The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 25, 1900, Page 3

ng to Amy Murphy out g the green trees in the park. hes were waving to the m have left messages, red sflently, taking bles with them and sy public of a sigh and anracognizel to the “unknown™® co choowd reans of end- Down where the wates he wharves and ts luxury of trees, grass to ap- ceem muchee bad, go dead ad A nging Celest around t other end about himself off the prove e spon rope bran, his One poo himself e bt through the head, having written a note with words, *T believe I am going insane in my head.’t The wobbling e gave his name as A. King One of the uridentified scrawled on & rough piece of paper, “I am tired of live Ing:; it is all off,” and sent a bullet through me little bors were playing about irt ne epring da de-and-seek the verdict oks, were due to fellow, leaving his estones, nt out to the park, &Y oul Meastrously. m Chow; went, the double assur- i shooting. limbed a tree, tied a h, adjusted neck and then shot He was as dead as 1 when they found he two some bushes on a hill- reathlessly waiting for a un home. alert for the oach of the one who was “it,” they ed to see a roughly shod foot stick- A number of In the intrica- L] “anl 1" T making The de- the on the emporary took with of thems And plunge thy gu THE SUNDAY . CALL. Oh' deaf to Nature, and 1o Heawven's command! - Against thyself to lift the murdering O damnd Despaur!—1to shun the living hght, ity Soul in endless Night! a bullet mati- es of a large r with family Temper- [1 SEEWING OUT 1SOLATED | | \l AND LONELY PLACES ™ © gy 2 1 Tesid bolic acid; despondency & 13, 1590Ernest Mentzel (supposed to bs %14 4 letter in pocket), German, 40 years of o 0 Jolson: cyanide of pota v 1591 George W. Reynolds, D) xunshot wound In head (" Beptember 24, Unknown man found dead in A shrubbery; unrecognizable; death from ¢ gunshot wound | October 15, 1891—John Shay, stenographer, aged YY ¢ 20; carbolic acid poisoning; despondency ¥ December 3, 1891 —Charles Ronneburger, waiter, ¢ ‘aged 19, German: death from' gunshot ia of These Folund hife Net Worth the 5O A D D AR A L LD A D > < 0 Living. Y umption, head; despondency, dying of con 2 dead 1852—Unknown man; poison; ; not_identified. known old man found dead in buishes by boys; unrecognizable. June 2, 1592—Walter Johnson, 1520 Hyde street, teamster, aged b4, English; gunshot throuch heart June 21, 1A52—Herrman Kappler, Swiss tallor, 2860 3, 21 Beaver stroet; gunshot through ad 1892—Henry Schnelder, druggist, aged 31: morphine polsoning July 15, 1822—Aibert Seiz, caterer, aged 56, Gor- man, 264B Buchanan street; gunshot through heart; temporary aberration.. September 3, 1832 —Charles Hines, cook, aged 5 years, Swede, living at Tremont House : death from laudanum, . C. {v. Woolton, $71 Misston butcher, aged b, English; mor- street, phine polsoning. @eptember 25, 182—Georgs W. Fisher, electri- clan, aged 25, 371 Sanches street; gunshot. January 7. 1833—Unknown m: , aged about 2); a Raab, & young woman: pol- soned by prussic acid near music stand. Jume 13, 1898—Unknown man; sulcide by opjum. Outober 2), 1833—Gustave J. Lamblot, $03 Mar- ket street: had between $40 and $50 on per- son, besides watch, chain and rings. December 4, 1898—August Schurrman, German, aged 69, cabinet maker. December 7. 1833—Unknown oid man; shot with gun at Chicken Point. December 19, 1893—Willlam Caughan, carriage painter: suicide by gunshot in head. February 24, 18%—Albert Streuber, 2152 Mission street; ‘cyanide of potassium. March 2. 1884—Thomas O Brien, carpenter, 423 Nineteenth_street: gunshot: despondency. March 29, 18%—Willlam Wisse, found in clump of acacis trees; death’ from unknown causes, probably polsoning. Auvgust G, 18%—Charles Coeke, saloon-keeper, aged 51; death from gunshot: despondency. August 17, 18%—Frederick M. Henning, aged €3, German gardener of Oakland: gun- ot wound in head; poverty. October 15, 183 Unknown man found hanging ~— 4o & tree om Whisky Hill despondency and 1834—Rudolph Slegwartz, native . clgar-maker, aged 2, 933 Mis- } cut throat with razo n man found tn low —Charles Hielberger, aged 30, Ger- n krocery clerk, 706 California street; gunshot in_ head. Conrad Hilderbrand, barber, 2 well dressed; money in rnes, dentist: polsoned. aged 65, married, st Dammes, aged 59, Ger- 2333 Geary strest; poi- soned with carboilc actd. October 1895 — Unknown manj gunshot throu h head. 55— David Clifford Butler, aged clerk, $21 Center street, Oax- land; zunshot; despondency. November 