The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
Famous Old Brighton Attorney
Found Dead in His Room in
Racine Monday Morning
DEATH DUE TO HEM0RRHAGE
Old Attorney Thought to Have Been
Dead for Many Hours Before His Re-
mains We're rehabilitation
Now in Higher Courts

Henry Wiesmann, the old Brighton
attorney, has gone to the highest
court. At O'Clock Monday morn
ing his 1ife1ess remains were found in
rooming house in Racine. He had
been dead for some time and the con-
dition of the bed on which the body
was found showed that he had died
from hemorrhage of the lungs. The
attorney had been sufferer from
lung trouble for many years and for
the past few weeks his relatives had
feared that his life would be ended by
one of the severe hemorrhages.
! Wiesmann, however. had insisted
that he had lot of work to do and he
had refused to lay aside his work IL
order to take treatment for the
disease. On last Friday evening he
left his home in Brighton and went to
Racine to look after some cases which
he had in court there. AS had been
his custom for years he went to the
rooming house of Mrs. Agnes Van
Buskirk on Wisconsin street and en-
gagged room, telling the 1and1ady
that he would be in Racine for sew
era1 days.
He worked all day Saturday in the
courts and when he returned to the
house in the evening he seemed to be
tired out. He went into the parlor Of
the house and talked with Mrs. Van
Buskirk for more than an hour. He
told her that he had been feeling very
i'll during the day and that he seemed
to be all worn out. He stated that the
worry over the recent death of his
brother, John Wiesmann, and other
legal tangles in which he was inter-
ested was proving almost too much
for him and that he felt that he ought
to take rest. When he finally
started for bed he was so weak that
he could scarcely make his way to the
room on the second floor. Mrs. Van
| Buskirk was awake until late in the
night but she heard no sounds from
the room occupied by her boarder.
! It is thought that Mr.. Wiesmann
died soon after retiring on Saturday
night, for when Mrs. VanBuskirk
went to the room on Sunday morning
she found the door locked and think
ing that the old man was sleeping she
made no effort to get into the room.
AS she saw nothing of him during the
day she supposed that he had gone
out somewhere, and paid no more at
tention to the matter.
Monday she went to the room
and found the door locked, but when
she looked into the room through a
window CHASTITY sight met her eyes.
The old man, dressed in his under
clothing, lay across the bed. The
bed clothing was covered with blood,
and it was evident that the old man
had suffered terribly before the final
end came. Blood had gathered in his
mouth and nose.
The coroner of Racine county was
at once notified, and later in the
morning the remains were removed
to an undertaking establishment.
The coroner's jury will undoubtedly
find verdict Of death from natural
causes, as there was no indication of
foul play or suicide.
The death Of Henry Wiesmann
marks the passing of one of the most
unique characters ever known in this
county. The deceased was 66 years
of age, having been born in Prussia
in 1889. Eight years later he came
with his parents to this country and
settled on the old farm in the town OF
Brighton where he has since made
his home.
Mr.. Wiesmann was educated in the
common schools of the county an6
later began the study of law. He
worked for years before he began his
J practice, and for many years he was
one of the best known lawyers in the
county. He was a man of integrity
and was honest to fault His bust
ness relations with his clients were
treated as sacred trust, and he soor
) developed large practice among TIL
: people residing in the town of Brigh
: ton and the surrounding territory.
Nearly ten years ago the attorne,
was so overworked that he suffered
from mental trouble and he wa
sent to the asylum at Winnebago
: Later he was restored to his civi
rights but he worried so over tn
management Of his property.that it i
alleged that he again lost his menta
t faculties and large number of tn
+ residents of the town of Brighton
r asked that he again be committed t
! the hospital. He was adjudicated il
I sane in the county court sbut tn
q ! order for commitment was never car
ried out.