Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-12-05
MILWAUKEE MATTERS.

Mrs. Augusta Sinnar, aged SO years,
who resided on Eeefe avenue between
| Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets,
took a dose of paris green on the list
and died from the effects at O'Clock
that night. 1t is supposed that
she was respondent and committed SUI
eide. She leaves a family of nine chill
dren. ranging from l year to ~ years;
When the coroner called the husband
questioned his right to come into the
house and also that of two police 9th
GERS. When asked where he wanted
his wife's remains buried he remarked
that he would be buried with her. The
man is said to have been slightly under
the influence of liquor. At 1 O'Clock
| on the 22d the police were again sum-
moned to the house, where it was found
he had attempted suicide by shooting
himself in the head with shotgun. He
was removed to the Emergency hospital,
where he died that night. The couple
had lived unhappily. Sinnar was gard
ener and 45 years old. Nine children
survive, ranging in age from l to 10
years.
John Cameron, for years Chicago man
ager of the Northwestern National In
surance company of Milwaukee, died at
the hospital to which he was taken after
receiving a fracture of the skull on a
Chicago street From the time he
was picked up on the street until his
death, Mr.. Cameron never regained con-
seriousness sufficiently to give any lnfor-
nation as to how he was injured and
the entire affair is still involved i'll mys-
terry. In the opinion of the physicians
who attended him, the injuries were in
hicted by some weapon, probably blunt
instrument, and not by a fall as was
supposed by some of his friends at first.
Mr.. Cameron, who was about "a years
we'll as in Chicago. where he had been
in business for forty years. lie was for
time in the packing business as clerk
and accountant. Thirty years ago he
entered the insurance field as Chicago
agent for the Liverpool and London Com
James, now president of the Northwest
ern National company, then Chicago
manager, left that city to come to Mil
waukee to take charge of the general
Offices and he appointed Mr.. Cameron
his successor there. That was in 1879,
position until his death. He leaves a
widow and several grown children, two
sons being insurance men.
Henry William Roddis, who disap-
peared from this city thirty years ago
and was supposed to have been dead, is
still living and has been found. While
his wife and daughter have mourned him
here as dead he has been a prosperous
and successful citizen of Cherokee, Ia,
where he has a second wife and second
family of children. Roddis left this city
shortly after the close of the war to go
South on business for his uncle, Edward
Roddis, at that time prominent packer
here. He was never heard of after
wards and it was generally believed by
his wife and other relatives that he had
been murdered. Some time ago he was
discovered and Milwaukee attorney
appeared on the scene at Cherokee to
remind him that he had a wife and
daughter in Milwaukee. When he found
that his identity was known he promised
to provide for his Milwaukee wife, but
instead disappeared and is once more
missing. He leaves a second family,
consisting of wife and eight children
there. His first wife and daughter re-
side at 200 Greenbush street IN this city.
An effort is now being made to find Rod
dis once more and two families are anx-
iously awaiting the result Of the search.
Mrs. Barbara Zartner, wife of a sa-
loonkeeper at HOG Chestnut street, com
mitted suicide Sunday night by cutting
her throat with a breadknife. She was
last seen alive at $50. An hour later
daughter, Mrs A.. Holzhauer, called
to visit her mother, but could not find
her. At 1870 o'clock Joseph PARTNER, a
son of the deceased, instituted a search
for the missing woman and finally dis
covered her dead body lying in the wine
cellar. The police and the coroner were
notified and after an investigation they
concluded that it was clearly q case of
suicide. It is supposed that she had be-
come Respondent as result Of domestic
troubles. Mr.. and Mrs. PARTNER had
only recently returned from a trip to
Europe. They had resided for long
time in the city and were quite we'll
to-dc.
The death of Harvey Curtis, am early
settler and long time resident Of Milwau-
kee, occurred at Portage on the 24th. Mr.
Curtis, who was 80 years old, emigrated
from his native state, New York, to this
during the latter part of the '4Os. A
year or two later he started a -four mill
on Canal street and conducted the bust
ness for many years. Two OR three
years ago he went to Portage, where one
of his daughters, Mrs. w. Ell. Strand, re-
sides.
August Diocese, aged 40 years, and en-
ployed at the Layton Packing compa-
nys plant since last Monday. fell into
vat of hot lard in the rendering de-
partment on the DIST. He was immedi-
ately rescued by his companions and tax
en- to Milwaukee hospital, where he died
that night. He lived in the rear of 1927
Vliet street and leaves a wife and two
children. The hot lard penetrated his
clothing and the skin was parboiled
from his head to his feet, although he
was III the vat only few seconds.
4
M. j. Cahill Of Whitewater. an en-
ployee of the st. Paul railroad. was
crushed to death between two cars at the
stockyards at $50 a. m. Tuesday.
He was coupling cars ON the ''stock ex-
ira, engine number go, when the acct
dent happened. Cahill was g Years
old and had been in the employ Of the