Arizona republican., 1895-06-23
Ghastly Wound Showed
 How He Died.
The Corpse Had Been Plum
 dered by a GhouI.
Illness and Poverty Had Made LIfe So Terrible to Him That He
 Fled From It.

The mystery of Bernhard MulIer's disappearance from 427 West Washing ton street last Thursday morning, was removed yesterday by the discoverv of his dead body. All that his friends had feared had come true. Life had become terrible to him and he had hastened to death for refuge.
 Since Friday morning there had been no hope that he would be found alive. There was doubt only concerning the manner ot his death.
 The search was renewed early in the morning and was confined to the broad expanse of brush south of the canal west of the city. About o'clock E. J. Bell, son Of l. N. Bell, at whose house MT. and Mrs. Muller had been stopping, came upon the dead and decom posed body of the missing man. It lay among the brush half block west of the residence of Coi. Monihon and about the same distance south of the canal. Searchers had been in the vi- cinity the day before. Propably young Bell would have missed it but for the strange action of dog which was with him. Then also he detected a smell which issues from corpse.
 The body lay on the right side and there was bullet hole in the right temple. There was also hole in the side of the face near the lobe of the ear. It was not ascertained whether this was caused by bullet or decompo- sition. The pistol with which suicide had been committed was strangely ab- sent. The disturbed condition of the clothing, papers hsf pfotruding from the pockets as if they had been care lessly thrust in, and the missing re- volver led to the belief that the body had been found by g ghoul who had st,len the pistol and attempted to rob 1 the corpse.
 Justice Johnstone being informed of the discovery of the body impaneled jury composed of T. D. MoIlov, W. H. Pask, Frank Alley, 0. c. McCarroll, R. H. Drane and Joseph Bettler. Alter 8 formal viewing of the body It was re- moved to the undertaking rooms of W. H. Smith & Go. and prepared for burial which took place yesterday afternoon at o'clock under the direction Of the A. o. U. W.
 The inquest was resumed at o'clock. Among the evidence submitted were two notes found on the body of the dead man. One directed to the coroner was as follows: 1T con- init suicide because I am sick with con- sumption and my money all gone. Please give me cheap burlal I tried poison but could not succeed"
 To MT. Bell, with whom he had lodged, he wrote: "Please send my wife to New York as soon Rs possible. '' Both notes were written on the back of discouraging letter he had lately received from real estate firm at Hackensack, N. J., relating to a small property he had there. It was after the receipt of this letter that he first began to talk of suicide.
 All the other evidence WAS concern ing what has already been related from the moment be left MT. Bell's resi- dence last Thursday morning.
 The last witness was the wife of the dead man. She said her husband was ! 39 years old and native of Wurtem- burg, Germany. He had lived in New
 York several years and had been head waiter and steward at Delmonico's B. His health failed four years ago. Last
 September she accompanied him from New York to Los Angeles. They came to Phenix about six weeks ago. He had been cheerful enough until the re- ceipt of letter from real estate firm st Hackensack concerning some prop erty there. It informed him of an un- expected depreciation in value. Since then he had been Respondent. He was mem Der of Standard lodge No. 3l9, 4. o. U. w., New York.
 Mrs. Muller is 8 lady of about 35. She was dressed in deep black, but her mouTnful garb was almost cheerful in comparison with her woebegone coun- tenanee. She speaks broken English. She acknowledges the uniform kind ness and sympathy of MT. Bells family and neighbors and of the local lodge of l United Workmen.
 The responsible situation held by Muller in the most famous cafe this side of the Atlantic had made him in some degree public character and his mysterious disappearance had aroused so much interest in New York. that the World and Herald yesterday wired their correspondents here re. Questing the story of it. IL L II