Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-26
CARL WOW



EUREKA, June rs, 1878.
EDrroR SENTINEL when leaving your
town, about seven years ago, 1 had no idea
OF its future. Little did / think that such
changes could have occurred. But it is
not my purpose now to censure myself for
leaving a place where I might have found
it, and wandered to others where I found
it not. / have a little sad story to relate
Of one OF the old residents Of Eureka, and
though o majority of your readers may
have no distinct memory Of the one re-
ferred to, I Am aware Of the fact that many
Of the old time residents remember the ar
dent, impulsiye and erratic creature, who,
in the year 1871, occupied the position Of
assayer and metallurgist for the Eureka
Consolidated Mining Company. / refer to
Baron Carl Won Liebenau. He was a grad
uate Of Frieberg, a young gentleman Of
culture and refinement, and under the
Presidency Of George s. Dodge was ap-
pointed to the position referred to. His
friends were numerous, but they never
knew the great, big noble heart Of the man
who now slumbers in a LAND far from his
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Won Liebenau died by his own hand, a vic
tim to over-sensitiyeness. but manifesting
in the manner Of his death the proud char
acter, the grand essential element Of a
man who preferred death to dishonor. The
German student WHO delighted to show his
badge Of honor, presented him as marks
Of courage and manhood, did not fear to
enter the presence Of the great Unknown
when he thought his honor and character
were assaulted, and though mistaken in his
Judgment, who is there now to condemn
the act Of q felo de Sc, taking into consid-
Grafton the fact that he thought that the
blood Of a Baron was tainted and the name
Of his ancestors disgraced. BY his w
hand he died. He died within the walls Of
a prison in enc Of the States of Central
America. But he was not incarcerated as
a felon. He might have been called a
State prisoner, arrested for having COM
mitted IN act Of violence to one vested
with a little brief authority repr mt
ing the State, but dishonor, or
crime never placed Baron Carl Won Lie
benau in a felon's cell. The gay young
heart, the proud, ambitious, chivalric Ger
man student was too kind and generous,
and venerated home and fasherland SO well
that he feared the news would reach that
dear old baronial home, of his imprison-
ment, and he sought death. Who can tell
the thoughts OF this young man in this
the darkest hour Of his existence? No one
but the All-seeing Eye.
But to the circumstances attending his
untimely taking-off: / trust your fair read
ers will excuse me when | say the Baron
was very susceptible to their charms, and
his gallantry was such that the mention of
the name OF one he admired, as lover or
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anger and his cheeks relden with the flush
of rage.
In one Of the saloons in a Central Amer
lean town, our young friend was seated
with q companion enjoying the ~favorite
beverage of Fatherlaud, when he was nc
costed by a party inviting him to drink.
He politely declined, not knowing at the
time that the party who made the invita-
ton was a rival, and had said unpleasant
things concerning the object Of his affec-
ton, The tables in most of these places
are waited upon by ladies, and it appears
that the landlady, or hostess, had in some
manner been appraised Of the in-feeling ex-
listing between the parties, and upon com-
plant being made to her by tho party
whose invitation to drink had been de-
clincd, she approached the table where the
Baron was seated and endeavored to make
oo1ho sNNShhatois cApinh@sAVhs WAASl "uo
UNDECIDED. In a few moments the req lest
to drink was repeated, and the Bare n, as
an answer. threw his glass Of beer I'M the
face Of his prosecutor, remarking at the
same time, 81 only drink with gentlen en-"
1t seems that the party who had manifs sted
so much anxiety for our friend, the Bi ron,
to join him in a glass was some petty
officer of the Government, and the Baron
was Immediately arrested and taken to
prison. There he plead his privilege, de-
string the keeper to liberate him on his
parol of honor, stating that he was a Ger
man Baron and would be ready to answer
in the morning for any offense he had
committed. But such IN indignity as he
had perpctrated against one of the officers
Of the law was tantamount to treason, and
he was placed I'M one of the rooms as a
prisoner Of State, there to await the action
OF the courts. The room assigned him was
not an ordinary cell, and it seems that
every attention was paid him, ~regarling
only the fact that he could be found when
wanted. He retired to bed. At a late
period in the night, one Of those harmless,
drunken men abou. own was incarcerated
in the ssame room, m Won Liebenau,
upon awakening, and perhaps not fully
conscious Of anything save the disgrace Of
being incarceratcd in a prison with such
an associate, with one stroke of his pen
knife severed the jugular vein, and the
spirit OF the proud German youth went
uncalled to the bar of God. G. r. A.
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