Nathan died at the age of 23. Cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest. His death was ruled a homicide. The incident took place at 1603 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO. Missouri death records posted these facts.
Nathan was a salesman. He was a widower.
The stone inscription is barely legible.
The information on the grave marker and the newspaper article do not match. For Find A Grave pages of Jewish decedents we rely on the grave marker inscription since that information was selected by the family on the first anniversary date of the death of the family member and resulted from further review of records and family albums by the family. If there are conflicts and questions, we rely on the family to confirm or correct any dates or spelling conflicts.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 15, 1908
Page 1
GIRL ACCUSES JEALOUS COUSIN OF KILLING MAN
POLICE LOOKING FOR HERMAN BANK FOR MURDER OF NATHAN HIRSCH
Eighteen-year old Anna Eisenberg, her dark, tear-stained face, declared Wednesday that Herman Bank, whom she had rejected as a suitor because he was her first cousin, was the slayer of Nathan Hirsch, her escort Tuesday evening to a summer garden.
Hirsch was shot at 1603 Washington Street on his return with the girl from the garden. Bank shook off Isadore Hirsch (brother of the victim) in a sharp struggle in the dark, and escaped after being disarmed. He is being sought in St. Louis and in Collinsville, Illinois, his home.
Hirsch was a brother of Isadore Hirsch, husband of Miss Eisenberg's sister. Miss Eisenberg's home is in Collinsville and she had been visiting the week at the Isadore Hirsch home. She declared Nathan Hirsch's attention and those were her only courtesies but that there was no love between them.
COURTSHIP WAS DISCOURAGED
Miss Eisenberg's brothers have a cloak establishment in Collinsville and Bank was employed there until 10 days ago as a salesman. Miss Eisenberg often was at the store and Bank sought to press his attention upon her, but both she and her brothers discouraged him on account of their kinship.
Bank said, when he resigned his position in Collinsville, that he was going to Marion, Illinois, to live and he moved his belongings. Miss Eisenberg was then making preparations to come to St. Louis.
COUSIN HERE IN ST. LOUIS
Soon after Miss Eisenberg arrived at the Hirsch home, Bank was seen on the street here. He had taken a room at 1613 Washington Street, but had not brought any clothes with him to St. Louis, and did not say what he had come for.
Hirsch and Miss Eisenberg left the Hirsh home at 8 p.m. Tuesday and returned at 11 o'clock. The girl went to her room and Hirsch to his in the front of the house. Isadore Hirsch, who awaited their return, was in a light slumber in the dining room with his head on the table and they did not rouse him.
The couple had been at home about a half hour when the shooting occurred. Bank is supposed to have entered by the rear door, which was not locked. In going to Hirsch's room thence, he must have passed through the dining room.
No one in the house heard words before the shot was fired. The report awakened Isadore who woke up dazed with sleep and grappled with an armed man who ran into the dining room making for the rear door.
GRAPPLED WITH ARMED MAN
The wounded man staggered to the door of the dining room and sank there without a cry. Miss Eisenberg, rushing partly clad from her room, knelt beside the body.
A light was burning dimly in the dining room and Isadore Hirsch says he recognized Bank by its light. In the struggle between them the revolver clattered to the floor. Isadore lost his hold on the man in an effort to recover it and the slayer escaped. He ran into a courtyard back of the house and thence into sixteenth street.
Miss Eisenberg's cries woke other members of the family and attracted neighbors. A physician was summoned but Hirsch was dead when he arrived.
Miss Eisenberg and Isadore Hirsch were taken to the Carr Street Police Station and their stories agreed. Both were positive that Bank had fired the shot.
SAYS COUSIN WAS JEALOUS
Miss Eisenberg is slender, brunette, and attractive. Her brother Nathan Eisenberg, one of Bank's former employers, visited her Wednesday and he told a Post-Dispatch reporter that $100 was still due Bank in salary from the firm. He said Bank had wished to give Miss Eisenberg jewelry last Christmas but her brothers told him not to do so.
"I didn't care anything for him," Miss Eisenberg said referring to Bank, "and didn't want him to take me places nor give me presents because he was my cousin. But he seemed to think he had a right to be jealous of any one else who paid any attention to me." Bank and Nathan Hirsch were each 22 years old. END
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History of the entrance columns explained in the photo caption on the cemetery entrance photo.
The decedent listed on this page is buried in the Old Section of the B’nai Amoona Cemetery, University City, Missouri. This name has been added to the B’nai Amoona Cemetery – Old Section – Virtual Cemetery along with 100’s of other decedents. This project has been completed by Steve Weinreich, [email protected]
Father: Jacob Hirsch
Mother: Annie Schoeman Hirsch
Nathan was a salesman. He was a widower.
