The evening times., 1900-10-08
POLICE STOP a FUNERAL.
Coroner to Investigate IA Baltimore
SsroTnan's Death.

BALTIMORE, Oct, 8.-Captain CadWai-
| lader, Of the Western Police district. stop
ped the funeral yesterday of Miss Carrie
Dcerr, thirty-two years old. who died
Friday at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Kate Michel, 79S West Cross Street. Miss
| Doerr is believed to have inhaled ilIumi-
| mating gas with suicidal intent on the
| night of September % in her room on the
| third floor CT the home of Philip GuckeS,
| 420 North GiIInor Street.
| The funeral had been arranged to take
| place at 1 o'clock in the afternoon About
| twenty minutes before that time Captain
! Cadwallader appeared and told the family
! that the funeral would have to be post
poned until Coroner Wiltshire had made an
| investigation. Many persons had already
gathered and in order to escape answer
ing the questions of the curious the cap
tain boarded a car.
Later in the afternoon Coroner Wilt
shire summoned a jury OF inquest, which.
alter viewing the body. adjourned to
meet tomorrow night at the Southwestern
Police Station. Henry c. Welsh. of 767
West Cross Street, is the foreman of the
jury Dr. n. G. Keirle. city post mortem
physician, made autopsy on the body
last night
Coroner Wiltshire said that he had not
heard of the circumstances attending the
came 20 see him yesterday in regard TO the
death certificate. The certificate had been
! made out by the attending physician. but
when presented at the Health Department
by the undertaken the official there ad-
vised an Investigation by the coroner.
According to Philip Guckes in whose
home Miss DoeTr had a room she attempt
ed suicide because she imagined that she
had been Tilted by Joseph Forst 10 whom
m ha r;aJ
widdwer with two children, residing at
1896 North Fulton Aveiue, and is employed
, in the Mount Vernon shops of the North
ern Central Railway Company.
Miss Deerr, Mr.. Guekes said, became
deeply distressed on September 30 on re-
ceiving letter from Mr. Forst and refus-
ed 10 be comforted, When the family re-
tired she was sobbing in her room and de-
clineG offers Of assistance The next morn
ing she did not appear for breakfast or re-
spond to calls. The door of her room was
broken open and she was found uncon-
scicus. The room was full of gas All
openings from which the gas could escape
had been carefully closed
DR.. J II. Woif was summoned and at
tended her fur a few days. Then Mrs.
| Michel removed her to her home 1898 West
| Cross Street, and Dr. j. D. Blake was call
ed in. In spite of all that could be done
the young women died Friday.
me letter winch caused the young wom-
an, distress was found among her effects
Miss Doerr left a letter written in Ger
man saying she loved her Intended bus-
band better than ali else in the world and
declared that she had given her life for
him, Fear of losing her mind she gave as
a reason for parting with life She di-
rected that all her money in bank and in
building associations in this country should
go 10 her niece, Miss Minnie Michel, and
cho,
given to her parents. who still live there
Mr. Forst was al the funeral yesterday.
He denied that he had Tilted Miss Daerr
and referred TO the letter which he had
written as Broof. He said it was his in
tention tG marry her IN December.