20, 1835—John Max; gunshot. December 23, 18%—Edward E. Norton, aged £, gle, mariner, 433 Turk street; polsoned. February §, 139—Unknown man found dead on Lench potsoned. March 26, 1896—Henry Monferran, aged 42, French, window cleaner; gunshot in head. April 12, 15%6—John Muth, aged 35, German, agent, 540 Golden Gate avenue. April 18, i386—Unknown man in dead for two months; gunshot. April 20, 1496—Albert Langenburger, aged 13, waiter; carbolic acid. May 16, 155—Unknown man found In pond with throat cut. June 6, 189%—Unknown middle-aged man found dead on Lookout driveway; suicide by chloroform poisoning. June §, 15%—John H. Anderson, aged 40, single; Denmark; gunshot wound. June 10, 1896—Frederick Rosenberg; sulclde by poison in little rustic pavilion. Jume 20, 18%—One Mr. Gottlieb shot himselt neer Halleck monument; aged 24; married; despondency. July 15, 18%—Camillo Ferrarre, aged 26; Itallan salesman; four gunshot wounds; 115 Clark street. July 24, 18%—James Frantz, aged 26, single; Dickenson, aged 26, mar- German waiter; gunshot. August 14, 18%¢—R. ried; laundry marker; 511 Valencia street; }euir in pocket; despondency and bad uc November 2, 1866—Unknown man, aged I5; morphine potsonins. December 13, 1896—J. O. Locke, aged 24, single, shrubbery; student cut throat in trees near edge of park; 2828 Folsom street. December 32, 186—Frederick W. Stein, aged 4. mingle: German clgarmaker; gunshot through head. December 26, 18%-Otto G. Heuser, German, eged ©0; 124 Park street, Alameda; dos- hand ! L5 Lucretius. Complete List of Suicides in the Park, From July, 1890, to the Present Paie. pondenc: 1897 Willlam Fresse, aged 0, singlef bartender; gunshot Max von Schaussen, aged B4; Gers man teamster; found hanging to & treej et -R. Lindiow, about 40 years old{ May 14, German book agent; gunehot; 242 Harrie! ass in grass beside street; had looking & him to aim bhy. Unknown man; polson. June § 1897—J. D. Burton, or James Rot Balfour Jr., aged 50; druggist; cyanide ol potassium. August 6, 1597-John Hopkins, aged 85; alerky ‘poison. August 10, 1 ¥ Hobo, Lake November 1S, 15§ May Inknown man found dead neas : gunskot. Lum Show, Chinese, game bler, aged 35; hanzed himself to & tree. November 30, 18% ward Koppell, aged 283 nothing more known January 22, 189%—New McDonald, about 65 yearg of age: cut wrists with razor; despondent, June 15, 18i8—Samuel Cline, uged 56, Russiag tatlor; cyanide of potassium. January- %, 15%—Charles Rosenberg, aged iy German, married; hide dealer; potson. June 26, 1338 Thomas Boyle, steamfitter; morw hine isoning. Au‘“el 14, 'lr;'.:87 Kknown man found dead neap “Hobo Lake : gunshot. self-inflicted. August 25, 189%—Unknown middie-aged and welk dressed man; poison: at Stow Lake. September 7, 1893—Unknown man, al t o Years oid; drowned in Stow Lake: coa on ground; initial on shirt “J. 8. oY Beptember 12, 189—Charles Welgner, aged 48y Golden West Hotel; polsoned with more hine. Decemnber 18, 1598 Rostna Kiaber, Germa aged 42, 033 Broadwa hanged he self to door of ladies’ cottage with bindy ing of ‘her skirt. January 19, 1399—Henry Donahue, aged Canadian; and bottle of whi beside corpse. March 3, 189_Morrls A. Levy, aged 71, singly elerk, 1135 Geary street; gunshot througl pistol heart. April 8, 1899—Andrew Peterson, aged 40; Nome weglan mariner; carbolic acld. July 4, 18998, R. Davis, 1002 Mission streetg poison. Beptember 8, 189—-A. King, aged 48, native of Treland, married, clerk, 1il De Long aves nue; gunshot through head. Beptember 2, 1899—J. J. McManus, aged 3& married, merchant; gunshot. October 3, 15%—Unknown man found = deady rusty revolver beside corpse; dead some monthe. November 20, 1899—Robert Menter, aged 30; pobe on. January 23, 1900—May Brown, sttempted potsone ing near music stand: may recover, February 2, 1900—Amy Murphy, aged 17, 13 Lagu street: suicide by gunshot in head; despordency caused by unmanly treate ment qf deceased by one Horace Poulin ~ "Hobo dsleép,™ whispéred ona *“Let's us give his foot & yank,” sald the other. They &4 so, and looked at each cther strangely when it dropped back spiritiess and in & lifeless manner. They crept & little nearer and saw the face and form. In wide-eyed fear they stared a moment, then scrambled out and ran as fast as their legs would carry them, heedless of the triumphant yells of the boy who was *“{t." They had a conference, and thea they circled widely and approached an of- ficer they happened to see. Between them they managed to convey their news and point