The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-08
ms FRIGHTENED
HEARD THE
ElIAL SHOT
Sad Trag edy on
Whe elm Island
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Is fafrl
WHEELING, Aug pFotestIng
hIi innocence in patlietic note foan4
% his person, George BuefS eun-
n0r, a letter carriefi atrsea Tues day
afternoon on a charge " tc6bins the
United States malls clock
1 m. Wednesday conmtl suseiie
by shooting himself ii she head
He took his lte before hi wife
larew Of his being ID trouble $50
o'clock p. m. Tuesday hs tehderly
Kissed his wife and Two children good.
|bye. He told hts wife TINT le vas 70
800 man named Hdghes on business
lathlng more was sean or heard q
bin until a revolver shot rlhgins out
clear and startling in the HicFninss
stllness, caused bis wife t6 rush into
the cellar of the dWellIhs
His wife, worried nearly tnsane over
bis failure to come home had Been
sitting up all night waiting Tor him,
The horrible sight Of her dead bua-
band sitting on abucket q NE celler
with the blood gushing inJtcrrent Efoul
hole in his head wastco much for
her. She fell neatftie pro trate BODY
&reking wildly.
Her cries attracted the attention Of
nslghbors who had been aroused by
Tho shot. BuerckstJemmet pulse was
sIH beating family hen they arriyed
lie died before anything ccuId Be done.
u.4. Bgerckstlemtasr was taken into
lie house, She mas Feeoyered from
hc ehock. but Is. broke and n
quite a serious condition The chill
dren, too, are crying pltiabig for
"papa."
This Is the note that Bas found on
Ilae suicides persoli;
t.I am not guilty; but the case vim
be collected over q Il, lisn's head.
/ am his second victim II this ofice
In cases which he could not prove.
The stealing is done on the INSIDE
i hour elapsed between the letter
being thrown to me and ny reportipg
ur.e.
"I can not stand the disgnaee
God bless my wife and iittle chill
dren and their two grandma therS in
Germany, as, although 1 am innocent
This note, given verbatim, vas writ
len on both sides Of clgarette p
per with pencil (presumably A In
delIble penclE. The letters were SO
ane and the lines 50 close together
that It was only. with the AID ci q
powerful microscope that the note
could be deciphered.
Ohio County CoronerY w Rogers
was on the spot a little after au hour
after the tragedy had occurred liter
making a thorough INVESTIGATION the
coroner rendered a verdict of suicide.
This is the verdict;
George Buerckstuemnner came 70
his death by suicide slpertnduc BY
worry and trouble being charged
with robblng the United States mail.
The tragedy has caused big sen
8atlon in Wheeling. Beside tae sui
eide itself, the case brought TO
light the fact that for little oseF 4
year the local United States mails
have been steadily robbed that several
mail carriers have recently been dis.
missed. that the Uaitei states federal
postal officials had been asked to nj
yeslrt ate matters here. and tliat pfac-
HcaIIy all Of the moneyed letters siol-
en- were on Buercksteammer route.
story Of Tragsdy
At 2:3o p. m. Tuesday BueFcS-
steummer was arrested by Allen,
postal inspector Of the northern ali.
trict of West virginia. He was giyen
a preliminary hearing before George
E. Boyd, Jr, United States commis
sioler, and was bound over toithe mex
term of the federal court His bond
was fixed at $500, The bond was tur-
nlshed by Charles KrengeF
After having been reiease trom
Jail, BuercksteImmer vailed arouni
town a short while. Apparently DO
was greatly perturbed by Tie embar
position IA which is found
himself placed. Early n tie after
noon he wentto his home on island.
Told HIS VIE tsethirs
According 70 her story TIE suspect
ed mailcarrler told tls mo- word
Of his trouble. Hepses ended 10 be not
at all concerned ana Wite noticed
nothing wrong With him took SUD
per with his wife and two chlldren-a
pretty bright-eyed 10y aad a altrae
tive fair:faced giFl.
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