The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-13
WITH SUICIDAL INTENT
Furniture Dealer Richard
Mueller Takes an Over
dose of Medicine.
Ills REASONS NOT KNOWN
He Had Been Sick For Some Time
and was Very Dependent
this Morning.

what has every Indication OF intended
suicide was discovered this morning
when Richard Mueller, a furniture
dealer, well known IL the vicinity Of the
Court House, was found dead on a
lounge by his wife. She had gone out
TODD an GRAND aud started about nine
o'clock. Ia her absence her husband
returned, aud when she next saw him an
hour later he was stretched out
on the sofa, his body cold in
death. The two lived at No. SO Oakland
avenue in comfortable circumstances.
He was about tn Try years OF age and
she tweuty-seven. They were much at
tached to each other. For some time
Mueller has been ailing. DIR. Bidwell.
who attended the man. wrote out a
prescription TO ba filed at Levering's
drug store. Five Corners. Am ong other
ingredients Was max vomica. of
which in the we ounce bottle. the
chemist says, there was enough 10 send u
dozen men TO their death. Mueller's
dose was q few drops in water. The
prescription was compounded three days
ago. Mueller took the medicine as
directed. This morning he had tn e
prescription renewed.
HIS QUEER ACTIONS.
He left the house about nine o'clock
and met his workman, George w. Wiz
ters. of No. 273 Seconti street, who assists
in the store at No. 622 Newark avenue.
The two men met at the corner of OAK.
land and Hoboken avenue. Writers had
started for Mueller's house after waiting
an Tour and a half for the PROPRIETOR TO
open the store on Newark avenue. The
store is generally opened at half past
SaVan h1f WAC NOT 0nanAd M nu.f0TporU
this morning.
When the men met they went into the
saloon ut the corner, at Mueller's request,
and he took a glass OF whiskey.
He seemed morose and s~ullen, ana
scarcely said u word. Writers wondered
it and remarked to his friend that he was
not so lively as usual.s Mueller said nary
q word. AS conversation progressed
Writer'S asked about a job down on
Second street for suext Monday. He said
be supposed Mueller would be down there
ready tor him then.
mot SO sure about it," significantly
remarked Mueller. Writers sail nothiog
talk.
This IS MY DOSE"
"Well, George" remarSed Mueller, in
a husky voice, rs he started to 90. and
pulled Il small medicine bottle from his
pocket. you see thu IneGlcines Half OF
this Is my dose. I'H take it al" aud
Mueller replaced the bottle slowly in his
pocket.
kiss me, Dick" he continued. sand il
you u see me again remember this:
take up my fathers body aud my little
airis and have me put III with Them"
Writers gazad in establishment. and
placing his hand on his friends shoulder
patheticaliy said:
DICK, stop that. Why, Dick. what's
1 fhn tt,,tTAr9 Naxry fJAr1f 49,, -, -
more" Then he added, lauxhtng.y.
you"
AT that Miller went back towards his
house, saying as be left, You go ia
dinner and let John (MuelIer's brother)
tend the store at noon."
AT ten O'Clock Writer'S was nearly
1~ulnbfounded at receiving word that
Mueller was dead.
"Dick dead; Is it posslble?" he tam
mered.
TIE DISTRACTED WIFE.
The distracted wife ran from one room
10 another wri lging her hands as a re-
porter entered the room where the dead
husband lay. She moaned, "Ol Dick.
YOU do in why didn'5 You
tell me. Poor Dick. what did / do? Oh,
my Gou Why did he do it?" It was
heartrenGiug 10 see her in her terrible
agony. Mrs. Mueller had entered The
room aloOe, and she at a glancs saw that
life was extinct from ner husbands body
With pItiful means She rap from The
house to Leveriug's drug store to procure
emetics. She was SO crazsd IT the snd,len
shock that she seemed to lose her mind.
All restoralives were or no avail,
naturally. and when DR.. Kuehne OF
Summit avenue arrived, he said the man
had been lead over an hour,
DR.. Nevin. city physician, reached the
house about eleven O'CLOCK. A bottle of
carbolic acid was found III a room, part
OF which was gone, but it is thought that
he did not drink tnis. IL is as 2 ,oa as
admitted by the doctors that he drank
the medicine. County Physician Con-
verse will Investigate the death,