St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-10
The Manner Of August
Schmidt's Taking Off Ex-
citing Suspicion.
Broad Hints Thrown Out
That He May Have Been
Foully Dealt With.
The Remains Exhumed and
Found to Have Been
Somewhat Bruised.
Talk Of a Rivalry Between
Schmidt and Another
Over a Girl.

lHo mysterious utdGu OI Aueu
Schmidt at the little town of Winsted, in
Mcleod county, Sunday night, Oct. 81,
which has evidently been kept rather
quiet, seems destined to make quite a
sensation. The remains have been ex-
humed, and it is said that sufficient in
dications that the fracture of the skull
might have resulted from blow in
stead Of fall has been found, and the
matter is to be brought before the
grand jury, which meets next Monday.
The death occurred in the saloon of
Fritz Moy. and local jealousy
and feeling against him seems to
have aroused a strong determination to
have searching investigation made.
Schmidt was with party Of young fell
lows, consisting of Philip and Carl
Scheig, Frank BverS, and Louis Floyd,
of Minneapolis. and Louis Kaufhagen.
of st. Paul, who were in the saloon
kept by Fritz Moy drinking that night
in company with
COUPLE OF YOUNG GIRLS,
Mary Hauser and Annie Bover-young
Schmidt became very much intoxicated,
and fell down. striking his head on the
floor. Itwas supposed at the time that
he was not badly hurt. and he was put
to bed, but in the morning he was found
to be dead, and In the meantime his
companions in the debauch had disap-
peared. driving to Howard lake, and
taking the 4 80 train for Minneapolis. 1t
was supposed that Schmidt'S death was
solely due to the fall. Afterwards re-
resulted in the eXhuming of the corpse
Sqfnr6QU q yuQaE lQt0r Uhnn
animation was made at the farm house
of John Wolf by DIR. Chiffon, of Howard
Lake. and DR.. Castle. of KOkato. Just
what the doctors discovered is not pre-
cisely known. They found. however,
that the dead mans skull was fractured
just above the eye and again behind the
ball of the left eye. There was
BRUIsE UPON THE LIP,
another on the arm, which looked as il
it,had been made with pair of brass
knuclSles. The doctor fitted his Own
knuckles directly into the indentations.
There was another mark upon the body
that looked as if it had been made by
kick. What mole the doctors discovered
they do not say, but this was sufficient
to give new intensity to the suSpi-
cions that had already been aroused.
The publication of the connection of
y LuOu 1tOnl WkGI tAO
death created quite sensation yester-
day. All are we'll known and are of
good family. The Sheigs are sons of
the proprietor of the Nicollet house bar
Der shop, and young Floyd is the son of
the well-knOwn photographer, recently
deceased. They have been rather gay
boys and little reckless, but have
never been known to do anything that
might be called
SERIOUSLY WRONG.
Their connection with possible mur-
der is regarded as hardly credible. They
have, of course, been greatly disturbed
to think that their escapade should be
known, and were anxious that it should
be concealed. The detectives at Min
neapolis were apprised of the case about
week ago. After examining into
the matter they concluded that
there was nothing in the murder.
One of the young men said yesterday:
I'VE were simply out on lark and a
fellow we were drinking with fell down
and hurt himself little we supposed at
the time. but it seems that he fractured
his skull and died that's all any of US
know about it." Phillip Sheig. another
of the party who is employed in the
Bank of Minneapolis. said: II know
nothing of Schmidt's death. / know
that he was in the saloon, as we
thought,
DEAD DRUNK.
/ knew that he fell on the floor and hurt
himself. If he received any other in
jurieS it was before he came into the
saloon or after he went to bed. The
amount of it all is that the people up
there are down on MOy because he runs
a saloon in temperance community.
They have taken this means of getting
back at him through us. We shall
all be at the meeting of the
grand jury next Monday and clear
this matter up as far as possible.
AS far as we are concerned, we simply
had the misfortune to be there when
Schmidt died, and so have had our
names connected with the case" The
theory of those who take stock in the
suppOsition that young Schmidt was
foully dealt with, talk mysteriousIy
about rivalry which existed between
Schmidt and man named Joe Steiner,
a miller by trade, over the girl Mary
Hauser. who was with Schmidt when he
was in Mays saloon on the fatal night.
Whether there is any foundation to the
theory will probably be developed by
the grand jury Investigation.