The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-15
ANOTHER MANS PROFIT
EVENTUALLY LED TO THE SUICIDE
OF AUGUST STURTZ.
The German Worried Because the
$500 Profit i'm Reselling 1t.

August Sturtz farmer, living on the
Rockville road, about one and half miles
from Mt jackson, killed himself yesterday
morning between 10 and II o'clock by shoot
ing himself in the right temple. Sturtz was
about thirty-five years old. and with his
wife lived on Charles Carriers farm. which
he rented about year ago. He recently
sold a piece of property in the city and the
buyer, selling ii few weeks later, realized
$500 profit on the transaction. Since that
time Sturtz has greved over the matter and
been respondent at times owing to this adj
ditionaI profit of $500 which he had failed
to realize.
Sturtz arose as usual yesterday morning.
ate a hearty breakfast and was apparently
in very cheerful mood. After breakfast he
left the house and did his usual morning s
work at the barn and about the place. and
came back to the house again about 10
o'clock He exchanged a few commonplace
remarks with his wife and entered the
front room. while she went TO the kitchen
to finish her mornings work. While she
was busy with her duties in the kitchen
she heard a noise like the muffied report of
freaTn in the front room and FASTENED
in to ascertain the cause. The sight that
met her gaze she opened the door
brought cry of anguish to her lips, for
living full length upon a sofa was her nus
band with a smoking revolver clutched in
his right hand She rushed out of the house
and ran across the road to the home of
MIR. Beecham ana informed the family of
what had occurred. Mr.. Beecham imme-
GiateIy drove over to Mt Jackson and sum-
moned DIR. Curtis, who arrived at the house
shortly after IL o'clock. He found the man
lying on the sofa bleeding Drofusely from
the mouth, while the wound. which had
been made with q 32-calibre revolver.
scarcely bled at ALL The bullet entered the
right temple and ranged slightly upwards.
raising lump the size of a walnut atout
one and half inches above and slightly
scious apparently suffering no pain, ard
| breathed as does one suffering with con-
cussion of the brain. Noting the man S
ant back 10 the city TO summon Dr. Mar
see and to procure such instruments as
M San DT M5rsee aTrived at the house
| about o'clock and had only been in the
| house few minutes before Mr.. Sturtz
| died. He did not regain consciousness.
Before going on the farm August SturtZ
| owned a saloon on Washington street. be-
| tween Ruth and Addison streets. in Mt.
| Jackson. He quit the saloon business
| about u year ago and rented the Carter
| farm on the Rockville road, where he and
! his wife lived alone and managed the place.
| About three months ago he sold the build
! ing on Washington street. where he had
| formerly kept saloon. to John Kerr, who
| in turn reSod IL IN ABOUT lnTee weeks al
| a profit of 5000 for himself Friends and
neighbors of Mr.. Sturtz say that after the
| property had been resold az a price S2ec
better than Sturtz had secured he began to
| regret the sale and grieved over the loss
| of the additional $500. AT the time he went
| to the farm he weighed over three hundred
| weighed about 225 pounds, and this great
| loss of flesh is attributed TO his despond-
ency and grief over the sale of his property
| His dependency had been so marked OF
| late as TO be noticed by his friends, and
| they attribute the cause of his grieving and
| the act of yesterday to the transaction re-
lated above. The coroner was notified OF
! the affair and started out TO the farm about
| 5 o'clock.