Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1916-01-14
CITY HALL MAN
KILLS HIMSELF
WHILE GLOOMY
Andrew c. Sinsel Commits Sui
eide Early Today-Leaves
Letter for Woman.


old and an elevator operator at City
Hall for nine years, killed himself by
shooting, at his home, 349 South Sixth
street, this forenoon, leaving a letter
Goes place, in which he said his spirit
would haunt her
Sinsel and his brother. Gustav, live
with their widowed mother. 1t was
her custom each morning to get their
breakfast early and then go back to
bed. leaving them to eat at their con-
yenience. Gustav went earliest to
work and Andrew took upon himself
the work of keeping the furnace fire
going and other similar work about
the house.
This procedure was followed this
morning, Gustav going to work at
$3.50 and Andrew nxins the furnace
and eating his breakfast. as usual.
His duties at the City Hall required
his presence there at 8 o'clock, but he
! did not leave the house at the usual
time today.
His mother, having returned to bed,
did not know about his presence in
! the house after the usual time, but at
S:15 she was startled by the sound of
a shot coming from his bedroom. Her
screams brought Policeman Haren-
berg, who lives on the floor above the
! Sinsel apartment
Andrew was lying fully dressed on
his back across his bed with a bullet
hole in his right temple. DR.. II. b.
Kessler, of 1853 South Sixth street, and
DR.. William Il. Hoeler. of 1888 South
| Sixth street, who were summoned,
E, found Sinsel dead upon their arrival.
County Physician Mckenzie, who was
notified, pronounced Sinsel a suicide.
Sinsel went to work in the City Hall
! nine years ago and has been there
! ever since. Recently he has been mel
| ancholy and frequently complained OF
not being well, but has relatives and
acquaint8nces did not think his illness
serious, nor did they believe ne con-
templated killing himself. The revol-
yer used was ono which he kept in
| the house for defensive purposes for
some time, but had recently peeh
cleaned and oiled.
/ Sinsel was a member of the lnde-
pendent Order of Foresters and of
the Gottfried Kruger Association.
He is survived by his mother, four
brothers. Gustav, John, Adam and
James Sinsel, all of Newark. and two
sisters. Mrs. Margaret Meter,
matron at the City Hall, ana Mrs
Eugene Boesch, of Passalc
/ Sinsel was lying on his back when
found and the revolver was under
him. Only one shot was fired and ne
must have used the last few seconds
of life remaining after firing the shot
to hide the revolver. The letter. al
dressed to Mrs. Binn, was found lying
on the bureau in the room.
Mrs. Binn said at her home today
that she believed Sinsel was mentally
deranged, as he had been act ng
aueerly for the past four months. nc
brooded much over his poor neallli;
and had often said that he wished
he were dead, according to the
/ woman.
Called ON Woman Last Night.
Sinsel called upon Mrs. Binn last
night as has been his custom during
the past year.
1--WE parted the best of friends
said Mrs. Binn. His last words were,
I'll see you in the morning Mrs.
Binn is employed as a cleaner at the
City Hail. and first met Sinsel when
she went to work there five years
ago. She is about the same age as
the dead man and is a widow.
II cannot understand why he should
write such a letter" said the woman,
when told of Sinsel's queer threat to
| haunt her and of his allegation that
she had talked about his mother.
! Mrs. Sinsel and l were good friends
| and always got along wen together
The only thing | ever said about ms
mother was casual remark that II
was a wonder she wouldn't see that
Andy did not have to tend to the FUR
mace and do other work around the
house because of his poor health.
This was around Christmas. He did
not resent. the remark, merely saying
that he was used to dong u and
would continue to do 1t.
| Mrs Binn said that she OFTEN felt
that Sinsel's home life was not happy
He had been keeping company with
another. woman, a widow about the
same age who lived in a nearby town
according to the woman.
Had Another Friend.
81 think his mother wanted him to
marry this woman, and he was OPP
posed to it," Mrs. Binn said. Il fe't
also that his mother thought I was
responsible for his failure to marry
the other woman. He had known the
other woman for many years. but had
a falling out a year ago, about the
time he started to call on me regu-
larly They became friendly again a
few months ago. Still / do not know
l~hy his mother should have been OPP
| posed to me, as ] had been to see her
several times, and we always got
sleNs sR1aRdidly,