The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-17
THIRTEEN WE'RE IN THE PARTY.
Three Men who Dened the supersti-
tion and Are Dead and the Others
Are Anxious

ton and Are Dead and the Others
Are Anxious.
Buffalo Dispatch in New York Sun.
Thirteen members Of the Sprudel Fishing
Club of Buffalo defed the old superstition
one sultry day last August, embarked in
a yacht belonging to one OF the party, and
made day of 1t down the river. They Wis
tied some Of the pleasure resorts on
Grand Island. ate a fine lunch, drank
much beer. and returned to the city about
10 O'Clock in the evening. As evidence of
what they had done they sat before
photographer at Sour Spring Grove and
had a group picture made. The photo
grapher was ordered to strike off thirteen
copies, one for each member, and then de-
stroy the negative.
The Sprudels is a great sociaI-political
Organization of Buffalo. 1t has nearly a
thousand members. Last winter it Sc
cured the big Broadway arsenal and gave
ball for charity, which was attended by
10000 people.
were all comparatively young men, not one
over AZ, and all robust and healthy. With
in two months three of them have died
suddenly. The first of the thirteen to go
was Michael North, a wholesale cigar
| dealer. He caught cold in the early win
ter, had a hemorrhage of the lungs and
died suddenly He was ~ years old and a
man of strong constitution. About two
weeks later the Sprudels We're shocked to
learn of the sudden death of Albert Baetz-
hold He went into the street while in a
heated condition after contest in a bowl
ing alley, caught cold, and was carried off
by pneumonia in two days. He was 81
AZ hi 4
$50 pounds, and had the red cheeks of a
| girl. The third to die was the man of all
the members of the club whom an insur-
ance company would pick out as the best
risk. He was Herman Fl. Hamper, an
amateur athlete, man who never dissi-
pated, six feet tall, splendidly proper
| toned and 80 years old. Pneumonia killed
| him in two days.
The rest of the thirteen began to feel
uncomfortable. One day, while looking at
/ the picture taken at Sour Spring Grove,
it struck John Schwabl as a remarkable
| fact that the three men who had died
| stood in the front row in the picture. He
communicated his discovery to the others.
When the picture was taken the men
! stood four in a row, with the thirteenth
man in the rear. This discovery was
! any thing but pleasing to Albert Klu-
! gurtZ. He is the last man in the first
| line. Klugurtz is a cigar manufacturer.
1 he went 10 a uOciOE last week ana Was
| examined. He learned that his heart
movement was weak. The strict attention
to health which the living ten are paying
is a matter of comment. The three
/ SchwabI brothers, John, Henry and Sc
bastain, were of the thirteen party They
| run several big saloons on the east side
! Other members of the party were City
/ Assessor Nicholas Mock, George Reh-
baum, one of the proprietors of the Buff
! falo Enquirer; "Blackie' Schue, clerk OF
| the board of assessors, William J. Ian.
deficit, who was beaten for member OF
assembly by Simon Sebert, president OF
the Sprudels, last fall; John CHASER. ex-
| president of the State Liquor Dealers
| Association and a member of the execu-
| tive committee at present, and Jacot
! Schlenker, the first president of the Spru.
| dels. MIR. CHASER has given up bowling
! lest he should meet the fate of Baetzhold
| Mr.. Rehbaum goes to and from his Office
in a big fur coat and arctic overshoes
| Mr.. Schlenker has made application for
| more life insurance. Assessor Mock whC
| is a particular friend of Thomas c. Plat
thinks more of dry feet and clear throat
| than he does of politics, and two of the
| three Schwabl brothers have taken oui
a co-partnership life insurance policy.