He Died While Alone

HE DIED WHILE ALONE

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JOHN MUELLER IS FOUND DEAD IN HIS HOME.

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He Was a Bachelor and Did His Own Cooking.---A Hard Working Man Who Loved Hard Cider.

John Mueller, a bachelor, was found dead in his rooms in Northfield Sunday. He lived in a house across the road from George C. Lutz. The body was brought to the undertaking rooms of Funeral Director Dieterle from where the funeral services were held Monday afternoon. The deceased was 49 years old and born in Schoenmuenach ober amt Frudenstadt, Wurtenmberg. He came to Ann Arbor in 1867. He leaves two sisters, Mrs. Gottlob Staebler, of Sixth st. , and Mrs. Ulrich Staebler, of Fourth st. He was a farm laborer by occupation. Coroner Watts held an inquest Monday morning at the home of Charles Brown. The jury consisted of Charles Braun, J. A. Dieterle, J. George Kempf, Charles Kapp, Fred Kempf and John C. Lutz. Alter hearing the testimony their verdict was that the said Mueller "came to his death as the results of chronic alcoholism at about 4. o'clock p. m. Sunday, June 25, in a tenement house on the farm of Fred Kapp in the township of Ann Arbor." The testimony showed that Mueller was found by a Mr. Louder a half hour after he died. He lived alone and cooked for himself. He had been sick for a week or more. Those that knew him say he was an honest hard working man, but had the failing of taking too much cider. He had made the remark that he expected to die as his father had died about the same age that he then was.