The evening world., 1894-09-14
NO REASON CAN Be LEARNED.
Bernard Vogel Went to Central
Park and Also Shot His
Life Away.
KNOT WANTED FIVE DOLLARS.
Because His Wife Would Not Give
It to Him He look
His Life.

This shooting Is a mystery to me. 1t
has strange look" said Policeman
Hall. Of the Twenty fifth Precinct, who
stood guard this morning over the dead
body OF Ferdinand Adolph Marsily, in
the second-story brick room of the
brown-stone front house 1l6 East Sew
enty-fourth street
The story of the tragedy as thus far
cleaned does not differ in salient fea-
lures from many other suicides.
AS Policeman Edgar V. Campbell was
patrolling his post on East Seventy
fourth street al 5l5 o'clock this morn
ing, a girl, greatly agitated, rushed up
to him, saying:
Come quick, officer, the master has
shot himself in our house!'
At the door Campbell was met by a
handsome woman about thirty years
old who was evidently laboring under
great excitement
my husband has shot himself!' she
| exclaimed, as she hurried up the stair
way in front OF the policeman.
There in the rear room Campbell
'Nouq STU no suI6I 6UsIsW punoJ
while the blood trickled slowly from a
pistol shot wound In the left temple. A
revolver was on the floor near by.
| DR.. H. q. Conrad, who lives a few
doors away, was sent for, but Marsily
was dead when he arrived.
Mrs. Marsily had managed to main.
tain a sort of control over herself up tc
the time OF the physicians arrival
When she learned that her husband was
dead, however, she gave way to an at,
the room DR.. Conrad prescribed some
soothing remedies and left.
| Concerning the causes which prompted
| Mr.. Marsily to end his life nothing could
be cleaned in the stricken household
| He was merchant. apparently In pros
porous circumstances, and although
fifty-eight years old. had no physical
ailment Of a serious character so far rs
| known.
He had, 1t is said, sold the house II
which the deed was committed only d
few days ago. Everything Of value
from the garnet to the cellar had beer
packed up ready for removal The only
exception was a miscellaneous colleG
ton Of Of, books 200 am, and Pamphlets" which
Marsiiy was native OF Belgium, ant
had intended sailing fol- the country Of
his birth in few t so GayI ib Mhethe
not be ascertained from the servant
girl, and the lady herself was suffering
too greatly from shock to be seen, 4
When asked how long Mr.. and Mrs
Marsily had been married the servan
said:
Give or six years"
Had they any children"
II don't know: can't say anything.
Have you any idea why Mr.. Marsil!
killed himself?'
| 81 don't know"
She said that Mrs. Marsily was tn,
dead mans second wife, and that the,
had lived in ll6 East Seventy-fourtl
street Ave or six years, but she spok
with evident reluctance.
Inquiry In the neighborhood elicite
the Information that Mrs. Marsily di
not associate with her neighbors Of
terms Of very great intimacy. Indeed
little or nothing was known concerning
their home life there.
At s o'clock Policeman Campbell. VIII
had remained in the house from tn
time he heard OF the shooting. was re
lieved by Policeman Hall, who seeme
, to be greatly mystified by the reticenc
of the servant
When the Coroner comes the Who'll
matter may be cleared up" he said, sen
I tentiously.
According to the directory, the onl
Marslly in this city has been for sew
eral years at Is Beaver street. where
together with Otto A. Theurkauf h
did a brokerage and agency bushes
under the style of F. A. Marsily Il CO