LOUIS BRAVERMAN
San Francisco
Louis Braverman's Would-Be Murderer Seeks His Own Life
San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 28.—Anthony Burgle, an old restaurant keeper, whose attempt to shoot Louis Braverman, jeweler, about a year ago resulted in his receiving a bullet himself and a sentence in San Quentin prison, made his second attempt at suicide in the county jail last week. He is detained pending an appeal to the Supreme Court, and is badly broken down from his wounds and illness. A few months ago he was found hanging in his cell, but was cut down and revived. Last week he expressed a determination to kill himself, and a little later was found knotting strips of his blanket together preparatory to the attempt.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 2nd November 1898
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GEORGE TEPLITZ
Braddock, Pennsylvania
George Teplitz, a watchmaker at Samuel Maltinsky's jewelry store, Braddock, was seriously burned Oct. 23 by spilling alcohol upon his clothes, which immediately caught fire from a lighted taper. He ran to the street, where the blaze was extinguished by a man who wrapped his overcoat around Teplitz. The latter was burned on the face, breast and hands.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 1st November 1899
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Braddock, Pennsylvania
George Teplitz, a watchmaker at Samuel Maltinsky's jewelry store, Braddock, was seriously burned Oct. 23 by spilling alcohol upon his clothes, which immediately caught fire from a lighted taper. He ran to the street, where the blaze was extinguished by a man who wrapped his overcoat around Teplitz. The latter was burned on the face, breast and hands.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 1st November 1899
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HARRY COHEN
New Kensington, Pennsylvania
Harry Cohen, lately a jeweler of New Kensington, and a resident of this city, took "rough on rats*," last Tuesday, and is in the hospital in a precarious condition.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 1st November 1893
* A proprietary brand of rat poison
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New Kensington, Pennsylvania
Harry Cohen, lately a jeweler of New Kensington, and a resident of this city, took "rough on rats*," last Tuesday, and is in the hospital in a precarious condition.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 1st November 1893
* A proprietary brand of rat poison
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CHARLES H. AGNEW - C.R. DECHER
St. Louis
Chas. H. Agnew, a diamond cutter, was arrested last Monday for stabbing jeweler C. R. Decher, of 6th and Olive Sts., in the abdomen with a pen knife.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 1st November 1893
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St. Louis
Chas. H. Agnew, a diamond cutter, was arrested last Monday for stabbing jeweler C. R. Decher, of 6th and Olive Sts., in the abdomen with a pen knife.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 1st November 1893
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FRANK FONTNEAU
Attleboro, Massachusetts
Frank Fontneau, a relative of the head of Fontneau & Cummings, was a young jeweler who lost his life last Summer by being run over by an electric car. Suit was entered last week in the Court of Common Pleas by his widow against the Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Co. to recover $5,000.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 25th January 1899
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Attleboro, Massachusetts
Frank Fontneau, a relative of the head of Fontneau & Cummings, was a young jeweler who lost his life last Summer by being run over by an electric car. Suit was entered last week in the Court of Common Pleas by his widow against the Interstate Consolidated Street Railway Co. to recover $5,000.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 25th January 1899
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GILBERT EATON
Manchester
Gilbert Eaton, aged 57, who resided at 11, Armitage Street, Lower Broughton Road, Manchester, committed suicide last month, by taking cyanide of potassium. There was no evidence to show the state of his mind at the time.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st June 1889
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Manchester
Gilbert Eaton, aged 57, who resided at 11, Armitage Street, Lower Broughton Road, Manchester, committed suicide last month, by taking cyanide of potassium. There was no evidence to show the state of his mind at the time.
