Dead Man Identified Here As William Rohrbach
NAME SUICIDE EARLY IN YEAR IN DEATH CASE
Fellow Boarder Identified Watch and Teeth; Think Man Took Poison
Repair numbers on a watch on the person of the man found Saturday afternoon in the Kaufman woods, three miles north of Two Rivers, led later in the day to the identification of the body as that of William Rohrbach, 43, a boarder at the rooming house of Mrs. E. Baedtke, 1407 15th street, from which place he disappeared on the morning of March 28 last. The body was positively identified by John Fencl, a former roommate, and Mrs. Baedtke, his former landlady.
Dist. Atty. Lyman Fischer, Sheriff Herman Carstens, Coroner A.F. Stueck, and Police chief Thad Logan called in to the case Saturday, after an investigation decided that Rohrbach had committed suicide. He had been despondent for some time before he disappeared. Fencl said that the missing man had intimated to him that he would "probably end it all." Near the body was found a small glass, taken from Rohrbach's room, and also a couple of empty bottles, one of which probably contained a powder.
Planned Trip
Mrs. Baedtke said that Rohrbach's actions were peculiar on the morning that he disappeared. He did not eat any breakfast staying in his room to read. He then said as he left that he planned to go to South America with a friend but added that if he did not return in three days that his sister, Mrs. Robert Mueller, of 613 North Water street, Manitowoc, was to be notified to come and claim his personal effects. Later in that week when no word came from Rohrbach, who was a single man, the landlady notified his sister in Manitwooc and she came and took his belongings. It was thought at that time that the missing man might have left the country.
Repair Marks Give Clue
Late Saturday afternoon Police Chief Logan and Walter Wiebusch, the undertaker, decided to take the watch, found on the clothing of the man, to a jeweler. They took the time piece to the Staidl jewelry store who recognized the repair numbers as those of the Stollberg store. Investigation of the records at the latter place revealed the watch as the property of William Rohrbach.
Mrs. Baedtk, Rohrbach's former landlady, and John Fencl, his former room mate, were also instrumental in the identification. Mrs. Baedtke identified the rings with the initial "R" and the false teeth which were found among the remains. She stated that Rohrbach left her place on March 28, 1932, and when she cleaned his room the following day she found a note which contained the information that if he did not return in three days that she should call his sister, Mrs. Robert Mueller, Manitowoc, and to turn his clothes over to her. This she did.
The best identifications were made by the dead man's former room mate, John Fencl, still a roomer at the Baedtke place. He recognized the watch, rings, and also the peculiar construction of the upper plate of false teeth stating that the man had no palate in his mouth and that is why the plate was so constructed. Fencl also identified the shoes and stated that they had arch supports in them before he even saw the shoes. This was true. The dental work was performed by Dr. J.V. Miller of Manitowoc and Sheriff Carstens took the plate there to be identified.
Found By Boys
The body was found at 12:30 Saturday noon by Floyd Mueller and Walter Dennis, two boys who came upon the body as they walked through the woods. It was about 100 feet from the road and 1,000 feet from the lake shore. The Mueller boy called his father, who was engaged in cutting wood nearby and he notified the police. The body was lying face downward with the right arm outstretched and the left arm under the body. It was badly decomposed.
After being removed to the undertaking parlors, a further search for identification was made, but the identification card was so badly obliterated that the name could not be made out. Then it was decided to take the watch to local jewelers and this led to the identification.
No Inquest
Dist. Atty. Lyman Fischer decided that there would be no inquest. The fact that Rohrbach had told Fencl and his landlady that he would probably take his life led officials to the conclusion that there was no foul play and that Rohrbach had probably walked into the woods, and taken a fatal poison potion.
William Rohrbach had been employed at one time at the Hamilton plant here but had been out of work for some time, and this condition preyed on his mind. He is survived by a brother and sister in Brillion, a brother at Rockwood another brother in the town of Kossuth and one sister in this city.
