Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-06-16

Yesterday afternoon. al slou, 4;3o
o'clock, Charles u. lIsgrrmsn. q we'll.
known railr,sd csrr-n,er and brhlge
builder ~ the city, committed suicide by
shoc,ing himself through the head
The news was sent up town by Grmge
" Men,srr. n friend " the suicide, and
when the reporter ofTuE CiriINS rppoud
81 the hrdy Was disr"vcr-d In the back
ysrl ~ III" -aloun ~ Hugh sullivan, lying
81 thr grassy gr"pnl, face downward.
and uui.r 'h- shade ~ 'wo nr ,hr." ,srg.
co''ouwU i ,r,.a.
A SavAgr lu'kiug - ,DiIlir Ii.t.I. BDil.
| lug pht"ni, WAS lymg NEAR by. AMI H..
tie h"io ~ the right rlr II the head.
Alout AN iuch ahnvr the ear, from which
blo"d anil brains were "zing out. told IN
silent anil mute sentences how Deliberate.
ly Hag,rmAn had taken his own life.
Henry Lockhart, jus,ic. " the I'eac-.
and Marshal Fluke som afterwards ar.
riyrl. And the following gentlemen wcr.
summoned NJ n coroncr's jury; A. u,
Dixon, lsaAr Lane. G-orgr Mrntzer, W.
q. Coulter. A Mclnnn and ". T. Nc.
Cr-ign.
Th-Jury examined the body. amer which
they rrpairrd To the Office u the justice 10
hear testimony.
Frank sullivan. who conducts the IA
lonn. stated tina, HAgcrmAn was at his
place SEVERAL times during yestsr-
day. bad taken several drinks, but
b. did not consider hin drunk. lie
WAS ou, 81 work, had been fw
sometime. and appeared to feel little
d.rIHnden, over hi. fate few days
ago h. called 81 the Atlantic h Pacific
carpenter shop for work. aud on return
ing Ia the saloon remarked. "no chance
for work there" Sometime ago he re-
ferr~d IN his wife. and ssid that she never
treated hiE right. About half an hour
before his body was discovered, he was
IN the sAiDn and said that he would 20
aud get handkerchief out 1T hir valise
Mr.. sullivan heard noise like . pistol
shot ard On guing out In the back yard
found the suicide lying on the ground
lie informed George Mentxsr. who no,i6.
.d the authorities.
Mr.. Mentxer was with the suicide off
and IN during yesterday and in his tes-
imony before the jury stated that he
considered HAgcrmAn Eighty in his con-
versation and At ,imes was not aware
what he was doing
NJ. l.. Cole was called and gave brief
account 81 HAg-rmAn's married life, the
. fact being Developed that he was married
aboat I'VE years ago through one II the
} numerous Chicago matrimonial papers.
The womAs same TO this city aud was
married. " ing with Hs@.rmAn fr abou,
year. when she suddenly lef, the city.
her companion being = gambler. This
. seemed " unsettlo his mind, aud shor,
time Afterwards he left. going To Gallup.
where he eugagssi In the hardware bust
meas. Leaving Gallup, b. secured work
I'm the Atlantic a Pacific m - carpen.
ter. In the early days Of the
city, about ten years ago and
later. he worked in the car
penter department Of the Atlantic a Pa
eihc. and reeen,ly Was employed
~s bridge carpenter ON the santa Pe
road.
After hearing the testimony introduced.
the jury rturned verdict TO the effect
that HaRerman took his own life while
laboring under Temporary alteration Of
the mind.
Charles II. Hagsrmsn was n resident III
the city for about ten years. and was al.
ways considered Il trri- class gentleman,
never wss known /" drink until III. past
49, "r 'Lr" months, AMI his muat inil-
uhi" friends claim that he was driven 'u|
| rink ~ th' D. py u f,rpr'iur has ,uudi.
ton. II" Nur "la,ut ~ yam uf agr. aud
Mar born somewhere IA Holland, coming
:" the unit.n States when quite young
Tie was member in goud standing IL
| Albuquerque lodge, No. I. |. 90 r.,
AMI at 4 80 o'clock to- morrow afteruoon,
under the auspices Of the lodge. his re.
mains will be buricd In Fairview Gene
terry. The body 10 now at Undertaken
Montfort's. where II 10 being properly ar.
ranged for burial.