The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-23
Z. n. G. DREHER ATTEMPTS SUICIDE.
wrote His wife from Philadelphia He
would Kill Himself and Tried 20 Do So.

wrote His wife from Philadelphia He
would Xiii Himself and Tried 20 Do So.
Christian w. @. Dreher. the East New York
real estate dealer who was arrested last
Thursday for alleged grand larceny in swim
ding Mrs. Kunigunde.Buhn out OF $500 in a
real estate transaction. did not appear yester-
day before Magistrate Worth for examination
In the Gates Avenue Court In Brooklyn. Fem
ton Rockwell. his LAWYER, declared his belief
that the accused had committed suicide. Mr..
Rockwell told Magistrate Worth that Mr..
Dreher had sent letters from PHILADELPHIA to
him and to his wife announcing his purpose to
kill himself. In the letter which Mrs. Drsher
received on Monday morning. which was ad-
dressed from Green's Hotel. Philadelphia. her
husband stated that he would be dead when it
reached her. and that he had planned to have
his body cremated and the ashes forwarded
to her. The letter contained the. key Of the
safe and the eombination. The Letters were
willing n show them to the Magistrate. The
hearing was adj2urned until Nov. , by
whiIebh Z. Tame fn1rDd y o ~ B Selsses sfD%ethinE definite
The proprietor, OF Green's Hotel yesterday
notified Mrs. Drehsr by telegraph that no one
a guest at the hotel. and q message was also
sent by the police saying that no trace OF him
GSqlf H. be O6 found j. iR 9oB B1Pj snbsTIH,n,, Mr. nIo D1sh S5
Friday morning. and did not return. The
first intimation Of his whereabouts was OBJ
tanned from the letter to his wife. Octavius
Hiltman. the business partner Of the missing
man, says that he does not believe he has COM
mitted suicide, and he expects him to rurn up
at any moment.
Mr. Dreher is 90 years old, and before he set
tod In the East New York district, twenty-five
years ago. he was interested with Horace Gree
ley in co-operative land ventures. He was one
of the leading residents in East New York,
and was supposed to have had an income %
believed to have lost heavily In real estate spec
u~lations. and it is said that his indebtedness
TO various persons for whom he acted as agent
amounts to 10000 or more. He was q mem
Der OF the Lutheran Church in Liberty avenue.
and was active In it's affairs. He was twice
married, his second wife being the widow Of
Charles Never. long the proprietor OF the How
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 22.-Chester W. O..
Dreher. the Brooklyn real estate agent who
was TO have had a hearing at the Gates Avenue
Police Court In BROOKLYN this morning on the
charge OF embeZzlinR $1,000. attempted to kill
himself in this city to-day at a hotel near the
belmont avenue entrance TO Fairmoupt Park.
He discharged five chambers, Of a revolver. at
his head. he was taken to the Presbyterian
Hospital still alive.
Dreher sat on a chair in the rear OF the bar
room OF the hotel and blazed away at his head.
All FIVE Of the bullets grazed his head and
lodged in the ceiling.
When the ambulance arrived he had recoy-
cred from the shock produced by his scalp
wounds, and he offered his gold watch In APP
probation OF the trouble taken in sending for
the ambulance. All OF the wounds are super
fetal and the mans life is In no danger.