The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-11-23
|KRUPP MAY
HAVE TAKEN
HIS own LIFE
His Friends, However, Do Not
Think He Killed Himself.
GREAT GUNMAKER
DIES SUDDENLY
Ap1plexy the Cause According to
the Attending Physicians.
RICHEST MAN IN GERMANY
He Was Recently Very, verv Much
Worried About Publication That
Reflected Upon Hit. Charac.es
His t"c~me Was About
Ten N,ai,on Dollars
Year.
vs.
Apoplexy the Cause According e
the Attending Physicians.
RICHEST MAN IN GERMANY
By Associated Press.)

BERLIN, November 2..-tlerr hupn
the great gunmaker and the wealtniesG
man In Germany. died suddenly from
apuplexy this AFTERNOON at his villa a
Huesel.
Herr Krupp had been Ill for several
days.. and report OF his condition WAS
teiegrapned daily to his wife. who had
been several months in Jena under med1.
cal treatment Concerned by the latest
dispatch regarding her husband. Frau
krupp. left jena yesterday. accompanies
b. kroIeSsor S!.sswanser, Of the medlcA4
faculty OF the University ti1ure. She WIN
reacn Essen early Sunday morning.
According to the medical reports. hio
physicians succeeded in restoring Herr
krupp to consciousness. but their patiene
soon retnpsed into i1iseIsloii.ty. He died
at 3 o'clock. In the meantime the dlrectoro
OF the hrupp works and tierr hrupp'o
solicitors had been summoned. They
held a consultation after mis- death. and
caused bulletin announcing his demis0.
to he posted at the worms ut s o clock.
at about noon rumors were In &c Luton
In Essen chat Herr krupp was q, NJ. b0e
tGa puoIc hat no aucatate lnroiIAa.tun
regarding his cotrdition until the great
works. which dominate the city and lur-s
n;;h employment to $500 men were
closed he first question that every.
bouy asked was, Did Herr krupp com
NIT suicide?''
- WAS NOT SUICIDE
There seems to be no testimony to sup
port this suggestion. the physicians In
attendance resoutefy asserting that the
case was simply one of apopiexy.
That consiesrnble time elapsed aftse
death before the news was announced
is taken by some persons to Indicate tnae
tht. cause OF death is some what ooscure.
Near friends OF the dead man. who were
aware OF the great ment d.str -
wnich the recent pub..cation in the Vor.
waerts had caused hitn-reproduced az
1t was In adjacent cities and telesraphed
over the world-are confident that the
charge contained In the story induce0
his death.
Herr Krupp's villa. where he died. 10
several miles from Essen The great
gunr1aker lived there in almost feucot
fashion and rhe pace to-nlsht Is un-
approachabie. nobody being adnitteo
within the gates except police. the dtrec.
tors OF the Krupp works and the undes>
takers and their assistants.
MEETING OF EMPLOYEES.
The officials and employees OF the KrupD
works Yesterday called a public Meeting
fo- today with the cht'ct Of e~p-essinR
Indignation at the charges m de by ere
Vorwaerts The meet IL. assembled at
1880 O'Clock this morning. but before .
da-,,tatto-, could be annninted TO convey
to Herr Krupp expressions ef laya , and
confidence it was learned that hs con-
dition was too serious for him to receive
such q body
Perr5 Krupp was not regarded as a hard
ma ster by his workmen. He sustained
various institutions ut Essen: for thetr
benefit he built hundreds of model
houses on sanitary principles for thear
use charging for them a moderate renta1
Moderate estimates OF the fortune OF
the deceased pace it at s125 100000. ana
His annual income during his recent
wears of prosperity at $40. 100000.