New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-17
FINDS DEATH At SEA
St. Louis Brewer Jumps from
Liner Off Cherbourg.
BODY NOT RECOVERED
Acrobatic Lunatic Startles d.
ners on Kaiser Wilhelm IL
Carl Jorn Returns.

Passengers on the North German ''oy
liner Kaiser Wilhelm III were much u'S
turbed OH the voyage which endcu Ses.et-
dav from Bremen by the suicide OF
.oioor naseeugar and the antics OF man
- .,o e,cond cabin who became suddenly
insane. p.,,
Before the vessel left Bremen Paul
pa,hnan = wealthy brewer of St LOUIS
III and pale. was assisted aboard by hIe
wife and the ships doctor. Ai'noue"
they could have engaged the best rooIii'
fin the saloon they elected TO 30 III '"'
second ca bin. where there WOULD De ~
social obligations and where they "ouio
no among the sort OF people they might
care TO associate with. 1t was said on
hoard that while wealthy they had ho,
heen able to give up their old-lash'o''eu
ideas Of thrift in travelling.
The next day. July TO- when the KAISER
arrived off Cher5ourG breakwater to take
an her passengers from Paris Mrs. Rath-
man told Dr. Weber, the ships surgeon
that she would like 10 have her huspano
removed TO a saloon stateroom Inc o'o
man was carried on stretcher 10 one u
the best rooms off the promenade uecN
and nut TO bed. He had been III TOT
nonths and vas told while taking the
baths AT Bad Nauheim that he could no,
1--WE long.
That evening at 10 o'clock Mrs. Rath-
man aUoke suddenly and found her nus
bard vas not in bed Although weak he
mustered I'D enough strength to get to the
rail quietly without disturbing her. lHerc
WAS q strong electric light at the end OF
the alley leading to the deck, ana oy us
ught Mrs Kaufman, who had rushed out
:. look for her husband, saw hsn baianc-
ing himself on the rail Before she could
reach him he had dropped into the sea
Her screams attracted some OF the pas
sengers I'm the smoking room, and lIar-
t.r,naster was soon at her side WORD
vas sent TO the bridge promptly, and the
s,o,r,sbin WAS stopped. She had then
gone almost a half mile beyond the place
where the aged brewer had gone over
hoard 4 boat was lowered, and fruitless
search was made for two hours
ON the following day AT p. M while
the saloon passengers were at dinner
wall was heard overhead, and as the
diners looked up a body shot downward
and landed at the feet Of three American
surgeons who were sitting at the same
table.
II was first thought 10 be a dummy
thrown from the gallery OF the promeHa'e
deck by some practical Joker, but "h'n
Herman Esgers. second cabin passenger
i,in,pcd 10 hts feet and sat with the three
surgeons the passengers realized that
man had Jumped among them.
E1gars who lives at No. l07 Cole street.
said he had gone abroad on his honey
moon and that his wife had left MN.
Assuming that he was demented' Dr.
Frederick Murphy, OF Boston; DR.. w.
BARTLETT and Dr. Albert J. Occhsner. OF
81 Louis. humored Eggers. and sitting
beside them he ordered dinner from the
menu card.
Presently two stewards grappied Win
him. and forcing his hands behind mis-
back handcuned him. with ease ne
slipped his hands down his back ana
brought them up IN front This trick ana
HE agile jump down into the dining
saloon led 10 the belief that Eggers was
an acrobat.
He later became violent and smashed
many objects in the ships hospital
ETsers. who is an American, was taken
20 his home In a motor car yesterday ~
a half dozen relatives who met him at
the pier.
Carl JOrn. tenor, who was passenger
on the Kaiser. declared that he would
become an American citizen to-day and
leave New York tomorrow for an estate
he recently purchased in Vermont. lie
said no did not know just what part of
Vermont Il was in. but that after visit
ing II he would sing AZ Newport and re-
turn TO Europe In August for concert
tour.