Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1913-10-17
ANCLESEA


prom pied Louis Deppe, a Camden TAI
lor, to commit a murderous assault on
the person of Carl Peterson, and then
commit suicide at Anglesea Saturday
evening. From what could be learned
of the Deppes, husband and wife had
not been living together, though not
divorced, aud Mrs. Deppe had Peter
son, % years old, boarding at her cot
tage, 825 West Chestnut avenue. Peter
son, who Is a fisherman, returned on
board the boat Holly, c~aptained by
Anil Mansika, about 4 30 o'clock Sat
urday from a fishing cruise in the wa
tiers about Atlantic City. Going to his
boarding house he was surprised to
find Mr.. Deppe there and Mrs. Deppe
absent. In Peterson's statement, which
was-taken by Coroner Cohen, he de-
clared that Mr.. Deppe was intoxicated
and very quarrelsome, and that he
(Peterson) left the house in order to
avoid trouble with Deppe. He then
went TO the Inlet hotel where he in-
dulged in q couple of glasses of beer
and a cigar, and after a short
ton with another fisherman, named
Paul, Peterson left the hotel and went
to the railroad station and met Mrs.
Deppe, who had just returned from At
lantic City. Peterson told the
of the enraged state of mind her hus-
band was In and, after they both had
taken a glass of beer in the hotel, they
went to the house. Peterson says he
went to bed and that Mrs. Deppe went
to the kitchen and had made up her
mind to sleep on a sofa there and to
not permit her husband, who was in
the front room. to enter her quarters.
Some time elapsed and MI. Deppe tried
to go into the kitchen but found him.
self shut out and then he went to Peter
sons room, 1T is alleged, and shot him
in the fieshy part Of the left breast.
Peterson did not lose consciousness,
although the bullet entered his lung,
and bleeding copiously, he ran but of
the house partly dressed. Upon gain
ing the sidewalk he fell from exhaus-
ton and was assisted by a neighbor,
Ed Rudolph. who rushed the bleed
ing man to DR.. Mace. just as they
started off for DIR. Mace's two more
shots were fired; and it was found that
Deppe had suicided In the hall by fir
ing two shots into his head.
DIR. Margaret Mace notified the coro-
ner and Lawyer Palmer Way, who
was in the automobile at the time, and
be picked up the coroner and rushed
off to the scene of The tragedy.
Peterson was sent TO Cooper hospital,
In Camden, where the bullet was ex-
tracted and the body of the suicide was
driven to the undertaking establish
ment of MI. Ingersoll.
County Prosecutor Matthew Iefts<-
son went to AngIesea and the coroner
was assisted by DIR. Mace at the autop-
sy. 1t was found that Deppe had
came to his death by shooting himself.
Judge Voorhees, and Attorney Way
were present and after examining sew
eral neiphbors and taking the teati-
mony Of Mrs. Deppe, who stood frigh-
tened On the back porch and was I'M
der the protection OF q Mr.. Lush, a
neighbor, concluded that there vas
nothing more to do.
The doctors at the Cooper hospital
say that Peterson will recover Mr..
Deppe was a man about Do years of
age, and had a daughter ~ years old.
At one time, it is said, he had quite a
lot OF money accumulated, but went
through with most OF it.
The Hotel Hilton was the scene of
merriment Oh Wednesday evening
when Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Toppin
celebrated their 25th wedding anniver-
sary. Mrs. Emf forgot her illness and
was the life of the party. The hosts
were presented with a handsome cleo
trio lamp. Those present at the excel
lent dinner were MayorSmith and wife,
Mayor Hoffman, wife and two sons,
George j. Emf and wife, Mrs. Weaver,
Walter Craythorn, George Toppin and
H. II. Voorhees, and wife. The same
date was also the 18th anniversary of
the wedding Of MI. and Mrs. Voorhees,.
By patronizing the Reading you will
be able to get the best Of railroad facili-
ties.-adv
Mrs. III. H. Voorhees, has been hav-
ing a visit from her sister, Mrs. Weaver,
Of New York.
Paul Dewitt and wife have closed
their cottage and gone to their Phila-
delphia home.
Outing garments for Ladies and
Children. Mech & Go. y