Julius Kopp
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ca. 1834 — 5 January 1866
Julius Kopp (Toowong Cemetery Symbology Display)
Headstone
A fragment of Julius Kopp's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig in 2015.
- Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Episcopalian section. After 5 January 1866
- Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Recorded as Julius Kopp
- Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
- Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72. ca. May 2015
- Moved to: Toowong Cemetery Symbolism Display. ca. 2016
Inscription
In memory of
Julius Koop
W… …ed
…nuary 6th 1866
aged 32 years
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Death registration: Julius Kopp
Death date: 05/01/1866
Mother's name: -
Father/parent's name: -
Registration details: 1866/B/2831
Two cases of suicide have occurred-one on Friday, the 5th instant, and the other on the following day. The first was that of Julius Kopp, a young German, well known in Brisbane as a teacher of music and leader of the orchestra at the Victoria Theatre ; …
Mr. Kopp is supposed to have shot himself on the brink of a waterhole, at the bottom of which his body was discovered.
INQUEST.
AN enquiry into the cause of the death of Julius Kopp, whose body was found near Hill-side, Kedron Brook, on Saturday last, was held at the United Kingdom Hotel, yesterday morning, before the coroner and a jury of seven. The first witness called was Henry Teichman, whose evidence was unimportant. The next witness was John Teichman, who deposed that he lives at Hill-side, near Kedron Brook ; on Saturday last, about 12 o'olock, his son came to him, and told him that he had found a hat, coat, and walking-stick on a log in a water-hole in Mr. Blundell's paddock ; he went to the water-hole with a man, named Schwank, stirred up the water with a stick, and the body of the deceased came to the surface ; they went away, and about a quarter of an hour after they returned to the water-hole with Mr. Sutherland ; the body had then disappeared from the surface, and they poked about with a stick, but it did not come up ; witness then went home.
James Sutherland deposed that the water-hole in which deceased was found is about half-a-mile from his residence ; on Saturday last his gardener (Schwank) told him that he and the previous witness had found a dead body in the hole ; he went there, and after some trouble, succeeded in bringing the body of the deceased to the surface ; he searched the pockets of the clothes of the deceased, and found fifteen £1 notes, a programme, and a medical prescription with the name of Julius Kopp upon it ; he then went to Brisbane and gave information to the police, one of whom returned with him to the hole ; the body was then upon the bank.
Detective Craven deposed that he received information that a body had been found in a water-hole in Mr. Blundell's paddock, on Saturday last, about 3 o'clock p.m. ; he took Mr. Faulkner with him, and proceeded to the spot ; on arriving at the waterhole, found the body of the deceased upon the bank ; he was lying upon his back, with his knees slightly bent, and his right hand raised towards his head ; the face was all blown away, as if by a discharge from fire-arms, and there was a small hole in the back of the head ; the body had not the appearance of having been long in the water, and was not much decomposed ; Mr. Faulkner identified the body as that of Julius Kopp, and searched the pockets of the deceased, and found in the waistcoat and trousers a gold watch and chain and various other articles ; he then searched the coat pockets, and found six leaden balls, a quantity of swan shot, a flask of gunpowder, a box of caps, and a pocket-handkerchief marked F ; shortly afterwards, he had the body removed to the morgue ; had searched for the pistol, but could not find it ; the watch on the deceased had stopped at a quarter to 5 o'clock.
Charles Faulkner deposed that he knew the deceased, who had for some time been a lodger in his house; deceased had been poorly for the last few months, and his spirits had been very depressed ; he had known the deceased to have delirium through the pain he had suffered ; he saw him for the last time on Friday morning, when he looked very wild about the eyes ; he went out of the house about 9 o'clock on Friday morning, saying that he was going to see a doctor ; that was the last time witness saw him alive ; during that day several came to the house to enquire for Kopp ; when he had not come back at the close of the day, witness told the police that he was missing ; he went to the water-hole on Saturday with detective Craven, and identified the body lying there as that of Julius Kopp ; witness had never seen the deceased with firearms in his possession of any description ; did not think that deceased had any firearms so long as he (witness) had known him.
Dr. Smith deposed that he had attended on the deceased for the last six weeks. The malady with which he had been afflicted was nervous debility, which was caused partly by mental excitement connected with his business, and partly by physical weakness ; witness saw the deceased on Friday morning, when he looked very wild, and in his conversation mixed up two subjects together ; witness gave him a prescription, and advised him to take a car and go to Breakfast Creek and back for exercise ; on deceased leaving witness' house, he took him by both hands, and shook them, saying " God bless you, doctor !"
Dr. Lansdown was also examined as to the nature of the injuries ; he stated that they were such as to cause death.
After some consultation, the jury returned a verdict that the deceased committed suicide whilst laboring under a fit of temporary insanity.