The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-10
!. THE RED PEDESTAL !

IN aho Augsburger Zeitung. which /
receive 1T my Long Island homo.
where I have lived many years In
seclusion. with broken health and
spirit, I read paragraph which
frees me from spell from which have
believed only death would Twas M fol-
lows:
"Died. in a private madhouse. IN the
city Of Munich. whittier ne was taken
year ago violently insane. Graf Won Flu
ienberg. OF Gutenberg castle. II viii be-
remembered that the count some years
ago Inherited n large fortune from hts
aunt His brilliant career NJ the Univer-
sity Of B. win recall him more wildly
yet 20 the public mind."
While n student Mt tho University OF
B.. having finished my course In
physics. devoted myself 10 pursuits
which might be termed ultra scientific.
Like many German dreamors. from whose
.liscourses concerning the Phiio-ophic
dcs trnbcwusxter. over fcaming krugs. mt
knelpes, ana many another symposium
81 more scdase character. imb!bcd the
poison.
The fame upon the altar ~ liberty
burned tercess here. but no ieas deep
was the homage paid 20 the discovsrer
In the realm OF science He who snatch
ed from out the unknown n rev fact
became deniged. or. occasionally. by n
misuse OF his talent. a devil: but that II
anticipating.
In the course Of my deivings 7 was
thrown into the society OF singular
man, Fritz Won Gutenberg. poor but
weit-born student. whose family inhabit-
ed "a ditartisted castle near S,arnherger
See In Bayern. He occupied chambers
as did I also. opposite him. In a great
tu,nhie-down pile In ---gasse. extending
over the greater part OF square. one
side rising sheer from the river. Our
rooms constituted the choice part OF the
building. and the only marks ~ human.
ity about were on the Tagging In the
court near our wing. the rest being quite
moss grown. There were other occu-
pants. hcwcscr-a few. The ancient
porter drank rrae continually. 10 light
on the rheumatism. no said
From a remote part on TIRE other side
~ the court came on certain night. ~
the week xnatches ~ beer-srspirrd song
as;
'swsnn ma frVier viii
rreit ma in der still.
Is, 6s~ mail reich,
GintS auch gsit sgrisich.
IL, are fanracN DUNN
fucSlics ~rt~i HnA Nru-nrn.
Rteiht sie s,nch de Schnnsse
We,t urd brett"
once toward ssyhrcak Euienherg ard
were awakened By the clacs ~ schlsE-
erw In the court and r~crirg from thu
easement. saw shadow forms With pal
ia fslrttvs faces hwr-iedly estinNui~h-
i-g a lantern ana carrying a limp form
through ar archwsv.
~ nra~i has hem settled" dryly ~
marked knfRnh~fg seriously n would
seem STAY. was there rot registering
in EsGKch's apartments last evening""
ssii I believed There was sound
20 rWvelry IN that quarter about bel.
sirse
We RETIRED Gree more On Rnocti~r
a. EsalsnNers's dnpr next -Nrrslur 90 sfts.
c,sss the event II sho nigAt I found that
Re wss sssNs IN. although ~ was about tire
ssxsiai time Tor his ks~e~ ard sersrael
ON the ensuing morning rny knock 70
crivee M response. ard trarirsnxl 81 ola
xsrert tAe raESor, told ,hAt Herr
vcn FuieEberw hsss been s@ssertv sum
s-,oyfef 20 hss h@.se in Bayern 20 attend
she aoatfh~d ~ hts aunt. whose hsir he
wMs
The character Of this man Asd sr.