The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-01
ANOTHER JAIL SUICIDE
Anarchist Bremen Hangs himself
in the Raymond Street Prison.
Had Attempted 10 Murder The Family
Of His Partner.
The Second Suicide in That Institu.
tion In Two Weeks.

The second suicide in two weeks &C.
CURED in Raymond Street Jail. Brooklyn.
this morning. Adolph Bremen took his
own life there by hanging himself in
his cell with rope made OF his bed
clothing.
Bremen was twenty-five years old, a
native OF Chicago, and a disciple of Herr
Most He was awaiting trial on two in
dictmcnts charging assault in the first
degree. The charges grew out OF an at
tempt made by Bretnner to kill his busl-
ness partner and his wife.
The prisoner occupied cell p, II, on
the first tier. AT clock This morning
Keeper Bell started on his rounds.
Brenners was one of the first cells
visited by him, and as Keeper Bell
ratified his cell door he noticed that the
prisoner was sleeping soundly. He told
Bremen to get up, and went on to
arouse the other prisoners.
Keeper Bell finished his rounds, he
says. in less than ten minutes. and re-
turned a little later to go over the
ground again as was his custom, to
see that all the prisoners were astir.
When he arrived at Brenners cell he
saw the prisoner hanging from a rope
fastened around his neck and tied to
the bars across the top of the cell
door. Brenner,s features were dis
torted and his face was black. He was
suffering intense agony.
heeper BELL opened the cell door and
cut the man down messenger was at
once sent TO the brooklyn Hospital!
next door to the jail, for medical as
sistance.
There was stlll some life in the prIs-
oner when the keeper cut him down,
but jus; as the doctors from the hos.
pital arrived he expired.
Bremen lived at 5Sl Flushing avenue
he had been a prisoner in the jail since
Judge Moore in the Court of Sessions
He had attempted to kin William Veg
erie. formerly his partner. because, he
alleged, the latter had mismanaged theil
Wegerle and Bremen had been In the
fountain pen business at q and % Centr,
Bremen had 5000 invested In the en-
terprise. Some time ago the business
failed and Bremen claimed the calamit,
was due to his partners bad business
On the night of May 25 last Bremen
called at Wegere's house, 53l Bleecker
street, Brooklyn, and demanded the 800
which he had invested in the business
Wegerle said he did not have the money
and denied that he was In any way re.
sponsible for the business failure.
Bremen then CROW pistol, saying:
! III XIII you and your whole family"
! He fired, and the bullet entered Veg
cries shoulder. Bremen then fired point
blank in Mrs, Wegerle's face. but the
/ bullet missed Its mark, n did two others
| which he fired at her two daughters.
Bremen then turned the revolver upon
! himself and fired the iaet bullet into
| his mouth.
None OF the Wegerles was seriously in
jured. Mr.. Wegerle was about In a
week and Mrs. Wegerle only showed
was arrested by Patrolman Martin. of
| the Greene avenue station, and taken to
| st. GATHERINGS Hospital. When search
ed Bremen had In his possession three
dynamite cartridges and several pounds
OF dynamite.
He admitted that he was an Anarchist
and had recently come from Chicago
He said that two nights before the
shooting he had visited Wegerle's place
| with ten pounds of dynamite, intending
| to blow up the house. He changed his
mind and decided 10 shoot his former
partner Instead. Brenner's wound was
slight and he soon recovered. The sui
| eide was unmarried.