Funeral services for the deceased were held this afternoon from the Wiebusch and Klein funeral home in Two Rivers.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, October 31, 1932 P.11
NAME SUICIDE EARLY IN YEAR IN DEATH CASE
Fellow Boarder Identified Watch and Teeth; Think Man Took Poison
Repair numbers on a watch on the person of the man found Saturday afternoon in the Kaufman woods, three miles north of Two Rivers, led later in the day to the identification of the body as that of William Rohrbach, 43, a boarder at the rooming house of Mrs. E. Baedtke, 1407 15th street, from which place he disappeared on the morning of March 28 last. The body was positively identified by John Fencl, a former roommate, and Mrs. Baedtke, his former landlady.
Dist. Atty. Lyman Fischer, Sheriff Herman Carstens, Coroner A.F. Stueck, and Police chief Thad Logan called in to the case Saturday, after an investigation decided that Rohrbach had committed suicide. He had been despondent for some time before he disappeared. Fencl said that the missing man had intimated to him that he would "probably end it all." Near the body was found a small glass, taken from Rohrbach's room, and also a couple of empty bottles, one of which probably contained a powder.
Planned Trip
Mrs. Baedtke said that Rohrbach's actions were peculiar on the morning that he disappeared. He did not eat any breakfast staying in his room to read. He then said as he left that he planned to go to South America with a friend but added that if he did not return in three days that his sister, Mrs. Robert Mueller, of 613 North Water street, Manitowoc, was to be notified to come and claim his personal effects. Later in that week when no word came from Rohrbach, who was a single man, the landlady notified his sister in Manitwooc and she came and took his belongings. It was thought at that time that the missing man might have left the country.
Repair Marks Give Clue
Late Saturday afternoon Police Chief Logan and Walter Wiebusch, the undertaker, decided to take the watch, found on the clothing of the man, to a jeweler. They took the time piece to the Staidl jewelry store who recognized the repair numbers as those of the Stollberg store. Investigation of the records at the latter place revealed the watch as the property of William Rohrbach.
Mrs. Baedtk, Rohrbach's former landlady, and John Fencl, his former room mate, were also instrumental in the identification. Mrs. Baedtke identified the rings with the initial "R" and the false teeth which were found among the remains. She stated that Rohrbach left her place on March 28, 1932, and when she cleaned his room the following day she found a note which contained the information that if he did not return in three days that she should call his sister, Mrs. Robert Mueller, Manitowoc, and to turn his clothes over to her. This she did.
The best identifications were made by the dead man's former room mate, John Fencl, still a roomer at the Baedtke place. He recognized the watch, rings, and also the peculiar construction of the upper plate of false teeth stating that the man had no palate in his mouth and that is why the plate was so constructed. Fencl also identified the shoes and stated that they had arch supports in them before he even saw the shoes. This was true. The dental work was performed by Dr. J.V. Miller of Manitowoc and Sheriff Carstens took the plate there to be identified.
Found By Boys
The body was found at 12:30 Saturday noon by Floyd Mueller and Walter Dennis, two boys who came upon the body as they walked through the woods. It was about 100 feet from the road and 1,000 feet from the lake shore. The Mueller boy called his father, who was engaged in cutting wood nearby and he notified the police. The body was lying face downward with the right arm outstretched and the left arm under the body. It was badly decomposed.
After being removed to the undertaking parlors, a further search for identification was made, but the identification card was so badly obliterated that the name could not be made out. Then it was decided to take the watch to local jewelers and this led to the identification.
No Inquest
Dist. Atty. Lyman Fischer decided that there would be no inquest. The fact that Rohrbach had told Fencl and his landlady that he would probably take his life led officials to the conclusion that there was no foul play and that Rohrbach had probably walked into the woods, and taken a fatal poison potion.
William Rohrbach had been employed at one time at the Hamilton plant here but had been out of work for some time, and this condition preyed on his mind. He is survived by a brother and sister in Brillion, a brother at Rockwood another brother in the town of Kossuth and one sister in this city.
