Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-15
to become SO tired of life, that the unknown
had M foora for him

to become so tired of life, that the unknown
had no fears for him.
Probably the wife's half crazed utterances
can be accounted a cause. She states that one
hour before he took his life, her husband
left. home in his usual spirits. She can &C.
count for the deed only with a sur
mise: For several days he has
been drinking and she suspected he had
been discharged at the shops and had con-
cealed it from her. Perhaps harrassed by
some petty debts, and without employment,
urged thereto by indulgence in drink, he
had attempted his life.
Slawson was not habitually given to drink
ing. He spreed at times, and most noticeably
SO when his wife might be temporarily alb
sent. Her influence seems to have Kept him
from his cups, but not wholly SO when the
fever was upon him. Not long ago he took
to periodical, and was told at the shops
that If he repeated his conduct he need not
come there for work again. As stated, a few
days ago, Slawson begun to indulge, and not
a few of his neighbors noticed his unsteady
steps to and from his shops, until three days
ago he laid off from work altogether. Likely
no had received an intimation, feared a dis
charge, and anticipated it by his criminal re-
solve to escape all trouble in death.
Somehow inquiry shows that Slawson was
either cool and deliberate about his purpose,
or was suddenly mastered by the desire to
let death become the manager of his troubles.
If the first theory is tenable, bis conduct at
the barber shop may be instanced for cool
ness After this he repaired to Manning's
grocery store, enquired for the
proprietor, engaged in casual talk
with the book-keeper, and
paid bill of $27.25. Scarce ten minutes
thereafter he had seated himself on the
church steps and fired the fatal shot. If
during all this time he carried with him
his dire design, he was cool and collected
everywhere and in no way betrayed his in
tent.
Itmay be that he did not contemplate the
act until suddenly. When he left Manning's
he took the route home. Reaching the vi.
cinity of the Baptist church, the sudden de-
sire overpoWered him and he sat down to his
death.
Charles 3. Slawson was born Jan. Goth,
1910, in Orange county, New York. He has
been an employe at the st. Paul & Pacific
shops for three years, doing generally good
and satisfactory work. He has been married
about five years, is childless. He came from
Waukesha, Wisconsin, to this city. During
the war of the rebellion he served with credit
as captain in the Twenty seventh Wiscon-
| sin volunteers.
The facts of the sad affair are related
| above. Some suppositions as to the cause
of the suicide are stated. They may seem
inadequate to cause any man to usher him.
| self into the dread hereafter, yet they are
such as have been casually given. Friends
and acquaintance say that he and his wife
lived happily. That if an undercurrent Of
| infelicity existed between man and wife, II
was we'll concealed by each from public gazs
or even suspicion. Again there are Others
always ready even from the gloom of such {
sad event to flash out with inuendos.
HIS DEATH.
When taken into the house, SlaWson wa!
breathing easy, and mis- pulse was natural
Notwithstanding these favorable symptoms
it was expected that the collapse would taxi
place at any moment and death ensue; tn,
semblance of good health and strength onl,
being sustained by the mans wonderf u
vital power. At II o'clock he died. Durin.
all this interval, from APO O'Clock, when ht
shot himself to the moment of his death
Slawson remained unconscious. In fac
death came to him unobserved by his at
PENDANTS for several minutes after he hat
ceased to breathe.
| DIR. Steele was called to his side, pro
nounced him dead, and then tie undertake.
was sent for. The remains will be prepare,
and be conveyed tonight to Waukesha, Wis
where the interment will take place, many O
deceased relatives living there.
An inquest on the remains will be held a
10 o'clock this morning.