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... -Mob rEartv js sotkl»l UtF II CMrrf fni fl«c»a* V *%iM lUi lflft Jnia ihe lif«»r.: • \o'clock Freder-iofci Hwhachild, •who resided at 728 Tciifli strcelv in thc Tenth ward, passed odfc/orthlATO Into eternity with a aroimd' ids neck, Ftom tho appearance of the sofroundlngw when the : body wa§ discovered It was quite apparent.; that tho. late Sfr. HochsehJld| Oxed the rope himself with a very deter- i mined intention ot committing suicide. As (ho did not come in to his supper at: the] usual tlffie, Mrs. HochseMld went tolook for her liege lord and found him In tho! woodshed ,09 above. The end of tho rope thatwa'not around his neck was fastened to a rafter above- His feet wefe on the floor, his knees wore bent and his body thrown forward bo as to bripg considerable weight on the rope. The wife Immediately gave the alarm and Officer Peter Smith was summoned, •who cut down the bodyr laid it on the floOr, dismissed tho neighbors who had congregated, locked up the sheji, put thq fiey In his pocket and wont off to uo tifv the coroner.The deceased was a man about 40 years of age, and leaves a wife and several children. He has borne the reputation of being a quiet, sober man, and was In the employ of Contractor Chas. Kratx, for somq tnne as a laborer. Ho I* a member In gdod standing of the buna of Herman. Tbero were some rumors fn circulation last evening In tho neigh-boyhood ks to tho cause of hie death: bu$ as they could be traced to no uuUitiii-tie ‘‘source the reporter forbears publishing ^hem until after the coroner « Ln-vefltigtfcm which will probably iaklt;r piano to-day.
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Milwaukee Daily News
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Tue, Jul 03, 1877
Page 4
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