Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-11
NC HAD ENEMIES.
Dtih Of Chief Masier.ai.Armi Of me Oregon
Brings On, a Story.

Tho nowH that Ch'sf Nias,er-at-arms
Grntz % che hattl.shlp oregon had
killed himself dag orr two ago In Guam
tnnamo bay was received with interest
By nll In San Francisco who are fam.
liiar with the Jack tafa % the Amcrl-
On navy. Graiz was one o. the best
known men In me marine service, and
In the quarter of o. century that h. had
passed on the ga under the stars and
strips had made aH many friends aud
enemies az ever slilor had.
iIis greatest claim 10 fame was as
,hr leading actor 100 one ~ The most
sensational incidents In naval annals.
and In which Do came 40 near " death
10 man could and survive. iir waf
said ~ have been o. count in Germany.
aud In support OF this assertion u was
well known hy h|s acduainianccH that
10. was Ia frequent receipt ~ remit.
lAncpH 81 money from Germany In
closed lu envelope scaled with the M
uun.u uf nobility
Thr story of hs suicide comes from
Playa del Este. ihH nearest cattle STA
ton to whore ,h8 hgrl Hes ~ which The
OREGON u part. and ~ mragrr dctallt
state only the bare facts that Uratz mot
death at his own hands. ~ White Of
mis- clty, Who know him wen. said last
night; "Griiz WlH O. man 20 study. lig
VAS chief mlHtgfsats arms on various
ships and had sailed In many seas. A.
recall the incident that brought him
into such prumlu.ur, and TO the brink
u watory gray. " was IKE thia'
Gratz was a dlsgiplInlfian a. strict a.
ever trod a deck and was cordially
hated by his men, The chief mnHior-at.
arms " a war vessel has charge Of
everything below and his power over
the rank ana nIa rs absolute.
"Gatz would tolerate no foollahney
and especially Wbs set against the
bringing aboard 10 strong liquors
Discovering a bottle N whisky In o.
sailors KIT ne would not only destroy
H. but would mako The owner Huf7i
dearly. when hr H on the l,lchmnrd
about ten year. aa' things had gone
from had 10 worse Hnd finally a few
| determined mon got II into tholi
] heads 90 put Grs our of the way.
zone darl, might when the ship wa
lying In M0ntgNllel harhur they hel
| him over the head With a Delaying pl
while he was asleep ln hlS hnmmnrf
and after supposedly Killing hlaf
| dashed his han mock accurcly about th
mattress Il contained and showed
| through the ply.. I|ii, There was Oh
time 10 weight md this omission
! saved Gratz' ufH,
The hammock f.litd on the water
and as the occupant .slt the chill Of IN
/ Tide b. recovered consciousness ~
cried for holp. The anchor watch ru
CIT a boat and r,uod him, lliH ul
shllnnts were mover convicted. tliougi
various ones wen. Inspected and som
tried. Gratz was UI' cowed by his cN
ptrlenco and WA severe a MARITIME
as ever after hir d Ivqr,"
Il know GmIE Walli" said Fran
shannon. "Ila WHH certainly q count
and why h. should flil himself I can
not imagine. llr H.s Well-to-do, mai
Ing about sl2i n month with his SALARY
ana pcfqulsltcH DO was u reserved
follow. about o. years old, proud OF his
birth and Likeness il bismarck. ana VI
saving disposition. lie never spoke
n his fearful experience ON the Rich
uund and avoided conversation about
himself a. much ls possible, 1 am
convinced that NJ hn kllled himself II
was brought ahuu. Hg friction with hia
crow, ns h. had 900 .-luhlcs otherwise.
Possibly an lnywarttion might dts
close that the gun which killed. him
was pointed hv some one else than tho
dead man. San Francisco Chronicle,