Funeral services for the deceased were held this afternoon from the Wiebusch and Klein funeral home in Two Rivers.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, October 31, 1932 P.11
Dead Man Identified Here As William Rohrbach
NAME SUICIDE EARLY IN YEAR IN DEATH CASE
Fellow Boarder Identified Watch and Teeth; Think Man Took Poison
Repair numbers on a watch on the person of the man found Saturday afternoon in the Kaufman woods, three miles north of Two Rivers, led later in the day to the identification of the body as that of William Rohrbach, 43, a boarder at the rooming house of Mrs. E. Baedtke, 1407 15th street, from which place he disappeared on the morning of March 28 last. The body was positively identified by John Fencl, a former roommate, and Mrs. Baedtke, his former landlady.
Dist. Atty. Lyman Fischer, Sheriff Herman Carstens, Coroner A.F. Stueck, and Police chief Thad Logan called in to the case Saturday, after an investigation decided that Rohrbach had committed suicide. He had been despondent for some time before he disappeared. Fencl said that the missing man had intimated to him that he would "probably end it all." Near the body was found a small glass, taken from Rohrbach's room, and also a couple of empty bottles, one of which probably contained a powder.
Planned Trip
Mrs. Baedtke said that Rohrbach's actions were peculiar on the morning that he disappeared. He did not eat any breakfast staying in his room to read. He then said as he left that he planned to go to South America with a friend but added that if he did not return in three days that his sister, Mrs. Robert Mueller, of 613 North Water street, Manitowoc, was to be notified to come and claim his personal effects. Later in that week when no word came from Rohrbach, who was a single man, the landlady notified his sister in Manitwooc and she came and took his belongings. It was thought at that time that the missing man might have left the country.
Repair Marks Give Clue
Late Saturday afternoon Police Chief Logan and Walter Wiebusch, the undertaker, decided to take the watch, found on the clothing of the man, to a jeweler. They took the time piece to the Staidl jewelry store who recognized the repair numbers as those of the Stollberg store. Investigation of the records at the latter place revealed the watch as the property of William Rohrbach.
Mrs. Baedtk, Rohrbach's former landlady, and John Fencl, his former room mate, were also instrumental in the identification. Mrs. Baedtke identified the rings with the initial "R" and the false teeth which were found among the remains. She stated that Rohrbach left her place on March 28, 1932, and when she cleaned his room the following day she found a note which contained the information that if he did not return in three days that she should call his sister, Mrs. Robert Mueller, Manitowoc, and to turn his clothes over to her. This she did.
The best identifications were made by the dead man's former room mate, John Fencl, still a roomer at the Baedtke place. He recognized the watch, rings, and also the peculiar construction of the upper plate of false teeth stating that the man had no palate in his mouth and that is why the plate was so constructed. Fencl also identified the shoes and stated that they had arch supports in them before he even saw the shoes. This was true. The dental work was performed by Dr. J.V. Miller of Manitowoc and Sheriff Carstens took the plate there to be identified.
Found By Boys
The body was found at 12:30 Saturday noon by Floyd Mueller and Walter Dennis, two boys who came upon the body as they walked through the woods. It was about 100 feet from the road and 1,000 feet from the lake shore. The Mueller boy called his father, who was engaged in cutting wood nearby and he notified the police. The body was lying face downward with the right arm outstretched and the left arm under the body. It was badly decomposed.
After being removed to the undertaking parlors, a further search for identification was made, but the identification card was so badly obliterated that the name could not be made out. Then it was decided to take the watch to local jewelers and this led to the identification.
No Inquest
Dist. Atty. Lyman Fischer decided that there would be no inquest. The fact that Rohrbach had told Fencl and his landlady that he would probably take his life led officials to the conclusion that there was no foul play and that Rohrbach had probably walked into the woods, and taken a fatal poison potion.
William Rohrbach had been employed at one time at the Hamilton plant here but had been out of work for some time, and this condition preyed on his mind. He is survived by a brother and sister in Brillion, a brother at Rockwood another brother in the town of Kossuth and one sister in this city.
