Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-17
DRANK TILL HE DIED.


raE FATE OF A BRILLIANT AUslClAN.
The Body Of Alfred H. Psass round In the
st. Louis Morgus-Ab Death As
cribed to Excessive Drink.
The mysterious disappearance of Alfred
H. Pease has been cleared up in tho iden-
tiiication of the body of stranger who
had dropped dead on the sidewalk in st.
Louis from tho effects of congestion of the
brain. Mr.. Pease came to St. Louis from
New York about the middle of May and
stopped with Mr.. Praetorious, salesman
with Story & Camps. He went away on
May 81, without giving any warning of his
intention to do 80. His friends supposed
that he had left the city. Hecalled to see
them, however, the following day and told
them that he was stopping at Hurst's
hotel. 1t afterwards came out that he had
been drinking very heavily and was placed
in hack ono evening, while intoxicated,
by an acquaintance who did not know
where he had been stopping, and driven to
Hurst's hotel. He came home every night
in an intoxicated condition, and on the
morning Of June 5th disappeared. His
friends made . vigorous but vain search
for him. The Case was reported tc the
police and press on Saturday evening.
June II, and q reward of 800 was offered
for him, dead or alive. Private detoc-
tives were employed, but found out moth
ing, and tho news of his Identification was
the first his friends had ever received con-
corning him.
A man called at tho Lindell House, a
cheap boarding house kept by Mike BrOe'
gal, at Fourteenth aud Poplar streets, on
I'll vnI,, ~ R<Novn
Baltimore. He drank almost incessantly
while there, his liquor bills amounting to
50 and 50 a day. Wednesday afternoon
he walked into the bar and asked for a
drink. "You can't have any moro drink.
81 and 50 day, and you'll kill yourself If
Boehn walked out to the sidewalk and
pile of lumber by man who was passing
of the fact, ran out, but, when he reached
the mans side Boehu was dead. The
police patrol wagon was sent for and the
body taken to the morgue. A gold watch
and chain and $122 were found upon his
person Tho inquest was held without
the coroner discovering his real identity
and the public administrator took charge
of the dead mans effects and ordered the
body inferred at eight o'clock this
morning. Yesterday two reporters called
at the morgue, and, in examining the ap
parel of the dead man, discovered the
name of "Alfred H. Pease" writ.
ten in ink on the fob pocket.
The reporters, however, kept Their
| discovery to themselves until the in
quest had been held and a verdict that
"JOhn G. Boehn came to his death from
congestion of the brain" had been rem
dered. They then visited Herman s.
Praetorius, the friend of Pease, who had
offered reward of $100 for the recovery
| of the body, and impaired their infOrma
ton. Several of Pease's friends proceeded
| to the morgue and identified the body
The body was last evening sent to Buffalo,
N. Y, tor interment.
Mr.. Pease was born in Cleveland, Ohio,
about forty years ago. He displayed
marked musical talent at an early age, anG
was sent to Europe to have his gifts
matured. He studied Tor time under
Won BulOw, and completed his training al
pianist under Prof. Kullak, of Berlin
He became popular pianist with Ameri
cans after his return, and though he never
attained the highest rank, was always re-
garded as pleasing and skilled performsl
on the piano. His last appearance in con
cert was made in Canada with Nine
Etelka Gerster. Subsequently he ap
peared in piano recitals in Chicago
under the management of Mr.. Al
bert Weber, and it is reported
Si Tue company to support CHRISTINE Nils
son in her coming American engagement
Besides abilities as pianist he also pos
| sessed talent for musical composition anG
produced some works of merit, the best
known of which was "Grand Concert
for the Piano and Orchestra" which he
played at the Centennial exhibition with
the support of Theodore Thomas orches
ira. He made several trips to Europe
after his rank as performer was estab
lished. He was gentlemanly and pleasant
in his manners, and was generally liked
by his associates.