The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13
WISCONSIN
SUICIDE OF BRrr.
| He Addressed .EnveIops to Several Rela.
| tives, One In Minneapolis.

He Addressed ,EnVelopS to Several Rela.
tives, One In Minneapolis.
MILWAUKEE,, WIS.-Alexander Brin,
general manager of the Aluminium
Novelty Works, Chicago. committed sui
eide in his room at the Plankinton house
yesterday.
A small vial which had contained car
bolic acid was found on the bed, and a
number Of freshly addressed envelops and
note to a relative were on the bureau.
1t is supposed that Brin repented of his
deed and rang the bell for help, as a call
was turned in from his room and bell
boy found him beyond all help.
Addressed envelopes as follows were
found in his room: Mrs. A. Brin. 42s
Forty-first street; l.. Brin, Jr., 432 Ash
land avenue, Chicago; Mr.. D. Brin, Madi-
son, Wis; Mrs. L. Brin, 14OO Ninth
street, Minneapolis, MINI.
None OF the envelopes contained a scrap
of priting. and it is thought the man
changed his mind about sending messages
to these addresses.
WEST SUPERIOR, WIS. Engineer
Daniel Collin, whose home is in ST. Paul.
is in the Leslie hospital here as the result
of wreck on the Northern Pacific tracks
near the local freight depot. He ran his
train into an open switch and the engine,
tender and one car We're ditched.-E.
SCHNEIDER Of the SCHNEIDER Grain COM
pany of this city was to-day cleared of the
charge of embeZZlement. He was charged
with embezZling a car of flax and the
| price of 1t, but the latter count was the
only one. on which the state family
| elected to try. The defendant, when &C.
| cused by the Dakota shipper was shortly
after sued and his money garnished.
| Thus, SCHNEIDER says; he was prevented
from paying for the flax. A civil case was
brought to collect money alleged to be
due on account Of speculations handled by
SCHNEIDER for one Peter Zinc. Schwedler's
| defense was that he acted only as an
agent and that the commission firm he
placed the order with, for Zinc, went to
the wall. SCHNEIDER won in that case
also. The criminal action was started by
Thomas Boyle of Nerville, MINI. ;
WEST SUPERIOR, WIs.-James Muir
tagh made an attempt to spirit away
his 7-year-old daughter. He reached Du-
luth with her, but was located by the
police, and the mother regained possession
of the child. The attempt was made
| While the girl was on her way to school.
She was placed in a hack and driven
away. The mother is a Protestant and
the father a Catholic The former has
insisted that her daughter attend the pub
| lie school, rather than the parochial, and
this, it is said, caused the difficulty
James Taylor, charged with shooting
George Wilson, the tugman, last July dur
| ilS lLS lug lllhS, Was dIIdlSHcu SiIlU
pleaded guilty. He stated he shot to
brighten some people who had been throw
ing at his tug and he did not know that
Wilson or anybody else was in the di-
rection. Judge Vinje fined him $3.50 and
costs, or six months in the county jail.
RARABOO, WIs.-Michael Clifford Of
this city is 100 years old. He is still
hale and hearty and expects to live for
years. He was born in Ireland and came
to this country in 1884, living first in
Milwaukee and then in Woodland, Sank
county, where he conducted farm. He
married Miss Mary Sims, who lived to be
almost 100 years old. He has used slim
ulants and is fond of tobacco, but he
thinks that strong constitution and mod
Grafton in all things contain the secret of
long life.