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JEFFESONVUJLE, INDI JfOF theC tritest lelec!tails y allainsstCarotesiloweforeneediventestvem-rdeda neees.otesthew of■eet.sethe man, who was, however,be ! vound medical aid Thr bottle j was found broken a few yard from the spot In throwing the (bottle f.om b'm Storz spill?*1 some of the poison on his v i e' 'jacket but it did not do her an I injury.| A fifty cent piece, a chec hearing ins name and add remand a note was found on th. dead man. The note, date^ October 9, was addressed to hi mother,Mrs. Conrad Storz, whlt; lives at Spring and Map » streets this city. It read a^ fol lows:“Mother: All I ask you to do is to take care of that bo\ and if you can get the little gin for God’s sake, not for my sake fori am iost and no more, a octal i I ask you for is forgiveness for what I have done, yours truly, son Prank. Bye bye/ A“ postscript followed which read: “And that v#u al!Vdon't let my wife have the boy Fight it until a standstill av d my resting place is at WalnutRidge/’Storz’s remains were brought to this city last night and were taken to the home ol his mother and piepaied far burial The funeral will take place there at2 o”clock Saturday afternoon, the Rev. J. P. Vornholt official mg, |and burial will be at Wal nut Ridge.Domestic infelicity is gener ally ascribed as the cause of the self destruction of Prank Stoiz and he had on more than one occasion declared he would take his own life. For some reason he and bis wife appear d not to be able to get alongtogether, though all the unfor tunate man's friends assert he was devoted to her It was 01 ly after long consideration that he brought suit for divorce, in June 1906 and then dismissed it without securing a decree. On March 18, 1907 he died suitagain and seemed relieved when he was legally separated her on May 18, 1907 In ot this a reconciliation took place and the couple remarried. It was about two months ago that they separated again and Storz took his little boy Arthur, aged about four rears, and left him and his clothes at his mother’s resi-qquququthx9itritIIfrom spit' soonweredence but did not go in himself.SUICIDE OFFRANK STORZHis wife retained the two year old daughter, Mattie.Storz was employed several years at the fire department and was one of those displaced when the Repubbdan adminis tration took charge iu Sept em her, 1906. He then went to Sey mour for a time but returned to this city and had latterly been employed by the John P. Oer lei Brewing Company at 1402 Story avenue, Louisville.Frank Storz was 32 years o' j age and was born in this city. He is survived by h is mother, two brothers and a sister besides the wife and two child ren already mentioned. His mother,Mrs Conrad Storz,keeps a saloon at Maple and Pearl streets and her sqp, Conrad Storz, resides there with her. The other son, Andrew Storz, js married and resides at 816 WestLMiprlt;Nea ^ anMarket street. The sister is WeFORMER MEMBER OF FIRE DEPAXTMENTook Garbo ic Acid Thursday Night in Presence OfAnd Child Whom He Had Just Met OnLouisvi le Streets.Wifeinfelicity Supposed Cause Of Sdf Destru;ti)n Divorced Wife After Filing i wo SuitsBut Remarried Her.SEVERAL TRAGEDIES CLUSTER AROUND FAM.LYVPrank Storz a former mem ter of the Jeffersonville fire depariment and well known in.visited Mrs, Anna Guernsey, re !siding on High street. At Sec ^ond and Walnut streets theMrs. Lena Sauer, widow of John Sauer, who dropped dead in a Louisville saloon kept by Jack Ballard of this city, on April 4 1905 She also resides with her .mother.I Mrs Frank L orz was former ly Margaret Wa'ker and she is a sister of “Jimmy” Wacker,the c well known ball pitcher. ConI rad Storz sr., father of Prask*Storz also committed suicide,thej *tragedy occurring at Scottsburg some 20 years ago. The fatherused a knife to effect his end and cut himself about the arras and face belore slashing his throat It is also* noted as a curious coincidence that Grant Guernsey.husband of Mrs Anna Guernsey a frier d of Mrs Stoizalso killed hiraselfwith his ownw!th.ru:cahetwthbehahalathis city, took carbolic acid aparty met Frank Storz who was revolver a year ortwo asro. standing' on the coruer and he 'Ph“ f T5V'1v *idteulittle after 7 o clock Thursdaynight on the streets of Louis vilie and died in 15 minutes. Mrs act was committed in the presence of his wife, Mrs Mar-garitSt Az, who had'with herher little two year old daugh* mrer in the baby carriage.After two or three reconcilia tious Mr Stotz and his wife had•. * 9 fseparated again a couple ofturned and walked with them.The parly was walking west on the south side of the street and had reached No. 220 when Storz asked his sister in law to ‘go on in front which she did. She had hardly done so when! she heard a cry and turning saw \ that Storz had fallen to the ground after he had emptied the contents of a three ounce bottle ©f carbolic acid down histhroa*The deed of Frank Storz was not a compiet s surprise to his friends. For a long time he baci been melancholy aid subject to tits of deep depression. It was even feared by sorae that he might damage someone else dur ingone of his fits of melancholic mania. He had threatened to taKe his own life on several oc casions,making remarks indida live of sach an idea during the past few days both ter- hismttbj Fw sc wylt;Naclj brother and to other acquainMis. Storz said her husband j tances. did the deed before she realized *months ago and both of them j what .had h ippened and beforehas bee'ii living generally L* *sbe could prevent it. ^Sbe fledLouisville since that time. Mrs. i horrified from the spot Vith her St.prz^ has been living with h^r! child. The streets weue crowdL-41a McCarty, listed wkp peopleon their way to . ql'lfe e t. rk*m I lt;* st j th e. .theater a nd jit w a a wit h/dj n'ght j.he started witii her *'s-1 ftcuIty that Sergfc, Gibbons anf/abyqpm to?ol man Sal es*made their waaT.i o ^©r-t W 6 Bet?' i JI'cCqj.. attend
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Jeffersonville Evening Journal
Jeffersonville, Indiana, US
Fri, Oct 11, 1907
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