The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-30
THOUGHT IVER JACOBSON, AS
DEAD BROKE IN A CITY OF
STRANGERS.
RUINED IN GAMBLING DENIS
A MENOMONIE, WIS, sALOONKEEP-
Err SOUGHT DEATH VIA THE
STRYCHNINE ROUTE.
MEDICAL AID WAS TOO LATE,
Although the Police Summoned DR..
DOhm a. Quick as They Found
the Dying Man.

Iver Jacobsen, saloonkeeper of Me-
nOmOnie, Wis, died at the city hospital
at o'clock yesterday morning, after
resulting from strychnine poisoning.
Jacobson took fifty grains of the pow
erfuI drug in his room at the Scandal
hotel, 3S7 Sibley street, shortly after 10
o'clock. and. until the arrival of DR..
Dohm, at o'clock in the morning, gro
veIed about the floor in recurring
spasms of terrible suffering. Jacobson
denied that he had taken poison, and
claimed that he was subject to fits. 1t
was evident to the physician, however,
that the man was suffering from some
virulent poison, and heroic treatment
was at once resorted to. Powerful in
1ections eased Jacobsou's agony at in
tervals, when he was perfectly ration
al and vigorously insisted that he had
not attempted suicide. He was taken
to the city hospital in the central pa
troll wagon. after DR.. Dohm had done
everything in his power TO counteract
the poison, but death ended his suffer-
ing shortly after reaching the institu-
ton.
jacobson went to his room early in
the evening, apparently in good spirits.
Later he was heard walking about,
and before midnight groars were heard
in the room as though its occupant
was in agony. The sounds of suffering
ceased and were renewed several times
before an investigation was made,
WIN Officer Joe Houska was called by
Andrew DahlqUist, the proprietor of
the hotel. The door Of Jacobson's room
was locked, and, when the police officer
broke 1t open, the occupant was found
lying upon the floor, partially clad, and
his body twisted in commissions. AS
the spasm passed, Jacobson said he
was suffering from a fit, and Officer
Houska went for DR.. Dohm. There was
no suspicion at this time that the man
was victim of poison, but, when DR..
Dohm arrived, he quickly discerned
that Jacobson was suffering from a
powerful poison of some kind. He taxed
Jacobson with having taken poison, but
the sufferer stOutly denied having at
tempted suicide. While the physician
was labOring with Jacobson, Mr.. Dahl
qCist ordered a fire made in the stove
in the room. When the stove door was
nine" showed the nature of the drug
Jacobson had taken. The bottle had
contained fifty grains of the poison, but
was entirely empty. In the face of this
evidence, jacobson as strenuousIy as
ever denied having attempted to end
his life. His utterances were short and
came with painful gasps from his con-
tracted throat. He writhed about the
floor in terrible agony. Each succeed
ing spasm was more severe than the
predecessor, and DR.. Dohm ordered
the sufferer sent to the hospital where
the heroic treatment was continued
but the drug had permeated the vic
TINS entire system and he died within
half an hour. The fact that Jacobson
SO long withstoOd the action of the
large quantity of strychnIne was doubt
less due to his unusually strong
physique, as he was man of splendid
physical development.
The dead man came TO ST. Paul last
Thursday, and registered at the Scan
dia hotel He went to Minneapolis in
the afternoon, and, when he returned,
it is said, told several persons that he
had lost nearly all Of $780, with which
he had intended purchasing supplies, at
a Mill City gambling resort He later
borrowed SO from Dahlquist, and visit
ed several wholesale liquor houses,