The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-02
SENSATIONAL SUICIDE of A sT
PAUL TRAVELLING MAN At NEW
ULM.
He GAsHED HIS THROAT
DISSIPATION APPARENTLY THE
ONLY CAUSE BACK OF THE
RASH ACT.
~THEY ARE GOING TO KILL ME.'s
These Words Written ON n card bw
Julius Miller When Questioned
to His Motive.

SPeCadl 10 the GiCbe.
NEW ULM, MINI. Dec 1-Ona of
the strangest and most sensational sui
cfdes that ever occurred in this section
was recorded tonight, when Julius
Miller, st. Paul travelling man. took
his own life by cutting his throat. THE
suicide occurred in the saloon of Fred
Williams shortly after O'Clock, and
the particulars are as follows:
Miller is travelling salesman for the
Cleveland Beer Pump company. and in
that capacity he came to town this
afternoon. He registered at the Da-
kota house, had his supper as usual
ana called on few of his patrons.
ABOUT o'clock he visited the saloon
of Fred Williams He smoked exces-
slvely, but did not drink anything but
settler water. He emptied a bottle Of
tnls and then told Williams he would
call later In the evening. He did so at
ABOUT 1880. He was anxious to play
game of cards, and Williams accom-
modated him. He then stepped up to
the bar and offered to treat. He in
sisted upon taking only seltzer water
ana told Williams that he had been
troubled with delirium tremens the day
before and had made up his mind to
swear or. Williams drank with him
and finally Miller called for a whisky
saying that it would be his last one
He soon took a second drink and then
bid Williams good night, shaking him
by the hand.
He started for the door and Williams
supposed that he had gone out. In !;
brief spell, however, he was shocked
70 see Miller come back from behind
the screen, his hand to his throat ana
his body covered with blood Williams
was completely dumfounded and
started for the rear door to call for
the police. He was afraid to come back
and the only other man left in the
saloon, besides Miller, was Justice
Jacobs. Miller started towards Jacobs
but the latter got out of his way, at the
same time motioning him towards the
door Miller went out and Jacobs
thought the best thing to do was to
lock the door, and he was about to 90
so when Miller again forced himself
in and dropped on the floor in FROM
of the screen.
He managed finally to get up again
and once more went outside. This time
he staggered from loss of blood and
fell into the xgutter, along the side
walk. By thisstiHes Williams had called
the police and -ttfe wounded man was
picked up and once more taken inside
the saloon. FITS body was covered with
blood. as Waseeyerything else around
and his throat was badly cut No
trace could be found of the instrument
by which the deed was accomplished
Miller was still alive when brought
into the building, but it was Impossible
for him to speak. He was asked sey-
eral questions by friend of his And
was handed a pencil and a piece Of
card on which to reply. He wrote only
these words:
They are going to kill me tonight"
He repeated this in part on sec
ond sheet, but was unable to finish it,
Then he was taken to the hospital by
Drs. Fritsche and Schoch, where it
was found that it was impossible for
him to live.
During the afternoon Miller acted
somewhat oddly, but gave no signs OF
the rashness that eliminated tonight
To one of his friends he intimated that
he was annoyed over the action of
certain other travelling men and pro-
posed to tell mis- trouble later in the
evening. He drank nothing but seller
water all day. was liberal in treating
others and Mr.. Williams says that he
was perfectly sober when the deed
was committed. When he left him
Miller seemed to he in good spirits AMI
gave him not the slightest reason to
believe that moment later he would
take his own life.
Miller was a popular man on the
road and we'll known here. The great
est excitement prevails over his SEN
sational suicide He has been on the
road for years in various capacities
and makes his home in st. Paul.
Julius Millers name is not to be.
found in the current directory
Special to the Globe.