New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-23
DEAD ~ THE PARK.
SUICIDE OF GERMAN OK SNOW COVERED
KNOLL.


Charles F. Mocng. well-educated German.
who for many years had been the foreign CORE
spondencc clerk In the banking house of Ladenburg,
Thalrnann 4 CO.. committed suicide yesterday
morning I'm Central Park. by shooting hIus'ir III the
rich, temple Soon after II a m. John +. Mcl>cnna,
a Par. policeman found the body lying on snow
covered knoll IN the Park. near the entrance At
Eighth-ave. and Eighty frst-st.
4 pistol with ore chamber discharged. lay IN
the snow near the dead man. Near 10y was an open
letter which read as follows: "My names is Charles
r. Moeng. and occupy furnished room In the
house OF DR. r. W. Muller l23 East Tenth-st
desire that my remains be taken to the shop OF
Undertaken Charles Diehl in Essex-st"
In another letter in the mans pocket. written III
German was the request that his body be creTnated
1t also said that there sufficient money IN MS
trunk to pay his funeral expenses The last letter
bore marks OF having been carried about Tor s. me
time There were a few dollars In money. two pairs
OF eyeglasses and several other trinkets In his
possession. and a sllver-headed cane was lying be-
side the body The body removed To the
Morg1ie but up to late last night the Coroner had
not viewed It given permission for Its removal
DR. Miller told "A Tribune reporter last evening
that the suicide OF Moelling probably due 10
the fact that he was becoming blind, Some time
ago Moeling consulted an eye speciils' anu th'
result OF the examination had no doubt convlhcvsi
the dead man that sooner or later ne must give up
his place He had probably brooded over THIS until
he resolved to take his NE $500 ,,.,,,,re, ,o,,,e,
from Dr. Miller a spare room DuiNS ut tilI1
that has elapsed Moclling. although courteous az ~
tlnrs had not exchanged two dozen WORDS WIN
the other occupants of the house lie Woui .etIVc
the rent for his room on his bureau every ''o"'''
| morning. A.. so,,o orl
No one called MoellIng at tho house. ,s, ahI
II was only when n letter bearing the imprint VI
the firm OF Iadenburg. Thalmann q CO. WIS re-
ceved. that 1t was found that Moel'hs WAS e'"
ployed there ~, ,,a oors,,,a
ton with the ocust, Meetings. SIGHT seemed ~
| grow poorer Dr. Miller thinks thar hpont ms
lime Moellmg either resigned from MI pas sh or
else had lost II on account OF MS ialliiis sie NJ
! From that time he had begun 10 DE irregular
! I'm his habits. - 49,, ~, ,o
| At about $50 yesterday morning, apoul an hour
before his usual time he left the h2uss IL u De.
lieyed that he went directly 10 the fark ana shot
himself Moellng far as Dr. Mu:el M v, Gus was
a single man. He was student on ecotJ JiI Ques-
tione and he wrote on banking and political sub
| tecis for the local German neMspape's. o ~
In the office OF Ladenburg. Ihainiiin o. 40, IN
wall Street he attended to all the German and
| French correspondence OF the hrin Mo.ia,,S VAS
a member OF the Arion club for some years. out
| he resigned not long ago . ,,.. arr, oo,,,
be seen last night, ana II was inpvsb ,s daa.h
| positively whether Moelling nah De.o'e "'S aealh'
severed bis connection with me hf"-