Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1881-05-25
A DRAMATIC SUICIDE.

Discarded and Divorced by His American
Wife, Young Prussian Takes His Life in
ST. Pau-Tragic End to a Checkered Career.
Last Sunday morning boy discovered the
.ody Of q man on the lawn in the rear of the
elegant residence of Rudolph Paar, on Wa
basha street It was thatof Albert Won Schlit-
ting, and was lying upon it's back, on the
was buttoned nearly to tho top, and
from it was protruding part of a white hand
kerchief that had been inserted between the
coat and vest over the left breast. When the
coroner examined the body he drew out this
handkerchief and with it came photograph of
the wife of Schlichting, but who had obtained
divorce several months since. In pock-
ct book on his person was the following, written
on half-sheet of note paper, in German:
"Oncs more farewell, and beg the forgive
ness of those have injured. I hope you will
the living: Only few hours of life are before
me, and then shall die with my face toward
yos, and begging your pardon. It is hard for
me to part from you, but cannot live without
you, and now at the point Of death, tell you
the half Of what has been said is not true
The probability is that young Schlichting
found life to be q burden, and sought the resi-
dence of his former wife for the purpose Of
dying as near to her US possible and, as he
says in his letter, with his face toward her
and in CARRYING out that idea he took some
Albert Won Schlichting, who thus ended his
life, as he once declared he would, under his
wife's window, was the son of Mai. Won
Schlichtng, a retired officer, who now resides
at Dresden, Sa1ony, with two daughters, tho
keep house for him, his wife being dead. The
deceased was about twenty-six years Of age,
and arrived in New York six or sew;
en- years ago. He came to St. Paul
and being finely educated made many
influential friends, and among others Mr..
Adolph Pear, prominent merchant, whose
daughter he married. After while he became
came 80 outrageous that Messrs. Hall & Paar,
dispensed with his services, and consequently
his wife obtained a divorce from him, some
time during the past winter on the
ground of adultery and ill-treatment
Soon after the difficulty with his money ac-
counts he left st. Paul and went to Milwau-
kee, where he engaged as bar tender in a beer
saloon. He came to st. Paul few days pre-
vious to the suicide, probably with the aeliber-
ate intention of taking his life
Jim Blaine as an Editor.
From the Portland Press.
Mr.. Blaine was the readiest and most versa
tile man ever saw in the editorial ROOM He
never kept anybody waiting or him, and he
was equally exact in requiring that the printers
should have his copy in type and proofs ready
at the time appointed. Mr.. Blaine writes a
graceful, fluent hand, with few emendations,
and the printers could read it readily, though
sometimes new colnpositor would-remon-
strate over it. He seldom made stalterations
from copy" He seemed to fling his words
down like lightning, and they struck right ev-
cry time: He always, when in town, superin-
tended the 'make-up'' of the editorial page, and
in the mechanical process he displayed rare
faculty; phrenologist would say that his Cor
gan of size'' was extremely well developed.
There, he would say to the foreman, ssput
this article at the head of the column, and fol-
low it with this, and then this" pointing to a
third, twill just fill out" and he rarely ever
erred materially.