SUICIDE IN THE JAIL
A German Vagrant Hangs Himself to a Cell Door--Found Dead by a Fellow Prisoner
George ACHTMAAN, a prisoner at the jail for vagrancy, was this morning found hanging to the door of his cell, dead. He had hanged himself to the door with a rope.
ATCHMANN was aged 52, and was committed on the 25th ult. by Justice NASHER. He was a German, and said he was a farmer. He was a frequent lodger at Eastern District station-houses. He was confined in cell No. 22 on F tier, with an acquaintance who was a prisoner for vagrancy also. When the latter awake this morning he found ACHTMANN resting on his knees with a rope around his neck and one end fastened to the cell door. The rope was plaited to increase its strength. The keeper was notified and the body cut down. It was cold and death had probably come several hours before. The coroner was notified and the body removed to the Morgue. The dead man's friend says he heard no noise in the cell during the night.ON THE CELL WALL
A Communication Written by the Vagrant Who Committed Suicide at the
Jail--Recommendations Made by a Coroner's Jury.
Coroner KELLER held an inquest to-day in the case of the death of George ACHTMANN, the vagrant who hung himself to the door of his cell in Raymond street Jail yesterday morning. The testimony was the same as the story
published in the Union-Argus yesterday. On the wall of the cell which ACHTMANN occupied, however, the dead man had written a communication in German, a translation of which is as follows To Michael NEUERACKS, saloonkeeper in Williamsburg, 448 Broadway: to Peter MITESSER, Joseph MITESSER and Joseph STOCKERT, tailor: You should write to Germany. Those four persons are my countrymen. They
are the cause of my coming here and that I have to end my life in this sad manner because they would not keep me over night. The jury returned the following verdict:
We find that George ACHTMANN came to his death by hanging himself with a rope around his neck to his cell door with intent to commit suicide in a fit of despondency; and the jury believe that the rope was taken from the cot and
recommend that other materials be used to bind the cots so that no rope can be taken therefrom; and we further recommend that more frequent inspections
and visits to the cells ought to be made.
A German Vagrant Hangs Himself to a Cell Door--Found Dead by a Fellow Prisoner
George ACHTMAAN, a prisoner at the jail for vagrancy, was this morning found hanging to the door of his cell, dead. He had hanged himself to the door with a rope.
ATCHMANN was aged 52, and was committed on the 25th ult. by Justice NASHER. He was a German, and said he was a farmer. He was a frequent lodger at Eastern District station-houses. He was confined in cell No. 22 on F tier, with an acquaintance who was a prisoner for vagrancy also. When the latter awake this morning he found ACHTMANN resting on his knees with a rope around his neck and one end fastened to the cell door. The rope was plaited to increase its strength. The keeper was notified and the body cut down. It was cold and death had probably come several hours before. The coroner was notified and the body removed to the Morgue. The dead man's friend says he heard no noise in the cell during the night.ON THE CELL WALL
A Communication Written by the Vagrant Who Committed Suicide at the
Jail--Recommendations Made by a Coroner's Jury.
Coroner KELLER held an inquest to-day in the case of the death of George ACHTMANN, the vagrant who hung himself to the door of his cell in Raymond street Jail yesterday morning. The testimony was the same as the story
published in the Union-Argus yesterday. On the wall of the cell which ACHTMANN occupied, however, the dead man had written a communication in German, a translation of which is as follows To Michael NEUERACKS, saloonkeeper in Williamsburg, 448 Broadway: to Peter MITESSER, Joseph MITESSER and Joseph STOCKERT, tailor: You should write to Germany. Those four persons are my countrymen. They
are the cause of my coming here and that I have to end my life in this sad manner because they would not keep me over night. The jury returned the following verdict:
We find that George ACHTMANN came to his death by hanging himself with a rope around his neck to his cell door with intent to commit suicide in a fit of despondency; and the jury believe that the rope was taken from the cot and
recommend that other materials be used to bind the cots so that no rope can be taken therefrom; and we further recommend that more frequent inspections
and visits to the cells ought to be made.
