The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-16
Sad Ending Of q Love Affair.

The Winona & st. Peter depot wal
the scene Of great excitement, and
blood.shed on Wednesday morning, and
the cause which led to the unfortunate
occurrence Is the same old story-"un.
requitcd love-" Love. springiug from
pure heart and lavished upon worthy
and reciprocal creature. tempered with
reason aud good judgment, is AL element
IN the makeup of man or woman that
is pleasing tn the eye o! God, and miser-
able indeed would mortals be on earth
were il not for that tender regard held
for one and another that is allowed to
ripen from mere friendship into earnest,
devoted love. 1t sottens mans nature,
it makes woman divinely lovely, it
makes the child Obedient and parent
seif-sacriticing-in short it makes life
worth living, which it would not be,
were it not for these.
But love. like religion, occasionally
drives men TO desperation, or it not, the
devil ia man gains the stronger hold
over the will and directs tho hand to
deeds Of blood and death. When we
look upon one who commits u crime,
and through the fundamentally Of the
powers vouchsafed unto him by an all.
wise Creator hurls blow ut the life
of another and then strikes death to his
own existence, our hearts are filled
with sympathy. And why2 Because no
man, in full possession OF his mental
faculties would seek his own blood, and
human pity follows.
But To our subject. In Wucrtemberg,
Germany.in the year 1889, Carl Winterer
was born, and IN 1868 Louisa Levi first
saw the light of day. These two in
fants grow to manhood and womanhoOd.
Wintcrer, il report be'true, loved Louisa,
but married another, with whom he
lived agreeably for time, and to whom
was born two babes. Louisa's people
left Germany few years ago tor free
America, and the loss of his carly com.
panion from his native country had the
effect of inducing Carl to forsake the
woman he had sworn to love and pro.
tect A dentist by trade, he opened
rooms in St. Paul, but being an entire
stranger to the English language could
not succeed at his business, on account
of his inability to understand what was
wanted by those who called upon him
for his services. He therefore aban-
loned this and secured situation in a
barber shop at $500 per week.
Just how long or what the nature Of
the correspondence has been between
Carl and Louisa, no one at presen'
knows, but that his love for her wa:
reciprocated is currently rumored. The
objection filed to the marriage Of the
pair came from the father of the girl
whose chief opposition to the match
was because Winterer had failed to secur.
a divorce from the wife he had left
Our laws do not recognize bigamy and
this Mr.. Levi told Winterer, but the
young Adonnis was not to be put down
without final and desperate effort.
On Monday Winterer came to Mankato
put up at the American House, and hi
actions indicated to the father of thu
girl that he was bent upon al elope
ment. To defeat this little scheme, Mr.
Levi thought to take his daughter ava!
from town until Wintsrer should return
TO st. Paul. Accordingly, on Wednes
day morning he took his daughter t.
the w. q st. P. depot intending to visi
Eagle Lake. The lover learned wha
was up and himself went to the dePo
to see the idol of his heart. While thu
father was purchasing tickets, the younl
people sat beside each other conversing
a pistol shot was fred. and upon turn
ing about, the father heard his daughte
screaming and saw her endeavoring t
break through the window. Compre
hending the situation, the old gentle
man grappled with the young desperate
and floOred him. At this junctur
Winterer shot himself, the bali entering
his body just below his heart. Tn
girl escaped more fortunately. Tn
ball that was fired at her, struck hel
shoulder blade and glazed of, and it
not positively known whether this bal
made wound in her arm, or whethe
it was caused by another shot. Fou
shots were fired. The girl was not seri
!. ously wounded, while the fellows re
covery is very doubtful. Although q
this writing there is possibility tia
/ the court of justice may yet have hin
, to deal with.