The record-union., 1895-04-10
HENRY K0HNR'S REMAINS LOCATED.
The Missing SaIoonkeeper's Suicide in
Chicago.
He Disappeared From Here in July,
1892, With Money Belonging to
Another Man.

For nearly three years the whereabouts
of Henry Kohne, up to that time the pro-
prietor of saloon on Fourth street, near
K, have been a mystery to those who
/ kuew him, but that mystery was cleared
yesterday by letter received by Chief of
Police Drew from Chicago, announcing
the fact of Kohne's suicide in that city.
! Quite sensation was caused here about
the 1st of July, 1892, by Kohne's sudden
and silent departure from the city, as he
was property-owner and doing appar-
ontly profitable business.
One day, at about the date mentioned,
Hans Detlefsen, an unsophisticated Ger
man laborer, complained TO the police
| that he had deposited $3.50 with Kohne,
| to be held until he called for it, and that
when he went after the money he could
not locate his banker. although he did To-
cate and identify the saloon.
For two Or three days the poor fellow
haunted the saloon and Police Station,
| but he could get no satisfaction, as Kohne
was always absent, and even the police
could not find him in his customary place
behind the bar.
Detletsen said the money he deposited
with kohne comprised the savings of a
years hard work on a ranch at Blacks
Station, Yolo County, and it's loss had
left him penniless. He had no ac-
quaintance with Kohne, but being d
countryman OF his. and favorably i'm
pressed with HIM, he believed he was
safe in asking the saloon-keeper to keep
his money for him over night.
Not much confidence was placed in
| Detletsen's story that kohne had kept
his money, because kohne was known
to be the owner OF the building occupied
! by him, which is q two-story brick. and
! was generally believed to be well-to-do,
| honest man. The only blot on his
record, so far as the public knew, was his
/ persistent defiance of the saloon license
| law.
/ But it transpired that Kohne had not
! prospered, and that his property was so
/ heavily yincumbered that he had practically y
/ little interest in it. 1t also transpired
| that for some reason Kohne had not
| shown up at his saloon since about the
| time Detlefsen deposited his hard-earned
| money with him, and it was taken for
! granted that the saloon-keeper's disap-
/ pearance had some relation to that cir
! cumstance.
| Mrs. Kohne stated that the last she saw
of her hus band was on the lst of July
| the day on which Detletsen left his money
with him. He then said he was going to
| call on friend at the County Hospital.
! She realized, however, that he had either
! deserted his family or met with foul play.
| When Mrs. kohne was asked what she
! knew regarding her husbands disappear
ance, she said:
Nothing more than you do. Mr..
! hohne has deserted me and my two chill
dren and left US practically without a
dollar. l really believe the man is out of
his head. He has been deeply in debt for
some time, and had talked OF going else
where to seek place for going into Dusi-
ness, but where he has gone l have no
more idea than you have"
Being asked if she knew anything
about Detlefsen's money, Mrs. Kohne
said:
81 know nothing about it. Ny hus-
+ band has at various times had as high as
i 5000 belonging to people who left il with
/ him for sate-keeping, and be always kept
/ faith with the owners. He may have had
this mans money, but if so he did not
! tell me. 1t is true he has deceived me bv
! leaving me in this way, but cannot say
that he has wronged anyone else"
! Of the mans Wanderings after he left
here nobody seems to have any knowI-
edge, and to most of his former friends, if
not to ali, the news of his death at his
own hands was the first that had been
heard concerning him.