Funeral services for the deceased were held this afternoon from the Wiebusch and Klein funeral home in Two Rivers.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, October 31, 1932 P.11
NAME SUICIDE EARLY IN YEAR IN DEATH CASE
Fellow Boarder Identified Watch and Teeth; Think Man Took Poison
Repair numbers on a watch on the person of the man found Saturday afternoon in the Kaufman woods, three miles north of Two Rivers, led later in the day to the identification of the body as that of William Rohrbach, 43, a boarder at the rooming house of Mrs. E. Baedtke, 1407 15th street, from which place he disappeared on the morning of March 28 last. The body was positively identified by John Fencl, a former roommate, and Mrs. Baedtke, his former landlady.
Dist. Atty. Lyman Fischer, Sheriff Herman Carstens, Coroner A.F. Stueck, and Police chief Thad Logan called in to the case Saturday, after an investigation decided that Rohrbach had committed suicide. He had been despondent for some time before he disappeared. Fencl said that the missing man had intimated to him that he would "probably end it all." Near the body was found a small glass, taken from Rohrbach's room, and also a couple of empty bottles, one of which probably contained a powder.
Planned Trip
Mrs. Baedtke said that Rohrbach's actions were peculiar on the morning that he disappeared. He did not eat any breakfast staying in his room to read. He then said as he left that he planned to go to South America with a friend but added that if he did not return in three days that his sister, Mrs. Robert Mueller, of 613 North Water street, Manitowoc, was to be notified to come and claim his personal effects. Later in that week when no word came from Rohrbach, who was a single man, the landlady notified his sister in Manitwooc and she came and took his belongings. It was thought at that time that the missing man might have left the country.
Repair Marks Give Clue
Late Saturday afternoon Police Chief Logan and Walter Wiebusch, the undertaker, decided to take the watch, found on the clothing of the man, to a jeweler. They took the time piece to the Staidl jewelry store who recognized the repair numbers as those of the Stollberg store. Investigation of the records at the latter place revealed the watch as the property of William Rohrbach.
Mrs. Baedtk, Rohrbach's former landlady, and John Fencl, his former room mate, were also instrumental in the identification. Mrs. Baedtke identified the rings with the initial "R" and the false teeth which were found among the remains. She stated that Rohrbach left her place on March 28, 1932, and when she cleaned his room the following day she found a note which contained the information that if he did not return in three days that she should call his sister, Mrs. Robert Mueller, Manitowoc, and to turn his clothes over to her. This she did.
The best identifications were made by the dead man's former room mate, John Fencl, still a roomer at the Baedtke place. He recognized the watch, rings, and also the peculiar construction of the upper plate of false teeth stating that the man had no palate in his mouth and that is why the plate was so constructed. Fencl also identified the shoes and stated that they had arch supports in them before he even saw the shoes. This was true. The dental work was performed by Dr. J.V. Miller of Manitowoc and Sheriff Carstens took the plate there to be identified.
Found By Boys
The body was found at 12:30 Saturday noon by Floyd Mueller and Walter Dennis, two boys who came upon the body as they walked through the woods. It was about 100 feet from the road and 1,000 feet from the lake shore. The Mueller boy called his father, who was engaged in cutting wood nearby and he notified the police. The body was lying face downward with the right arm outstretched and the left arm under the body. It was badly decomposed.
After being removed to the undertaking parlors, a further search for identification was made, but the identification card was so badly obliterated that the name could not be made out. Then it was decided to take the watch to local jewelers and this led to the identification.
No Inquest
Dist. Atty. Lyman Fischer decided that there would be no inquest. The fact that Rohrbach had told Fencl and his landlady that he would probably take his life led officials to the conclusion that there was no foul play and that Rohrbach had probably walked into the woods, and taken a fatal poison potion.
William Rohrbach had been employed at one time at the Hamilton plant here but had been out of work for some time, and this condition preyed on his mind. He is survived by a brother and sister in Brillion, a brother at Rockwood another brother in the town of Kossuth and one sister in this city.
Funeral services for the deceased were held this afternoon from the Wiebusch and Klein funeral home in Two Rivers.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Monday, October 31, 1932 P.11
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