Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-25
MANY UNFORTUNATES
LARGE BATCH OF HOT WEATHER
SUICIDES.

| HAGERSTOWN. Md, June 25-Mrs.
| Frank Meals. thirty years old, committed
suicide last evening while suffering from
mental depression at her home. Breatheds-
vile, Washington county. She killed herself
| with a double barrel shotgun.
| No one was in the house at the time she
| committed the deed. Mrs. Meals had sent
her young daughter to a nearby store and
| in her absence she placed the muZZle of the
gun against her abdomen and pulled both
| triggers She was found soon afterward
| lying upon the floor dead. A gaping wound
was made in her abdomen and the floor
| was covered with blood. She had been in
| Ill health for more than year, and at
times was very respondent States Attor-
| ney Long decided an inquest unnecessary.
Her husband and daughter survive.
| Mrs. Meals father. committed suicide
| when she was quite young.
| Boy Lovers Death.
| FREDERICK, Md, June Is. - Roger
| Montgomery, nineteen years old, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson Montgomery, of near
Evansville, Frederick county, committed
suicide early yesterday morning at the
home of George Neikirk. near Monrovia, by
| shooting himself through the heart. Young
Montgomery called on Miss Lola Neikirk,
| daughter of Mr.. Neikirk, yesterday after
| noon, and they took drive returning
| about 8 o'clock in the evening. He re-
| manned at her home until nearly II O'Clock,
| and before leaving made arrangements to
| go with her to Braddock Heights on July 4.
| About o'clock this morning the family
were startled by a revolver shot. and soon
| afterward Miss Nekirk's brothers, who
| went to investigate the shooting, found the
body of oMntgomery lying in the yard. He
| was still alive, but died few minutes
| later.
No cause can be assigned for the act, and
| Miss Neikirk, to whom the young man
had been paying devoted attention, is pros
trated over the occurrence. The wound was
directly over the heart, and indications
pointed so strongly to suicide that an in
| quest was deemed unnecessary.
| Wanted to Die in Peace.
| BALTIMORE, June 25.-Louis Krupnick,
| twenty-four years old, 1924 East Fayette
| street, is at the Hebrew Hospital in a
| critical condition, suffering from carbolic
| acid poisoning
When he returned from work yesterday
| at noon Krupnick told his family he was
| not feeling well and that he was going to
his room. Requesting his family not to
disturb him, he locked the door.
| He failed to appear at supper, and his
brother called him several times. Receiv-
| ing no response, he raped on the door.
Not getting any answer, the door was
forced. Krupnck was found unconscious
An empty bottle labeled carbolic acid was
found by his side.
krupnick left note written in Hebrew,
| in which he requested his family not to at
tempt to save him, saying he was tired of
| life and wished to die.
Hopes His Ghost Will Walk.
BUFFALO, N. Y, June 23.-"Curse him;
| may my ghost haunt him as long as he
| lives,' was the sentence in letter found
yesterday left addressed to his wife by VIM.
Fleschner, jr, of % Moffitt street, Brook
| 1yn ub IN Ga NIGHT mi bfrnSalf VIII n
fatal results in the right temple at the
home Of Lloyd Knapp here, where he was
guest
Fleschner arrived In Buffalo last Thurs
| day. Soon after the Knapps retired Satur-
| day night they heard pistol Shot
Patrolman Golden got on the roof and
climbed in at the window. He found
Fleschner lying on the bed unconscious
eral Hospital. where he died an hour later.
He also said in his letter that starvation
wages prompted him to kill himself.
Could Not Stand Riches.
SOUTH NORWALK, Conn, June 25.-
Frank C. Randle of Winnipauk jumped into
a mill pond and drowned himself yesterday
morning when he learned that his father,
who died last week. had left him $50, 600.
The father had conducted little country
store, and had been postmaster at Winni-
pauk for forty-five years. 1t was not
tnOuSnI tndl ne ndQ any means, ana WneN
the administrators of the estate informed
Frank of its value he tainted.
Grief over the loss of his parent had
| weakened the boy, and it is thought that
his mind gave way. Within sight of many
of the neighbors he undressed on the bank
of the pond and dived in where the water
was thirty feet deep. They thought he
| was going in swimming and he drowned
before they realized the truth.
Artists Jumps to Death.
WARSAW, Russian Poland, June %
Gendarmes yesterday entered the apart
ments of Wyczaldowski, a painter, with
the object Of searching the place and ar
| resting the tenant. In order to avoid ar
rest WycZalkowski jumped from a fourth
story window to the street and was in
stantly killed.
Murder and Suicide.
PITTSBURG, June 25.-Joseph Motco<ick,
| aged thirty-eight years, a coal miner, shot
and killed his wife today at their home in
Sygan, mining town near Bridgeville,
Pa, and then ended his own life by firing a
bullet into his heart.
The only witness to the tragedy was the
two-year-old son of the woman, who was
| found crying in terror beside the body of
| his mother The child was turned over to
| the care of neighbors.
Jealousy is assigned as the cause of the
| deed.
Merchant Cuts His Throat.
NEW YORK, June 25-Christopher Rich
ardson, sixty-nine years old, retired mer-
chant, cut his throat and wrists at his home,
| No. 315 West 106th street, yesterday aft
ernoon and died last night at the ]. Hood
Wright Hospital. Coroner Harburger, who
| investigated the death, said the family was
we'll known in Providence, r. /.
Mr.. Richardson had not been well for
| some time At times he suffered from de-
| spondency. The family had made all prep
arations to go to the country for the sum-
mer yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Richardson
ate his dinner, and in the early afternoon
| started for the bathroom, saying that he
was going to shave. His son found him
there with blood streaming from his
wounds.
Awaits Identification.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn.,, June 25.-An I'M
| known woman about thirty years old COM
mitt ed suicide in Seaside Park yeSterday hv