Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-01
DUE TO DESPONDENCY
Frederick Rose Sends Bullet
Through His Brain
AND DIES INSTANTLY
KNOWN AS KEEPER OF WINE
HOUSE IN SUBURBS.
Financial Reverses Believed to Have
Unsettled His Mind-Funera1
to Occur Thursday.
AND DIES INSTANTLY

Dependency resulting from business re-
verses and illness is the cause assigned for
the suicide of Frederick Rose. which was
committed this morning In the sleeping
apartment of the unfortunate man at his
home on Lincoln avenue. The deed was
committed with .32-caliber revolver, which
Rose had purchased while in the city last
Saturday. Only one shot was fired, the
bullet entering at a point just over the
right ear. Two weeks ago he made an at
tempt to end his life by taking laudanum
and mild solution Of carbolic acid. His
attending physician, DR.. Kolipinski, was
summoned at that time, and his life was
saved. More than ten weeks ago the fam
lily doctor told Mrs. Rose that her hus-
bands desopndency might result in his do
ing himself bodily harm. At that time the
wife and daughter put away everything
they could find in the nature of weapon,
and no poison was permitted about the
house where he might find it.
Rose, who was a native of Germany and
sixty years DID, had lived in this country
many years. and was the keeper of place
known as wine house, not far from the
entrance to the grounds of the Catholic
University. He had been in business there
for nearly twenty years. He had large
tract of land, and part of it was set apart
for grape-growing purposes. For time he
did -flourishing business it Is said but
when the tracks of the electric line near his
place were abandoned his trade fell off and
he was forced to invest money in another
business. He became partner in the laun-
dry business with a plant on New York
avenue. Then the laundry was moved to
the country near the home of the Rose
family.
Afflicted With Heart Trouble.
Mr. Rose was afflicted with heart trouble,
and ten weeks ago he became i'll. His CONVEX
sation indicated that he was tired of life,
and he frequently discussed his financial
condition with his friends, and at that time
became so disprited that his attending
physician feared he would take his life
During the ten weeks he was sick he re-
manned at home most of the time. 1t was
not until last Saturday that he came to the
city, and then, it is believed, he purchased
the weapon a secondhand one, he used
this morning.
The widowed daughter of Mr.. Rose. Mrs.
Minnie Hiestand. was the only person in the
house with her father when the tragedy oc-
Cured. Her mother had left the house only
a few minutes before and had hardly
reached the electric cars before the fatal
shot was fired. 1t was then about 7:45
o'clock. The daughter was in the kitchen
and was about to start to her fathers
room to inquire If he wanted her to serve
his breakfast in his sleeping apartment
when she heard the report of the weapon
Hurrying to the room she saw his dead
body on the floor near his bed. Beside the
body was the pistol She hastily summoned
assistance and Policemen Houser and
Stroman responded.
Coroner's Action.
Coroner hewitt reached the house in a
short time and made an investigation He
heard the statements of Mrs. Hiestand and
other members of the family and gave a
certificate of death from a self-inficted
wound. Mr.. Roses wife and five children
four sons and daughter. survive him. The
husband of his daughter killed by a
railroad train at Annapolis junction five
months ago. He was chef and was on
his way home from Annapolis where he
had been working. He attempted to cross
the tracks in front of a train and was
killed. The accident. it is said, was due
to his umbrella becoming fastened in some
boards covering the ballast between the
railroad tracks. The funeral of Mr.. Rose
will probably take place Thursday. The
interment will be at Prospect Hill ceme-
terry.