Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-24
BREWER KILLS SELF
Arthur julius Masnus, of Chicago,
Who Ten Years Ago Married a
Daughter of AdoIphus Busch, ST.
Louis Millionaire Brewer, Shoots
Himself In Fit Of Dependency =
Romances In Busch Family.

Chicago, JAM 24.-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 room adjoining his cham
Der, Arthur Julius Magnus, 7sO Fuller
ton avenue, whose romantic marriage
ten years ago to the daughter of
Adolphus Busch, the multimillionaire
brewer of st. Louis, attracted wide at
tention, shot himself in the heart last
evening His body was not discovered
for twenty minutes after the fatal shot
was fired.
Mr.. Magnus was forty-five years old
and was vice president of A. Magnus
& Sons Company, brewers supplies, A
Randolph street. For a long period he
had been 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.
Romances in Family.
The death OF Mr.. Magnus adds an
another link to the chain of sensa-
tional incidents which runs through
the history of the famous Busch fam
lily 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 a descendant of Carl Maria Won
Weber, the celebrated composer
Nellie Busch was considered the
richest matrimonial prize in ST. Louis
when she married Harry Weber, whose
parents were anything but rich. She
was but IL years old when the cere-
mony took place in the old Germania
Club at st. Louis. Her gown was de-
scribed as having cost $1,000.
Mr.. Busch supplied his young SON.
in-law with plenty Of money. Sudden
accession to wealth proved more than
Weber could stand, and after he had
figured in several sensational escap-
AIDES his wife left him and returned to
her fathers home. A divorce was OBJ
tained by her, and few years later
she married Mr.. fMagnus.
Edmee, the second daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Busch, had her romance in
the form of an elopement, and her sis
ter Nellie was her chief aid. Her cou-
sin, Hugo Reisinger, came from New
York to spend the holidays with the
Busches, and when young Reisinger
saw Edmee as a fine-looking young
woman he promptly fell in love with
her. Mr.. Busch did not even get a
chance to protest before the young
couple was speeding for New York on
a fast train. Mr.. Busch refused for
years to allow the name of his daugh-
ter to be spoken in his presence. A re-
Cancellation finally took place, however.
Another daughter Of the Busches,
Clara, who married Paul Won Gontard,
some eight years ago, came very near
marrying abroad without parental
sanction, btu thought it over and came
back to St Louis to have the most
gorgeous wedding ever given bride in
that city. Paul Won Gontard was a
wealthy iron manufacturer of Schwal-
bach -the-Rhine.
The ceremony that took place in ST.
Louis and the attending festivities are
said to have cost Mr.. Busch more than
100000.