The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-03

H0LDERER'S SUICIDE. !
Newly Appointed Police Cap
tain Sends a Bullet In
to His Brains.
HIS RASH ACT 4 MYSTERY 10 ALL
Spent the Evening Celebrating
New Years Eve and Re-
turned in Good Spirits.
HIS RASH ACT 4 MYSTERY 10 ALL

Charles A. HoldeTer udu
suicide. Nobody could believe it. It was
not until investigation OF the horripie
story had been made and facts given OUT
by officials of the department that " De-
gan to dawn upon the minds of the cap
tain's friends thai the story was true.
What caused him to do it!
After two days investigation his most
intimate friends are unable to answer tnat
All sorts of theories have been advanced,
even the theory of murder. investigator
Of the case has baffled all theories Ine
general opinion is that the captain was
laboring under alteration OF nina, anu
while thus affected got out OF MS peg,
walked into his kitchen and sent q pui hSs
from a revolver crashing through MS
brain. His own revolver WIS., round iyias
on the floor a few feet away from ms
out stretched and He was IN MS nlsht
Captain Holderer attended the polo
game at the Oakland avenue RINK, oaagona
ally across from the Oakland aVehue
station house. on Saturday night. Hs isle
there in company with Chief OF Ponce
Murphy, Inspector Lange and Hoice JUS
tice Nevin. He wished them al q metss
New Year. Then he repaired to the sta
tion house. He dismissed his men on Inc
twelve o'clock patrol with the ~precautloH
that it was a bitter cold nlgnt anu ~
any unfortunate man suIering lroma and
or otherwise, should be picked up anu
treated carefully. He invited all TO can
at his house next day; oA1
Palisade avenue. He reached there nlteef
minutes later. He is a brother-ln-iaW q
Justice Of the Peace Peter B Zee 1,, sties
has Quite a family. The captain had I've
children. but they died and We're buried
years ago. In accordance VIII an ~ NY fhe
custom the two families welcomed ~ lne
New Year. Captain Holderer very seiuo ~
drank. On this occasion, however, NJ
drank "a few glasses OF VINE, ne 81 aaked
Judge Beck's eldest daughter 70 sihs mn IN
one of his favorite songs. When lne
family party separated II Mas snd his
after one O'Clock anu the eapta'A
About o u o'clock the Captains wife
got up and in accordance WIN ner r room
and gave her some medicine: ID Recf Is :
of the Captains wife and OF MRS. PscA 1af e.
Mrs. Asn4iin H He5eerer was was = apparently
sleeping soundly. She went BACK 70 psu
and fell sound asleep herself. some tim me
husband. But she again fell asleep. When ben
she awoke she again missed nm. II
looked over the side OF the oeoi una ars
inc his usual custom she hougnt lnas
was strange. She got up ana dlscovereu
his motionless body lying ~; n q dne ru ooo ! ths
windows were ~curtained- Frightened,
she alarmed the household. Judge be EEK
cries He found the Captain dead, ana.
without waiting to investigate. ne went
immediately to the Webster avenue SUI
ton house and reported the occurrenee,
Sergeant McDevitt would not believe the
aged Justice at first, but seeing the .eslSS
streaming from his eyes he summons
nnatched them to the scene. It was not
long before Chief Murphy and pr. Sqa nr
verse, County Physician, arrives; o Ats5tr
a thorough Investigation they unnesiide-
ineiv n~ronounced it a case of suicide.
Eantain Holderer had been connected
with the POLICE se D Dsb2;aian fo become a
; Police Captain. This ambition was real
ized in November last. when q Repuol-
can Board Of commissioners nranoofed him to
IAN tan Tanfaincv of the Third police, pre-.
cinct. Always a man OF rev WotoS S;t+ ~
a t~aciturn disposition, he had put Ilttte
r. say on the occasion of his elevation to
the Captaincy. H was cordial to those
who congratulated him upon , ms ppuin 70
t I cantaincy everybody was made to
feel welcome in the Captains prlvase
office. and he was espeeiailyyb pr9 }ribt IT Of
The Fremont Club, which graced the
: Gnanntain's room until the flowers faded;
Captain Holds ere a Mas R 3 m = Of Honor
stalhen Lodge, No. 143, /. O. O. r, ano
!. fTninue Lodge of the Ancient order o.
, iTnent member of the Berkely Club, Of tht
fremont Club, of the Superior Oracers
Mutual Protective Association ana OF tne
Police Mutual Protective Association.
mem vs. Rowing Cub. Members of these
+; upariolls organization called yesterday a.
, the captains home and palu lneii =
Gaptain Holderer was born in ew Yorl
i in 1871. He came to this city WIN Ms
pc,lnation was originally that of a jeWeller
in which occupation he became quite pro
ficient. In 1871 he visited T. Eur Gpera ~
: and for a while setf'e down IN vienna .
his trade. It is said that he fought ane
!; laid out a viennese pl.3lv- who had mad maqi
some ean n fhsai'i'iHa He visited &c. Munich
Sfmttgarf. Paris. Strasb and on ~
! wav back to this COUNT oK q nsi y
trin trough England, Scotland ana wares
III p1e7s he set up a jewelry estabstgaEen
IN I91 avenue. Fire followed p!
|, burglary put him out Of me JeWs aaggstshl,
rom the old Fourth Aldermanic district
In 1874 he was appointed a police sergeant
He was made a police captain IN NoVem
II mas been ~intimated that Captain Hoi
derer had met with a cold reception y.
some Of the residents Of Nm ms y pre erow ner
i vo11s. Detective Clay Keenan,, VINO INTRO
duced the captain. around to the Mer
chants and prominent hnau res 10 most Of then
and that he was warmly reserved thfous
out the precinct, - ua1aarar,
fatber a resident of the Hudson City sec
lion committed suicide about tWent,
voars AGO and that his brother Wllldn
4oldereT who was doing clever work g
. detective at his own request was mao
natrol driver in the Sixth Preclnct, ne
ranse he said his memory was faiilng NH
There were a number of callers at IN
G. late Captain's home this morning am
foral tributes are numerous, mciuulnS
a TAN shaft. surmounted by a wreath. LII
vas sent from the Fremont Cup. IA
a police Department sent a mammot
shield. Every society of which the zap
tain was a member sent a floral trlpute
IS The funeral took place from the Ivan
"a gelical Lutheran st. Trinltatls lh1rGA
IN flowers street. POLICE Captains ION
+. Kelly, Archibald McKaig. James mig
: ent, James McNuty and Fred 4. Far
srier. and Acting Captain solomon WeI
= honorary pail bearers. Over one hundre'
FIRST precinct were thirty-two men an
three sergeants; Second precinct, twenty
seven men and three Sergeants; Fourt
nreclnct. twenty-five men and three ser
geants: Fifth precinct ten men and tnre
sergeants; Sixth precinct, eighteen me,
and three s~ergeants. Acting Captal
William Buckbee, with all the men 9
the Third precinct not on actuai outs
paraded as a guard Of honor.
In Issuing his order to the men 70 a.
tend the funeral, Chief Murphy said:
aCaptain Holderer was appointed Ser
peant November 5, 1879, and was pre-
noted CAPTAIN November rs, 1898. He ha
an enviable record as a police office
and during his nineteen years of servic
there has never been a charge agains
him Of any kind for derelictian of duty
Chief of Police Murphy has q theor