out the location of what they had seen. It was a pcor Swede who had got tired o’ livin’ " and had cut his t with a rusty razor. Among the victims of the popular cya< nide of potasstum there remains an unex- plained mystery and sn account of some 46 and jewelry In favor of the undiscov- ered heirs. The suicide was found near the main driveway with a bottls of ths poison in his hand, the money ! pocket, a gold watch and chain and scme rings of value. He was neatly dressed in a gray business suit and had an empty envelops in his pocket, which had passed through the mails and from which a let ter had evidently been removed. It w addressed to “Gustave J. Lamblot, San Franicsco.” No inquiries wers ever made, and the stranger was buried unidentified n the city's plot. A similar case was that of a suiclde found on one of the benches near the mu sic stand. The name of the unfortunats, s denoted by papers about his person, was Ernest Mentzel of Denver, Colo. When found he was dressed neatly, had money in his pockets and wors a rold watch, which was still running. His hands were delicats and white and the fingers tapering. Nothing could be learned of him and no communication was ever recelved from friends or relatives. The reason for his despondency, or whatever prompted his death, he evidently preferred to keep oag to himself. Hs left no message. In the summer of 1887 a despondent dry f near the lake goods clerk poisoned I in Golden Gate Park, having b of poverty and ill luck. His name was John Hopkins, and statements previous to his death disclosed his motives as being prompted by a feeling of being “down on his luck.” A year after his self-inflicted death a relative in Illinols died, leaving to the suicide a fortune of some thousands of dollars. Inquiry as to the whereabou's of the heir led to the dicovery of a brief ftem in the Coroner's book and a lonely grave in the city’'s burying ground In 189 an old man was observed wan- dering about in the park every d He would start and walk away gull whenever an officer approached, and seemed to be brooding over some trouble. One day they found him dead, the result of a dose of carbollc acid, with an awk- wardly scrawled note, which satd: “T done it myself. I am tired of living.” The scrawl was signed “John Elftman.” Henry Schnelder was a young druggist, with a promising career ahead of him Unfortunately he became a victim of an unaccountable melancholia, and ons da they found him dead under the tr £ the park. In twenty-one years he had lived as long as he desired to, and he had ome tired es of o FTHE LARGEST BF RCENTAGE OFWOMAaN SUICIES 15 Afors THE NUMBER DROWNED N THE ®ay “THE LITTLE HOUSE-UNDER. | THE ARASS WAS CaLLING | i QMY MURPWY — SO SHE KILLED HERSELF | hésed morPhine as the means of rldding himself of this world's les. In,1503 thefe was a pretty young girl found lying with her white face turned Ida Raab. to the ski Her name was and she . rreled wi loved. She had wandered abo all afternoon, and when the h brought courage for the deed she swal- lowed the drops of poison that stilled the weary heart The list of park suicides does not con- tain the nam of many wom For some reason the largest percentage of women suicides Is among the number drowned in the bay. Many of the suicides are not discovered until too late for identification. It seems to be a common s with them to seek unfrequented and isolated spots Whether they go awa to such plac to brood undisturbed T their trou or whether they fear to be interfered wi {s a matter of conjecture, but the fact of their seeking out lonely and hidden places accounts for the large percentage ¢ discovered and unrecog An “unknown™ old ma go found In a clu es blade of a rusty o ck-knife was through a rough, warped plece of card- board. on whigh there was a faint trac- ing of the words, * no use a livin"." Just what trouble or sorrow had brough$ the poor, despondent old man to that une happy conclusion no one will ever know, for he held his own counsel, and the rusty old revolver beside him helped him to put his philosophy into practice. Death is a thing of dread to the unpre- Judiced. To the human contemplation It is & mystery and a fear, but there are those to whom its mystery and its fear seem less than the scourges that urge them on. San Francisco has had over a thousand such within the past ten years. Individual trouble and individual sorrow has been ended by some eleven hundred individual hands, and the world wags om in accordance with its usual custeom.