The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-05-18

DIeIuC ana Omcer O'Hafe TOOK Cht
clothing to the Fremont avenue home
of Mrs. Horace and the clothing wal
promptly identified. The mother Of
Mrs. Horace declares that her son-in.
law had been at the house during the
day. She quoted him as saying:
"I'm tired of it all and I was COINS
to jump into the lake but the water
is too cold andI Il would have to suffer
too long" The woman said that she
had talked with Horace but that later
he had asked her for a loan of money
with which to buy gun. After con.
siderable argument the woman said
that she had given him three dollars,
The police report said that Horace had
left The place with the suggestion
that he was going to shoot himself.
Tears Wedding Certificate to Bits.
In the pockets of the clothing found
on the bridge were the honorable dis
charge from the United States army
which had been granted to Horace, his
papers showing that he had been made
a citizen of the United States in the
circuit court on February 18th of this
year and number of private letters.
One of the pockets contained a great
mass of small bits of paper and when
these were pieced together it was
found that they were the remnants of
a marriage certificate. Some .of the
pieces of the certificate were missing
but the officers put the remaining
pieces together and they appeared to
reveal the story Of the tragedy. On
the lapel of the coat found on the
bridge was an emblem Of the order
of Odd Fellows but police officers be-
longing to the order declared that
they had not known the man to belong
to this order in Kenosha.
Formerly Shot Self.
According to the reports received
from the police Horace some fifteen
months ago had made an effort to COM
nit suicide. At that time he was max
ing desperate love to the woman he
afterward married and she had declin-
ed to accept his proposal of marriage.
He went out and shot himself and later
the young woman reconsidered her de-
termination and the two were married.
According to stories told in the court
their married life had not been any
too happy. When he, appeared in
court on Monday, Horace told the
court that the real trouble at the home
had come on account of his differences
with his wife's mother.
Mrs. Horace is regarded as one of
the best educated Lithuanian women
in the city and on several occasions
she has served as an interpreter in
the municipal court. She. seemed to
be greatly concerned over the suicide
of her husband. She told, the court
that most of the family troubles
had been caused on, account of her
husband drinking.
Horace was born in Russia twenty
nine years ago and his name was
originally Nestor Horropuchik. 1t was
shown that he had changed his name
when he went into the army. No rec
ord of the army service of the man
was filed with his petition other than
his honorable discharge from the
forces of the United States. 1t was said
that he saw several years of service.
Horace left Kenosha as a member of
Company M in war days. He served
on the battle front and was wounded
in action in the Alsatian district. It
is thought that the injuries sustained
during the war may have been the
cause of some of the mental derange-
ment which is said to have beset him
for several weeks.
Horace is said to have been a mem
Der of several of the organizations of
the Russian-born residents of Kenosha
and his friends were taking a very
active interest in the efforts made
to solve the mystery attending his
suicide.
The remains of the former soldier
were taken to the Crossin mortuary
on Wisconsin street, where the coro-
ner's jury viewed them just before
noon this morning. The time for the
inquest was set at two O'Clock Thurs
day afternoon in the municipal court
room.