The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-02-12

'lWfos as!vt fis iisa.li q Erail Bershofi
,h9Tiyed "a ~ estS and engaged in esszi-
fn iths flIf Haszfeld, who claimed
i1sts. - Z, a a <;ar 1ian count. Berghpff
vas wet educ ted, and through hfs
Aiie& knf end agseeable manners soon
acda Rea !. very hlrge circle of friends,,
7 among Which rIeike6 The. best fanfisies
am iiisis lcits he ;ubseqnshd1 dissolved
his psrtnefskip ~ith ffffatsfeld.and was
appointed to position in the Houseef
I Gore Alter Eefnquishiag that he
/ vert to DolefatS on In editorial exctfr>
I son tegether With number of geatls-
4 men fronf this city. He left the party
at Georgetown, since which time he has
ftiot been sssa or Eeaiff af PyA S friends
IN Detroit.
Last month august MarxEmsen,ed editor
of the Detroit blend Post, received a
letter from G. j. johnson, of Big Bar,
6alifornia, inquiring for Bersheff
| Mar tfatlgsi1 inreply stated th2t he bad
nct heara 81 him since be- leH Detreit,
| aid Consequently c61ld not i've the de-
sired information.
Mr.. MarYhausen on Tuesday received
aseeond ebmfhuniehtion from Mr.. John
son, givisg the followhg interesting his
tory of the missing man:
Emil Berghoff was born of wealthy
Polish tparents. His father played an
active psrt IN the Polish rebeffidh, for
which he was banished 10 Siberia for
life He remained there one year, when
he was liberated through the influence
of friends at the Russian Court. Berg
4hvff' fatrer soondiedand-h he wasplaced
under the, carelof an aunt. -FlYhile with
her his uncle also affed and LEFT him a
large fortune. He afterwards graduated
with high honors. Returning home. he
founded aneYspaper asatagenistic to the
Goyernmeht His offeeEwas confiscated
and be was threatened with arrest.
While eYading the police he hadssone
difficulty with a young mo blenlan sapd
challenged him The duel resulted In
the latteFisrpeing rnOlfaly wounded. A
warrant for Berghoff's arrest was issued
and hessaed TO England, land thence to
America. His mother furnished him
with funds, aud she. opened d, brokers'
office IN Chicago. Fhereh he lost all, and
yeameto Detroit and engaged in business,
as above sstated.sA pa
Upon his arrival in Georgetown,
Colosi he started out, in company with
prominent Germans from St. Louis and
elsewhere, on a hunting excursion
throughk thesRscky Mountains. Tie
party lost him N Egeria Park. = Bergheff
was subsequently found by another
psrty AFTER he. had been thirty hours
without food, and was taken to his
(Johnson's) camp on Bear5River, about
twelve miles from the scene Of the In
dian fight between Thornbugh's detach-
ment and the Utes. Berghoff remained
with him (Johnson) for five, months,s
FThe' writer subsequently, left'fer Raw
Inns and was accompanied by Berghoff.
The latter was in very destitute chcum-
stances Tand resolved 70 write to his
friends for aid, which he, however,
tailed TO dcJ He johnson went secu-
rity for his board and frequently adj
Eanced moneX to. him. On the morning
Of their third day s stay in Raglins
Berghof suddenly diSapp cared, but left
a letter to John saying that he had de-
.ceived him by giving wrong name and
that be, had purchased quantity of
stryehnine With the money which had
been advanced to him for the purpose
of committing suicide, giving. as rea-
sons therefor IN athis n1nnl edsnag had
failed him, and he did not desire to i've
another day, He left 2 request that his
body be allowed to decay undisturbed,
,apd that itbe placed at the mercy of
the hawks for a feast.
The young man carried his threat
into execution. He ,Eas found The same
day about ten miles from Rawlins suf-
feriug terribly from the effects of the
poison, and physician was summoned
who succeeded with great difficulty in
saving his Iifel He IJohnson) cared
fofhim, and after his recovery a pass
was procured for him to Laramie, where /
lleTenlained some times On March IA, |
1876, he received a. letter from Russia
informing him of his mothers death,
and that she had left him half her for
tune.s.zHe was making ABRAMS ements to 4
assume charge of the estate, when sud !
denly he was dumbfounded by receiving |
intelligence from friends that the Rus
sian Government had confiscated the
property and alSo~that which he was
about to,inherit from his unele. He, was
taken sick With BRAN fever, and after a
long struggle recovered, but again sud-
denly, disappeared. Letters were sent
in all directions inquiring after him, but
sgttinSsSsld ns ifs sid "
1t is generally believed that over
wfielned with despair he put an end to
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