St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-30
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS.
Sehoenert Probably Killed
Himself--The Revolver
Discovered.
James Hickey, the Nicollet
Avenue Wall Paper Man,
Assigns.
Reunion Of the Graduates of
0berlin College--Other
Social News.
Flanagan Found Guilty -
Bennet's Seminary Com
mencement.
STILL A MYSTERY,
But the Indications Are That
Schoenert Killed Himself.

But the Indications Are That
Schoenert Killed Himself.
The mystery which surrounded the
shooting of Charles F. Schoenert, in the
rear of his residence at 1917 Washington
avenue north, Monday night. was, in
measure cleared away yesterday morn
Ing, when the revolver with which the
shooting was done was found by Sergt.
Norman and n. L. Beden in the water
closet. This revolver was small, cheap
affair, and contained four loaded shells
and one empty one. The weapon was
evidently a new one, and had never
been fired before. The weapon had
any member of his family, and the in
ference is that he must have purchased
it while coming home from the cigar
manufactOry, where he was employed.
A post mOrtem examination was held at
CGnnOlly'S mOrgue at noon. The exam
ination showed that the bullet ha
passed through the right temple, taking
course slighly upward through the
brain and lodging about an inch above
the left eye. The course of the bullet
indicated that the revolver was held i'll
Schoenert'S hands. The bullet was
shattered into fragments and pretty we'll
scattered through the brain. The eX-
amining physicians pronounced the
immediate death under ordinary
circumstances, Their theory is that
the revolver, in falling from the mans
hands, dropped into the vault, and that
the man Staggard to the door of the
closet, where he fell and died.
The inquest was held at o'clock,
Deputy Coroner Towers in charge.
Mrs. Schoenert and her daughter were
present part of the time, and were al
most hySterical in their grief. Mrs.
SchOenert was the first witness. She
said she had been married twentyfOur
years and had always lived happily
with her husband. She knew of no
reason why he should have taken his
home to supper Monday evening she
was out visiting, and did not see him
until late in the evening. He was
pleasant then. She gave graphic de-
scription of finding his dead body out
in the back yard. and was quite over
come while telling the sad story. Miss
Sophie Schoenert, the dead mans
daughter, said her father did not act
any different from usual when he came
home to supper. She never knew of
his carrying a revolver. NJ. A. Bemis
IOlu OF Ills nearing MIS-. ScnOenerC
scream and of going out with lantern
and finding the body. He had looked
for revolver, but could find moth
ing. He had lowered the lantern
into the closet, he said, but could find no
weapon there. \. U. Beden and Sergt.
John Norman were the other witnesses,
besides the surgeons who held the
autopsy. They told of finding the re-
VoIver in the closet yesterday morning.
The jury returned a verdict that the de-
ceased came to his death from a pistol
bullet wound, the weapon being held in
the hand of some one to the jury un-
known.
The case attracted considerable at
tention among the police, as there are
several peculiar circumstances con-
nected with it. A lette1 was received
recently from Isaac Hart d Son, from
the Manhattan Commercial agency, of
New York. making inquiries as to
Schoenert's financial standing. Schoe-
nern carried several thousand dollars
insurance on his life, and was doing
well financially. He owns some prop
erty here, and has been earning from
$50 to $50 week.