The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-10-22
HAD FIVE ATTORNEYS.
Suicide Rambusch Well Provided
With Legal Defenders.
A Providence Lawyer Had an Interview
With Him Yesterday.


leaves little room for the belief that II
was not William 4. Rambusch. the EN-
bezzer aud forger. OF Juneau, Wis., who
shot himself In the National cemetery
yesterday at Fredericksburg, Va. In spite
OF the Isct that Providence attorney
saw and talked with Rambus in
Philadelphia st o'clock yesterday
morning there can he no doubt but that
he was dead al 2 o'clock Yesterday after
nC on.
The Providence attorney returned from
Philadelphia last night and was at once
soown tho dispatch telling that Ramb
had taken his own life. At first he was
inclined to doubt the truth OF the report,
but the new Indignation of today practi-
cally puts an end to the question.
Rambuseh disappeared from juneau
about two weeks ago, and after MS depart
ure 1t was discovered that his stealings Of
various bonds would amount to a large
sum, variously estimated at from $3.50, 900
$500, 900. Since that time he has been In
hiding. He took the name of w. L.
| Anderson, and being able to sreak the
Swedish language without an accent was
i
able to pass as Swede, although he was
| in real ty Dane.
Soon after his disappearance one Of the
| local attorneys received a letter from the
West informing him that there was n
proba bility that Rambusch would appear
in the Esst ana TINT it was desired to re-
tain the lawyer to represent the EN- bezzler
! in any emergency. The letter stated that
George W. Sloan OF Juneau. Wis.,, Har-
| low Pease of Watertown, Wis. Judge
Dick OF Beaver Dam, Wis, and Rancer
q Bander Of Milwaukee, Wis, had also
oeen retained to represent Rambusch end
/ to protect his wiie's interests and save as
much from the wreck as possible.
On tuesday morning the Providence
| attorney received a letter from Rambu
| in which he asked him TO visit Philadel-
! phia. A place and hour for the meeting
was set and the train TO be taken desig-
| mated. The two men met, but the in
! terview was most unsatisfactory. Ii
lasted less than half an hour and Kam-
| ousch talked in such ram Dling uncer-
! tain manner that IL was very evident that
his mind had weakened under its strain.
| He made q few general confessions, ad-
| hitting that his business life had not
been entirely above reproscb, but even
| these admissions were very vague.
Suddenly Ramhsch gave a quick
start, and extending his hand. exclaimed,
"well, good bye. Pm going. You may
near of me in South America and you
may never hear from me-" In n moment
he had disappeared. The attorney i'm
mediately returned TO Providence.
Ihe dispatch that was received .odey
states that on the body OF the man who
suot himself were three letters, one to his
| wife, one TO John Curtis OF Green Bay,
Wis, his brot tbor-in-law, and the third
| to a man whose name Is not given,
ana this, coupled with the fact that
| Ram busch was very much excited
because OF the fact that one of
the Philadelphia papers on Mon
day had published an excellent
| portrait and a full description of him,
and that be seemed OF the opinion that
this would result in his discovery. seems
| to remove all doubt of his identity.
A letter that was received in this city
! from Juneau today states that the affairs
! in Dodge county ere in a hopeless tangle,
| and that ii will bo impossible TO
! straighten matters without almost endless
| liiigations. The town is full OF lawyers,
who sre trying to protect the interests of
their clients, and an effort is being made
| to go through the records of the town,
| in the hope that the authorities may be
able TO detect all the forgeries.
| When the records OF Dodge county were
burned in 1875. Ram busch was the only
person who had copies OF them. These
have since been used, and 1t has now
| been learned that they are full! OF era
sures and forgeries. For instance, Il is
| stated, that Ram busch had formulated a
plan to steal an entire township by
means OF a forged sheriff's deed, signed
by the original owner OF the land. The
deed had been inserted in the records,
and IL the crimes OF Rambusch had not
been detected, he would probably have
made an effort at some time to obtain
possession of this property which, since
the alleged signing OF the deed, mad
grown from a big farm to populous aud
prosperous township.
According to the letters from Juneau.
new evidences of the crooked work of
Ram busch are being fund every day,
and the attorneys who are at work on the
case, state tnst 1t is extremely doubtful
II they are atle to save anything for the
widow.