The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-10
FIVE WHO TRIED SUICIDE.
POTTS HANGS HIaTsELF ON LEARN
ING or MS BIFE'S DEATH

Gnvrtte Tutus on tho Gns-Nrp. Bells, FAM
nenstcn. ana Aicgro lake Po'-on-An
hat FnpnrnstcW md Allegro Dat.
The dead bodies OF Gustavc Potts md his
wife. Annn. lay side hy side in the parlor OF
the second ndt ut Si2 linton avenue yester-
day. Potts was n frcsco painter and deco
rator. 40 years old. His wife was 40 The
courlc had been married twenty-five years.
and had two sons and daughter. Tho daugh-
ter. Mrs. Lillian Robctzck. lives Mt Fcrcst ave-
nue. and 1G5th street. At 10 o'clock on Friday
morning she went to coll on her mother.
She rang repeatedly. but got no re-
sponse. aud went away. She camo back
ut 2:30 O'Clock and got into tho house
through the basement. strong odor OF
gas rrtvadcd the rooms. In tho kitchen
Mrs. Rohet2ck found eas pouring from n gas
ttove TINT stood on table Her mother sat
near by in chnir Unconscious. A newsI arcr
lay In hor lap. as it che had been reading and
had been overcome 10y tho gas lefore abe no.
ticed that Il wns escaping DR., Whtcom Of
Boston avenue and 1B4th street was called in.
but in spite Of his efforts Mrs. Potts died about
4 o'clock.
Her sons. William and Grs.nve. had been
summoned to her beside Her husband came
horne about So'clock Tho news was u great
to ook on nnd Of Ss st erng sno
time he left The RHuss That was Ss last Es
brought hcme his dcaJ boy. viii Ii Mourtsi
sustenhrt from II tree in Whites estate near
TIE southern boulevard about POO ieet from
h. rayr nnG r"s
Shea found the body. Tho feet OF the dend
man touched the ground and hi- knees, were
station nv ,dy was Easily Identified BY papers
found in the pockets.
Gnstave Potts. the elder son. follows his
fathers DcculntiOn Of frpsep mi nj md tac-
ornto-; and William, thu Young r son. ia em-
h'ySa ut tho TO- pinkSrt'n hosciys Agsncy
covered from thu effects Of the gas had she not
hiak that Mrs. Potts lit the gas f to nrepare
luncheon. and that It was extineuished in
s9 Imra way without, th,, her knGwledgc w.
man Hot~ ia East " d str 81" e on
cscnping gas caused the hotel people to break
| mo his room Yesterday ,nornin.. He went to
IL" hoie, on clutches. and il ,mrposedt to have
was turned on full. He toLi tho clerk DO knew
| nnw to manage it, and the hotel people think
posses ion indicated that h" was II farmer and
an agent Tor u truss company, There was
81 Eli 10 n'his pockets He was about o5 years
,,lml Julia Bel7 the wife Of Arthur Eelz mu.i;,
intent. Grief iecause her father had smiled
| for Europ" Gu the preceding saturday Ia said
| to have been til. cause. Six months ago shu
| tried to asphyxiate herself with gas Arrar.
| en'ly she was not entirely sane. She wus AZ
| years old.
Herman Fannenstcn. 80 years old. of 1870
Essex street. attempted suicide for the second
! time yesterday. He lost his emrloyr ent in u
| drug store and became desrondent. Two
| weeks ago he tried to tn X" oXalic acid. hut his
cents worth of Paris green and was eating 1t
| when his wi 70 came upon him. She told Ser
| gennt Halpin Of the Eldridge street station.
! and Fannensten was sent TO Gouverneur Hos
! pital II prisoner. He may not recover.
III, 'p@ AlteGr"; an Italian shocmaksG 10 years
| ing in the basement ~ 534 Second avenue.
| He was taken to bellevue Hospital. lie had
! tried to kill himsel Il with opium. At the hos
| pital he rpgained his senses. tc said he didn't
| know why he wanted to take his life II"
worked in the place where he was found. but
had no home.