New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-11
SUICIDE or BANKERS CLERK
HE WAS JACOB GUNZBERG. EMPLOYED
BY l. & S. WORMsER.
HE LEFT LETTERS SAYING THAT HIS ACCOUNTS
WERE WRONG. But HIS EMPLOYERS DENY
THISTLE MAY HAVE HAD AN IN
SANE DELUsION

THISTLE MAY HAVE HAD AN IN
SANE DELUsIoN.
Either theft. which had not been discovered
yesterday. or an insane delus!on that ne was a
defaulter led Jacob Grnzberg an employe OF l.
& s. Worser, TO kill himself in his room on the
top floor Of the house No. 236 Fifth-ave on
Monday night The second floor of that house
is the home of the Ohio Society of New-York
For three years Gunzberg had occupied. FUR
nished room on the top floor where a Mrs Jones
IS the landlady. He was thrty-six years old and
unmarried a Woodworking clerk Of apparently
steady habits Every week day he was at work
i'm the broker's Office at No. II Broad-st. lie
was not known 10 drink 10 spend his time
in gambling in the evenings. Lately he had not
been in good health. and ne may have suffered
from overwork 1t was said that he was suner-
ING from catarrh OF the stomach but his Illness
did not appear to make him melancholy.
About D. m on Monday. after he had been
I'm his room for some time, he was seen TO leave
the house He went to call on his sister MIS-
Soloman in West Seventy -second-st., ana ne
left her home soon after p. m. Mrs Jones
knocked at the door Of his room at 10 a. m yes
terday. but she got no answer. Her suspicious
were aroused, and she called Stewart Mackey'
the janItor Of the house, who entered the room
with a passkey. Gunzbergs body was hanging
haside the door. He haa hanged himself with
q rome which he had made by twisting together
some strong packing twine. one end OF the IoPy
was fastened to a hinge OF the door. ana ne had
placed a handkerchief about his neck so AS ~
nrevcnt the fatal moose from cutting lhlo HiS
flesh. - cha
Mackey called in Policeman ConVers. OF Ine
West Thirtieth-st station. who cut the pouS
down. Three letters which GunzberS had VIII
ten were found in the room Two OF theih were
addressed 10 the firm Of l. x s Wormser, ana III
one of them the writer said he was snort ~ MS
accounts The third letter was addressed 70
his brother-in-law, Solomon. Information OF
Gunzberg's suicide was sent to the firm ana 70
Mrs solomon and the sister went to the mouse
before noon. When Mrs. solomon reached the
house She became hysterical, and II was some
time before she could gain sufficient composuGe
10 view the body She said she did not kno"
any cause why her brother should commit SUI
eide. When he called TO see her on Mohudy
evening she said, ne appeared to be IN good
Notice Of the suicide was sent to the Coro-
ner's Office and Coroner DObbss private clerk
went To the house and took dispositions from all
persons who knew anything about the case
\ representative OF the firm Of l. & :. Worm
ser went to the house in the afternoon and was
permitted 10 take the letters addressed 10 the
firm He appeared to be surprised at the state
ment which Gunzberg had written to the ef-
feet that he was short In his accounts Later IN
the day the firms representative returned 10
tho house and said that GunZberg must have
been mistaken. The firms books. ne sald,
showed that Gunzbcrg did not owe anything TO
the firm. but that the firm owed a small amount
to him. Late in the afternoon the body Of
Gunzberg removed to an undertakers shop
in Carmnc-st.
Mr. Gunzherg was the correspondence clerk OF
l. d : Wormser Isidor Wormser said yesterday
that Gunzberg had been IN the employ of the
firm for about nineteen years. lie was born in
Germany. Mr.. WOrmser said: Mr. Gunzberg
was always prompt in coming to the Office. He
was faithful worker and we are very sorry
to lose him. He never came late, and when he
did not appear the Office by 10 o'clock we
sent one ~ our boys up 10 his house and then
learned NJ the suicide There Is no motive for the
deed that We know or Ills accounts with us
were entirely correct. He had no handling or
securities or cash and no wrOng-dong could have
been at the bottom OF it 50 far are affected
He had been somewhat respondent Of late on ac-
count Of sickness, but did not learn OF this
until today from the outside. We had no sus-
picon that he was III. and the discovery of his
suicide was a complete surprise.