Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-23
HANGED HIMSELF
ID AN APPLE TREE
German Restaurant Man CANDLES,
Gets DCspondont and Com
mils Suicide
USED PIECE or CLOTHES LINE.
Mounted a Chair Adjusted the Moose
Ard Jumped Oh to be thoscd to
Dcath"--A Gtucsomc Sight.

Somo time between last midnight ana
AS o'clock this morning John Miller
n German aged about As years, and u
cook by occupation, committed suicide
by hanging himself with n clothes HE
ON tho limb Of an apple tree IN u lot on
Routh Temple between West romplo
and First West streets, How Ions lhv
man bad been doud cannot be dolof'
mined lie died from strangulation
ana when found by Il policeman his
tongue was hanging out Of his mouth
ana Ms face was badly diHcoolcd,
miller has boon I'm sat Lako Tor a
number of years, wording AZ various
restaurants. Some time ago he gtlrlel
a small restaurant called the Mllel
cafe, ut the plucc mentioned above,
40 far Oh known che man VIVA nuycr
married, ana tho only relative ho hud M
this country Is said 10 bu q sister who
now osidcs In Buffalo, n, " Whpn
Sergeant Roberts ana O0lccr Armstrong
found the body suspended nom the
limb II was At once cut down ana re'
moved 10 Evans undertaking pnrlorH,
whore /, now H. Justice Dana r.
smith was notified ana viewed the re-
mains, lie decided that An inquest was
not necessary
Miller Mad been In the habit " ars'
ina worry early each morning 10 bulll n
nro ANA start breakfast, II " eurmlgod
that he arose earlier than usual ms
morning and decided 20 Cnd his career.
tlolng into lot next 10 nv place of
business he cut clothes Inc down
and, pr0curlng "A chair mounted lh'
same under the tree, tied ono oild 0l
the rope "a the limb ana made a nooss
with the other end adjusted the tamr
around his neck ana then Jumped OF
the chair, How long he hung there be-
fore death IN simply ID matter ut con'
lecture. 4 paesor.hy saw the gruoromo
sight " the body hanging by the neck,
and AT once notified the police deplrp
mont Sergeant Roberts ana Palrol
Driver Armstrong went 10 the scene w
the patrol wagon ana cut down lhl
body
IL was learned That Millcr had Work'
cd several times for John NullnChpr
tho 1un rcmplo street roHtluldnt man.
llo worked AZ dish washer ana some-
times second cook when Mr. GALLAGHER
heard of the suicide this mOuluM ne
made the following abatement about
Miller
u have known him Tor somc time,
he worked for me- on ana ON Tor sew
crtl months, caunot way whether on
not he Was a drinking man. but no WOs
an inVotcrato gambler and squnndered
his oarningN playing roulette, ] am
satisfied that no was not married, no
Hroko German bui how long ho had
been I'm The country | do not know |
know that he has n sister IN liunulo,
because | remember he paid her a ylslt,
Some tlmo ugo he went 10 bingham,
think II was about four months ago,
ana made n winning NJ several hundred
dollars, THIS money he used 20 start
him M IN the restaurant business nn
South Tomflo. Hts AFFAIRS evidently dll
not prosper very we'll perhaps because
Of his gambling pnclIsus for he came
10 me some tnc ag0 ana borrowed
$40 To help him ont of some dIllcuiN
AID not got the 80 bach
From this statement ana nom the
statements Of others Nho know sone'
thing about the man. II h believed that
his business Was not paying, ana that
he had lost various sums At Tho gaming
table and became dependent ana do-
cidcd to KIN himsslG
Where Miller had cut the line with
knife, and then drlRy the rope IN
plainly hoon 10y the marks on the
glound ITO dll not have far 10 fall
after Jumping from tho chair and WAS
Quickly chOkcd 10 death, The body
win probably not be buried uuln MI,
ltru sister NJ heard from