Source: The Watchmaker, Jeweller and Silversmith - 1st June 1889
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IRA FRANKLIN
New Orleans
Ira Franklin, a jeweler of this city, who was identified with the business as an itinerant, recently lost his life following an accident caused by his automobile going into the New Basin canal. He was 32 years of age. At the time of his death he was in the employ of a long established jeweler of New Orleans.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th February 1922
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New Orleans
Ira Franklin, a jeweler of this city, who was identified with the business as an itinerant, recently lost his life following an accident caused by his automobile going into the New Basin canal. He was 32 years of age. At the time of his death he was in the employ of a long established jeweler of New Orleans.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 8th February 1922
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JOSEPH R. SMITH
Thomson, Georgia
Jos. R. Smith, watchmaker of Thompson, Ga., was killed at a railroad crossing on Thursday, June 14. J. Goolsby of that town has been appointed administrator of his affairs.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th June 1917
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Thomson, Georgia
Jos. R. Smith, watchmaker of Thompson, Ga., was killed at a railroad crossing on Thursday, June 14. J. Goolsby of that town has been appointed administrator of his affairs.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 27th June 1917
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ESRA KING
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Esra King, employed as a watchmaker by Eby H. Flary, the Broad St. jeweler, died last week at a Lancaster hospital from injuries received in an automobile accident. The victim's skull was fractured.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 29th November 1922
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Esra King, employed as a watchmaker by Eby H. Flary, the Broad St. jeweler, died last week at a Lancaster hospital from injuries received in an automobile accident. The victim's skull was fractured.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 29th November 1922
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PAUL J. REDLIN
Chicago
Former Chicago Platinumsmith Killed When Train Hits His Automobile at Crisman, Ind.
Chicago, Aug. 9.—Great regret and grief has been expressed by his friends in the Chicago jewelry trade at the news of the tragic death of a former local jeweler, Paul J. Redlin, which occurred at Crisman, Ind., Thursday last.
According to information received in this city, Mr. Redlin had just started on a vacation trip with his family in their automobile. Two hours after they had left the house, while crossing the railroad tracks at Crisman, the machine was struck by a fast limited train and demolished. Mr. Redlin was killed instantly, but his wife received minor injuries. Fortunately his son Ralph was not hurt in the least.
Deceased, who was 41 years old, had long been connected with the jewelry trade here and until a year ago was employed by the house of Spaulding & Co., as a platinumsmith. He then quit the jewelry trade and for the past year had been connected with the Chicago office of the United States Revenue Department, acting as a prohibition inspector.
He was a member of Constellation Lodge No. 692. A. F. & A. M.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th August 1922
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Chicago
Former Chicago Platinumsmith Killed When Train Hits His Automobile at Crisman, Ind.
Chicago, Aug. 9.—Great regret and grief has been expressed by his friends in the Chicago jewelry trade at the news of the tragic death of a former local jeweler, Paul J. Redlin, which occurred at Crisman, Ind., Thursday last.
According to information received in this city, Mr. Redlin had just started on a vacation trip with his family in their automobile. Two hours after they had left the house, while crossing the railroad tracks at Crisman, the machine was struck by a fast limited train and demolished. Mr. Redlin was killed instantly, but his wife received minor injuries. Fortunately his son Ralph was not hurt in the least.
Deceased, who was 41 years old, had long been connected with the jewelry trade here and until a year ago was employed by the house of Spaulding & Co., as a platinumsmith. He then quit the jewelry trade and for the past year had been connected with the Chicago office of the United States Revenue Department, acting as a prohibition inspector.
He was a member of Constellation Lodge No. 692. A. F. & A. M.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 16th August 1922
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WILLIAM A. FERGUSON
Edmonton, Canada
William A. Ferguson, one of the best-known jewelers of Edmonton, met with a tragic end near the small town of Leduc on the evening of July 3rd. Mr. Ferguson had motored to Wetaskiwin to pay a visit to his son Clarence at the Wilson ranch, near there, and was returning when his car must have slid of the road and overturned. When he was found pinned underneath the car, life was extinct. Mr. Ferguson had been carrying on business in Edmonton for the past ten years, having come from Kenora, Ont., where he carried on a business in the same line. He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his loss.
