New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-28

HER First OFFICER. ENGINEER AND TWO
MEN HURT, AND UPPER WORKS DAM
AGED-A SUICIDE ON BOARD.

AbED-A slIClD ON BOAltD.
The transport Burnside arrived at her pier at
Pac.hc-st.. Brooklyn, yesterday afternoon. after
eventfu voyage. Her run was to San Juan
Porto Rico; Santiago, Cuba, and then back 10
New York. On the way down she ran into two
hurricanes. which lasted seventy-two hours
Her first officer. chief engineer and two seumen
were injured. and her upper works damaged
When the Burnside was almost in sight Of New
York on Tuesday afternoon at y 40 o'clock. Dr.
John Henry Feuss. acting ASSISTANT surgeon
In the Army shot himself through the heart in
his cabin within ten feet Of the dining room
DR.. Feuss a young man from Bremen
He had been in the Army as a contract surgeon
since July = 1898. He clerk to the
chief surgeon at Santiago. He had been ordered
home and boarded the Burnside at Santiago.
Most Of the passengers were at dinner, when one
Of the doctors went into DR.. Feusss cabin to see
why he did not come to the table The doctor
was in deep thought He looked up, and replied
that he would be out at once. The other doctor
had scarcely reached the table before a shot was
heard. He rushed back and found Dr. Feuss
lying back with a stream Of blood gushing from
his heart. The bullet had passed through his
body and buried itself in the wall.
Among the dead mans papers was found
letter addressed TO G. f. Iartung, Of NO. ~ East
Tcnth-s. Manhattan. 1t seemed that doctor
from Mobile had gone 10 Boca della Tura ana
eudeavOred to secure Dr Feuss's practice. He
did not succeed. but prevailed upon negro who
had been in the employ of Dr. Feuss to make
some afdavts - arging him with suppressng
the facts about a case Of yellow fever, thereby
being responsible for the spread Of the disease
II was not believed that the accuser could have
sustained his charges, but Dr Feuss was 20 be
tried As DR. Feuss wrote in the letter, These
charges. although false. viii ruin my repu'ation'
so what is there to live for? had better die
lie left instructions that all Of his effects ana
his body should be turned over 10 Mr. HartuhE
As far as known. Or. Feuss. who was unmarried
had relatives in this country.
The Burnside left New-York on Wednesday,
September t. on Sunday she ran into n huiri-
cane off the Florida coast. second hurricane
more violent. followed. and for scVenty-tWo
hours those aboard did not know at what min
ute she might go down. When the storm sub
sided Il was found that the vessel had been
driven one hundred and fifty miles out OF her
course.
MANY Of tho officers and crew say that they
never had experienced such q storm Captain A.
II I.affan and his subOrdnates were highly
ccr,Dlinented on the way they managed the
boat. The quartermaster of the boat is captain
Moses Walton.
The burnside brought from cuba a detail Of
1O1 men in charge Of Colonel Mott HOOtOn, 9th
United states Infantry and Lieutenant Edward
Iigenfoot on their way to Fort Sheridan, Chi
cago Among the other passengers were Lieu
tenant H. T. Eames. 11th Infantry; Lieutenant
T D. Warfield. Naval Cadet Huntington john
son Mrs. y. r K PettineilL wife Of Judge Pet
tingjll Of the Porto RIcan Court; Major +. l..
Hnls Noah Shepard. Captain J. II. Dalton, DR..
l. r. peck. Mrs Mary Curly Mrs. Field. Mr..
and Mrs j. L. Halenbeok and F. w. Brandt.