Show k A HIS FATHER AND II 11 DI TO PUT AN END TO HIS leee an awful lesson of a sons lu CHICAGO july 6 A sons ingratitude and the poverty which it entailed led this morning to the suicide of captain jacob an austrian war veteran cast adrift in his old age by the son he had educated and started on a prosperous career the old man wearied with the ceaseless struggle for existence shortly after 12 wednesday night shot himself on the doorstep of 24 eldredge street his son williams residence A policeman found him on the stoop with a bullet hole in his complo and a pistol by his side at the station house a number of letters were found on his person to his sister who lives in harlem he writes as follows ty son hit me with his fist on my jihad and cursed me as a dog he told me that the lice would eat me and that I 1 would go around begging Pa rowell farewell from your dear brother who has assisted you for many years 7 captain was bom in austria sixty years ago and was an hungarian patriot in the army of 1848 and also an italian austrian veteran of the war of 1859 at one time he i amassed as a lumber and labor contractor over half a million dollars ho had but two children a son and a daughter tipon his son he had spent over in giving him a thorough education in ohp schools of europe through the failure of an american bank in which he had some money he was induced to come to this country in 1872 and in the toy and hardware business at no 24 eldredge street ho was also interested in some western timber lands five years ago he took his son in with him as a partner and this was the beginning of the trouble which wrecked the aged mans life for he was genial and ready to listen to advice his son was obstinate and sullen quarrels jooa arose between the two but it was not until a proposition was made by th elder Wet stoin to take into part uis daughters husband that the an open broach the capi tain proposed that the partnership ba divided into thirds but the son would not listen to it one day the elder wished to take fifteen cents from the cash drawer to purchase a gimlet the son objected and in the quarrel which ensued drew a knife on the old man and biad it not been for tho daughter who interfered there would have been blood drawn the turning out of the old man by the son drove the homeless father to seek refuge with his daughter but soon after he left his daughter and went down town to live the lonely existence preyed upon him and he formed several times a purpose to commit suicide he was described as a heart broken man after he went to live alone and he frequently spoke of suicide ho was a unusual intelligence and sensitiveness A liot TO kidnap NEW july 6 lewis fros confidential clerk in the wholesale jewelry firm of S H guhrs sons of philadelphia and this city went to police headquarters this oven ing and asked for the services of a detective to go to long branch joseph muhr one of the sons in the firm is stopping there ho telegraphed from his cottage at west end avenue long branch to the clerk send heidelberg or able bodied man here at once danger signed JOSEPH mami the clerk explained was i worth and that some people have formed a plot to kidnap him under the pretest of insanity and get hold of hig property it was hinted guhrs wife and mother in law knew something about the matter As it was out of the local jurisdiction nothing could be done and the clerk hurried to long branch with a private detective lynched ky july G aobert bryan a 16 year old negro boy stabbed biely hancock white aged 19 years today to day and killed him near smiths mills three men started to henderson with bryan and just at dark were in the outskirts of town when they were overtaken by fifty masked men who drove bryans guards off and lynched the murderer to the aest tree for Mc riler FT SMITH ark jelv 6 gus bogles aged 19 was hanged today to day for the murder of win morgan in the creek nation a year ago he died very hard A crime ky july 6 this morning county judge AAL Pulliam called james miller a well to do in his office and shortly afterwards shots were heard and pulliam came out and surrendered to the office miller was found dead in his office pulliam will not talk senator allom nl lom t washington july 6 in the case of senator coachman indicted for manslaughter in causing the death of professor paul on march by recklessly driving into him on his bicycle the jury returned today a verdict of guilty A motion for a new trial was made biye DETROIT july 6 J A brown the bigamist arrested in chicago was arraigned to I 1 he was remanded to jail r IM stated t t jr y less than thirty two times and many of his dupes are expected at the trial CHICAGO july fr the times special from wichita reports the murder in the ked fork of the arkansas driver ux indian territory of ed fraley H holliday and J merwood of springfield BI and all under 20 years of age A few days ago they missed some money and accused a halfbreed half breed indian named evans of having stolen it following this evans waa found murdered in his cabin the three boys had disappeared evans friends supposing the boys had murdered him started in pursuit and coming up with them murdered them m a shanty which they had been occupying no trace of the gang has been discovered |