Source: The Trader - August 1920
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Edmonton, Canada
William A. Ferguson, one of the best-known jewelers of Edmonton, met with a tragic end near the small town of Leduc on the evening of July 3rd. Mr. Ferguson had motored to Wetaskiwin to pay a visit to his son Clarence at the Wilson ranch, near there, and was returning when his car must have slid of the road and overturned. When he was found pinned underneath the car, life was extinct. Mr. Ferguson had been carrying on business in Edmonton for the past ten years, having come from Kenora, Ont., where he carried on a business in the same line. He leaves a wife and three children to mourn his loss.
Source: The Trader - August 1920
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RAYMOND F. HUBBARD
Cleveland, Ohio
Word was received in this city last week of the death of Raymond F. Hubbard, formerly assistant superintendent at the plant of Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Conn., who had been traveling in Ohio for a firm in that State. Mr. Hubbard, whose home is in East Berlin, Conn., was killed by an express train while crossing the tracks of the Belt Line Railroad in Cleveland.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd February 1921
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Cleveland, Ohio
Word was received in this city last week of the death of Raymond F. Hubbard, formerly assistant superintendent at the plant of Landers, Frary & Clark, New Britain, Conn., who had been traveling in Ohio for a firm in that State. Mr. Hubbard, whose home is in East Berlin, Conn., was killed by an express train while crossing the tracks of the Belt Line Railroad in Cleveland.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 2nd February 1921
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JOHN FREELEY
Montreal
The late John Freeley, who was killed recently in a collision which occurred between a lorry and a train at Oakfield, Ont., was well known in Montreal. He was at one time foreman with Simpson, Hall & Miller.
Source: The Trader - August 1920
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Montreal
The late John Freeley, who was killed recently in a collision which occurred between a lorry and a train at Oakfield, Ont., was well known in Montreal. He was at one time foreman with Simpson, Hall & Miller.
Source: The Trader - August 1920
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CARL J. THORPE
Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Mass., Feb. 28.—A case which has some appearances of involving a murder was reported to the police late last night. Carl J. Thorpe, jeweler, with an office at 375 Washington St., this city, returned to his home at 34 Harvard St., Cambridgeport, about 8.30 o'clock, with an insignificant looking wound on his mouth. Less than two hours later he was dead. Before he died he told his wife that he had met four men in a barroom and that he had trouble with them.
Source: The Trader - April 1900
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Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Mass., Feb. 28.—A case which has some appearances of involving a murder was reported to the police late last night. Carl J. Thorpe, jeweler, with an office at 375 Washington St., this city, returned to his home at 34 Harvard St., Cambridgeport, about 8.30 o'clock, with an insignificant looking wound on his mouth. Less than two hours later he was dead. Before he died he told his wife that he had met four men in a barroom and that he had trouble with them.
Source: The Trader - April 1900
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HOWARD CRAWFORD
Port Jervis, New York
Howard Crawford, an employe of the Knickerbocker Silver Co.. Port Jervis. N. Y., had a narrow escape from death last week. He was engaged in his work near some machinery in the factory, when suddenly he was seized by the belting and carried to the shafting near the ceiling. As he arrived at the upper shafting the belt fortunately slipped off the wheel, and Crawford then fell to the floor. Otherwise he would have been carried over the shafting and probably killed. Both bones of his right forearm were broken.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 20th December 1899
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Port Jervis, New York
Howard Crawford, an employe of the Knickerbocker Silver Co.. Port Jervis. N. Y., had a narrow escape from death last week. He was engaged in his work near some machinery in the factory, when suddenly he was seized by the belting and carried to the shafting near the ceiling. As he arrived at the upper shafting the belt fortunately slipped off the wheel, and Crawford then fell to the floor. Otherwise he would have been carried over the shafting and probably killed. Both bones of his right forearm were broken.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 20th December 1899
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AARON BUCKLER
Bowmanville, Ontario
DEATH OF AARON BUCKLER
The death of Mr. Aaron buckler, of Bowmanville, Ont., well known as one of the oldest and most respected jewelers in Canada, which occurred at Montreal on the 3rd of September, is of so tragic a nature as to call for more than a passing comment.
