The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1924-04-17
CFrom Fridays Daily

CFrom Fridays Daily
Mrs. Mildred Eichelman, 81 years
old, was found lying dead on the floor
of her bedroom in weller of blood
which still seeped from bullet wound
through her heart, by her husband,
H. B. .Eichelman, when he returned to
his home at 581 ,Symmonds street,
shortly after / p, m. today, Mr..
Eichelman is foreman of the tool and
die room at the American Brass COM
pany.
The husbands cries attracted the
attention of Mrs. Arthur Koehl, who
lives next door at SIT Symmonds
Street. She Immediately called in Ofs
.ficer Charles Amberland who lives
three doors away, and who CHANGED
to be at home at the time. He noti-
fed headquarters, and was Joined
within five minutes by Assistant Chief
ef Police John Cyzak and Lieut..
Charles Rock.
The body was removed to the Han
sen morgue upon orders from the po-
lice, where it will be held pending
the coroner's orders. Efforts to locate
Coroner Truman 7. Parker at once,
failed.
Husband Tells Story.
According to the story told to the
police by the husband, he returned
home for lunch at noon and found
/ his wife indisposed. At that time she
seemed to be in good spirits, he stat
ed, and after chatting with him for
several minutes asked him if he would
object to going to a restaurant some
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lunch there.
When he returned to the house he
called to her as he opened the door,
but failed to receive any reply. He
was not alarmed, he said, for he
thought it possible that she had step
ped out of the house for something.
He went in and after making a tour
Of the other rooms, opened the door
to the bedroom.
There he discovered her lifeless
body, with the revolver lying nearby,
and the blood still flowing from the
wound. Overcome with grief, and I'M
able to account for her action he stag
gered to the front of the house, and
it was there that Mrs. Koehl heard
him sobbing, and fastened over to
learn what the trouble was. 4
Powder Burns Clear.
Investigation by the police revealed
the. fact that the powder burns from
the shot were very marked, indicating
that the gun had been held close to
the Woman's body when the fatal shot
was fired. The police took charge of
the gun, which will be turned over to
the coroner as exhibit "a" at the in
quest. ,4
Eichelman told the police that he
was at a loss to account for his wife's
act He said that while she must have
been induced to commit the act
through dependency, still she showed
no signs of being desperate when he
last saw her alive just as he started
away to the restaurant He declared
that she had been in generally good
health, with the exception of the past
two days when she had been feeling
a bit indisposed.
Recently, he added, she had been
having a great deal of troubles with
her teeth, having had more than $500
worth of work done during the past
few months. ri E
Mrs. Koehl stated that she heard
no shot or any other noise which at
tracted her attention or led her to
believe that anything had happened,
until she heard the husbands sobs.
She added that due to the fact that
the Eiehelman bedroom is on the side
of the house, furthest from her home,
it would have been. possible to have
had the sound so muffled that she
would have been unable to have heard
1t.
ri" Called Sister Earlier.
Earlier in the morning Mrs. Eichel-
man called her sister, Mrs. Ella
Kxause, by telephone at the home of
Henry Eichelman, her father-in-law
at 500 Exchange street. Some signi-
Acance is attached to the fact that
she asked her to come over during
the forenoon. Mrs. Krause replied
that she couldn't get away during the
morning, but that she would be over
early this afternoon. Mrs. iEichelman
closed the conversation by telling her
that she wanted to talk to her as
aoon as possible. -
The house, q story and half bun
gallo, is occupied entirely by the Eich-
elmans, who have been living there
aince 1918.
The Eichelmans were married at
Camp Douglas on May II, 1910. Mr.
and Mrs. Peter Mickelson parents OF
the dead woman, have been notified
of the tragedy, and are believed to be
on their way to Kenosha.
Mr.. Eichelman explained the pres.
zee of thr Adeath gun when he tolt