Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
PLANNED SUICIDE
FOR TWO WEEKS


had destroyed the addresses OF all
relatives and said that before they
could be located he would be dead
and buried. 1t also contained several
references to religious beliefs and a
belief in re'ncaruat'on.
According to Teuber. Kirchner had
always been joi'y and although he
had contaminated killing himself h
gave no intimation of It. The young
man was always secretive about his
past l'fe.
Mr.. Teuber and his family. accom-
panied by X 'rchner, had gone to the
apartments OF Otto Leuteritz on the
FIRST floor of the house to watch the
old year cut aud the new year in
Kirchner was the chief funmaker of
IN party. He played the piano and
~ang until o'claclC In tho morning.
when the party broke up. The women
retired and the men sat in the room
until 3 o'clock talking of the old
country and telling anecdotes K'rch-
rer then went TO bis room after wish
ng everybody q happy new year,
Five hours later the odor OF gas
awakened Teuber and he traced It to
Kirchner's room. where he found nm
dead i'll Il and the gas let turned
on full The letter was found near
tracts:
Nearer and nearer comes the time
of nv long voyage I am tired, tired
of life. I have no wish To 1--we now
that I cannot get work for half-days
n a machine shop so that I can de-
vote the balance of the days to nay
study for p music teacher. I am too
proud to ask my parents for monev
after I had promised them to work
ha-a in factory and devote all my
spare time TO my studies. am
- ehnroed that I did not keep my
promise"
K'rchner then makes reference 70
Teuber, calling him his FRAU" the
German for WIFE THIS manner OF
expression is sometimes used by
Young men who room together In the
different rn'vers' ties IN Germany.
He said: give often told YOU, dear
fran that | viii neva" ho eood
workman as l am not healthy or
strong. stu would have liked to have
been a good workman then 7 wouldn't
have had to depend on my money
bag. MY body leave to a univer-
sity for scientific PURPOSES If thew
want It. All possess leave to you
and your family.
81 have DESTROYED all the addresses
Of relatives and there is no use IRVINE
to notify them. NV parents don'F
know NV address and before they find
out l will be dead and buried " He
then expressed a wish that his body
be buried In Germany. Continuing
the letter stated:
"I have fun thinking thew will bury
me like poor devil and that no one
can profit by my death"
He then wrote of his belief in the
Bible and in It's truths and declared
he believed more than some of those
who pretend great religious feelings
do. He said his contemplated killing
himself was against consc ence, but
he had decided it must be done.
81 could have fulfilled all the
wishes I ever had the letter con-
tinued, "as I then had the money.
leave about 900 marks (about $So>.
in Germany. and library valued at
$4,000. But money and science do
not content me. I was hungry for
science, but 7 had to become a sol.
der and when I did the surgeon told
me I was not healthy"
Kirchner then wrote his belle 'n
reincarnation saying; "My soul Is
dead but I hope II will not always
be dead, and I know 1t i'll have
better opportunities in my other life
20 come"
Kfrchner has been in +his country
about six rnonths sr@ durir" that
time has worked for the Westir"-
house Electrical ComnanY and this
Splitdorf Electric Companv as a ma
chinist The bag he consigned 70 the
river contained a number OF letters
from girls in Germany and several
from his mother. some of which were
from Europe and others from Canada
where she is now believed 10 be liv-
ing. 1t also contained several photo
graphs OF young women and articles
of wcmen's clothing When II was
found fhe police scented n ! ~~+orv
that MIGHT deve'op into a rourder
but after close questioning and in
vestira+'ne thew decided thew c6u1d
not hold the Young man. since then
Kirehner has heen questioned nv
ChieT Of Police Long with the Same
result.
The BODY was viewed nv County
Physician Mckenzie Yesterday who
declared 1t a suicide. No ARRANGE
r1ants have been n1aSA as VET fo~
the burial and Mr. Teuhar SAID he
had not decided what action m take
on the renraet OF K'rohoar that his
I,OSv, ne weed So- e>'o~+sa~ v,',~ooees