Mr. Buckler left his home and proceeded to Montreal in order to make his usual fall purchases, and put up at the Albion Hotel in that city. Although well advanced in years he was a very strong, active man, and when he retired for the night he was in his usual vigorous health. Next morning he was found in a state of unconsciousness caused by an escape of gas in his room, and although the best medical aid was immediately called in, he never rallied, but passed quietly away the next evening. A coroner's inquest was held by the authorities, and after fully investigating the cause of the catastrophe, they returned the following verdict.
" That Aaron Buckler was suffocated by inhaling gas in room 77 of the Albion Hotel, Montreal, on the 2nd September, also that by reason of an imperfect gas cock in the said room there was sufficient escape of gas to cause the death of the said Buckler."
It seems reasonable that under this verdict the proprietor of the hotel could be prosecuted, if not criminally, at least for monetary damages, for his share in causing the death of Mr. Buckler. No hotel keeper has any right to use cheap and dangerous gas fixtures in his place, and the sooner that a law is passed protecting the public from such risks, the better it will be for all concerned.
We cannot see why the gas fixtures in every hotel should not be regularly inspected by the municipal or provincial authorities. The Ontario Government have gone to a great deal of trouble, and rightly so, to see that every hotel keeper in this province has efficient fire escapes to ensure the safety of his lodgers in case of a conflagration. While the danger from fire is well worth guarding against, it is certainly no greater than
that from death by asphyxiation caused by the escape of gas from imperfect gas fixtures, and we are very much inclined to the belief that there are more people killed from the latter than the former cause. Every few weeks one reads the account of some hotel lodger dying from asphyxiation, headed by the announcement, as was that relating to Mr. Buckler's death, that he " blew out the gas." While it is probable that in some cases people blow out the gas, it is not so common as the hotel keepers would make the public believe, and this report is often spread in order to divert attention from their criminal carelessness.
If an example could be made of one or two of these carelessly criminal hotel-keepers, who, in order to save a few dollars, allow their guests to run the risk of being suffocated by the escape of gas from the cheap and unsafe fixtures they use in their caravansaries, the lesson would be a wholesome thing for the fraternity at large.
If the tragic end of Mr. Buckler has the effect of drawing the attention of the travelling public to the unnecessary risks they arc compelled to run, even in houses supposed to be first-class, he will not have died in vain, and we trust the lesson will not be thrown away upon our lawmakers.
The remains of Mr. Buckler were conveyed to his home at Bowmanville, and interred at that place. The funeral was one of the largest ever seen in that section of Canada, and his fellow townsmen not only turned out in hundreds, but most of them closed their places of business during the funeral, as a mark of respect to the deceased.
Source: The Trader - October 1890
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Bowmanville, Ontario
DEATH OF AARON BUCKLER
The death of Mr. Aaron buckler, of Bowmanville, Ont., well known as one of the oldest and most respected jewelers in Canada, which occurred at Montreal on the 3rd of September, is of so tragic a nature as to call for more than a passing comment.
Mr. Buckler left his home and proceeded to Montreal in order to make his usual fall purchases, and put up at the Albion Hotel in that city. Although well advanced in years he was a very strong, active man, and when he retired for the night he was in his usual vigorous health. Next morning he was found in a state of unconsciousness caused by an escape of gas in his room, and although the best medical aid was immediately called in, he never rallied, but passed quietly away the next evening. A coroner's inquest was held by the authorities, and after fully investigating the cause of the catastrophe, they returned the following verdict.
" That Aaron Buckler was suffocated by inhaling gas in room 77 of the Albion Hotel, Montreal, on the 2nd September, also that by reason of an imperfect gas cock in the said room there was sufficient escape of gas to cause the death of the said Buckler."
It seems reasonable that under this verdict the proprietor of the hotel could be prosecuted, if not criminally, at least for monetary damages, for his share in causing the death of Mr. Buckler. No hotel keeper has any right to use cheap and dangerous gas fixtures in his place, and the sooner that a law is passed protecting the public from such risks, the better it will be for all concerned.
We cannot see why the gas fixtures in every hotel should not be regularly inspected by the municipal or provincial authorities. The Ontario Government have gone to a great deal of trouble, and rightly so, to see that every hotel keeper in this province has efficient fire escapes to ensure the safety of his lodgers in case of a conflagration. While the danger from fire is well worth guarding against, it is certainly no greater than
that from death by asphyxiation caused by the escape of gas from imperfect gas fixtures, and we are very much inclined to the belief that there are more people killed from the latter than the former cause. Every few weeks one reads the account of some hotel lodger dying from asphyxiation, headed by the announcement, as was that relating to Mr. Buckler's death, that he " blew out the gas." While it is probable that in some cases people blow out the gas, it is not so common as the hotel keepers would make the public believe, and this report is often spread in order to divert attention from their criminal carelessness.
If an example could be made of one or two of these carelessly criminal hotel-keepers, who, in order to save a few dollars, allow their guests to run the risk of being suffocated by the escape of gas from the cheap and unsafe fixtures they use in their caravansaries, the lesson would be a wholesome thing for the fraternity at large.
If the tragic end of Mr. Buckler has the effect of drawing the attention of the travelling public to the unnecessary risks they arc compelled to run, even in houses supposed to be first-class, he will not have died in vain, and we trust the lesson will not be thrown away upon our lawmakers.
The remains of Mr. Buckler were conveyed to his home at Bowmanville, and interred at that place. The funeral was one of the largest ever seen in that section of Canada, and his fellow townsmen not only turned out in hundreds, but most of them closed their places of business during the funeral, as a mark of respect to the deceased.
Source: The Trader - October 1890
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GEORGE HILL WRIGHT
Newark, New Jersey
Many members of the jewelry trade have been interested in the oil portrait of the late George Hill Wright, secretary of Taylor & Co., manufacturing jewelers, who was killed in automobile accident in May, 1920. The picture has been on exhibition at Keers Galleries, 917 Broad St., Newark. It was painted at the request of John N. Taylor, head of the house of Taylor & Co., father-in-law of the late Mr. Wright.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th June 1922
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Newark, New Jersey
Many members of the jewelry trade have been interested in the oil portrait of the late George Hill Wright, secretary of Taylor & Co., manufacturing jewelers, who was killed in automobile accident in May, 1920. The picture has been on exhibition at Keers Galleries, 917 Broad St., Newark. It was painted at the request of John N. Taylor, head of the house of Taylor & Co., father-in-law of the late Mr. Wright.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular - 28th June 1922
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EUSEBEE SOURCY
Marksville, Louisiana
Eusebee Soucy, a Canadian by birth, who has been selling jewelry through the southern part of Louisiana for several years, on Feb. 22 committed suicide in Marksville, La., by strangulation.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 8th March 1899
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Marksville, Louisiana
Eusebee Soucy, a Canadian by birth, who has been selling jewelry through the southern part of Louisiana for several years, on Feb. 22 committed suicide in Marksville, La., by strangulation.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 8th March 1899
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CARL W. GOTTMANN
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 25.—Carl W. Gottmann, a jeweler, committed suicide at the Red Lion Hotel, this city yesterday, by drinking carbolic acid. His stomach was terribly burned. The man had worked for the G. W. Biggs & Co. and S. F. Sipe, jewelers in this city. Of late he had been working for L. Schmidt, of Braddock.
