The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-23
A BED OF BLOOD.
A Blind Man Attempts
Suicide.
DESPERATE FRITZ SCHLOT.
Rae's Alibi Growing Stronger
Each Day.
THE ACME WHIST CHAMPION.
Sheriff. Elect White Names Two
OF His Sons as
Deputies.

OAKLAND. - Blind, bleeding and de-
spOndenI, Fritz SeAlot was found yester-
day morning early in q bed saturated with
life-fuid in his room at the Home for the
Adult Blind. lie had gashed his wrists in
several places during the night, and then
thrown himself on his bed, aud calmly
awaited the death he courted.
Neither of the cuts was deep enough to
reach vital point, and the man still lives
to try again, which he says he will do.
Schlot Is German, 80 years of age, and
besides being blind has suffered great deal
Of sickness. and in his thoughts of himself
and his condition has allowed his mind to
run upon suicide. His friends have fire.
quently tried to talk him out of MS gloomy
feelings.
! A year ago he begged the doctor who at
tended him in case of sickness to let him
die. and even pleaded for something to
hasten his death. The physician, DIR.
Fine. tried to encourage the poor fellow at
thst time.
An attendant went to Schlors room yes
teTday morning early anu saw the man
lying in his bloody bed, pale and ema-
ciated. and keen broom knife on table near
at hand DIR. Fine was sent for and pronounced
some OF the gashes deep enough to reach an
artery. The bleeding man talked OF the matter
freely. he said:
Last night fully made up my mind 1 would
DO H. and lay awake nearly tile whole night
thinking over ii. / thought that / would bleed
10 death by morning. thought that / would
be buried by Sunday and that by Christmas
would be out of tile way OF my friends. After
making up my mind got ont OF bed. 1t was
halI-past O'Clock. L wrote letter TO my
children and then cut my wrists and fully ex-
pected that death would come. | am sorry that
II dd not"
A son OF Scblot. residing in San Francisco
was sent for. The letter TO the children spoken
OF, which was IN German, was translated as
follows:
Dear children: L beg thousand psrdons for
my deed dare not keep It. Mr.. Sanders and
Dr. t1ne also W hite and Graves have treated me
well, and have no cause to complain. MY blind
ness ana eleven months of terrible sickness and
also the deyii VINO is in drives me TO this deed
pardon. Your loving father, FRITZ ScHLoT.
One More Friend.
Only one witness was heard In the exam.
was George Campbell of San Francisco, brother
of Martin Campbell who was the first witness
for the defendant.
Campbell went to work for the San Jose
Dairy Company May %, 1928 Knew Reeves
and all of his men. He slept in Reeves barn
with Reeves men. Left there Nav g. Met
defendant IN san Jose June and took
couple of drinks with him. Often rode TO
brewery win defendant, but did not believe
that he did that day. Positively Unidentified de-
PENDANT as party whom he met al Reeyes' and
IN san jose June H.
On cross-examinaton the ATTORNEY for the
defense questioned him closely as to how he
knew IL was June / and after 10 usben thew
drank together. Witness was positive that II
was June IL because that was the second SAT-
uTday alter witness went 10 work for IN. Gan
Jose Dairy Company. Defendant had to leave
the dairy at II 10 get malt daily. Constable