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REST FROM HIS TROUBLES nton Ziskousky Found Dead in Bed Yesterday Morning. HAD SHOT HIMSELF DURING THE NIGHT Financial Troubles and the Remembrances of the Logan Wreck Attributed as the Cause of a Suicide. A shot from a revolver fired by his own hand some time last night killed Anton Ziskousky, a Bohemian, living at 1457 South Fourteenth street. The shot was unheard and therefore it was not until 10 o'clock yesterday morning that Ziskousky was found dead in bed. At that hour a caller visited the house and asked for Ziskousky. The latter's son, also named Anton, went to his father's bedroom to call him. In a few moments he ran back to the door, crying: "My father is so pale and so cold." Two stepdaughters ran into the bedroom and found Ziskousky lying in bed upon bedclothing that was soaked with blood. Upon his undershirt on the breast was a huge bloodstain. An examination speedily disclosed the fact that the man had shot himself through the heart and was dead. The coroner was at once summoned. Insanity is believed to have been the cause that drove the deceased to the act of selfdestruction. During a week back he had acted and spoken strangely. Two causes are assigned for the mental condition. One is the failure of the German Savings bank, in which Ziskousky had some of his own money and other money which was in his care as the treasurer of a secret society. His mind was also worked up DY the Logan wreck. He attended the picnic of the Pioneers and was on the train when the terrible disaster occurred. Some of the killed and injured were his friends. The subject of the accident appeared to have been continually upon his mind, and on account of that he has not worked for a week past. "I cannot sleep," he told his children, "Whenever I lie down I see that terrible sight." The failure of the savings bank, however, seemed to have the most effect, upon his mind. His papers were covered with figures and statements. Upon one leaf of his book he bids a simple farewell to his wife. The rest of the epistle is a statement of the moneys he has in banks. The words are indefinite and badly written. He came home Friday night at 10:30 o'clock, after an absence of two days. He made few answers to the questions put to him by his children and these were foreign to the questions asked. He asked for paper, and, after scribbling a few lines, abruptly ordered the light out out and retired to bed. One of his daughters did not go to sleep until after midnight and heard no shot. At 8 o'clock the son arose, found his father's bedroom door slightly open, closed it and- quietly set about the housework in order not to disturb him. At 10 o'clock the visitor came and the suicide was discovered. After an examination of the body the coroner came to the conclusion that the man had been dead five or six hours. His body was not yet cold. He therefore probably killed himself in the early morning. The revolver with which the deed was committed was an old one and had not been seen by the children before. Four shells were empty, but three of these showed that they had been fired some time ago. Ziskousky was one of the early Bohemian settlers of the city, having lived here for years. He was a cabinet maker in the Union Pacific shops. He was reputed to be fairly well off. He was a member of the
