Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1909-09-14

Last evening, Monday, Sept 18TH,
shortly after six O'Clock, our commun-
ity was inexpressibly shocked by the
announcement that G. d. Bartz had
died very suddenly, while driving his
automobile. The particulars are as
follows: Mr.. BartZ had been at work
on the books of the Ruder Brewing
Co. and at the hour of six O'Clock
took Henry Ruder into his automo-
bile, intending to take him TO his
home on the west side. The route
chosen was over strollers' bridge, in
the southern part of our city. Going
down the incline from Grand avenue,
Mr.. Bartz slowed up the machine and
took quick glance up and down the
railroad track before crossing. Mr..
Ruder made the remark that he was
careful driver to which Mr.. Bartz re-
piled that he 'salways believed in
being very careful when crossing rail-
road tracks" These were his last
words Mr.. Ruder was looking away
from Mr.. Bartz at something which
attracted his attention, when he felt
the automobile swerve in towards the
sidewalk. CHANGING at Mr.. Bartz he
naticed that his hands had dropped
from the steering wheel and he APP
peared to be in fainting spell. Mr.
Ruder knew absolutely nothing about
the handling of machine, but he
had noticed that in starting Mr.
BartZ had operated a lever and he
quickly pulled it back to it's original
position, which threw the power from
the high to the low gear. Mr.. Ruder
succeeded in working the steering
apparatus and called to some men
who were ahead to help him stop the
machine. One of them knew what to
do and by running along the side cut
off the power, and the automobile was
stopped just on the edge of quite a
steep embankment. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Kelly were driving home from
the west side and they Immediately
went to work with Mr.. Ruder trying
to revive Mr.. BartZ, sending one of
the men after a doctor. They found
just the faintest fluttering of the
pulse and this was only for a moment.
Dr. Dickens arrived in few moments
but found Mr.. BartZ beyond all help,
and pronounced the cause of his death
cerebral hemorrhage, and that he
expired in moment after he was
stricken DIR. A. w. Treyitt also
automobile and the body was taken
by him up on to Grand avenue where
the ambulance was met and trans
fer was made, taking the remains to
the undertaking rooms of Ritter q
Deutsch Co., from where they were
taken to the home on Franklin street
at o'clock.
Close friends of the family FASTENED
to the home and impaired the sad
news to Mrs. Bartz, and she has since
been in their tender care, doing what
they could to console and comfort her.
The death of Mr. BartZ has caused
great sorrow in our city. He was a
man greatly beloved by all; everybody
was his friend and he had no enemies.
He was a man who had state wide
reputation for his ability as an expert
accountant. In his oeath Wausau has
lost one of it's foremost citizens.
G. D. Bartz was born in Germany,
on the oath day of December, 1o49.
When only three years old he came to
America with his parents and settled
in Green Lake county. Later he
moved to Eau Claire in which city he
was in the grocery business for a short
time From there he moved to Fair
child, where he was bookkeeper for N
c. Foster for a number OF years. lie
came TO Wausau in 1882 and took a
position with Curtis & Yale Co. as
bookkeeper. Later he was assistant