The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-26

'BA5EAll|SEKlFATH.
\ BlAMEBEOB0
Former Pioneer Manager Killed
4 Himself Rncause He Couldn't
let Liquor Alone

6FAf ~. sA - ----L- ft,', "a ~
louis 1krkhapsen, former manager
81, Pioneer Mill Company who com
Iftitted suicide IN SAD francisco last
week, as told In an Associated Press
despatch in The Advertiser Of March
Is, IL believed 10 have ended his life
because Of Dependency caused by his
Inability TO let Liquor alone, accord
Ing 20 The aceount Of Ms death pub
lished N the San Fraheiseo Examiaer.
Bsrkhausen,s' suicide, however, was
not an uncUhpidered act. : In a note he
left for skiA wife; he said that nd had
been -,iecided ron thtt; course fpB hRnE
Years, ifti7 am IeayiHg you, Ne said,
P1atcf no Iesspns that ahybody could
tins1erst nd ~ Z, ssyai Z; 2 " ~ 54ss Z. ~
|, The ,Exsminer g .scs6hnt Of Bark:
Ihaiaenls self 1Ssttnetfoh folI6ys;S
While his, gnestes qssaifed his com
ink TO dinner last drenibk, Louis Bari.
BahAen, retired sugar planter OF
Manila and Hqneiiim 'wfpte !; let
tefs telling sofs his spielle, and then
sh6t himself In the library of the
TssnsPertetian chb, a the Palace H0s
sDinnesrS, ven =, to hare been served
ats the hoteilAt seven o clock. Bark,
hansen tailed to appear. y His wife
and their friends NJ 4 and Mrs. Mo-
Martin, their daughter of Tacoma, ant
C!s WAlters, former sugar planter and
an old friSnd,Sof the host, were there.
Bafkhdpssn had prepared for the death
while they waited. u "a. ~, n ~, ,ESts,S
NJ ssNValters after . long wait went in
search of the absent host, He found
| his lifeless body in the library Of the
club, bullet from ~ revolver in his
BARK hausen had not given ngn
Of hia sparpo < HI had lNncheou4 ~
noon with the same, people, And be
had specially urged tho McMartinsq 10
] fenain 6Tef 70 THAT they plight be
his gpests at the dinner which was 10
be specially In their honor ~.
shot was Unhoticed 2 fTi1f@ X 3
jSs1It IL believed Chat sdespo4densy
oyer BarkhRusen' 8 Inability TO abstain
from intoxieating liquor caused his
deed. EsSSA,ilfr5g s, tlSa Wv iSPs
T., IN. WAS only a few. weeks ago. that
4 come Of his friends had Barkhausen
/ placed in m institution tor. the liqpoi
l cure. He. had tried this ont ard had
gone to Phso oblea two weeks ago,
Just before the arrival fof his wife
ffrofh' the East - ttAtS, Y n Z .rsf.
4 jstfgAree ,nopths sgo, while under care
/ he tried; 10 ILL himself, but D. nurse
got the weapon away FROM. him. Il 4.
4 % Barkhaps had gone to the club,
i OF which be had, been aemeinber fol
A five years, and Waa unn9ticea in The
4 librarys Some gof the members heard
the shot between 4 eight and nine
! q ,clock, but, theugkt n Was . gas ex
1plosi0p from 4 taxi 4, l.: = I! IS 4
Letter To- VIE T.. 81.
s',s:s.! farsrsp e sl his %' wifi
taft hDear Beasiasr-I sanl leaving yos
for no reason anybody could under
stand. ! am simply tired Sof every
thing. am: not doing this gon tths
spur of the moment, but decided OF
u this Ecourss Nor - great number q
,yesrs,;4I thank you Tor the good ans
II faithful companion you have been u
me and my only rsgret1 Ia in leaSint
| You. j. - IVA u.
i ~" Please take it game and forge
aboutSme soonstnI enclose checks Mhicl
4 win carry you aver until you coolies
the life insurance. Joe Fredlander,
. am sure, win assist you,A Find tletts
Loo instructions in safe deposit boz.
4 u tGoGd by, my dear girl Ihaye,love'
you and wish you all the happites
there is in the world. Lovingly,
Il go. 'L0gISsr
4 Sixty-tVo Years Old rF5I">tF b"
pr I" Lstters' were i.aIso addressed 1T
lWalters,g who. ,Nas asked To, look gu
fOr, Mrs. Barkhaslsen; TO BIB. Greg
land Ida Gregg, urging them to. heb
Tins wife. throuGhC The shock Of til
death; A. JC. Lackenback and JOSEPH
Friedlander, Anglo. London and Pari
Bank and the president fof,stBa 9rant
kportabion Club These .lstterssHsfe no
i opened until after, the federal fauthori
tties had passed upon The CASE 9. :.
y l%dtBark hausen was Of GAruianuextrac
ton, had been o. British subject ,bu
beeane q natprslized AmericRl.4 H
4 was sixty two years old. ~ He had bee
tmanageE IiDB Honolulu ofgtbB, Pipnee
/ Sugar Company. and Of the, Calahlb
Sugar Company in the PhihpPines."
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