The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-06-24
Carbolic Acid Had Done It's
Work on Frank X.
Gredler To-day
LEFT GOODBYE NOTE
TO HIS FAMILY
Melancholia Brought OH by
Several Causes Attrib-
uted as Reason

Frank X. Gredler, polisher employed
at the Z. c. Glysson plant on Mill street,
committed suicide at his room, 81 Keith
avenue, this morning by draining the
contents of two-ounce bottle of car
bolic acid. Mrs. R. NJ. Beagrie, in whose
house he had made his home for the past
few weeks, was the first to suspect that
something unusual had happened, but it
was his son, Frank S. Gredler, an en-
ployef of the Peoples Lighting, Heating
& Power Co. and recently the second
honor graduate at Spaulding high school,
who entered the room upstairs and found !.
his father lying unconscious on the red.
DIR. w. ID. Reid was summoned but death
ensued at once and DR.. j. y, Woodruff,
the local health officer who wds called,
pronounced the case sllicidc The re-
mains were taken to the Perry & Noon
an undertaking rooms on Depot square.
From circumstances surrounding the
mans death arises the theory that mel
ancholia was the cause OF his deed. 4
family disagreement, il is said, had
something TO do with Mr.. Gredler's TAX
ing rooms outside of his own home. At
present his wife, with her younger
daughter, is living in Plainfeld ,Tr.
Gredler's son was rooming with him. A
letter found in the room was written in
German script. In it he besolght his
wife to take good care of the children
and ended with the words, BE happy
until we meet again. Goodbye, Frank.
III health was undoubtedly a cause too,
that contributed to the mans act. For
two or three days he had returned carly
from his work on Mill street, each tim1
complaining of feeling poorly. THIS
morning he arose at 6 o'clock ats IA
hearty breakfast, and waited for his
boarding mistress to put up the dinEer
he was TO take with him TO the stene
she'd Shortly before o'clock he let
the house, ostensibly bound for his pare
of employment, 1t is not thought that
he went to Mill street. Instead, he
must have gone soon thereafter to one
of the local drug stores, where he pur-
chased two ounces of carbolic acid, which
he said was to be used for disinfecting
purposes.
Apparently he returned at once to his
room, for it was around 1880 o'ciork
when Mrs. Beagrie heard commoton
upstairs. 1t sounded as though someone
had fallen to the floor. Suspecting some
thing wrong on the second floor, she tele
phoned to the gas companys Office for
the SON. The latter was away at the
time, but word was left for him to hurry
home on his return. Mrs. Beagrie heard
no more and it was not until the son ar
rived at o'clock, or a little later, that
the true nature of the noise in Mr.. Cred
ler's room was learned. Mrs. Beagrie
tried to restore consciousness in the
man. but her efforts We're without avail
and death ensued within Is minutes aft
er the mans act was discovered.
So far as can be learned, Mr.. Gredler
leaves only his wife. daughter aged
seven, whose name is Rosa a married
daughter, Mrs. Leclair. who lives in the
A. Tomasi block. and his son. When, ii
short time ago, the latter was graduated
with honor from the high school there
was no prouder father in Barre than Mr..
Gredler For a time he seemed to have
gained a new lease of life, but the at
tacks of despondency had returned late
w. He was SO years old and had lived
n Barre 90 years. He was a Bayaran
oy birth, coming here from Germany
many years ago. He attended the Epis
,opal church. Funeral arrangements
rave not been made