The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-04
CORONER'S BUSY DAY.

| tuds a btfe or SUFFERING spree aus
n tife Ended at Once~-A Des.onden'
Mans Attempt.
~. LoIIs Sept. o. When Rudolph
Schmitz. a clothing dealer. was taking
Il ride through Tower Grove park about
| $50 a. m he discovered the forms ~
man and woman lying under a tree not
far from the north entrance. Dis,
mounting. he proceeded to investigate,
and found that both were dead. each
having 4 bullet wound in the right
temple. from which the blood had
oozed, forming pool beneath each
head. Mr. Schmitz ut once notified the
police.
The bodies proved TO he those OF
Celia Balm. aged ~, and Joseph
Rcinsch. .Ir.. who bad been press.
maj on morning paper. and the find
ing Of note written by Miss Balm
would indicate that it was case Of
mutual suicide, prompted by a hope
less love. The note read: "Good-by
all. used it for myself and he used
IL for himself"
The hopclcssness of their love is cx-
plainei by the fact that Renisch had.
S'tiit tiutt tS's ttth tI- aEtt " marty
Victoria Thouvcnal with whom he
quarrelcd before the wedding day and
cast aside. but not before he had
wronged her, This subsequently led
to his arrest and To save himself from
Imprisonment he married Victoria. but
never lived with her. having in the
meantime formed an attachment for
Miss Balm. which was reciprocatei.
Miss Balin's father learned of the
attachment OF the young people and
forbade mis- daughter keeping company
with Renisch on account OF his being
married man. hut her infatuation
was such that the lovers met clandcs-
timely, and finally appear To have re-
solved that il they could not live to-
gethcr they could die together. and
the tragedy at Tower Grove park was
the sequel.
A veteran Ends Ills sunerings by suicide.
ST. LorIs. Sept 81 lIenry SPAIN.
aged %, "A veteran Of the civil war.
ended his life by drowning himself in
the lake at Benton park.
Officer >pulte. while making his reg
ular beat through the park abou, day.
break. saw the old mans body floating
face downwards on the surface OF the
lake.
Mr.. SPAIN. who lived with his son.
had long been sufferer from asthma.
and it is said attempted TO end his pain
by d cath once before.
Mr. SPAIN left the house at a. IN
His son heard him stirring. but as the !
al \. a ~
Of late he thought nothing of it and
went to sleep again
Ended "a spree aud His Life With - |
Razor.
ST. LoUIs. Sept. 27.-Frcd Koch. a |
cabinetmalSer, 33 years Of age and mar
ried. living at 3l10 Elliot avenue. COM
mittcd suicide Wednesday night By |
spree for two days. and when he COM |
mitted the rash act was under the in !
fluencc Of liquor lie was found in an
alley near his home by his wife at 7:l5 |,
y m. bleeding profusely from the I
great cash in his neck. lie was car
ricd into the house and a doctor sum
moned. The case was pronounced 4
hopeless. and he died at 9 o'clock. \
Koch leaves wife and two children
boys. aged and Z years
Cut His Throat and stabbed Himself
ST. Louis. sept 2-.-Charles F..
Lewis. whose wife. from whom he has I
been separated. lives AT Pine Bluff.
Ark. made a desperate effort ut sui
eide at his room on Chotcau avenue.
He cut his throat from ear to
ear with razor, scvering the
windpipe and then stabbed himself
twice over the heart, and cut his left
wrist in two places
a letter was found in which he said
he was tired Of living.and stating that :
drink and dependency were RESPONSE
BILE for his act.
Lewis is at the city hospital. but
there is no chance for his recovery.
AAnc rANs IN Ac0lnrrCn