The stone inscription is barely legible.
The information on the grave marker and the newspaper article do not match. For Find A Grave pages of Jewish decedents we rely on the grave marker inscription since that information was selected by the family on the first anniversary date of the death of the family member and resulted from further review of records and family albums by the family. If there are conflicts and questions, we rely on the family to confirm or correct any dates or spelling conflicts.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 15, 1908
Page 1
GIRL ACCUSES JEALOUS COUSIN OF KILLING MAN
POLICE LOOKING FOR HERMAN BANK FOR MURDER OF NATHAN HIRSCH
Eighteen-year old Anna Eisenberg, her dark, tear-stained face, declared Wednesday that Herman Bank, whom she had rejected as a suitor because he was her first cousin, was the slayer of Nathan Hirsch, her escort Tuesday evening to a summer garden.
Hirsch was shot at 1603 Washington Street on his return with the girl from the garden. Bank shook off Isadore Hirsch (brother of the victim) in a sharp struggle in the dark, and escaped after being disarmed. He is being sought in St. Louis and in Collinsville, Illinois, his home.
Hirsch was a brother of Isadore Hirsch, husband of Miss Eisenberg's sister. Miss Eisenberg's home is in Collinsville and she had been visiting the week at the Isadore Hirsch home. She declared Nathan Hirsch's attention and those were her only courtesies but that there was no love between them.
COURTSHIP WAS DISCOURAGED
Miss Eisenberg's brothers have a cloak establishment in Collinsville and Bank was employed there until 10 days ago as a salesman. Miss Eisenberg often was at the store and Bank sought to press his attention upon her, but both she and her brothers discouraged him on account of their kinship.
Bank said, when he resigned his position in Collinsville, that he was going to Marion, Illinois, to live and he moved his belongings. Miss Eisenberg was then making preparations to come to St. Louis.
COUSIN HERE IN ST. LOUIS
Soon after Miss Eisenberg arrived at the Hirsch home, Bank was seen on the street here. He had taken a room at 1613 Washington Street, but had not brought any clothes with him to St. Louis, and did not say what he had come for.
Hirsch and Miss Eisenberg left the Hirsh home at 8 p.m. Tuesday and returned at 11 o'clock. The girl went to her room and Hirsch to his in the front of the house. Isadore Hirsch, who awaited their return, was in a light slumber in the dining room with his head on the table and they did not rouse him.
The couple had been at home about a half hour when the shooting occurred. Bank is supposed to have entered by the rear door, which was not locked. In going to Hirsch's room thence, he must have passed through the dining room.
No one in the house heard words before the shot was fired. The report awakened Isadore who woke up dazed with sleep and grappled with an armed man who ran into the dining room making for the rear door.
GRAPPLED WITH ARMED MAN
The wounded man staggered to the door of the dining room and sank there without a cry. Miss Eisenberg, rushing partly clad from her room, knelt beside the body.
A light was burning dimly in the dining room and Isadore Hirsch says he recognized Bank by its light. In the struggle between them the revolver clattered to the floor. Isadore lost his hold on the man in an effort to recover it and the slayer escaped. He ran into a courtyard back of the house and thence into sixteenth street.
Miss Eisenberg's cries woke other members of the family and attracted neighbors. A physician was summoned but Hirsch was dead when he arrived.
Miss Eisenberg and Isadore Hirsch were taken to the Carr Street Police Station and their stories agreed. Both were positive that Bank had fired the shot.
SAYS COUSIN WAS JEALOUS
Miss Eisenberg is slender, brunette, and attractive. Her brother Nathan Eisenberg, one of Bank's former employers, visited her Wednesday and he told a Post-Dispatch reporter that $100 was still due Bank in salary from the firm. He said Bank had wished to give Miss Eisenberg jewelry last Christmas but her brothers told him not to do so.
"I didn't care anything for him," Miss Eisenberg said referring to Bank, "and didn't want him to take me places nor give me presents because he was my cousin. But he seemed to think he had a right to be jealous of any one else who paid any attention to me." Bank and Nathan Hirsch were each 22 years old. END
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History of the entrance columns explained in the photo caption on the cemetery entrance photo.
The decedent listed on this page is buried in the Old Section of the B’nai Amoona Cemetery, University City, Missouri. This name has been added to the B’nai Amoona Cemetery – Old Section – Virtual Cemetery along with 100’s of other decedents. This project has been completed by Steve Weinreich, [email protected]
Father: Jacob Hirsch
Mother: Annie Schoeman Hirsch
Nathan died at the age of 23. Cause of death was a gunshot wound to the chest. His death was ruled a homicide. The incident took place at 1603 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO. Missouri death records posted these facts.
