Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1909 — ARMY OFFICER A SUICIDE [ARTICLE]

ARMY OFFICER A SUICIDE

Bhootc Himself In Hotel Room and Dies In Bellevue Prison Ward. New York, Feb. 23.—Second Lieutenant John J. Moller, stationed at Monterey, Cal., who was on furlough, shot himself in the right temple at the Grand Union hotel and died in the prison ward of Bellevue hospital. Chaplain Smith of Governor’s' Island said that Moller belonged to a wealthy family in Louisville, Mo; No cause for the act is known.