COURIER JOURNAL ARTICLE – 03/21/1913
UNDER TRAIN - CARL [s/b CHARLES] BUSCH FINDS DEATH AFTER FAILURE TO DROWN - PRAYERBOOK HELPS TO IDENTIFY MANGLED BODY - JUMPED INTO RIVER TWO WEEKS AGO AND WAS SAVED - TRAINMAN TELLS OF SUICIDE
One week after being released from the detention ward of the city hospital, where he was being held after attempting suicide by jumping into the Ohio River, Carl [s/b Charles] Busch at 7:30 o'clock last night [March 20, 1913] succeeded in taking his life by jumping under a southbound Louisville & Nashville train, at Preston Street and Burnett Avenue. Busch had not been employed for some time. He was arrested by Patrolman Thorne, of the Fifth district, March 7, when he was found, the officer reported, lying intoxicated on the sidewalk. In Police Court the following morning he was dismissed, and several days later tried to end his life by jumping into the river, with a prayer-book in his hand. According to Fireman Leonard Adkison, Busch was walking in the same direction as the train. The front part of the engine had passed, when he turned and made a dive under the drive wheels of the locomotive. The engine and ten cars passed over him before the train was brought to a stop. Busch's head was crushed and his left hand was severed. he was identified by papers and the same prayer book he carried when arrested and when he jumped into the river. A check on the Louisville Trust Company bearing his name was found on the body. The check was endorsed by George Ziegler, who conducts a grocery in the neighborhood of Preston Street and Burnett Avenue. Ziegler, when called by the police last night, said he had endorsed the check and had often cashed personal checks for Busch. Ziegler stated that Busch owned a small farm on the Blue Lick Pike and wandered at times between his farm and the home of his brother, John Busch, of 907 Lydia Street. Coroner Duncan was called, and after hearing the statement of the fireman of the train said the case evidently was suicide. The body was ordered moved to the undertaking establishment of L.D. Bax and prepared for burial. Shortly after the body was found the police notified John Busch, the dead man's brother. He immediately when to Bax's undertaking establishment, where he positively identified the body. He said his brother was 56 years of age and a widower. He is survived by a son, John Busch, who resides on the Newburg Pike several miles from Louisville. The latter was notified of his father's death. No funeral arrangements have been made.
UNDER TRAIN - CARL [s/b CHARLES] BUSCH FINDS DEATH AFTER FAILURE TO DROWN - PRAYERBOOK HELPS TO IDENTIFY MANGLED BODY - JUMPED INTO RIVER TWO WEEKS AGO AND WAS SAVED - TRAINMAN TELLS OF SUICIDE
One week after being released from the detention ward of the city hospital, where he was being held after attempting suicide by jumping into the Ohio River, Carl [s/b Charles] Busch at 7:30 o'clock last night [March 20, 1913] succeeded in taking his life by jumping under a southbound Louisville & Nashville train, at Preston Street and Burnett Avenue. Busch had not been employed for some time. He was arrested by Patrolman Thorne, of the Fifth district, March 7, when he was found, the officer reported, lying intoxicated on the sidewalk. In Police Court the following morning he was dismissed, and several days later tried to end his life by jumping into the river, with a prayer-book in his hand. According to Fireman Leonard Adkison, Busch was walking in the same direction as the train. The front part of the engine had passed, when he turned and made a dive under the drive wheels of the locomotive. The engine and ten cars passed over him before the train was brought to a stop. Busch's head was crushed and his left hand was severed. he was identified by papers and the same prayer book he carried when arrested and when he jumped into the river. A check on the Louisville Trust Company bearing his name was found on the body. The check was endorsed by George Ziegler, who conducts a grocery in the neighborhood of Preston Street and Burnett Avenue. Ziegler, when called by the police last night, said he had endorsed the check and had often cashed personal checks for Busch. Ziegler stated that Busch owned a small farm on the Blue Lick Pike and wandered at times between his farm and the home of his brother, John Busch, of 907 Lydia Street. Coroner Duncan was called, and after hearing the statement of the fireman of the train said the case evidently was suicide. The body was ordered moved to the undertaking establishment of L.D. Bax and prepared for burial. Shortly after the body was found the police notified John Busch, the dead man's brother. He immediately when to Bax's undertaking establishment, where he positively identified the body. He said his brother was 56 years of age and a widower. He is survived by a son, John Busch, who resides on the Newburg Pike several miles from Louisville. The latter was notified of his father's death. No funeral arrangements have been made.