Nathan was a salesman. He was a widower.
The stone inscription is barely legible.
The information on the grave marker and the newspaper article do not match. For Find A Grave pages of Jewish decedents we rely on the grave marker inscription since that information was selected by the family on the first anniversary date of the death of the family member and resulted from further review of records and family albums by the family. If there are conflicts and questions, we rely on the family to confirm or correct any dates or spelling conflicts.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 15, 1908
Page 1
GIRL ACCUSES JEALOUS COUSIN OF KILLING MAN
POLICE LOOKING FOR HERMAN BANK FOR MURDER OF NATHAN HIRSCH
Eighteen-year old Anna Eisenberg, her dark, tear-stained face, declared Wednesday that Herman Bank, whom she had rejected as a suitor because he was her first cousin, was the slayer of Nathan Hirsch, her escort Tuesday evening to a summer garden.
Hirsch was shot at 1603 Washington Street on his return with the girl from the garden. Bank shook off Isadore Hirsch (brother of the victim) in a sharp struggle in the dark, and escaped after being disarmed. He is being sought in St. Louis and in Collinsville, Illinois, his home.
Hirsch was a brother of Isadore Hirsch, husband of Miss Eisenberg's sister. Miss Eisenberg's home is in Collinsville and she had been visiting the week at the Isadore Hirsch home. She declared Nathan Hirsch's attention and those were her only courtesies but that there was no love between them.
COURTSHIP WAS DISCOURAGED
Miss Eisenberg's brothers have a cloak establishment in Collinsville and Bank was employed there until 10 days ago as a salesman. Miss Eisenberg often was at the store and Bank sought to press his attention upon her, but both she and her brothers discouraged him on account of their kinship.
Bank said, when he resigned his position in Collinsville, that he was going to Marion, Illinois, to live and he moved his belongings. Miss Eisenberg was then making preparations to come to St. Louis.
COUSIN HERE IN ST. LOUIS
Soon after Miss Eisenberg arrived at the Hirsch home, Bank was seen on the street here. He had taken a room at 1613 Washington Street, but had not brought any clothes with him to St. Louis, and did not say what he had come for.
Hirsch and Miss Eisenberg left the Hirsh home at 8 p.m. Tuesday and returned at 11 o'clock. The girl went to her room and Hirsch to his in the front of the house. Isadore Hirsch, who awaited their return, was in a light slumber in the dining room with his head on the table and they did not rouse him.
The couple had been at home about a half hour when the shooting occurred. Bank is supposed to have entered by the rear door, which was not locked. In going to Hirsch's room thence, he must have passed through the dining room.
No one in the house heard words before the shot was fired. The report awakened Isadore who woke up dazed with sleep and grappled with an armed man who ran into the dining room making for the rear door.
GRAPPLED WITH ARMED MAN
The wounded man staggered to the door of the dining room and sank there without a cry. Miss Eisenberg, rushing partly clad from her room, knelt beside the body.
A light was burning dimly in the dining room and Isadore Hirsch says he recognized Bank by its light. In the struggle between them the revolver clattered to the floor. Isadore lost his hold on the man in an effort to recover it and the slayer escaped. He ran into a courtyard back of the house and thence into sixteenth street.
Miss Eisenberg's cries woke other members of the family and attracted neighbors. A physician was summoned but Hirsch was dead when he arrived.
Miss Eisenberg and Isadore Hirsch were taken to the Carr Street Police Station and their stories agreed. Both were positive that Bank had fired the shot.
SAYS COUSIN WAS JEALOUS
Miss Eisenberg is slender, brunette, and attractive. Her brother Nathan Eisenberg, one of Bank's former employers, visited her Wednesday and he told a Post-Dispatch reporter that $100 was still due Bank in salary from the firm. He said Bank had wished to give Miss Eisenberg jewelry last Christmas but her brothers told him not to do so.
"I didn't care anything for him," Miss Eisenberg said referring to Bank, "and didn't want him to take me places nor give me presents because he was my cousin. But he seemed to think he had a right to be jealous of any one else who paid any attention to me." Bank and Nathan Hirsch were each 22 years old. END
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History of the entrance columns explained in the photo caption on the cemetery entrance photo.
The decedent listed on this page is buried in the Old Section of the B’nai Amoona Cemetery, University City, Missouri. This name has been added to the B’nai Amoona Cemetery – Old Section – Virtual Cemetery along with 100’s of other decedents. This project has been completed by Steve Weinreich, [email protected]
Father: Jacob Hirsch
Mother: Annie Schoeman Hirsch
Nathan was a salesman. He was a widower.
