Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-03-30
BUSH SUICIDES;
JURY'S VERDICT
Testimony at Coroner's Inquiry
Indicates Drinking of
Acid.
LEBERMANN'S HEART FAILS
Two Inquests Held Within Period of
Two Hours Friday Even
ing by Rose.

That Ransom Bush, better known as
John Bush, whose body was found yes
terday afternoon in his room at 2231s
Seventeenth street, where it had lain
for nearly a week, suicided by drink
ing carbolic acid, was the verdict re-
turned by the coroner's jury composed
of S. d. Folsom, V. A. Murphy, J. F.
Anderson, z. w. Robinson, Andy Sin
nett and Ebert Fulmer, at the inquest
held over the remains at OMalley's
undertaking parlors yesterday after
noon at 5 O'Clock.
William C. Horst last saw
Bush alive last Saturday night. The
deceased was a heavy drinker. He
said last winter that he had $1,000
saved up. Relatives in Los Angeles
and Oklahoma City have been notified.
BODY DECOMPOsED.
DR.. c. J. Souders, who was called in
to examine the body yesterday after
noon, testified that the cadaver was in
an advanced stage of decomposition.
that is was badly bloated and had
probably lain several days. There
were no signs of violence, marks or
bruises, but an examination of the lips
showed the effects of what in the doc
tors opinion was carbolic acid poison
ing. The dips were burned and erod
ed and the tongue was in soft, macer
atad condition. The doctor believed
that death was due to carbolic acid
poisoning.
MEENAN TELLS STORY.
Officer Cornelius Mennan, who found
1.-THE body, stated that call came tc
tie police station at 1910 yesterday
from the Velie Carriage Co., where
the deceased had been employed, and
the police were asked to make an in
. vestigation as Bush had not been seer
for nearly week and they suspected
that something was wrong. When thu
officers tried the door it was found t
be locked and entry vas made through
a window Bush was lying in BET
with his clothing off. A search for ;
poison bottle was unavailing.
LEBERMAN INQUEST.
Nicholas August Lebermann, VIII
was found dead in bed Thursday nigh
at T13 Third street, came to his dealt
by heart failure superinduced by eS
citement, according to the verdict re
turned by the coroner's jury compose,
OF ]. ]. Hasley, Robert KurtZ, Herman
Schwecke, S. d. Folsom. o. Huller an
Ebert Fulmer, at the inquest conduct
ed over the remains at Knox's under
taking parlors last night at O'CLOCK
Albert Boehme, 713 Third stree
who rooms at the same house, testifie
that Thursday night he came int
the house at 1910, went to his be
room and locked the door. Five mil
utes later, he went into the kitche
and heard a low moan from Lebe
mann's room, and upon opening th
door, walked in and shook him BIT
found that he was dead. Leberman
had roomed there two months, and a
cording to Boehme had been sick fc
some time but no physician had bee
called jim.
: KNEW HE WOULD DIE.
= Henry Lebermann, 1112 Third stree
brother OF the deceased, said thu
Nicholas a few days ago had told h
= mother that he would die soon, as /
ID suffered with heart trouble.
D. Dr. w. d. Sniyely, who examined I'll
10 body, stated that there were no mari
a of violence visible and that in b
/: opinion, heart failure was the cau'
u. Of death, and excitement probably hf
TO something to do with the sudden en-
" Lebermann was born in Rock IslaI