The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-01-25
A LINK IN THE CHAIN.
Suicide Added to Sensational History
Of the Busch Family.

Chicago, Jan 25.-While guests
were arriving at his home to dine with
him and his family and his youngest
daughter was taking a lesson on the
piano in a room adjoining his chamber
Arthur julius Magnus, whose roman
tic marriage ten years ago to the
daughter of Adoiphus Busch, the
multimillionaire brewer of st. Louis,
attracted wide attention, shot himself
in the heart. His body was not dis
covered for twenty minutes after the
fatal shot was fired.
Mr.. Magnus was 45 years old and
was vice president of A. Magnus & Sons
company, brewers supplies, "A Ran
dOlph street. For q long period he had
been a sufferer from heart disease.
His health had become badly impair
ed, and he was subject to respondent
spells. No other reason than this
could be offered by the members of the
family in explanation of the deed.
Mr.. Magnus reached his home soon
after o'clock, after having spent an
hour or more at the Germania club
his wife and daughter Lillian as he en-
tered the house, and was Informed by
Mrs. Magnus that some friends were
coming to dinner Asking her to let
he could greet them, Mr.. Magnus
went to his room on the second floor,
giving no sign that he entertained any
thought of self-destruction.
Magnus' little daughter, Aimee, was
taking a lesson on the piano when he
passed the door, looking in for a mo-
ment and speaking pleasantly to her.
Then he went to his ROOM shut the
door, and was not seen alive afterward.
No one heard the report of the shot,
the sound of the music preventing the
daughter and her teacher from not
ing it.
Esomances in Family.
MI. IA IL
other link to the chain of sensational
incidents which runs through the his
tory of the famous Busch family of st.
Louis, for Mrs. Magnus is the Oldest
daughter and particular favorite of
Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Busch. Her
marriage to Mr.. Magnus came after she
had been divorced from Harry Weber,
son of Heinrich Weber, one of the early
music teachers of St. Louis, and de-
scendant of Carl Maria Won Weber, the
celebrated composer. That was years
ago, and since then and even before, the
lives of the Busch girls have been filled
with romance and to one of them now
has come a tragedy.
Nellie Busch was considered the rich
est matrimonial prize in St. Louis when
she married Harry Weber, whose par
ents were anything but rich She was
but II years old when the ceremony
took place in the old Germania club in
St Louis. Her gown was described as
having cost 81, 600. She first met Weber
on d trip up the Mississippi river to St.
Paul, ard it proved to be a case of
love at first sight. She pleaded with
her father to be permitted to marry
the young man, and, Notwithstanding
the fathers prestations that both
were too young, she carried the day
Granted a Divorce.
Adr Busch supplied his young SON
/ in-law with plenty of money, and the
/ happy pair made a picturesque pill
/ grimage to New Orleans, where they
were entertained in royal style by the
/ friends of Mr. Busch. His sudden ac-
cession to wealth proved more than
/ Weber could stand, and after he had
/ figured in several sensational esca-
/ pades his wife left him and returned
I to her fathers home. A divorce was
1 obtained by her, and a few years later
4 she married Mr.. Magnus.
Edmee, the second daughter of Mr.
/ and Mrs. Busch, had her romance in
/ the form of an elopement. and her
sister Nellie was her chief aid. Her
| cousin. Hugo Reisinger, came from
/ New ork to spend the holidays with
the Busches. The cousins had moi
seen each other since they were chill