September 19, 1898 - Cincinnati Enquirer, OH - Death of Jacob Elberfeld, Kid's Brother
SEPTEMBER 19, 1898. - THE ENQUIRER, CINCINNATI
SLASHED His Throat With a Knife
Brother of Ball Player. Norman Elberfeld, Ends His Life in Cell at Georgetown, Ky.
Was Despondent Over Failure To Secure Employment—Parents in This City Prostrated.
Word was received in the city last night that Jacob E. Elberfeld, brother of Norman Elberfeld, the well-known baseball player, had killed himself while incarcerated in a cell in the village prison at Georgetown, Ky. The news was an awful shock to the relatives of the young man in this city.
From all that could be learned young Elberfeld was despondent on account of being unable to secure work, and had for several days been drinking heavily. He had gone to Georgetown in search of employment.
The following special dispatch to THE ENQUIRER tells the story of Elberfeld's incarceration and subsequent suicide in the Georgetown jail:
GEORGETOWN, Ky, September 18. — A stranger, evidently crazy. was arrested this morning on the Lexington pike several to miles from Georgetown, by Chief of Police Lusby and locked up in jail. He gave his name as J. E. Elberfeld and said his home was in Cincinnati, where his parents lived. When the Jailer carried supper to the prisoner this evening he found him lying on the floor weltering in his own blood, he having cut his throat with a case knife, which was taken to him with his dinner. Life was extinct. His head was almost severed from his body.
An ENQUIRER reporter called at the home of the Elberfeld family, at 33 Milton as street, as soon as the news of the tragedy reached the city. The aged mother of the at young man was almost prostrated over the sad intelligence. According to Mrs. Elberfeld, her son left Cincinnati a week ago last Wednesday in company with his cousin, who is a cattle dealer at Pomeroy, Ohio.
FORMERLY WORKED AT HENSHAW's.
The deceased was an engineer and formerly worked at Henshaw's furniture factory. Of late, however, he has been out of employment, and decided to seek a new field. A few days ago his mother received a letter from him dated Lexington. Ky. in he which he asked that a recommendation be sent to him at that place, The recommendation was given Elberfeld some time ago by a man named Shafer, who lives in St. Louis. Mrs. Elberfeld was unable to find the recommendation among the effects of her son, as he gave no specific instructions about the location of the paper, and the aged woman had written a postal card telling her son that she had been unable to locate the paper. This card was last evening still in possession of the young man's mother, who for some reason had neglected to mail it.
Young Elberfeld left home against the wishes of his relatives. He was an industrious fellow, and hated to remain idle.
His failure to obtain work in his native city was a sore disappointment to him, and he so expressed himself to his mother and brothers. When he said he was going out of town to look for work his folks remonstrated with him and tried to induce him to remain at home in the hope that he might soon be able to secure employment here. Harry Branch, an uncle of the deceased, is a well-known contracting carpenter, who resides at 22 Mitchell avenue. The deceased was 35 years old and single. He was well known in the Twenty-seventh Ward, where he had resided for a number of years and was quite popular.
BROTHER OF NORMAN ELBERFELD.
Probably the best known member of the family is Norman Elberfeld, who started in to play third base for the Philadelphia Baseball Club at the beginning of the present season, but was released on account of injury received. Afterward he went to the Detroit Club, with which organization he played for quite a time. Wesley Elberfeld. another brother of the deceased , is a well- known clerk at the Franklin Bank. He is also quite a ballplayer, and plays occasionally with the Norwood Maroons. It was with this club that Norman first made his reputation as a player. A sister of the deceased is employed at Shillito's dry goods store. Charles V. Elberfeld, the father of the deceased is a pioneer resident of this city and a shoe manufacturer. Jacob Elberfeld was insured for quite a sum and his mother is the beneficiary. The remains will be brought to this city for burial.
SLASHED His Throat With a Knife
Brother of Ball Player. Norman Elberfeld, Ends His Life in Cell at Georgetown, Ky.
Was Despondent Over Failure To Secure Employment—Parents in This City Prostrated.
Word was received in the city last night that Jacob E. Elberfeld, brother of Norman Elberfeld, the well-known baseball player, had killed himself while incarcerated in a cell in the village prison at Georgetown, Ky. The news was an awful shock to the relatives of the young man in this city.
From all that could be learned young Elberfeld was despondent on account of being unable to secure work, and had for several days been drinking heavily. He had gone to Georgetown in search of employment.
The following special dispatch to THE ENQUIRER tells the story of Elberfeld's incarceration and subsequent suicide in the Georgetown jail:
GEORGETOWN, Ky, September 18. — A stranger, evidently crazy. was arrested this morning on the Lexington pike several to miles from Georgetown, by Chief of Police Lusby and locked up in jail. He gave his name as J. E. Elberfeld and said his home was in Cincinnati, where his parents lived. When the Jailer carried supper to the prisoner this evening he found him lying on the floor weltering in his own blood, he having cut his throat with a case knife, which was taken to him with his dinner. Life was extinct. His head was almost severed from his body.
An ENQUIRER reporter called at the home of the Elberfeld family, at 33 Milton as street, as soon as the news of the tragedy reached the city. The aged mother of the at young man was almost prostrated over the sad intelligence. According to Mrs. Elberfeld, her son left Cincinnati a week ago last Wednesday in company with his cousin, who is a cattle dealer at Pomeroy, Ohio.
FORMERLY WORKED AT HENSHAW's.
The deceased was an engineer and formerly worked at Henshaw's furniture factory. Of late, however, he has been out of employment, and decided to seek a new field. A few days ago his mother received a letter from him dated Lexington. Ky. in he which he asked that a recommendation be sent to him at that place, The recommendation was given Elberfeld some time ago by a man named Shafer, who lives in St. Louis. Mrs. Elberfeld was unable to find the recommendation among the effects of her son, as he gave no specific instructions about the location of the paper, and the aged woman had written a postal card telling her son that she had been unable to locate the paper. This card was last evening still in possession of the young man's mother, who for some reason had neglected to mail it.
Young Elberfeld left home against the wishes of his relatives. He was an industrious fellow, and hated to remain idle.
His failure to obtain work in his native city was a sore disappointment to him, and he so expressed himself to his mother and brothers. When he said he was going out of town to look for work his folks remonstrated with him and tried to induce him to remain at home in the hope that he might soon be able to secure employment here. Harry Branch, an uncle of the deceased, is a well-known contracting carpenter, who resides at 22 Mitchell avenue. The deceased was 35 years old and single. He was well known in the Twenty-seventh Ward, where he had resided for a number of years and was quite popular.
BROTHER OF NORMAN ELBERFELD.
Probably the best known member of the family is Norman Elberfeld, who started in to play third base for the Philadelphia Baseball Club at the beginning of the present season, but was released on account of injury received. Afterward he went to the Detroit Club, with which organization he played for quite a time. Wesley Elberfeld. another brother of the deceased , is a well- known clerk at the Franklin Bank. He is also quite a ballplayer, and plays occasionally with the Norwood Maroons. It was with this club that Norman first made his reputation as a player. A sister of the deceased is employed at Shillito's dry goods store. Charles V. Elberfeld, the father of the deceased is a pioneer resident of this city and a shoe manufacturer. Jacob Elberfeld was insured for quite a sum and his mother is the beneficiary. The remains will be brought to this city for burial.
