The sun., 1897-12-13
HANGED By HIS SUSPENDERS
Conrad Goelz Takes His Life in
Talley's Woods.
LOST IN LOUISIANA LOTTERY.
A Baker Commits Suicide Because lie
Was Ruined in the Louisiana
Born in Germany.

Conrad Goelz, baker employed at
McCann & Millers bakery, at Linden
Adams streets, was found hanging by
the neck from tree in Talley's Woods
yesterday afternoon. From his condi-
ton it is supposed that he had been
dead fully forty.eight hours. The body
was taken to the morgue, where it will
await the coroner's inquest.
Yesterday afternoon about three
o'clock two colored men who were out
cunning for rabbits, passed through
Talley's Woods near the dam, and were
surprised to see the body of man hang
ing from the limb of a small tree nearby
They Immediately notified Officer
Todd and he went with them to the
scene of the tragedy. He found that the
body was hanging by a pair Of suspend
ers, which had been thrown over the
limb, and placed around the mans neck
1t was case of deliberate suicide. On
the man was found a pocket knife hav-
ing saw blade in it. With this he h1d'
with extraordinary GOODNESS for Il des-
perate man, sawed the tree limb into,
doing SO, that he might be able to throw
his suspenders over the limb, as it was,
prior to his saving, too long for him to
reach the end
Beside the knife the dead man had in
his pockets two cigars in Il paper bag,
having on it the the address of Phillip
Mettmuhler, cigar maker OF Philadel-
phia. matchbox, having on it the name
OF Harry F. schnepf, pa King street,
this city, a pocket-book and two pair OF
spectaclcs.
No one knew him ard he was taken to
Deputy Coroner Chambers by two OF
the Coroncr's men and later in the Cay
was identified as Conrad Gocz
Goelz was born in Wurtcmbery, Ger
many, in 1888 and came to this country,
in 1884, with his cousin }. Daniel M"ier
n baker of Gl9 West Front street, with
whom he learned his trade. John
Maicr Of oO3 East Second street is an
uncle Of the dead man.
Up until near the middle OF last Oc-
tober, Goclz worked for \. Schallcr, a
>baker at 3l5 Market street, and repeated
ly during his stay there threatened to
shoot himself, giving as his reason the
fact that the lottery people had ruined
him.
Failure in playing in the Louisiana
Lottery is what drove Goclz to take his
life.
He was Il crank on lotteries and many
times awakened from his sleep, declaring
he was going to take his life, and when
asked why, said he had just lost thous-
ands of dollars in the Louisiana Lottery.
In fact Goelz had lost quite 4 large sum
Of money in the lottery swiudIc.
About three weeks ago he went to
work with McCann & Miller, bakers, AT
Linden and Adams streets. On the
afternoon of December I, Goelz went to
Philadelphia, taking with him some
money of his own and some belonging to
several other persons for the purpose
OF purchasing Louisiana lottery tickets.
1t is supposed that he spent
the money for whiskey and did not
buy the tickets, because on Sunday he
returned to this city in drunken condi-
ton. During the afternoon of that day,
Goelz told several Of the employees OF
schallcr, who were standing at Fourth
and King streets, that he had purchased
some Louisiana Lottery tickets for some
friends, but had lost them and he was
going to drown himself.
C;oolz then left the crowd and they
did not think anything of what he said
as they knew he had often threatened to
take his life because Of losing money in
the Louisiana Lottery.
This was the last seen Of Goclz. He
did not come back to work at McCann
Millcrs on Monday and Il search was III
stitutcd for him, but no trace OF the mis-
sing man could be found.
Friends of Goelz say that he had
souandcrcd small fortune in lotteries
and he was evidently insane with the
thought of having lost all his money.
t;oelz was Il widowcr and has Il son aged
twenty-six years living in Wurelnbcrg,
Germany.
As his relatives in this city will not
take the body, it is supposed that he
will be buried from the Coroncrs. The
inoucst will be held today.
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