COURIER JOURNAL ARTICLE – 03/21/1913
UNDER TRAIN - CARL [s/b CHARLES] BUSCH FINDS DEATH AFTER FAILURE TO DROWN - PRAYERBOOK HELPS TO IDENTIFY MANGLED BODY - JUMPED INTO RIVER TWO WEEKS AGO AND WAS SAVED - TRAINMAN TELLS OF SUICIDE
One week after being released from the detention ward of the city hospital, where he was being held after attempting suicide by jumping into the Ohio River, Carl [s/b Charles] Busch at 7:30 o'clock last night [March 20, 1913] succeeded in taking his life by jumping under a southbound Louisville & Nashville train, at Preston Street and Burnett Avenue. Busch had not been employed for some time. He was arrested by Patrolman Thorne, of the Fifth district, March 7, when he was found, the officer reported, lying intoxicated on the sidewalk. In Police Court the following morning he was dismissed, and several days later tried to end his life by jumping into the river, with a prayer-book in his hand. According to Fireman Leonard Adkison, Busch was walking in the same direction as the train. The front part of the engine had passed, when he turned and made a dive under the drive wheels of the locomotive. The engine and ten cars passed over him before the train was brought to a stop. Busch's head was crushed and his left hand was severed. he was identified by papers and the same prayer book he carried when arrested and when he jumped into the river. A check on the Louisville Trust Company bearing his name was found on the body. The check was endorsed by George Ziegler, who conducts a grocery in the neighborhood of Preston Street and Burnett Avenue. Ziegler, when called by the police last night, said he had endorsed the check and had often cashed personal checks for Busch. Ziegler stated that Busch owned a small farm on the Blue Lick Pike and wandered at times between his farm and the home of his brother, John Busch, of 907 Lydia Street. Coroner Duncan was called, and after hearing the statement of the fireman of the train said the case evidently was suicide. The body was ordered moved to the undertaking establishment of L.D. Bax and prepared for burial. Shortly after the body was found the police notified John Busch, the dead man's brother. He immediately when to Bax's undertaking establishment, where he positively identified the body. He said his brother was 56 years of age and a widower. He is survived by a son, John Busch, who resides on the Newburg Pike several miles from Louisville. The latter was notified of his father's death. No funeral arrangements have been made.
UNDER TRAIN - CARL [s/b CHARLES] BUSCH FINDS DEATH AFTER FAILURE TO DROWN - PRAYERBOOK HELPS TO IDENTIFY MANGLED BODY - JUMPED INTO RIVER TWO WEEKS AGO AND WAS SAVED - TRAINMAN TELLS OF SUICIDE
One week after being released from the detention ward of the city hospital, where he was being held after attempting suicide by jumping into the Ohio River, Carl [s/b Charles] Busch at 7:30 o'clock last night [March 20, 1913] succeeded in taking his life by jumping under a southbound Louisville & Nashville train, at Preston Street and Burnett Avenue. Busch had not been employed for some time. He was arrested by Patrolman Thorne, of the Fifth district, March 7, when he was found, the officer reported, lying intoxicated on the sidewalk. In Police Court the following morning he was dismissed, and several days later tried to end his life by jumping into the river, with a prayer-book in his hand. According to Fireman Leonard Adkison, Busch was walking in the same direction as the train. The front part of the engine had passed, when he turned and made a dive under the drive wheels of the locomotive. The engine and ten cars passed over him before the train was brought to a stop. Busch's head was crushed and his left hand was severed. he was identified by papers and the same prayer book he carried when arrested and when he jumped into the river. A check on the Louisville Trust Company bearing his name was found on the body. The check was endorsed by George Ziegler, who conducts a grocery in the neighborhood of Preston Street and Burnett Avenue. Ziegler, when called by the police last night, said he had endorsed the check and had often cashed personal checks for Busch. Ziegler stated that Busch owned a small farm on the Blue Lick Pike and wandered at times between his farm and the home of his brother, John Busch, of 907 Lydia Street. Coroner Duncan was called, and after hearing the statement of the fireman of the train said the case evidently was suicide. The body was ordered moved to the undertaking establishment of L.D. Bax and prepared for burial. Shortly after the body was found the police notified John Busch, the dead man's brother. He immediately when to Bax's undertaking establishment, where he positively identified the body. He said his brother was 56 years of age and a widower. He is survived by a son, John Busch, who resides on the Newburg Pike several miles from Louisville. The latter was notified of his father's death. No funeral arrangements have been made.
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