San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-10-21
HE SAID HE WOULD
AND JULIUS HEILMANN DID KILL
HIMSELF.
He was Found Dead in Bed This
Morning-He Loved His Dog and

He was Found Dead in Bed This
Morning-He Loved His Dog and
Horse-He Said 1t Takes Brave
Man to Kill Himself.
"Heilmann, Heilmannn' 1t
was Julius Norck's voice, but
Heilmann did not respond.
Norck slept last night at Julius
Heilmann's house at No. 415 Fifth
street, because the latter said he
was not fee ling well, and requested
Norick to feed his horse for him
should he not feel any better this
morning. Heilmann belongs to
the krIeger Ner-in, Of which
Norck Is also a member.
Norck slept in room adjoining
Heilm8nn's. He went into He'll
mann's room this morning about
$3.50 o'clock to awake him and
then discovered that he was dead.
He was lying on his bed with a
22.csliber rifle.across his body.
Norck notified Mounted Officers
Bader and Mass at the Alamo
police station and they at once
repaired to the scene.
A few minutes elapsed, when
a LIGHT reporter was there.
He obtained the following state
ment from Mock: 81 live
at No. 322 Garden street.
Heilmann acted strangely for
several weeks and yesterday he
said he was not feeling we'll. He
asked me to sleep at his house and
to feed his horse this morning il
he did not feel any better. He
came into my room last night and
asked me If was cold. / told that
was not. He acted very STRANGELY. He
then went into his room. ] went |
to sleep and awoke this morning
about 5 o'clock. heard something
like a shot, but it did not sound
very loud, and 1 paid no attention
to it. I heard Heilmann run out |
Of his room. l went out and he |
said he had stomach ache and |
said he wanted some water. l
laughed and said: what, you
want water when you have stom
ach ache" He returned to his
room and / went into mine. soon
heard another report, similar to
the first one, but still did not sus-
pect anything. When / got up
to build a fire and to cook coffee, 1
went into his room for a match. l
struck the match and saw him ly-
ing across his bed with a gun
across his body. He was dead.
Heilman was peddler and also
rented costumes for masquerade
balls. He was about fifty years
old and lived in San Antonio about |
twenty years. The neighbors say he |
has acted peculiar the past three
and he often talked of sui
eide. When he read an account of |
a suicide, he always said: "There
was another brave man. l haven't |
got the courage to kill myself, or l |
would do it," Heilmann had a dog
and horse, Of which he was very
fond. He said to his dog yester-
day "Hector, my friend, I'll have
to leave you," and he cried bitterly.
The dog has slept at his masters
bedside and remained there all the
Fred. Barr, who has a barber
shop at No, 4l9 Avenue f, shaved |
Heilmsnn last Saturday. He said |
that Heilmanu told him it would |
be the last time he would shave
him. He also said that He'll
mann has talked of suscide for
several months.
Coroner Jones arrived at the
house about $50 a. m. He viewed |
the body, and in the certificate he
gave as the cause of death, suicide |
with 22-calibre rifle. Deceased |
was native OF Silesia, Prussia. A
note was found in his pocket, writ
ten in German, in which he bids
all his friends and comrades fare
we'll and thanks Alex. Sartor for
kind treatment. He requests that
a picture OF his mother be pre-
served, that a salute be fired |
over his grave, and that he be
given respectable burial.
Heilmann shot himself in both
temples. The first shot evidently
did not take effect, and he proba-
bly, ran out into the yard after the
shot was fired, when Norck spoke
to him.
The funeral will take place to-
morrow morning, under the aus
pices Of the Krieger Verein.