Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-04-23
MILWAUKEE MATTERS.

Mrs. Mary McCabe, aged IS years,
died while at prayer in st. Augustinus'
church, at the corner of Homer and Ora
ham streets. at 80 o'clock a. m. on the
10th. 1t is supposed that heart failure
was the cause of death.
Mrs. McCabe had lived in Elm Grove
! for tifty-ive years. Five years ago she
came to this city and took up her resi-
dence with her son-in-law at 1853 South
! Bay street, where she resided ever since.
|
John Hoefs and his wife were found
dead in bed Sunday at their home in
| the rear of 1868 Booth street and it has
| been discovered that they died from the
| effects of arsenical poisoning. Hoefs
came home quite early on Saturday night
from his work and the family, which
| consisted of himself, his wife and a 9
| year-old daughter, had supper as usual.
| The child says she was not hungry and
| finished eating he lay down on the bed,
keeping on his clothing. Her mother
and herself then washed the dishes and
| also retired. After that she does not
| apparently know what transpired. Once
during the night she heard her mother
calling her father, but he gave no an
! swer. At 7:15 O'Clock in the morning
she awoke and called her mother, but
| found that she was dead. Her father,
who slept in an adjoining bed, was also
| lying dead, with his face covered with
| blood
| The couple We're married in Germany
| twenty-five years ago. They had four
| children, but three died. Hoefs was a
| laborer and worked for several years for
| the John Schroeder Lumber company.
| He was A years old and his wife 80.
The police and Coroner Winkenwerder
made an investigation of all of the cir
cumstances and have concluded that it
was premeditated suicide. Mrs. Hoefs
| had been in delicate health for some
time and was respondent. What
strengthens this belief is that the police
| found the bottle of arsenic lying outside
of the house in position indicating that
it had been thrown out Of the window.
The supposition is that the arsenic
was placed in the coffee and that had the
! little girl partaken of the supper that
night she would also have been killed.
Mathew Walsh, a brakeman on the
St. Paul road, was killed Sunday
mile west of the Soldiers home. He
was braking on train No. 6S when it
| parted He went to see about the
trouble and is supposed to have fallen
| off the first section and been run over by
the second. Later another train passed
over the body and when the second train
arrived in the city portion of the un-
| fortunate mans remains was found
clinging to the pilot An engine was
sent out and the body recovered. 1t
was taken to the morgue. Walsh was
p years of age and lived at Portage,
where he is survived by his parents and
six sisters.
The dead body of Michael Crowley, a
veteran and an inmate of the Soldiers
home, was found lying in front of a sa-
loon on National avenue, near the
| Nhn hnd 70 no
and buried on Saturday afternoon at
Calvary cemetery. Some surprise was
| manifested when it was found that Gov.
| Wheeler had not notifels the coroner.
1t has been learned that Crowley died
of an affection Of the lungs and that he
had BEEN under a physicians care re-
Gently. Crowley was a member of
| Soldiers Home Co. d.
DanieL W. Patterson, who came to
| Milwaukee in 1884, and who was the
Oldest settler of the city alive at the
| time of tire semi-centennial, died at his
| home on the Howell road at o'clock
a. M on the 11th at the age os Sc years
and mo1r5iss. He was in good, health up
to Tuesday, when he caught Gold, which
| developed into bronchitis. On account of
| his advanced age he was unable to stand
the attack. Mr.. Patterson came to Mil
waukee in 1884 at the age Of p. He
smithy between Chicago and Green Bay,
| shoeing Solomon Juneaus alleged colt
| and taking turn at shoeing the oxen
which were then used more than horses.
| Subsequently he engaged in farTsing:
| Mr.. Patterson was born in Potsdam,
/ ST. Lawrence county, New Yorz- Octo
Der 9, 1909. His wife, who wss Miss
I Susan BurdiGk previous to her marriage.
/ died in 1872. The deceased is Survived
/ by a daughteg and five sons. as sollows:
/ avenue; Mrs. Dr. Donnan of tiAs city;
\ Frank Patterson. who lived with his
| father on the Howell road; Albert Pat
/ terson, who lives at Caldwell, Wis, Os-
| car and Charles Patterson, who 1--WE at
| Mukwonago, Wis, and Herbert Patter-
/ son, who lives in Kansas. Mr.. .k'atter-
I son was an important figure in MiIwau-
I KEGS semi-ceEeennial, having lived here
sixty two yeans and retained IfIs full
mental vigor. The title of "olGast set
/ tIer'' now goes to Daniel Wells IT,, who
{ came to Milwaukee July p, 1885
+ Michael P. Morris died Tuesday at
/ Ais residence, 1873 Jefferson street, aged
/ IS years Nh. Morris was one, of the
oldest residents of the city. ZEE came
+ TO- Milwaukee, III 1851, while quite a
+ young man. and had lived in the Third
/ ward, where he acquired considerable
/ property, for forty-three years. He is
i Survived Dy QSHSHlef, at present Il
/ teacher in orsa' of the city publio schools,
i anG by two sons.
/ kilograms were received in Milwaukee
/ Thursday announcing the death at her
home in Chicago at $50 O'clock that
/ morning of Mrs. Jane Shea, widow of
i Thomas Shea and a sister Of John P.
Murphy OF the Milwaukee, National
/ bank.
/ Mrs. Shea left Milwaukee about year
ago to taxa up her residence in Chica-
go, where relatives reside, and for the
! past four months she had been in poor
health. She continued to grow worse
| slowly and week ago it was decided to
| remove her to Milwaukee, but the at
| tending Physicians decided that she was
| too weak to stand the journey. For
nurnhar wears Miss. ToDnia MIR