SUICIDE IN THE JAIL
A German Vagrant Hangs Himself to a Cell Door--Found Dead by a Fellow Prisoner
George ACHTMAAN, a prisoner at the jail for vagrancy, was this morning found hanging to the door of his cell, dead. He had hanged himself to the door with a rope.
ATCHMANN was aged 52, and was committed on the 25th ult. by Justice NASHER. He was a German, and said he was a farmer. He was a frequent lodger at Eastern District station-houses. He was confined in cell No. 22 on F tier, with an acquaintance who was a prisoner for vagrancy also. When the latter awake this morning he found ACHTMANN resting on his knees with a rope around his neck and one end fastened to the cell door. The rope was plaited to increase its strength. The keeper was notified and the body cut down. It was cold and death had probably come several hours before. The coroner was notified and the body removed to the Morgue. The dead man's friend says he heard no noise in the cell during the night.ON THE CELL WALL
A Communication Written by the Vagrant Who Committed Suicide at the
Jail--Recommendations Made by a Coroner's Jury.
Coroner KELLER held an inquest to-day in the case of the death of George ACHTMANN, the vagrant who hung himself to the door of his cell in Raymond street Jail yesterday morning. The testimony was the same as the story
published in the Union-Argus yesterday. On the wall of the cell which ACHTMANN occupied, however, the dead man had written a communication in German, a translation of which is as follows To Michael NEUERACKS, saloonkeeper in Williamsburg, 448 Broadway: to Peter MITESSER, Joseph MITESSER and Joseph STOCKERT, tailor: You should write to Germany. Those four persons are my countrymen. They
are the cause of my coming here and that I have to end my life in this sad manner because they would not keep me over night. The jury returned the following verdict:
We find that George ACHTMANN came to his death by hanging himself with a rope around his neck to his cell door with intent to commit suicide in a fit of despondency; and the jury believe that the rope was taken from the cot and
recommend that other materials be used to bind the cots so that no rope can be taken therefrom; and we further recommend that more frequent inspections
and visits to the cells ought to be made.
A German Vagrant Hangs Himself to a Cell Door--Found Dead by a Fellow Prisoner
George ACHTMAAN, a prisoner at the jail for vagrancy, was this morning found hanging to the door of his cell, dead. He had hanged himself to the door with a rope.
ATCHMANN was aged 52, and was committed on the 25th ult. by Justice NASHER. He was a German, and said he was a farmer. He was a frequent lodger at Eastern District station-houses. He was confined in cell No. 22 on F tier, with an acquaintance who was a prisoner for vagrancy also. When the latter awake this morning he found ACHTMANN resting on his knees with a rope around his neck and one end fastened to the cell door. The rope was plaited to increase its strength. The keeper was notified and the body cut down. It was cold and death had probably come several hours before. The coroner was notified and the body removed to the Morgue. The dead man's friend says he heard no noise in the cell during the night.ON THE CELL WALL
A Communication Written by the Vagrant Who Committed Suicide at the
Jail--Recommendations Made by a Coroner's Jury.
Coroner KELLER held an inquest to-day in the case of the death of George ACHTMANN, the vagrant who hung himself to the door of his cell in Raymond street Jail yesterday morning. The testimony was the same as the story
published in the Union-Argus yesterday. On the wall of the cell which ACHTMANN occupied, however, the dead man had written a communication in German, a translation of which is as follows To Michael NEUERACKS, saloonkeeper in Williamsburg, 448 Broadway: to Peter MITESSER, Joseph MITESSER and Joseph STOCKERT, tailor: You should write to Germany. Those four persons are my countrymen. They
are the cause of my coming here and that I have to end my life in this sad manner because they would not keep me over night. The jury returned the following verdict:
We find that George ACHTMANN came to his death by hanging himself with a rope around his neck to his cell door with intent to commit suicide in a fit of despondency; and the jury believe that the rope was taken from the cot and
recommend that other materials be used to bind the cots so that no rope can be taken therefrom; and we further recommend that more frequent inspections
and visits to the cells ought to be made.
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