Telegram-herald., 1886-06-08
MURDER OR SUICIDE
Jacob Baisch Found Dead II
His Saloon.
some FINANCIAL TROUBLES ASSIGNED.
A ffomaa in the Case-fiis "ifs "hoi =
fgnoraag 81 Anf Apparent Trouble
Coroner J4rf asiurn Vsr-
Diet Of Suicide.

lI-t OF 1AiNtAc
J4e8b B4lsch sas found de4l 10 TIE base
u4sat Ut lis saloon. ~ tbe corner Of
Csmpaa and P-arl-sls-. yesterday morning.
lie eas lylag CA his back and c.atched ln
bis rsat hand a S. ealioHe revolver. A
zoald on either side ~ bis bead showed
laal BAH had passed through his br-in.
la his pocket sas found SIS in balls ana
sl221 in silver.
NesterdaY morning about Elk % clock,
Charles Chinnick the b4rkeepeF. and Mich
ael schmill the porter. entered The saloon
for the purpose of opening up Tor
The days business. schmidg went
.oTn stairs into the basement
aad there found jacob Baisch as descIibed
s1ove The police and Coroner Bradlsh
eere u0tihed and tae body was conveyed
% ID Brlen & Powers undertaking rooms on
Canal II. and later Was removed % The
aamiiV residence al the corner Of Fourth
ave and south lonia 81. An inquest was
neld oef0re the coroner and jury cpusist-
ng 0f D. t. Ransom. A. l.. Livingston,
Peter Boss i S Portsmouth, samuel kugg
and IA T. CoYel. verdict 90 the elect
thar the deceased committed suicide oy
shooting himself With a revolver was re-
turned.
No evidence was adduced % show motive
Tor The deed and various theories are atioat
Jae5b Baisch Vas about So years Of age,
and vas born az WurtemOerg. Germany.
he came 20 this country about sixteen
wears ago and has been engaged IN the
saloon business ever since. At one time he
kept bar Tor Charles Scheufier on Canal -.
In the year ISL. Baisch and Henry Huber
bought the Chicago Exchange property
from the administrators of the estate
of John HOienizer who Went
Iown with the i'll fated Al
pena With Fred Spaeth and Christopher
Kusterer on the night of Oct Der 10. ISL.
/ They operated two saloons, one al Is Pearl
81. the other al 55 and 81 Lyon-st. 4 year
assO last March a dissolution OF partnership
/ took place Baisch buying out Huber's share
/ in the Pearl-st. property. From that time
be has operated the place himself. Business
/ has been very fair until within two or three
uaontns, the closing Of the Pearl-st. bridge
/ causing a depression. Sunday morning
/ Baisch took a walk with his little girl. re-
| turning in excellent spirit. About o'clock
I p. m be told his wife that he was going
down To the saloon % see If all was right
down there. This be was accustOme TO
/ do everv SUNDAY. On his way down town
! be- chafted with John T. Holmes, Jr. He
I still seemed in good spirits. He spoke
/ about the general depression IN trade but
\ did not allude 10 his own business IN par
ticular About O'c'Ock he called at a
/ house Of iil repute az SIS McCOnuell-st., kept
/ bv Agnes Carpenter. tie remained there
about fifteen minutes, chatting With Carrie
/ Brookes one of the inmates. lie
then went 10 his saloon, and was
Left there by Chinnick his bartender
about II O'Clock. He was not seen again
alive.
Various theories are advanced by the
street gOssips. By some il Is belieyed-and
they are i'm the maj0Tity-that the deceased
committed suicide. Two reasons are given
I for his doing 50. one is that he was tnan-
ciallv embarrassed. and the other is that he
I was mixed UP IN some woman trouble.
T Again il i suggested that he was muir
dered If the deceased was hnan-
. cially embarrassed, his.friends, his wife,
and bis late partner Henry
Huber know nothing about il. Charles
( Chinnick who has tended bar for him for
+ over year SAYS Il do not believe that he
/ had anv financial troubles. / never saw
( anv man dun him for money and he always
paid his drafts promptly. Since foot pas
I ssngers have been allowed 10 cross Pearl
/ s. bridge business has been very good. /
. can assign no reason Tor the act" re-
I porter for the TELEGRAN- HERALD yesterday
unearfhed the tact that Baisch has been in
the haoit Of visiting Agnes Carpenter 5
/ house Of III fame and that
he has always paid particular
attention % Carrie BrOokes. For a year
past be has visited her regularly two or
three times a week. Carrie BroOkes in con-
versadon with a reporter said yesterday, u
f have known Jake Basch for a long time.
He has gwen me a great deal OF money from
time 90 time. He vas here sunday night
about eight clock. put only stayed about
fifteen minutes He was in good spirits.
had no quarrel with him. This is all
that can be learned IN the direction Of the
woman trouble. The murder theorists say
that the bullet which killed him entered his
head az the left temple and came out on the
right side.
The wound above the left ear il a small
one lust a1out the size Of the bullet That
f on the right side IS much larger. 1t Is
/ claimed that a smooth Cahbre ball viii
/ make larger hole az IL comes out than as
I e enters III this is Sd and he shot himself
I be must have neld the revolver IN a very
extraordinary and improbable position
when the shot was fred. In fact Il j.
I generally conceded that If the ball entered
bis head on the left side. be did not fire the
shot himself Coroner Bradish be
T feves that the ball ente- ed
from the right side Undertaken
+ Cd Bieu thinks 10 went IN on the left side.
+ Anvway The question has not been detn-
itelv settled. the c0roner's jury paying 40
heed % that matter a. ali. Experts who
we're interviewed hy a reporter for the
+ TELEeRsu HERAlD seem % b. divided on
Z che question a. to whether a bullet makes
/ tire largest hole entering Al object or on
I leaving it The dsceaseis hat which Jay
near his body. vas pierced by a bullet on
The leo side making a c9t about three
. inches l0nz and emitting the bat band. This
Eau1 rafheC tend 90 show that the
bullet was fred underneath the
F brim on the right side, and
passinr aaf al the ieft. as the Voauj on the
. -izhf si e. vas about IN inch the lowest If
E s a-oaabie sbat the csuse uf sniciie. IL ia
F vas one. will - forever wrapped ia mys.
terr
The deceased vas one ~ the FIRST mem
5ers of ere Arheifer soCie-y and wss high in
+ the council Of the Order. He leaves ife
AMI one child The f1neral viii b. held
from the family residences on "Wednesday