Suicide at Alameda
A San Francisco Jeweler Puts an
End to His Existence***Verdict
of the Jury
Intelligence was received in Oakland about five o'clock last evening that Herman Sieglitz, a San Francisco jeweler, had committed suicide at Alameda, by shooting himself through the heart. Coroner Helmer immediately dispatched a message to take possession of the body, and soon after proceeded with an inquest. The following evidence was elicited:
Mrs. Mary Lange
Sworn: the body lying dead here is my brother. His name was Herman Sieglitz. He was a native of Saxon, Germany; he was aged about forty years, and a watchmaker and jeweler by occupation; his place of business was San Francisco. He has been living with me in Alameda five years next January. Last night he acted strangely. This morning on the 8 a.m. train to the City and came back about eleven and said he had went to the wharf but would not go over to the City, as some person was following him to kill him. He told me to go to the City and take my children along; it would be for the best and save the children. I told him I would go. He said he would go and lay down. I saw him go toward his room. I went to San Francisco and when I came back I found him dead in his room. He was a single man, never married. He had one sister beside me; a widow - I do not know her residence - and two married, living in San Francisco.
W. August David
Sworn: To-day about 3 o'clock p.m. Mrs. Lange came to my shop in San Francisco, and told me her brother was acting strangely, she thought he was deranged or crazy and wished me to come over to Alameda. I came with her and got here about 5 p.m. I went to his room and found his door locked. Mrs. Lange had a key which opened his door, we found him lying on his bed, as he is now; we thought he was dead, but I thought I would get a doctor, and I went and got Dr. Right; he examined his body, and said he was dead. Mr. Sieglitz never said to me that he would commit suicide.
Dr. P.W. Right
Sworn: Soon after 5 p.m. this day, a gentleman came to me and told me that Mr. Sieglitz had shot himself, and thought he was dead. I went to his room and found his body lying on his bed, and blood had run from his mouth; and on examination I found a bullet hole in his left breast and no signs of life - he was dead. I looked for a pistol and found a revolver lying on the floor behind his bed. I attended Mr. Sieglitz some time ago during sickness - his sickness was "pneumonia." I should judge that he had been dead four hours when I first saw him.
The Verdict
We jurors summoned and convened by Wm. Helmer, Coroner, to inquire into the cause of the death of Herman Sieglitz, do find that he was a native of Saxony, Germany, and aged about 40 years, and a jeweler by occupation, and that he had come to his death at his room and residence, in the town of Alameda, on the 25th of December, 1876 about 1 o'clock p.m., and that his death was caused by a pistol shot wound in the left breast, and we have from the evidence adduced that said shot was fired by his own hand with suicidal intent [cannot read the rest of the sentence].
(from Oakland Tribune, December 29, 1876, pg. 3)∼Born in Saxony.
A San Francisco Jeweler Puts an
End to His Existence***Verdict
of the Jury
Intelligence was received in Oakland about five o'clock last evening that Herman Sieglitz, a San Francisco jeweler, had committed suicide at Alameda, by shooting himself through the heart. Coroner Helmer immediately dispatched a message to take possession of the body, and soon after proceeded with an inquest. The following evidence was elicited:
Mrs. Mary Lange
Sworn: the body lying dead here is my brother. His name was Herman Sieglitz. He was a native of Saxon, Germany; he was aged about forty years, and a watchmaker and jeweler by occupation; his place of business was San Francisco. He has been living with me in Alameda five years next January. Last night he acted strangely. This morning on the 8 a.m. train to the City and came back about eleven and said he had went to the wharf but would not go over to the City, as some person was following him to kill him. He told me to go to the City and take my children along; it would be for the best and save the children. I told him I would go. He said he would go and lay down. I saw him go toward his room. I went to San Francisco and when I came back I found him dead in his room. He was a single man, never married. He had one sister beside me; a widow - I do not know her residence - and two married, living in San Francisco.
W. August David
Sworn: To-day about 3 o'clock p.m. Mrs. Lange came to my shop in San Francisco, and told me her brother was acting strangely, she thought he was deranged or crazy and wished me to come over to Alameda. I came with her and got here about 5 p.m. I went to his room and found his door locked. Mrs. Lange had a key which opened his door, we found him lying on his bed, as he is now; we thought he was dead, but I thought I would get a doctor, and I went and got Dr. Right; he examined his body, and said he was dead. Mr. Sieglitz never said to me that he would commit suicide.
Dr. P.W. Right
Sworn: Soon after 5 p.m. this day, a gentleman came to me and told me that Mr. Sieglitz had shot himself, and thought he was dead. I went to his room and found his body lying on his bed, and blood had run from his mouth; and on examination I found a bullet hole in his left breast and no signs of life - he was dead. I looked for a pistol and found a revolver lying on the floor behind his bed. I attended Mr. Sieglitz some time ago during sickness - his sickness was "pneumonia." I should judge that he had been dead four hours when I first saw him.
The Verdict
We jurors summoned and convened by Wm. Helmer, Coroner, to inquire into the cause of the death of Herman Sieglitz, do find that he was a native of Saxony, Germany, and aged about 40 years, and a jeweler by occupation, and that he had come to his death at his room and residence, in the town of Alameda, on the 25th of December, 1876 about 1 o'clock p.m., and that his death was caused by a pistol shot wound in the left breast, and we have from the evidence adduced that said shot was fired by his own hand with suicidal intent [cannot read the rest of the sentence].
(from Oakland Tribune, December 29, 1876, pg. 3)∼Born in Saxony.
