked if
be was dead. He said yes. She went into
the room next to the street.
DR.. Shultz said that he was practicin
physician OF fifteen years, six year in
Wichita. He was called in Sunday. As
he rode his wheel up to the side OF the
house, he heard a female voice say: Here
comes Dr. Shnltz" Another female voice
said: Tell him not to come in; it is too
~ 7 in urt fho Dir
McAdams. l examined the corpse. He
was dead. He did not die by strangu!a-
tion. l have not formed an opinion salts
factory to myself MS to the cause of his
death. He had not the appearance of
man who had died by strangulation. Mrs.
Klentz asked me II he was dead and said
yes. In the middle of the room | asked
one of the girls about the circumstances,
and she started to give me an explana-
ton Of it, when Der mother Immediately
called her. She came back and
showed me hommock fssten
ed to hook in the side of the
the door, about four feet from the floor. l
asked how he could hang himself in that
and she said that be threw the hammock
around his neck and threw it over the
hook. asked if there was loop or moose
around his neck. Fitzpatrick then asked
how long was the loop. and he formed one
by putting the end of the hammock On the
hook making loop about large enough to
admit mans head, and asked the young
lady about like that. She said: mo.
lower down than that" / saw a man
could get on his knees and get his head in
the loop. Just then Mrs. kientz come out
Of the front room and clapDcd
her hands and said: THANK God.
Nv rs at church today"
said to the girl, you were at church when
he cid thiss' And shs other daughter, who
was sitting in the corner. and whom l had
not observed, said, mo, only mother was
to church" ! asked her II she was not IN
the house so rs to prevent him hanging
himself She said ne told her he was gong
to hang himself, and she might have pre-
vented it, but she didn't believe he in
tended to do IL. Just then Mrs. Klentz
came out again and said II the hanging
hadn't killed him he would have died any
how. as he had been drinking himself to
death. She requested another man and
myself to lay him on the bed and we de-
clined until the coroner had seen him. II
was before this, however. that Fitzpatrick
had suggested that the coroner be notified
ana she wanted to know if he wanted to
get her into trouble. She said: Get the
get Mr.. Dunbar right away"
DR.. McAdams testified: Il have been a
since '69 twenty years in Wich-
Ia knew deceased by sight and knew
be was drinking man. / went to the
home at O'Clock yesterday and found
him dead I asked wnHb killed him. |
was told he had hung himself in the ham
mock aud the manner in which be was
said 10 have hung himself by bis daughter.
She also recited conversation she had
with him the substance Of which was that
be expressed himself Is tired OF living, be
ing OF no use or this earth and an incou-
Tenience to his family; that be lad better
lie than 70 live She said be then went
into the room where the hammock was,
and five minutes attervard she found hi n
banging by his head In one end OF the
ham mock. From the circumstances and
and appearance Of the de-
ceased I believe this all to be true and
that II is a case o; simple hanging or sui
eide ! heard or saw nothing TO make me
think there vas foCl play. His face was
COS gested and flushed. He was dead when
got there.
J d. Cald well ssked witness IL it would
not take only slight hanging TO kill a
rim king man zen .he witness Ezsa /,