The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-07-10
D..sr.e.ru, Row. Followed by suicide.

Ot1gfaceful Row Followed by suicide.
A very disgraceful and unfortunate row
followed by suicide of one Of the parties,
occurred here last Thursday night. 1t seems
that for some days prior to the row trouble
had been brewing between Mr.. L. G. Kline,
his wife, daughter Pauline and son Nose on
the one part and E. Rosenthal on the other
side, which little after eight o'clock last
Thursday night the Klines above named
went to Rosenthal's place of business which
was soon followed by a row, in which Mrs.
Kline and her daughter, one being armed
with raw hide whip and the other with a
stick, undertook to administer threshing
to Mr.. Rosenthal. Messrs. B. F. Taylor
and Max Friendly however happened to be
present who finally succeeded in stopping
the assault and getting the Klines to start
home. After this difficulty occurred as
shown by the testimony taken before the
jury, Rosenthal about ten o'clock
at night shot himself in the mouth with a
pistol, the ball coming out the crown of his
head. Mr.. Rosenthal was the son-in.law of
MIR. and Mrs. L. G. Kline having married
their oldest daughter Sarah about three or
four years ago, who sickened and died =
little over a year ago, since which time Mr..
Rosenthal has been very Respondent. Since
the death of his wife until the last few
weeks Rosenthal has boarded and roomed
at the home of the elder Mr.. and Mrs.
Kline. 1t seems that the difficulty between
Rosentnal aud the Klines grew out of the
of certain wedding presents which
were given to Mr.. and Mrs. Rosenthal at
the time of their wedding. There are, how
ever so many conflicting stories about the
whole affair and as the matter seems likely
to be brought into court, we offer no further
mention except to give enough of the testi-
mony taken before the coroner's jury to
show the drift of the affair:
CoRoNoR's INQUEST.
VIM. Holgate was called as a witness and
testified as follows:
About half past nine o'clock last night,
as near as can remember, I came mp the
street with Olney McLagan and Chas. Ray
burn told me that B. F. Taylor had key
that Mr. Rosenthal gave to him to give to
me to open the store in the morning.
went to find Taylor to get the key, but did
not find him. l came back up the street
and Glib McFadden and Charley Rayburn
came and said they had heard pistol shot
around there in the alley, and 1 told them
1 thought it was Rosenthal, that he was
feeling pretty blue; and 1 got the key, the
store key, and could not get in. So We
broke the door in and,wen in and saw him
lying there. He was lying in bed, had his
night gown on. and had his right hand NJ
like this, and had . pistol in it with his
thumb OH the trigger, and bottle was ly
ing on the edge Of the bed with scull and
cross bones label on it. did not motto,
what it was labeled. l think l woulo
recognize it, (witness shown an ounce via
empty, with poison label marked ''Chloro
form') 1 think that is the bottle.
(Witness shown pistol, Smith L Yves
ton, thirty-eight caliber number 1924
with carved pearl hanlle.) I Irecogniz
that as the Rosenthal pistol, I>had seen i
before. That is the pistol that was lying il
his hand when we found him; not fast il
his hand but lying loosely in the hollow o
smelled chloroform; 1 did not notice an.
handkerchief about his face or on the bed
He was still alive but don't think he wa
breathing. The pistol was in his right hand
The clothes were over HIM as he was lyinl
in bed, and his arm lying on the outside o
the clothes. I don't think the window wa
open; there was only one door and one win
dow opening into that room. saw pape
lying upon the bureau, think would rec
ognize it if saw it, (paper shown witness
yes that is the same paper, I recognize hi
(Rosenthal's) hand writing on this paper
The contents of the paper were as follows:
'Do not let Kline take anything belong
ing to me, they stole all had.
E. RosENTHAL-
"Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Kline and daughte
faulne nave kllicl mo aIteT thcJ ndu IoD
bed me- Send all my effects after my debt
are paid to my sister in Europe. Her nam
| is Mrs. FAME Guttman, Oberstrlu, nea
Mellrichstadt, Germany. E. RosENTHAL-
II ask MIR. Friendly and Moses Neuga
to settle my business fairly. ,lon't Van
any of the Kline family at my funeral excep
Simon and his wife.
(Witness.) That paper was found on hi
table by the side of his bed. That is no
the way he usually WI ties, but think it j
his hand writing. 1 never heard Mr.. Rosen
thai make any talk as though he csntem
plated committing suicide, not directly, h
spoke several times as though he did no
care whether he lived or not, but he neve
made any remarks directly about commit
ing suicide.
Max Friendly was called and testified a
follows:
1t was about eight o'clock last night
was standing in front of Rosenthal's stor'
and noticed Mr.. Kline, Mrs. Kline ant
their daughter and son coming down tn
street aud they walked right into the store
1t seemed rather peculiar to me to see then
all march in for I knew they were not OF