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April 24, 1887
The Beatrice Daily Express
Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska
What is this article about?
In New York on April 23, George Miller, a German pianomaker and recent immigrant working as a bartender, bedridden with pneumonia, committed suicide by slashing his wrists, stabbing his breast, and jumping from a second-story ladder, resulting in a fatal skull fracture.
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Suicided in a Shocking Manner.
New York, April 23.-George Miller, a German pianomaker, who came to this country two years ago and has been working lately as a bartender, killed himself in a very extraordinary and painstaking manner. He lived in the basement of No. 281 East Twenty-fourth street, and being confined to his bed for some weeks from pneumonia he decided to quit this world. He slashed both his wrists with a sharp knife and then plunged the weapon twice into his breast in the region of the heart. He was slowly dying from loss of blood, which was gushing from the wounds, but to expedite matters he climbed a ladder running outside the building and on reaching the second story threw himself into the yard. The fall caused a fracture of the skull and instant death.
New York, April 23.-George Miller, a German pianomaker, who came to this country two years ago and has been working lately as a bartender, killed himself in a very extraordinary and painstaking manner. He lived in the basement of No. 281 East Twenty-fourth street, and being confined to his bed for some weeks from pneumonia he decided to quit this world. He slashed both his wrists with a sharp knife and then plunged the weapon twice into his breast in the region of the heart. He was slowly dying from loss of blood, which was gushing from the wounds, but to expedite matters he climbed a ladder running outside the building and on reaching the second story threw himself into the yard. The fall caused a fracture of the skull and instant death.
What sub-type of article is it?
Extraordinary Event
Tragedy
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Tragedy
Misfortune
What keywords are associated?
Suicide
Pneumonia
New York
German Immigrant
Shocking Manner
Skull Fracture
What entities or persons were involved?
George Miller
Where did it happen?
Basement Of No. 281 East Twenty Fourth Street, New York
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Key Persons
George Miller
Location
Basement Of No. 281 East Twenty Fourth Street, New York
Event Date
April 23
Story Details
George Miller, bedridden with pneumonia, slashed his wrists and stabbed his breast with a knife, then climbed an outside ladder to the second story and threw himself into the yard, fracturing his skull and dying instantly.