Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1916 — Wealthy Man In Chicago Jumps 16 Stories to Death. [ARTICLE]

Wealthy Man In Chicago Jumps 16 Stories to Death.

QAlbert Scherzer, president of the Scherzer Lift Bridge Co., of Chicago, suicided Friday afternoon by jumping down an elevator shaft from the 16th flcor of the Monadnock building. He lived in a fashionable north side hotel and was considered wealthy. He was about f<fty years of age, a member of many clubs and scientific societies and a contributor to scientific magazines. None of his friends could account for his rash act.