The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1890-10-23
SUICIDE.
Sad Ending Of q Honeymoon-The Wife
of Rev. Langholz Takes Her own Life
During Fit Of Insanity.

Sad Ending Of q Honeymoon-The Wife
Of Rev. Langholz Takes Her own Life
During q Fit Of Insanity.
One of the saddest local episodes OF
the year came to light last Sunday at
Morgan. Mrs. Dora Langholz, who
was welded to ReY. VIM. Langholz at
Springfield less than a month ago, dis
appeared last Friday evening while
her husband was engaged in reading
a newspaper. Mr.. Langholz had be-
fore noticed that his wife was laboring
under some mental excitement appar
emily incident to inconsistencies, and
when his wife was not to be found
about tho house or premises he became
alarmed and called the neighbors to
his assistance. A searching party was
organized, and spent most of the night
and the following day in an unavailing
search for the missing wife. On Sun
day morning John Jongers found the
body of Mrs. Langhok in slough
about mile and half from Morgan.
Jongers testified at the inquest, which
was held afterwards at the church, that
he was accompanied in the search by
Messrs. Ellington and Sherman and
that he found the body in tho water
about four inches deep, three rods
from the shore. There were no other
tracks visible in the neighborhood ex-
cept those of Mrs. Langholz, which
were plainly visible where she had
walked into the water. The party sent
back to Morgan and got boat to aid
them in recovering the body, which
was taken to the church for an inquest,
as above intimated, Coroner Pease hay
ing been notified. A jury consisting
of G.. w. Small, Milton Rex, Nicholas
Eischen, F. w. Fixen, Silas F. Porter
and N. D. Lorge was impanelled by
Coroner Peaso. Mr.. Jongers and Rev.
Langholz were the principal witnesses.
The latter was naturally greatly over
come by his affection. He testified to
the fact of his marriage to tho deceased
Sept. 26th, and that since then they
had lived happily together, although
Mrs. Langhok suffered to some ex-
tent from inconsistencies, and especial
ly for few days prior to her death,
when she had worried because she
thought she was unable to keep house
in this country, where domestic life is
so different from what it is in her ma
tive Germany. Last Friday evening
they had supper together, and after
wards Mr.. Langholz read the paper,
while his wife absented herself as
above related.
Mr.. Langhok testified that in his
opinion the deceased either got lost or
was temporarily insane-which latter
theory is universally accepted by those
familiar with all the circumstances.
Rev. Langholz also testified that his
wife's mother had been insane on sew
eral occasions during early life.
The circumstances of the young
German maiden leaving the home of
her childhood to cross the sea and wed
her affianced husband; their meeting
and subsequent marriage at the house
of the Lutheran minister at Spring
field; her installation as the young pas
tors bride at Morgan; her homesick-
ness and little worries over the cares of
domestic life in strange land and sur
rounded by unfamiliar scenes and fac
es-all these combine to make the sad
climax of death by her own hand al
most overpowering for the bridegroom
of less than a month. To the credit of
the people of Morgan, we are informed
that Rev. Langhok receives their uni
versal sympathy and that not breath
of insinuation against the husband is
utt red or tolerated there.
The jury rendered a verdict in &C
cordance with the evidence, of accident
al death during fit of temporary in
sanity.