The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-02-28
that FATAL SHOT.
The Evidence in the Case Where
Frederick Beuckemann Dies
From the Effect of a Pts
toI Bail, Fired by His
Own Hand.
A Sad Ending of the Life of a Well
to-do Farmer.


of Coroner Lynch from the scene of the trag-
edy. about ten miles from the city, on The
I,ecompton road, brings the following testi-
nony regarding the deceased, who was -
wears of age and was a well-to-do farmer:
OFFICIAL TESTIMONY.
ALEXANDRIA TOWNSHIP,
February 2ist, ls.o-J
| Evidence OF an inquest held on the body OF
the deceased, Frederick Beuckemann.
| Minnie Bueckemana, being duly sworn, de- |
| noses and says: The deceased was my hus, |
| hand and aged 6o next Juis was "oih ~
| biuas biYan Snn know the c.use of his committing
self de-tructlon: he was arm and ottsm said
he WAS tired OF life. and several times sala ne
| wonId kill himself; after rsone trivial convsr-
saJion regarding the feeding OF some cattie,
,, h,aas fast. with his family, he got up angry
an5 rerurned to the bedroom ;aiter a while ne
came out TO the kitchen, and said ne wou.d e,
| snr, himself: his daughters begged ana cried
| ,nr nm not to do it he wanted to nnd the
r;l,ni ,S and asked his daughter where II
Was; he went up s,ar ,anna ,ne
,S,nl. All this occurred while l went To
Er ciarkis my neighbor, TO tell him OF my
fears that he would XII mn n. ,sa, I riiIed Nm
and he was lying on the bed as You NO" see
him when came back. ck.p,
Minnie Bueckemann. being duiy sworn'
. depoees and says: am the daughter oil 'he
deceased. =, ,..
5 cause OF your fathers death"
UTbis morning, in the forenoon, ne came
I into the dining-room from the ped.iU@oih @ anu i
= said no NV mother, Il am tired OF lie, am
suffering pain, and will Kill myself; went
into his bedroom, got his revolver, went UP
stairs, and hid il; when eame aSwn r stai "a was IS:
| 7 told him il was hid, and went out, anu near
1 | the garden fence heard one pistol sho, anu y
8 | waited there until my mother came back ana
| n.lg
q MINNIE BEUCkEMANN.
o Augusta Beuckmapn, being duly sworn, de-
n | nose, and says: / am The dauShtero Vi the oe
g. ased / am sixteen years DID, -, =.
..Teli me and the jury what you know, o.
why your father commlttesd sei,ueSaius p,,ai q,
| half mast seven, and went back to MS bed
room. did not perceive anything unusua
- in his manner while win US. nSnie M as H iv
- | mo on the bed with his cap over his eyes.
came away and left MIN there; IN ABOUT Al
d hour after ne came out TO the ktenen AM
4 said he was tired of Life, and that he woult
:, xiii himself We all told him and begged
az MIN not to do it.. He then asked me io5 ta t
y | ni.tol NV sister had hid up stairs; ana De
AZ AZ canse i would not tell him, he said he woul'
n cut INV head of with the corn knife iyin
on the floor near him; ran away 9u. arJ aoTr'
pisto, shot in the house, and on my return, II
of y half an hour, in company with my sister,
,r- found him dead dead hains dny sworn. depose
Ito ~ nays: "Do YOU Know the deceased :
We .I do; have known him for ten years ne Wa
a, | n sober industrious man.
ne .Wheu did YOU last see him alive?" "Th
Ter day before yesterday; saw him TINS morn
$ a ing dead, in bed; ! saw a pistol shot woun
mt on his right eye; was the first person ina
ON saw him dead, and when dying, 1 spoke I
I'd him n. he Iay on the bed he did not answer
and after a few signs and groans ne was dead
he was then lying as you see him now.
do you know Of any aIniiy ; tbouD,e R as e4rI anI
ing in the family NO, sir, ne was ON ON
ei by the weather; the family always live
- gnnd JOHN Ii. CLARKE.
nd sGWTI Mr.. Thomas Ruble, being sworn, depos,
and says: | believe the deceased was
he strictly temperate man. ,,
listing in his family that would be the caus
ng of his committing self destruction:
81 do not"
know he was severely afflicted with rheI
ent matte pains and bodily innrmity
.When did YOU arrive here"
no "About fifteen minutes after eleven o'ciocl
a' He was then dead" THOMAS RCBLE
James Franks, being sworn, deposes an
10 saws he knew the deceased or ten or eleve
years 81 know his family well, and alwaI
knew him an industrious and sober maj
1 again know he has been ior eisht yea a.
in Leavenworth repeatedly told me was tire
of life; was rich once in 81. Louis, and ther
fore was desponding and gloomy IN MIN
JAMES FRANKS.
On Frank Beuckeman, being duly sworn, d
N. poses ana SAYS: i saw him at breakfast tn
llh morning; he was in his usual health.
did you have any conversation with nj
there e' IL did. He told me TO feed the ca
cen lie in such a manner; / told him alwa.
ich did So My father left the table before VI
our DONE and went into the bedroom, went ol
'w w to do some feeding in the cattle yard. WEI
ter, to Mr. Clark's 10 borrow a kettle 10 boil sos
D. in: while / was there my mother came ru
,,s- ming up and told me my father threatened
,a., shoot himself. / came at once win II
loll | mother and looked in a window that We've
md into the bedroom that was his, and saw III
., lying on the bed. There was smell OF 81
powder smoke and Thought ne was shot.
ose then went TO Mr.. clark, my neighbor, al
ers told him my fears of my father SMOOTH
, a himself. He came with me TO the hou
10 and we both went into the room, and,
,unsd then found him lying on the bed. and, on e
a | amining The body, found a wound over .
\ | right eve he was then dead or dying, ant
ich found pistol lying near his iee' eh xsSnt .5 nT
ole and found one bar ell empty, the.oihe
an. loaded"
M an By a iuror-"Has he not alar ned you sor
! sH years ago, to commit this act of self-destru
: ~. " tion 80 ayes, am his only son living wi
Us him, and prevented him then from doing
ine ine p,e nea9 bv him. F. BErcKEMANN
full THE VERDICT.
IAN STATE OF KANSAS, les
wn LFAvENwoRTH, Co.
nd. We the Jurors, upon oath do say: IN
me the deceased, Frederick Beuckenlann, wht
S BODY now lies dead before us, came To
ppad death by his own hands, by shooting hlms
zee ,ce- WN. F. SPRAGUE,
sI AT &. ii. PESNoCK,
' mn G. LUCAND,
nv ]. CUNNINGHAM,
WM. ii. BAKER
GABSEL RASDALL-
had The funeral of the deceased took place
to terday afternoon at two O'CLOCK
sly.