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Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) – Mon, 29 Apr 1907

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Case File: Charles Albert Breitwieser (1907)

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COLLECTOR NEAR DEATH
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Man Who Was Struck With a 
Billiard Cue is in Critical 
Condition

Charles A. Breitweiser, the collector of the Schuster Wine Co., who was struck on the head with a billiard cue in an East End saloon about three weeks ago, lies at St. Clair hospital in critical condition. It was said yesterday that death was a matter of a few hours. Breitweiser is married and has one little girl. The cause of the assault upon him is shrouded to a certain extent in mystery. One man whom the police seek has left his home. It caught he will be charged with the offense.