Suicide at Alameda
A San Francisco Jeweler Puts an
End to His Existence***Verdict
of the Jury
Intelligence was received in Oakland about five o'clock last evening that Herman Sieglitz, a San Francisco jeweler, had committed suicide at Alameda, by shooting himself through the heart. Coroner Helmer immediately dispatched a message to take possession of the body, and soon after proceeded with an inquest. The following evidence was elicited:
Mrs. Mary Lange
Sworn: the body lying dead here is my brother. His name was Herman Sieglitz. He was a native of Saxon, Germany; he was aged about forty years, and a watchmaker and jeweler by occupation; his place of business was San Francisco. He has been living with me in Alameda five years next January. Last night he acted strangely. This morning on the 8 a.m. train to the City and came back about eleven and said he had went to the wharf but would not go over to the City, as some person was following him to kill him. He told me to go to the City and take my children along; it would be for the best and save the children. I told him I would go. He said he would go and lay down. I saw him go toward his room. I went to San Francisco and when I came back I found him dead in his room. He was a single man, never married. He had one sister beside me; a widow - I do not know her residence - and two married, living in San Francisco.
W. August David
Sworn: To-day about 3 o'clock p.m. Mrs. Lange came to my shop in San Francisco, and told me her brother was acting strangely, she thought he was deranged or crazy and wished me to come over to Alameda. I came with her and got here about 5 p.m. I went to his room and found his door locked. Mrs. Lange had a key which opened his door, we found him lying on his bed, as he is now; we thought he was dead, but I thought I would get a doctor, and I went and got Dr. Right; he examined his body, and said he was dead. Mr. Sieglitz never said to me that he would commit suicide.
Dr. P.W. Right
Sworn: Soon after 5 p.m. this day, a gentleman came to me and told me that Mr. Sieglitz had shot himself, and thought he was dead. I went to his room and found his body lying on his bed, and blood had run from his mouth; and on examination I found a bullet hole in his left breast and no signs of life - he was dead. I looked for a pistol and found a revolver lying on the floor behind his bed. I attended Mr. Sieglitz some time ago during sickness - his sickness was "pneumonia." I should judge that he had been dead four hours when I first saw him.
The Verdict
We jurors summoned and convened by Wm. Helmer, Coroner, to inquire into the cause of the death of Herman Sieglitz, do find that he was a native of Saxony, Germany, and aged about 40 years, and a jeweler by occupation, and that he had come to his death at his room and residence, in the town of Alameda, on the 25th of December, 1876 about 1 o'clock p.m., and that his death was caused by a pistol shot wound in the left breast, and we have from the evidence adduced that said shot was fired by his own hand with suicidal intent [cannot read the rest of the sentence].
(from Oakland Tribune, December 29, 1876, pg. 3)∼Born in Saxony.
A San Francisco Jeweler Puts an
End to His Existence***Verdict
of the Jury
Intelligence was received in Oakland about five o'clock last evening that Herman Sieglitz, a San Francisco jeweler, had committed suicide at Alameda, by shooting himself through the heart. Coroner Helmer immediately dispatched a message to take possession of the body, and soon after proceeded with an inquest. The following evidence was elicited:
Mrs. Mary Lange
Sworn: the body lying dead here is my brother. His name was Herman Sieglitz. He was a native of Saxon, Germany; he was aged about forty years, and a watchmaker and jeweler by occupation; his place of business was San Francisco. He has been living with me in Alameda five years next January. Last night he acted strangely. This morning on the 8 a.m. train to the City and came back about eleven and said he had went to the wharf but would not go over to the City, as some person was following him to kill him. He told me to go to the City and take my children along; it would be for the best and save the children. I told him I would go. He said he would go and lay down. I saw him go toward his room. I went to San Francisco and when I came back I found him dead in his room. He was a single man, never married. He had one sister beside me; a widow - I do not know her residence - and two married, living in San Francisco.
W. August David
Sworn: To-day about 3 o'clock p.m. Mrs. Lange came to my shop in San Francisco, and told me her brother was acting strangely, she thought he was deranged or crazy and wished me to come over to Alameda. I came with her and got here about 5 p.m. I went to his room and found his door locked. Mrs. Lange had a key which opened his door, we found him lying on his bed, as he is now; we thought he was dead, but I thought I would get a doctor, and I went and got Dr. Right; he examined his body, and said he was dead. Mr. Sieglitz never said to me that he would commit suicide.
Dr. P.W. Right
Sworn: Soon after 5 p.m. this day, a gentleman came to me and told me that Mr. Sieglitz had shot himself, and thought he was dead. I went to his room and found his body lying on his bed, and blood had run from his mouth; and on examination I found a bullet hole in his left breast and no signs of life - he was dead. I looked for a pistol and found a revolver lying on the floor behind his bed. I attended Mr. Sieglitz some time ago during sickness - his sickness was "pneumonia." I should judge that he had been dead four hours when I first saw him.
The Verdict
We jurors summoned and convened by Wm. Helmer, Coroner, to inquire into the cause of the death of Herman Sieglitz, do find that he was a native of Saxony, Germany, and aged about 40 years, and a jeweler by occupation, and that he had come to his death at his room and residence, in the town of Alameda, on the 25th of December, 1876 about 1 o'clock p.m., and that his death was caused by a pistol shot wound in the left breast, and we have from the evidence adduced that said shot was fired by his own hand with suicidal intent [cannot read the rest of the sentence].
(from Oakland Tribune, December 29, 1876, pg. 3)∼Born in Saxony.
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