The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-09-30
WOMAN'S UhTlMELY death
Mrs. Henry MOhr. Of Beech Street,
Mas Not Murdered.
SHE DIED FROM ALCOHOLISM
Her Husband, Who Was Arrested and
Locked Up. Released After the COro.
ncr's Autopsy was Made known.
Bruises We're Superficial.

Mrs. Minnie Mohr wife of Henry
Mohr, Of 60 Beech s7treet. South Side,
was found dead in bed at 8 o'clock
Sa'sui day morrlnng. and rumors went
hurr,oly out that the woman had been
murdered by her husband. The wo-
man was 43 years of age. She mother
of several children, and, unfortunately,
va-tim of the drink cup. An au-
tCmIsy WAS held Saturday afternoon,
and the extremely weakened condition
Of rhe h,alt explained that she had
died from olrdac trouble. which was
the oCrgrcH,.h Of alcoholism.
The husband had bean arrested and
was locked up ur,il $50 in the evening.
when he was taken before Alderman n
Millar and LEI go on parole until to-
morrow evening. when the coroner's
juiy slinll have ,i,s verdict framed. The
case created very great excitement
TIM Sushor. the city, and particularly
Gu the South Side.
Mohr Is a weal-known cl'izen: he has
for sevCul terms been collector of de-
1inquent taxes in .he Nineteenth and
other wards. and has cut quite "A figure
locally in ward politics. He is a man
of e.gantor e,.ature Before he med
died with politics he had been an in
dustr!ous man, hut he opened liquor
shop, and his troubles since have not
come singly.
When he awoke at O'Clock Saturday
morning, according to his own story.
he found his wife rigid in death by
his side. He Immediately sent word
to the rolice. and Pa:rolmen Victor
Smhth and Ernest Schmidt came To the
house. The neighborS quickly gath
cred by the scores. and. with one ac-
cord, 1T was sent out that Mrs. Mohr
In, L.. l.,,t 1,
fearfu!ly that she died from the effects.
Bruises We're on the BODY.
The corpse was covered over with
wounds and bruises. and casual
glance would justify the supposition
that violence Was the cause of her
death. The police officers took Mohr
to the central s.arion house and locked
h'm up. Henry Mohr. jr.. 1G years of
age. son of '.he couple, said that his
father came In at II O'Clock Friday
night and struck his mother as she
opened the door for him to admit him.
The son slept in room adjoining
where his rarerrts SLEPT, and at $50 that
morning he get up ard saw his mother
sitting On the side Cf the bed He re-
lapsed iito sleep again, and at o'clock
hhS father caGne 10 his room and woke
him UP with the astounding informa-
don thGlt his mother was dead The
boy admitted that there had been fire.
quent qUbrrels between his parents
Mchr The father, declared to the po-
lice that he had no hand whatever in
the urtimely death of his wife. He
said she had gone to bed at 8 o'clock
Friday night in an intoxicated condi-
tiOn. The neighhors testify that Mohr
treated his wife very hruta!ly at times,
that on Thursday he beat her with
his fists. and afterward with an iron
pipe two feet long and an inch in
diameter.
The general impression was thai.
while Mrs. Mohr may have been great
ly weakened by the excessive use Of
Intoxicating liquors ye. that the hus-
bands brutality had a good deal to
do with her death If 1t might not have
been 'ho actual cause Of IT. The house
was visited by Coroner J. A. Kelley in
the afternoon. and jury ompanelled
TO inquire irto the manner Of her death
Dr.. A. j. Kolb, of Cedar avenue, as
sisted the coroner In conducting the
autopsy.
The Heart Was shattered
The examination showed that death
was Enthusiastically due to the worm
out condition of the valves and
muscles of the heart. excessive indul-
gence in alcohol being the agent that
brought the condition abCu.. The
bruises on the body were all found to
have been old and inflicted at least
three or four days before death. None
stupefed with liquor continuously since
grave enough to cause death. \ dozen
or more witnesses were heard by the
coroner. and some of them testified
that the deceased had been almost
of the cuts or bruises was of a na.llre
last July.
Attorney George VI. Watson succeed
ed in having Alderman Millar give
Mohr a hearing. Coroner Kelley was
present and explained that the wo-
mans death was not due to violence.
The alderman discharged the prisoner
until Tuesday evening for a final hear
ing, when the coroner's jury will have
rendered It's verdict.