The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-09-14
MARSILY A SUICIDE.
The Commission Merchant Shot
Himself Without Known Cause
He Was Preparing to Take a Trip
to Belgium.
Vogel and Knot Also Found Death
with Pistol Bullets.

Ferdinand Adolph Marsly, a COM
mission merchant with an Office at II
Beaver street. living at l16 East Seventy.
fourth street, committed suicide about
8 o'clock this morning by shooting him.
self with a revolver.
Mr.. Msrsily occupied room In the
rear OF the second floor. His wife, who
slept in the front room, heard the shot
and hurried into her husbands room.
She found him crouching on the bed
half buried in the clothes, with blood
pouring from a wound in his right
temple. She sent the servant girl for a
physician, but before he arrived Mr..
Marsily was dead.
His wife was almost Frustrated by
the shock. She said she knew of no
reason why he should have killed HIM
self. as his business affairs, as far az
she knew, were in good condition.
They had sub-let the house in which
they lived. and had packed up their
household goods preparatory to taking
trip to Belgium
o'clock yesterday evening from a short
business trip he hal ma de to Philadel-
phia,' said Mrs. Mars!ly.. II had not cx-
pected him so soon, and had accepted an
| invitation to dine with Mrs. Hughes and
her husband, the pastor OF he church
which attend. was, therefore little
| surprised to fnl my husband at home
when | returned at o'clock.
He complained that his cold was no
better. The. cold TO which he referred
TRIP from BesS Sshsr the he
had gone three or four months ago.
He retired at an early hour. He
slept in the rear room. and always kept
/ been a sufferer from rheumatism. I
slept in the front room.
Towards morning l was attracted by
the sound of keys juggling, and j heard
my husband make a noise as If he were
opening the .chiffoner.
At first did not pay any attention
| to 1t, bit after time / remembered
/ looked at my watch and saw that It
was between 4 and o'clock
a pistol shot and running into the room.
! saw my husband huddled up In bed on
his hands and knees, as IL he were try
ing to hide himself under the bed
al pulled the, covering off him and,
not knowing. what had happened,
claspeed him In my arms. When l saw
| called for the servant
- was so excited / do not know how
long 9. time elapsed between the time I
told the servant TO go for the doctor
and the time when he arrived.
Mr. MGrsily was very attentive to
his business and worried more than he
should have done. We both looked for
ward TO our trip abroad with pleasure.
but he began TO grow respondent as
soon as he found tenant for this
house. He said he, regretted breaking
up his home, and he must have been
out of his mind when he shot himself
We were married in Virginia, four
teen years ago. At that time my hus-
band was n widower."
Mr.. Marsily was in partnership with
Otto A. Theurkauf, and the firm was
known as f. A. Marsily & Co. They
had a Produce Exchange connection
Mr.. Theurkauf being a member.
There was nobody but two small boys
in the office this forenoon. Neither
knew anything about Mr.. Marsily'i
suicide.
Mr. Theurkauf did not come to the
office to-day. The office boys said
that Mr.. Marsily had not been down,
town since Wednesday. He appeared
: then to be in good health and spirits
Neither of the lads would believe that
. it was his employer who had taken
Marsily 4 Co. did an apparently
: prosperous business as sole agents In
4 this country for an imported food prep,
! aration, and were looked upon as solid
business men.
Mrs. Emma s. Marsily. wife of the
, suicide, is President of the Ladies' Art
: Society, of % East Fourteenth street
and is well known In artistic circles.