During the holidays there was a shortage of $4 in his accounts. Despair at being charged with the theft, caused him to take his life. He was 26 years of age, and came from Steubenville, O. He left a letter saying that his employer accused him wrongfully or else a third man took the money.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 3rd January 1894
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 25.—Carl W. Gottmann, a jeweler, committed suicide at the Red Lion Hotel, this city yesterday, by drinking carbolic acid. His stomach was terribly burned. The man had worked for the G. W. Biggs & Co. and S. F. Sipe, jewelers in this city. Of late he had been working for L. Schmidt, of Braddock.
During the holidays there was a shortage of $4 in his accounts. Despair at being charged with the theft, caused him to take his life. He was 26 years of age, and came from Steubenville, O. He left a letter saying that his employer accused him wrongfully or else a third man took the money.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 3rd January 1894
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JOSEPH F. KRULEE
Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts
JEWELER DRINKS POISON
Despondent for Apparently No Reason J. F. Krulee, Roxbury, Mass., Takes Fatal Dose in Presence of Neighbors
Boston, Mass., Aug. 13—Despondent because he believed the whole world was against him, Joseph F. Krulee, jeweler, drank poison at his home, 15 Westminster road, Roxbury, Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 10, and died before reaching the city hospital, where he was taken in a police ambulance.
Krulee drank the deadly liquid in the presence of William Ray Bock, a neighbor, who knocked the glass from Krulee's hand as he raised it to his lips, but not before he had swallowed enough of the poison to cause his death. Earlier in the afternoon he had called on Mr. and Mrs. Bock and bid them good-bye, saying the world was against him. Mr. and Mrs. Bock thought Krulee was joking.
After he had gone, Mr. Bock became disturbed over Krulee's talk and suggested that Mrs. Bock go and see what Krulee was doing. She found Krulee at the street window talking with a woman about the setting of a ring. When he had finished talking Krulee turned to Mrs. Bock, and, pointing to a glass on a table containing a whitish liquid, asked her to stir it, saying it was poison and he was going to drink it. He handed Mrs. Bock two letters, one addressed to his wife, and the other to his father. While Mrs. Bock was reading the addresses on the letters, Krulee took up the glass and drank some of the poison before Mrs. Bock could prevent him.
Mrs. Krulee and a seven-year-old son were in New York but have been notified of Krulee's death. He was 34 years old. No reason is known for Krulee's act. He apparently was in good health and spirits.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 18th August 1920
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Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts
JEWELER DRINKS POISON
Despondent for Apparently No Reason J. F. Krulee, Roxbury, Mass., Takes Fatal Dose in Presence of Neighbors
Boston, Mass., Aug. 13—Despondent because he believed the whole world was against him, Joseph F. Krulee, jeweler, drank poison at his home, 15 Westminster road, Roxbury, Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 10, and died before reaching the city hospital, where he was taken in a police ambulance.
Krulee drank the deadly liquid in the presence of William Ray Bock, a neighbor, who knocked the glass from Krulee's hand as he raised it to his lips, but not before he had swallowed enough of the poison to cause his death. Earlier in the afternoon he had called on Mr. and Mrs. Bock and bid them good-bye, saying the world was against him. Mr. and Mrs. Bock thought Krulee was joking.
After he had gone, Mr. Bock became disturbed over Krulee's talk and suggested that Mrs. Bock go and see what Krulee was doing. She found Krulee at the street window talking with a woman about the setting of a ring. When he had finished talking Krulee turned to Mrs. Bock, and, pointing to a glass on a table containing a whitish liquid, asked her to stir it, saying it was poison and he was going to drink it. He handed Mrs. Bock two letters, one addressed to his wife, and the other to his father. While Mrs. Bock was reading the addresses on the letters, Krulee took up the glass and drank some of the poison before Mrs. Bock could prevent him.
Mrs. Krulee and a seven-year-old son were in New York but have been notified of Krulee's death. He was 34 years old. No reason is known for Krulee's act. He apparently was in good health and spirits.
Source: The Jewelers' Circular and Horological Review - 18th August 1920
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