New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-26
FOUND DEAD IN HIS CELL
Supposed lntoxication Turns Out
lobe Fractured Skull.
SON OF RICH BR00KLYNITE
Police Believe Charles G. Bartsch,
Jr., Picked Up Unconscious,
Was Blackjacked.

Charles c. Bartsch. jr., son of rich car
rage manufacturer Of Brooklyn. was founo
dead in a cell at the Adams street police
station al about O'Clock yesterday morn
Ing. two hours after ne had been locked up
on a charge Of intoxication. The cause OF
death was found 10 he cerebral hemorrage.
which In turn was caused by features OF
the skull
Three theories we're advanced by the
police last night after they had worked all
CAV on the case as 30 how the fractures
we're caused. One was that the man had
been blackjacked. another that he had
fallen and the third and apparently the
most plausible vas that some one, intend
ing to rob him. struck him a violent blow
in tho mouth and knocked him 10 the walk.
The last theory was based on cut on
tho left side Of tho mouth and a missing
tooth There was also a slight cut over
the right eye.
Before Mr.. Bsrtsch was placed in his
cell Dr. Reynolds, of the Brooklyn Hospital.
examined him and diagnosed his case as In
toxication. He said that the cut on his
mouth was Of no consequence.
Mr. Rartsch VAS thirty-six years ol' He
uss unmarried and lived with his parents
~ No. SoS Sterling Place. He was en-
ployed rs bookkeeper by the Chelsea
Marble Works. Manhattan. According to
his mother he returned home from busl-
moss IS usual Friday night. gave her his
wages and started out At o'clock TO attend
meeting Of the knights Of Pythias.
So far Is the police could learn yester-
day. no never attended the meeting. but
spent the night and early morning hours
drinking in tho downtown district Th@
last any ono saw him uniniured was NJ
t25 o'clock yesterday morning when he
left z saloon at Wlloushby and jay streets.
ratrolman ShaUghnessv. Of tho Adams
street station. about an hour later dis
cover1 Rartsch leaning against a wall in
Iay 81 set near Myrtle avenue. RE was
dressed i'm fur coat and looked OF %
place in the vicinity. The officer went up
70 him and asked him what was the matter
with him. Bartsch was unable 10 reply.
The officer then took him 10 the Adams
street police station. with the aid Of Patrol
man Rarthoe.
He was unable % tell his name TO Lieu
tenant Ksvanaugh. but cards I'm his pocket
disclosed his identity. He had only 10
cents iu his pockets. but ne was wearing
TWO diamond rings. valued at $3.50. on one
hand. and signet ring on the other. HIS
family said he had few dollars with him
and q silver watch when he left home.
Tho police believe that the money went
for drink. but they are not able to account
FOR the loss az the watch. If he was at
tackled by thieves. the police add. they
must have been scared away by the ar
rival of the patrolman.
\ peculiar feature Of tho case seems to
he the sudden appearance of Mr.. Bartsch
where he was found. The policeman says
that he passed by the place twenty minutes
before ne discovered him. and that he could
not have been there then.
Rartsch was locked up in a cell imme-
6iately after he was examined by DR..
Reynolds Of the Brooklyn Hospital, and
fol- asleep apparently hen Doorman
Thomas q Reilly went 10 arouse the prison
crs al 7:c o'clock Bartsch did not rouse
up and O'Renly. looking closer. saw that
ne was unconscious and also that his
mouth was bleeding. He and others car
lied him out and placed him on cot and
called Dr. Reynolds again, but the physi-
clan found him dead.
The policeman who was sent to inform
the family found that Mr.. Bartsch. sh..
had become alarmed by the continued
absence Of his son. and had gone 10 alarm
the Grand avenue police station. Coroners
Physician Hartung found later in the day
that Bartsch's skull was cracked from
front 10 rear and also part way around.