Nathan Gerber suicide, 1913
New Jersey Courier 11 Jul 1913
Tuckerton, July 6--In a fit of despondency, due it it supposed by his family and friends, to a belief that he was suffering from an incurable disease, Nathan Gerber, a wealthy merchant of this place, committed suicide this morning by cutting his throat and leaping or falling from the open window of the third floor of his store building to the ground. Gerber was one of the most influential Hebrews in South Jersey, and was the owner of a chain of stores in Tuckerton, Atlantic City and Mount Holly. He was supposed to be a wealthy man, and to all his acquaintances, excepting his family and his few intimates, was believed to be in good health. However, he had been feeling bad recently and went to Philadelphia to consult a specialist. What he was told no one knows, for he would not talk about his visit to the physician with his family. He had been melancholy and brooding since.
This morning Gerber was up early, and bought a horse from a neighbor, and went into his store, which stood beside his dwelling on Main Street, took a brand new razor out of the showcase, went up to the third floor of the store, and cut his throat.
Tuckerton, July 6--In a fit of despondency, due it it supposed by his family and friends, to a belief that he was suffering from an incurable disease, Nathan Gerber, a wealthy merchant of this place, committed suicide this morning by cutting his throat and leaping or falling from the open window of the third floor of his store building to the ground. Gerber was one of the most influential Hebrews in South Jersey, and was the owner of a chain of stores in Tuckerton, Atlantic City and Mount Holly. He was supposed to be a wealthy man, and to all his acquaintances, excepting his family and his few intimates, was believed to be in good health. However, he had been feeling bad recently and went to Philadelphia to consult a specialist. What he was told no one knows, for he would not talk about his visit to the physician with his family. He had been melancholy and brooding since.
This morning Gerber was up early, and bought a horse from a neighbor, and went into his store, which stood beside his dwelling on Main Street, took a brand new razor out of the showcase, went up to the third floor of the store, and cut his throat.
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