Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-08
+. D. H|RsCHBERG
Shot AND An KILLED.
Prominent Roman cath ls Of ST.
Louis and Personal Friend Of
Archbishop GIennon.

ST. Louis, Dec. S.--Francis d. Hirsch-
berg, prominent in the Roman Catholic.
church and personal friend of Arch
bishop Glennon, also well known in.
club and business circles and as di-s
rector of the Louisiana purchase e3-
position. was shot and killed at ms,
home, ISIS Lindell boulevard early y To-
day. Whether his death was the re-
sult OF murder or suicide has not been
Members OF the family aver that
IJirschbere was the victim Of bur
glar. The police investigators De
clare there was no evidence OF tile
presence of an intruder In the paiatiat
home.
way leading from the reception hall
on the first floor indicate that MI.
Hirschberg was shot at the foot OF
the stairs and turned and walked back
to his bedroom on the second tloof:
From there he crossed a hallway and
passed through his wife's room TO Inc
bathroom AS he returned, stagger-
ing into his wife's room, MIS-, Hirs s'.a..
berg awol1e just in time to see him
sink on the floor unconscious, accord
ing to statements made to the police.
Mrs. Hirschberg had her husband
carried to his bedroom, where he died
lie made no statement as to how he
was shot. As far as the police could
learn, no member of the household was
on the lower floor. It was explained
that deafness prevented Mrs. Hirsch-
berg from hearing the report of the
revolver.
Mr.. Hirschberg was a prominent SRo-
man Catholic, and was Archbishop
GIennon,s closest personal friend
among the laiety. He was 81 years
old and for many years had been a
leader in the insurance business. He
was the first to introduce III America
the system of insuring employers
against accidents to their workInen.
He was a member of several clubs
and was highly connected socially. He
was a son of Nine. Lucille Hirschberg,
who before her marriage was Miss
Lucille Chauvin, a member OF one Of
the oldest and most exclusive French
families in the city. Mrs. Hirsch-
berg is sister OF Lady Wordsworth,
Wife Of an English nobieman-
NJ. Hirschberg vas chairman OF the
entertainment committee Of the worlds
fair and had charge of the entertain-'
ment of all distinguished guests upon
that occasion.
The Hirschberg tragedy, following
close upon the suicides yesterday OF
Charles A t.kstromer, Swedish vice
consul, and Charles W.. Blow, a prom
inent business and club man, both of
whom We're friends Of Mrs. Hirshcberg.
has caused sensation. The Hirsch-
berg residence, in the heart of st.
Louis fashionable quarter. was besieg-
ed by friends of the dead man
The police investigation revealed sew
eral baffling circumstances, The blood
stains on the stairs indicated that Mr..
Hrschberg stood on the third step
from the bottom when he was shot. I'M
media;ely below him there was an an
! tique chair which bears a deep dent
as though it had been struck by the re-
YoIver which was found beside it, The
weapon was of a type used 30 years
ago and members of the family told
the police they had never seen it be-
fore
differed as to the probable course of
| the bullet that caused death. One physi-
| cion asserted that the bullet had enter
| ed the law and ranged upward, the
other declared that it had taken the
opposite course.
Friends of the family assert that Mr..
| Hlrschberg had been in ill-health for
| three years. This was denied by his
| business associates who said that he
lhad been only slightly indisposed lately.
| The possibility of financial or domestic
troubles was secuted by intimates OF
| the dead man. a minute search OF the
premises by the police failed to reveal
any signs of the entrance of an In
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