The stone inscription is barely legible.
The information on the grave marker and the newspaper article do not match. For Find A Grave pages of Jewish decedents we rely on the grave marker inscription since that information was selected by the family on the first anniversary date of the death of the family member and resulted from further review of records and family albums by the family. If there are conflicts and questions, we rely on the family to confirm or correct any dates or spelling conflicts.
____________________
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
July 15, 1908
Page 1
GIRL ACCUSES JEALOUS COUSIN OF KILLING MAN
POLICE LOOKING FOR HERMAN BANK FOR MURDER OF NATHAN HIRSCH
Eighteen-year old Anna Eisenberg, her dark, tear-stained face, declared Wednesday that Herman Bank, whom she had rejected as a suitor because he was her first cousin, was the slayer of Nathan Hirsch, her escort Tuesday evening to a summer garden.
Hirsch was shot at 1603 Washington Street on his return with the girl from the garden. Bank shook off Isadore Hirsch (brother of the victim) in a sharp struggle in the dark, and escaped after being disarmed. He is being sought in St. Louis and in Collinsville, Illinois, his home.
Hirsch was a brother of Isadore Hirsch, husband of Miss Eisenberg's sister. Miss Eisenberg's home is in Collinsville and she had been visiting the week at the Isadore Hirsch home. She declared Nathan Hirsch's attention and those were her only courtesies but that there was no love between them.
COURTSHIP WAS DISCOURAGED
Miss Eisenberg's brothers have a cloak establishment in Collinsville and Bank was employed there until 10 days ago as a salesman. Miss Eisenberg often was at the store and Bank sought to press his attention upon her, but both she and her brothers discouraged him on account of their kinship.
Bank said, when he resigned his position in Collinsville, that he was going to Marion, Illinois, to live and he moved his belongings. Miss Eisenberg was then making preparations to come to St. Louis.
COUSIN HERE IN ST. LOUIS
Soon after Miss Eisenberg arrived at the Hirsch home, Bank was seen on the street here. He had taken a room at 1613 Washington Street, but had not brought any clothes with him to St. Louis, and did not say what he had come for.
Hirsch and Miss Eisenberg left the Hirsh home at 8 p.m. Tuesday and returned at 11 o'clock. The girl went to her room and Hirsch to his in the front of the house. Isadore Hirsch, who awaited their return, was in a light slumber in the dining room with his head on the table and they did not rouse him.
The couple had been at home about a half hour when the shooting occurred. Bank is supposed to have entered by the rear door, which was not locked. In going to Hirsch's room thence, he must have passed through the dining room.
No one in the house heard words before the shot was fired. The report awakened Isadore who woke up dazed with sleep and grappled with an armed man who ran into the dining room making for the rear door.
GRAPPLED WITH ARMED MAN
The wounded man staggered to the door of the dining room and sank there without a cry. Miss Eisenberg, rushing partly clad from her room, knelt beside the body.
A light was burning dimly in the dining room and Isadore Hirsch says he recognized Bank by its light. In the struggle between them the revolver clattered to the floor. Isadore lost his hold on the man in an effort to recover it and the slayer escaped. He ran into a courtyard back of the house and thence into sixteenth street.
Miss Eisenberg's cries woke other members of the family and attracted neighbors. A physician was summoned but Hirsch was dead when he arrived.
Miss Eisenberg and Isadore Hirsch were taken to the Carr Street Police Station and their stories agreed. Both were positive that Bank had fired the shot.
SAYS COUSIN WAS JEALOUS
Miss Eisenberg is slender, brunette, and attractive. Her brother Nathan Eisenberg, one of Bank's former employers, visited her Wednesday and he told a Post-Dispatch reporter that $100 was still due Bank in salary from the firm. He said Bank had wished to give Miss Eisenberg jewelry last Christmas but her brothers told him not to do so.
"I didn't care anything for him," Miss Eisenberg said referring to Bank, "and didn't want him to take me places nor give me presents because he was my cousin. But he seemed to think he had a right to be jealous of any one else who paid any attention to me." Bank and Nathan Hirsch were each 22 years old. END
____________________
History of the entrance columns explained in the photo caption on the cemetery entrance photo.
The decedent listed on this page is buried in the Old Section of the B’nai Amoona Cemetery, University City, Missouri. This name has been added to the B’nai Amoona Cemetery – Old Section – Virtual Cemetery along with 100’s of other decedents. This project has been completed by Steve Weinreich, [email protected]
Father: Jacob Hirsch
Mother: Annie Schoeman Hirsch
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