New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-12
THE SUICIDE OF BARON BRUCK.

THE SUICIDE OF BARON BRUCk.
From The London Times ApIIi2L
There is omen N States lar Irorc 'erFlo'e tni'i
comet or eclipse. There are signs OF weakness ana IN,
pepdipQ ruin more certain than lost battles ana
disn emit cred provinces. Before the storm broke out
in France in 1913, black clouds had gathered ROUND ana
an unusual heaviness had filled the air Tor months.
There had been vague and fearful expectation OIL lul-
pending evil induced by the feeling that rulers were
stricken with judicial blindness and men in high places
were deuoralIzed and corrupt. The unhappy empire
of Austria shows signs OF similar import 10 those
who look below the surface, the late gigantic frauds
are more Encouraging than the loss OF Milan or me
threatened instruction in Hungary. Not only are the
branches OF the State likely to be torn away by tue
storms of popular passion but slow dsease 10 wlther
ING the trunk and all will be dry and sapless block
toeether. telegram which We publish gives darker
s ade TO this gloomy history. We now learn the mel
ancLoy circumstance of Baron Brieks death. lnis
sateenan Justly considered one of the ablest IN Aus
tra, ard tie Only Minister who was capable OF re-
treying the finances of the State has just put an end 10
his lie in an agony Of despair and shame. II Will De
remembered that few days since the resignation OF
BaIon BIuck was announced, aud that Immediately
after cane tidings OF his death The mysterious Sc,
qucrce which at once gave rise to tie moot painful
sus icons is fully explained, and there need be
no more deloacy the subject. The Minister was ds-
mir cd for bis completely in the system OF frauds,
which seems to have extended IRON bohemia 10 III
este and he has expiated his offence by cutting hi,
throat after having, as seems to be suspected swai-
lowed poison.
TIE tate Of this eminent politician ia one Of those
terrible events which leave an impress on history.
4 az the Finance Minister OF great emplre TIC
tru,ted adviser of an ancient throne, the friend of tie
chief statesmen in Europe the honOred guest OF princes
IN every capital the liberal supporter OF enterprise and
commerce, the representative OF enlightenment anna
the bigory of mobiles, soldiers, and priests, should
be,tay his trut puLder bis country aud only escape
by suicide from tie reIibuOn due such ohenses, il
am event which cannot be easily forgotten. The cause
of prcgfess and liberalism IN Austria las indeed been
- al ,.ln,.v. ssn4 "a
one lad done more TO break down the preudces which
are the Lane of Austria-n0 one VIII prove 10 nave
done more confirm them. The arsIocrat VIII be
always able point TO the bloody corpse OF tue arreHu
rano Ter and TO ask if this is what OF raising
men irom tie countinghouse 10 the council-chamber
The general will have ready sneer for the admins
tration which affected TO cuIta military expenditure,
while il was embezzng thousands with the assistance
Of contractors and jobbers. There VIII, we fancy, be
something not unpleasing TO the highest society in
Ntu in TIE fail Of who had raised himself 80
corspicuousy above his station. Baron Bruck was IN
early lie engaged in business, ed was one OF the
founders of the commercial prosperity OF Trieste. Inc
Austrian Lloyds was principally his own creation.
Ih diplomatic and ministerial career was IN oil re-
sTects most successful and wien five years since be
rcsi ed the Embassy TO COnstantinople IN order to
take Charge Of the finances OF the Austrian empire he
may he considered to have risen TO the hight Of his
fortunes. UnEappily, the system OF fraud which ID
how being disclosed must have begun about the same
tine. How far Bruok il implicated, it il impossible
for 10 lie nav nave DtcI II III lltec
napactices. or lie may have merely conniyed at the
Illicit gains OF others. But that the matters which
ROW investigated extend over long period there can
be little doubt. The luxury OF Viennese aud Irlestlne
has evidently been supplied Tor years out
of tie plunder OF the state.
We learn that tie Emperor il carrying on the ex-
anration and the punishment Of the wrongdoers with
Il rigcr which yerges on cruelty. The Chevalier
IL yoltta an intimate friend OF Bruck, and the lead
ing merchant OF Triete has apprehended, thrown
prison. and treated Ike the loves; criminal. Bram
lilla and nalIdOlio, two other commercial magnaes
have saIed the same fate. But it is not in the Adr
attic provinces alone nor IN Lombardy, that these
frauds have taken place. Arrests have been made III
ct part; OF tie Empire and everywhere the accused
have cen treated with equal severity. Commissions
sit in Vienna Prague and Trieste to examine the docu-
ments which throw light these transactions 1t
said that for weeks before the apprehension of Revolt
tela and hs companions their books and papers
under the scrutiny Of emissaries from Vienna Ii may
well be said that reign OF terror EXITS in Austrian
sccety. Although man OF clear conscience may not
fear for himself, yet knows how far bis neigh
Dor il free Fl ON the faint OF that corruption which the
Government is so tardy bent on furnishing. The de-
tails of the frauds still kept strictly secret by the
Government, but il s known that the amount is enor-
ous that they extend the greater part of the
Empire and that the parties implicated numerous
and Of high station. The military advisers OF the Eu
Teror urging him against such menas Reyoltel,
and with an obvious motive. The alleged villany OF
tie Civil Service, and of the contractors may
eAcusc the lncapacty Of the military authorities, or
even TO cover their own dellnquencies.
In this country we are not free from crimes OF the
gravest Kind. At this very moment the commercial
" GRID is excited by fraud which for magnitude and
bodncss is almost without parallel. We will not
throw Stones which tie Austrians nj ht have right
to throw back, nor will we make comparisons between
the service Of free country and that Of eutOcrat.
One thing however, Englishmen may be proud of.
Whatever tie temptations Of wealth may be, and how
ever much the commercial and specuatng classes may
yield to them, the higher official world in this country
sus ected Of peculaton The officers of both services
have been equally free from the mputatOn. 1t is
strange that Austria, which has always laid claim to
ching Of the same high tone in the conduct Of pub
lie businC So should before the world as the vic
tim Of the most nearous practices carried out the
most gigantic scale.
Ii il now stated that the late Baron Brugk was dis
missed from the Ministry of Finance, just before his
death, account of his completely in the late gigantic
Frauds and he eXpated his oIense by committing sui
eide. Vienna dispatch gives the following particu-
lars: VIXEN the body of Baron Bruck jndiciHy
examined, cut, which extended from the jnguar vein
to TIE fore Part Of the throat found. The unfor
trae man had also inflicted wounds on the inner part
OF both wrists. Tie contents of the stomach are being
anaIyzed by Tie sworn medical authorities, AZ susp-
cons are entertained that he swallowed poison. An
other dispatch says that the cut iii the neck was osy
superficial and that death was caused from the loss Of
blood at the wrists
The Official Wiener Zcitung publishes the following
particulars IN connection with this event:
" In tie evening of the Goth instant Baron Won Bruck
was heard as witness in the process relative to the
frauds of the late Gen. Eynuten His examination
N her.