The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-02-21
Former KenOsha Man Finds Death in
a Terrible Form at Hotel in
WiIIiamsport, Pa.
SEWERS ARTERIES IN HIS WRIST
Cuts His Throat With a Razor and Then
Hangs Himself to a Bed Post.-Deed
Caused by Dependency.

A dispatch to the EVENING News
from Wi11iamsport, Pa, was received
in this. city Friday afternoon which
announced that Henry LubiCh, fore
man of the Wi1liamsport Staple COM
pany and a former resident of this
city, committed suicide Thursday
evening at the Jackson house in that
city. The suicide of Lubich is one of
the most tragic crimes on record. Lu-
bich had gone to Williamsport from
this city some three months ago, 1eav-
ing his wife and two children at their
home on Middle street in this city. He
had secured steady work and until a
few days ago he seemed to be in the
best of spirits. For the last few days
he had been suffering from an attack
Of grippe and dependency and his
suicide seems to have been most care
fully planned. While he was suffering
considerable physical and mental
agony Thursday evening he went to the
Jackson house and secured a room for
the evening. A short time later he
body hanging from bed post.
The condition of the body showed
that the man had attempted to kill
himself by opening the arteries of his
arm with a rasor, which was found
near the bedside, but after he had
s1ashed his arm several times with the
razor it seems that this method was too
slow and he made cash in his throat
with the weapon severing the wind
pipe, but not cutting the blood vessels.
Later he is supposed to have wound
his suspenders about the bed post and
1eaped from the bed, his death being
finally caused by the combination of
in juries inflicted by his own hands.
The remains were removed to the city
morgue from the hotel at once and a
cCroners Jury was summoned to inves-
gate the case.
When the news of the tragic death
of Lubich was brought to this city in
telegram to N. r. Allen Sons it Gre
ated much sorrow. One of the men at
the tannery hurried to the home of the
wife of Lubich and broke the sad news
to her. She was almost Frustrated with
grief.
On Thursday evening, the evening
on which Lubich ended his life Mrs.
Lubich had received a letter from
her husband stating that he was
i'll, but there was no intimation that
he was respondent or that he intended
to takeT1is own life.
Lubich was we'll known in Kenosha.
He had resided on Middle street, near
the corner of Grand avenue, for many
years. He was about 40 years of age.
He had been employed at the Allen
tannery until about year ago, when
he left the Kenosha factory and later
went to Wi11iamsport, where he secured
a good position with the Wi11iamsport
Staple Company as foreman. While
working in Wi11iamsport he had pro-
vided for the support of his wife and
children. and it was intended that his
family should join him in the spring.
It is claimed that Lubich was men
tally deranged. Some time ago he in
vented a new treatment for the tan
ming of leather which he seemed to
think would revo1utionize the business
in this country and he has made many
Intellectual attempts to have the treat
ment experimental with by tanneries
in Wisconsin. He is also said to have
invented patent on an elevator with
which he has been quite as unfOrtun-
ate. He was undoubtedly a man of
ability, but it is claimed that his work
over his inventions made his mental
power very weak.
The condition of Mrs. Lubich is a
pitifu1 one. The tragic death of her
husband leaves her alone with two
small children to care for and the lit
tie home on Middle street is indeed a
desolate one. The children are aged
three years and four months respec-
lively and they will probably be cared
for at present by the neighbors and
friends of the dead man.