Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-03-07
PISTOL and Rob,
TIE MEANS OF EXIT FOR TWO SOULS YES
TERDAY.
Thomas Richards Shot Himself in the Hs2di and
Mrs. Hannah Shellsr Hanged Hsrssh
in Her Bed Room.

Yesterday we had another exemplih-
cation Of a popularity heretofore noted
that inouests come along by twos and
threes, like fires, murders and acct
dents.
lisa fact, many times observed, that
when the Coroner gets one call ne is
pretty sure to get three in short order,
and it has come 10 be a common remark
among newspaper men, officers and
others familiar with such matters, when
q call for the Coroner comes in, "Won-
der where the others will be?" or LETS
wait awhile and get the rest"
Yesterday Coroner Phillips got three
summonses to hold inqueSts in about
Ave hours. and as q consequence II was
his busy day. Two Of these inQueSts
we're over the bodies OF suicides.
THE FIRST SUICIDE.
About eight o'clock in the morning
Mrs. Todt, employed as domestic IN
the family Of Conrad Scholar, at NO.
469 Market street, went TO Mrs. Schell-
Rr's bedroom to summon her 10 break
last. and found the dead BODY
n the woman hanging from
large pieture-hook In the
wall OF her room. Life was extinct, ana
the deed had probably been committed
at least an hour aud probably an hour
and a half before.
Mr.. Scholar is employed at Elig's
wagon and carriage shop, and ABOUT
s o'clock In the morning his wife
aroused him and told him II was
o'clock and time 10 get up.
Mr.. Schiller dressed himself,
went down stairs and got his
breakfast, prepared by Mrs. Todt, and
then went 10 his work, leaving MS WlIe
IN bed. Sometime after her husband $
departure Mrs. Scholar got up, dressed
herself In her usual manner, procured a
short piece Of rope, and set ABOUT
taking her life. A large picture hanging
on the wall was removed, and the wom-
an, standing on a lounge, made a moose
In the rope, placed il around her neck,
and tied the other end Of the rope TO the
hook which had supported the picture.
When the matter was arranged 70 suit
her liking she simply stepped OIL the
lounge, and death by strangulation was
the result.
Mrs. Seheller was about forty-Seven
years OF age and unusually good look
ing. For some time past her mind had
been affected, and about two weeks ago
she was adjudged insane by Justice
George Ankle, and would have been
sent to the asylum but for the over
crowded condition OF that institution.
This unsettled mental condition was
che cause of the act.
DEATH FROM NATURAL CAUSES.
About the same time the announce
ment OF the suicide was made, the Cor
oner received call to 1119 McCulloeh
street, where Mrs. Mary kettler was
said 70 have died a short time before
under circumstances thought to war
rant an investigation. The woman,
who was 70 years of age, lived In the
same house with John Huseman and
wife, and for some time has
been subject to attacks OF heart
trouble OF some form or other.
About o'clock in the morning
Mrs. Huseman went into Mrs. Kettler's
room and found her lying on the floor
by the stove, elutching at her heart,
and evidently about dying. Mrs. Huse-
man ran out and called for help, and
Mrs. Staub, neighbOr, ran to the
room. BY this time Mrs. Kettler was
dying, but other neighbOrs arriving, an
attempt was made to afford aid, but
nothing could be done, and in very
few minutes life was extinct. The Cor
oner made an examination into the
facts, and made a return that death was
due to natural causes.
A SHOT IN HIS BRAIN.
. The most tragic and sensational event
Of the day, in the Coroner's line, was
the suicide Of Thomas Richards, aged
ss, Of No. 7O6 Main street, the act OF
self-destructlon being accomplished at
8 quarter past one o'clock, in the weigh
er's Office at the upper end OF the Sec
ond ward market house.
Richards was very we'll known about
the city, especially in the First, Second
and Fourth wards, he having worked
as a roller at the Crescent mill for a
good while. but his somewhat dissi-
pated habits interiered with his use
fulness out there, and for more than a
week he has been idle and drinking at
times. He was a son Of Henry 5.
Richards, the tailor, and a brother Of
Councilman Campbell Richards, OF the
Second ward. Deceased was married,
but his wife and children are in Wash
ington City visiting relatives.
SaturdaV Richards was looking for 8
revolver, and as he was acting some