Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-10-05
ROUND A RAFTER
Christ Lemburg Attaches a
Rope Enclosing His Neck.
FOUND DEAD BY HIS FATHER.

the Man Became Onb0Ianceu FROM HA-
cessive Drink 1t Was Probably Fully
Premeditated.
This will be our last drink. To-
morrow you will find me laid out at
the house."
Thus Christ Lemburg, Jr., of 521
Fifteenth street, cody informed
Thomas Bagley, the Fifth avenue
saloonkeeper, yesterday afternoon.
And he kept his word. His dead
body hanging on a rope. attached to
a rafter of barn. was the horrible
spectacle presented to his father. w.
c. +. Lemburg. 1417 Sixth avenue,
about ESQ this morning, when he
went to inquire as to how his son
felt and to further prevail upon him
to moderate his drinking.
No cause for Lemburg'S suicide
can be advanced bv his family or
parents, unless the desperate act
was committed while temporarily
deranged from the effects of excess
sive use of stimulants.
Had Been Drinking Heavily.
Lemburg had been drinking I'M
usually heavy recently, but his action
around home never occasioned the
least suspicion of his destroying him.
self. Yesterday afternoon, however,
Lemburg dropped syllable to Sa-
looukceper Thomas Bagley in the
way OF Il farewell, which would iu-
dictate generalization. Bagley ridi-
culed the idea at first, but after fur
Their consideration. notified &. o.
Huckstaedt, the suicides employer,
to watch Lemburg. who eventually
became so intoxicated that it was
necessary for him to 60 home.
MIR. Huckstaedt. by whom Lem
burg had been employed for three
years as goods deliverer, later on in
the afternoon notified the suicides
father of the apparently joking ex-
preston of his son.
Young Lemburg. together with his
wife and two children. spent the
evening with Mr.. Lemburg, Sr. The
father warned his son of the conse-
quences of such heavy drinking and
prevailed upon him to indulge less
frequently.
Dead In the Hay Loft.
The elder Lemburg bid his son
goodbye about o'clock last night
He saw nothing more of him until
this mornings CHASTITY discovery.
Lemburg arose about 6 o'clock this
morning, his wife claims, and wen,
to the barn in which he kept a team
OF horses ON the premises of j. e.
Aud, 1912 Sixth avenue. The loft
is partly filled with hay. Standing
on the elevated side Lemburg at.
| tached the rope to the center rafter,
enclosed his neck into the moose or
the other end and jumped into space,
his feet hanging within two feet oil
the floor. He had been dead con.
siderable time when found by his
father, who Immediately cut the
body down in hopes of finding spark
| of life. but it was too late.
i.emburg was % years of age and
leaves a wife and two small children,
a boy and girl. He was an industri.
Gus and faithful workman. and Mr..
Huckstaedt states had never allowed
drink to interfere with his work un.
til yesterday. Mr.. Huckstaedt told
Lemburg that he couldn't afford to
have an intoxicated man attend to
his affairs. The anticipation OF
hearing more from his unbecoming
actions probably also worried Lem
| burg.
He was member OF Island City
lodge 800, NJ. w. A.
COrOner's Inquest.
Coroner Halves conducted an in
quest with these jurors: Charles
Hodgson. l.. Kramer, o. pumbald, c.
Skinner. Julius Mosenfelder and IL.
S. Warner.
The jury returned verdict of sui.
eide.
The funeral will occur from the
residence of deceased father, w.
c. F. Lemburg, 1417 Sixth ave-
nue., at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon.