Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-09-04


AN ExoUsABLE CASE OF DRUNKENNEss.-On
Friday night last, about eleven o'clock, two
men from the hither side of the Rhine were
passing along Vine-street, not far from Lib
erty, when they heard, in an alley near by,
startling sounds, which, to persons who have
had no experience in drinking lager, and
who have never felt the effect of fifteen or
twenty glasses of that delicious beverage, ap-
peared to proceed from a man in the last
agonies; and they accordingly, half fright
ened, searched out the spot from whence the
sound proceeded, and there, sure enough,
was q man lying, with his face down ward,
writhing and groaning, as if suffering the
most terrible agony. One of the men imme-
diately ran to Bremen-street Station house,
and secured the services of an officer, who
went hurriedly to the spot when the three
gathered up the apparently expiring sufferer,
and carried him to the station. house, and
medical aid called in his two unsophsti-
Gated discoverers not doubling but ne had
attempted to commit suicide, and in this
they were confirmed by few almost mar
ticulate calls for "Katerine" which he ut
| tered.
When the physician came he somewhat
surprised and highly gratified the unsophisti-
| Gated gentlemen by telling them that the
individual, instead of suffering under po.
ton of poison, was merely enjoying the de-
licious reveries induced by that delightful
beverage, beer; and being Teuton himself,
he expatiated with eloquence upon its excel
lent properties until his auditors left him.
In an hour or two the man began to cry
more vehemently for ''Katerine," declaring
that he was a Wronged man-that he had
the wedding, and that as soon as she had
obtained the money she had ''run away with
that white haired Hans"
In the morning he told his story, in a
most affecting manner. He had been with
the army in Western Virginia, had fought
for his country at the battle of Rich Mount
ain, and was honorably discharged at the
expiration of his term of service. That, as
soon as he returned, he searched out his
"Katafine," and, after the two had imbibed
number OF glasses of lager, had agreed
upon day for their marriage; Hermann, a.
the same time, presenting her with ten dol
lars, and telling her to invest that sum il
jewelry and et eeteras, SO that at the wed
ding she might appear like countess. VI
to this time, which was on Thursday, he haC
no idea that, during his absence, rival haC
been stealing away the heart he believed al
his own and when, on the following even
! | ing, he visited " Katarine," he was so sur
| prised at finding she had flown, that th
= double shock ocessioned by the loss of hi
/ afianced and of his money left him no re
source but to drown his sorrows, which h
: had attempted to do.
Il II was difficult to determine, from bis con
versation, which of his losses affected hiI
most-that of the lady or of the money
= though those who saw him were inclined Z
!, believe il was the latter. His troubles, how
I ever, were so aggravated that II was agree
= by all that they were q iustihable cause 4
drunkenness, and he was not taken to u
Police Court, but permitted to go on b
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