Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-19
Wheat Ring Exposed
BY hon. LEONARD B. HODGES,
AT THE
ATHENAEUM TONIGHT
TURN OUT AND HEAR HIM.
Down With Washburn and the
swindling Brass Kettles!
"DRIvEN TO DEATH.

Mrs. Lena Fsck's Melancholy Fis-De-.
spondrnt From Domestic Troubles sh.
Dro,cns Herself and Child
Bridgeport, Conn.,, Special to Cincinnati En-
qnirer.
The public here are much excited onar ~
disappearance and probable fate of Lena
Flick. German woman, "a years of age, and
her seven year old daughter. Both disap-
peared ON Sunday evening. Thirteen wears
ago the woman married Jacob Flick. The
couple were twice divorced, the first time
nine years ago. They remarked after a
separation of six months, and were divoroed
second time four years ago. Since tban
they have continued to live apart. Thew nod
three children. The divorce decree awarded
the custody of the children to the mother
and they have been in the habit of sleeninp
at her rooms and taking their meals with
their father All three went from the resi-
dence OF one parent to another almost dailv.
and Mrs. Flick frequently called upon them
at the house of her husband. He is board
ing with German family, and when Mrs.
flick went to see her children there she often
mad hard words with the landlady. She con-
ceived fierce jealousy of and hatred for this
woman.
Lately Mrs. Flick has been very much de-
pressed, mentally and physically. She GER
tainly suffered great deal of pain from
some disease, and developed gloomy and
brooding turn of mind. She pondered much
over dingy old pamphlet entitled "Driyen
to Death" the story of Mrs. Philip Bissen-
ger, pennsylvania woman, who was driven
wild by jealousy and domestic troubles. and
made an end of all by drowning herself and
her three children in the canal The many
curious points of resemblance between the
circumstances OF this woman and her own
very evidently exercised a strong influence
in producing in Mrs. Flick the mental condi-
ton which prompted her to kill herself and
her children. Both were Jealous of their
husbands. from whom they were separated:
both had three children, and the husbands of
both kept saloons.
Last Friday Mrs. Flick took the two little
girls to Seaside park, and standing on the
beach tried to persuade the elder to go into
the water. "It is an easy way to get rid of
trouble said she: "It will be all over in
ten or fifteen minutes. and then you will be
in better world She kept on talking in
this strain for some time, but the child
shrank from the death to which she was in
vited, and could not be persuaded to enter
the water: Failing to get the child to drown
ing to her father about it, and she obeyed.
On Sunday the little girls were again with
their mother. Mrs. Flick read and cried over
s.Driven to Death" while they were there,
and occupied the rest of the day in writing
notes about their intended suicide. She
wrote fourteen of the notes, scrawling them
on any scrap of paper at hand, and placing
the whole IN cigar box, which she left be-
hind her on the table. The only note which
had any date, signature or address is the fol-
lowing, which was directed to Chief Marsh,
which she signs with her maiden name:
"CHIEF MARSH: do not want that woman
by Flick 8 house to take one step in my house
or rooms on no consideration. / wish to
be kept two days before they bury me. Every
thing belongs to me, and no other has any
| claim. Ii Flick wants the remainder of the
children's clothing he can have them. I
| have even taken the little ones worst
clothes. Bury me in brown suit you will
1 find. LENA G. BRANp.''
| Another note says: 81 grieve and worry
from night till morn. It is all sorrow and
pain. 1t is all in vain for me to recover my
health as once had, so farewell. =
Alas! My life will be done this, Sunday,
evening, and my children Also"
| In another she says: at seems that my
\ oAACSV SAAiO WdAIS VI HV6. G1Y6 Qer SUCH
articles as she would like to name, and sup
pose it will make but little difference in ar
rangement. I am suffering terrible all in
my neck
In one note she names the undertaken
she wants to bury her, and in another says
that the furniture will pay the funeral e1
penses. In another she writes of ssthat
woman by Fck's house," and of the DISPOSE
ton of her ClOthinO At ahOut six O'Clock
on Sunday evening she went into the stree
with the children, and, after crying over
kissing and bidding the older girl good by
sent her home to her father. With thu
other daughter, to whom she was most
warmly attached, she went probably to thu
doom she had planned. She and the chilt
stopped fcw minutes at a restaurant afte
parting with the other daughter, but beyond
that the police have not been able to trace
, them. Down with Washburn and the swim
!, ding brass kettles!