Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-04-21
BOUND TO DIE.
r.. Il. Ohlfsen Bagge Ends HIS
Career TDon Earth

r.. 4. Ohlfsen Ragge Ends HIS
Career Upon Earth.
E. 7. Ohlfsen Bagge, an Austrian
about sixty years of age, committed
suicide yesterday morning at the
lodging house owned by Miss Cleve-
land, 123 West Fifth street, by shoot
ing himself in the temple. Mr..
Bagge was born and raised in Austria,
where he received fine education
and was an accomplished musician.
He seemed. to have been OF rowing
disposition as he has travelled around
the world three different times, and
has been in nearly ii not every coun-
try in the world. He came to this
country nearly four years ago, and
when he arrived he had about $500.
This was soon exhausted and it was
then that he applied to friends OF his
nationality for. help. The case was
referred to Mrs. Ducommun and Mrs.
Miner who succeeded in getting him
a position as music teacher in some OF
the best families in the city, but his
efforts as a teacher did not prove
success, as he was so very irritable
that he would threaten to shoot
himself if the pupils did not
make better progress. His next move
was towards Australia, where he said
he had a wealthy brother. Mrs.
Ducommon and Mrs. Miner endeav-
ored to raise sufficient money to send
him and succeeded in raising about
$l25, but he would not accept any
thing but frst-class ticket, and in
sisted upon having his wardrobe re-
plenished and 500 pocket money.
When this became known his friends
declined to take further steps toward
his Australian plans, despite his con-
tinual threats to kill himself. He re-
ceived pension from Austria of
about $15 per month and some aid
from the charitable societies in the
city. He has complained considerably
about the injustice done him by the
United States Government for failure
to give him any recompense for his
services rendered during the rebellion
and claimed that there was $4,000
due him for diplomatic services rem
dered at that time. He left the fol-
loving letters:
Los ANGELES, April 18, 1888.
| have shot myself and have told
Theo. Wollweber, druggist, Fisk, land
agent, f. Linde and V, Dol, OF the
Commercial restaurant, Mrs. Ducom-
nun and Miner, the two benevolent
ladies, as well as Mr.. Lichenberger,
all OF this city, before that l would be
obliged to do so.
E. f. OHLFsEN BAGGE.
?. S.-Please return this old bull
dog revolver to Mr.. Theo. Wollweber,
he so frienoly lent it to me about two
years ago. Q. BAGGE.
Los ANGELES, April IS, 1888.
wish that Messrs Garrett Il Nei-
tzke, 234 North Main street, take care
OF my body. f. F. OHLFsEN BAGGE.
My last farewell. For Los Angeles:
Now to ye noble sons Of California
breed Ye miserable wretched evils
in human shape, ye ramblers, tenn
perance and prohibition humbugs, ye
cranks of salvationists, ye meanest,
shabby, stingy old California gold
diggers, especially of Los Angeles,
the vilest place on earth-ye out
casts of all nations which l have ever
S en- in Gods creation, ye regardless,
selfish, malicious, bloodthirsty ras-
Gals, religious, phenatic and demoral
lied politicians, without a drop of
honor in all your veins. The under
signed prefers sooner to die than to
live longer under government which
owes to me since twenty five years for
diplomatic services in Europe during
the last rebellion-war here, over Sl0,-
900 written, ten thousand dollars,
of which 1 to- your beloved
Pharisees never received a single
G. d. cent (as other letters
will show. May ye all sooner or
later go to he'll and dam nation.
| despise in you nation which is
rotten to the bottom. especially Cali
fornia. f. OHLFsEN BAGGE.
Los Angeles, March "a, 1888.
P. S.-Especially for my so-called
friends here.
An inquest was held last evening
and the jury rendered verdict of
suicide.