St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-11
He LIVED FOR Love.
Hermann KrauSe Could Not
Get 1t, So He Committed
Suicide.
He Tried to Take Marguerite
Conrad to the Other
World, Too.
Col. Glenn's Much-Heralded
Sensational Lecture Was a
Tame Affair.
Beginning Of the Cake Walk
SeaSon--COnVentiOn Hall
Contract.

lis love that makes the world go
round" was the burden of a rhyme
indited long ago by a poet whose heart
had been scared by the bljghting breath
of an unrequited affection. Herman
Krouse, after a severe mental struggle,
came to the same conclusion yesterday,
and being denied the sweet influence of
the love of his sweetheart. Margaret
Conrad, decided that life was not worth
the living, and so put ali end to his own
existence, after first attempting to Stay
Margaret.
About 10 o'clock yesterday morning
the occupants of Ende's hotel, on First
street between Nicollet and First ave-
nue. south, we're startled by hearing a
pistol shot, the sound coming from the
second floor. This was followed by
woman's cry for help. Henry BuSse,
the proprietor Of the hotel, rushed up
strairs. where he met Margaret Conrad,
who fell into his arms and cried:
'Oh, Henry! Hermann has shot me-"
Busse wound his arm about the girl to
support her, and at this juncture
Krouse came out of his room, and.
pointing his revolver at his sweetheart,
fired again. The bullet sped wide of
lis mark, but Krouse evidently thought
he had accomplished his design, for,
upon hearing the cry of horror that
burst unconSciOusly from Mr.. Busse's
lips, he turned into his own room and
closed the door. A moment later two
shots, in rapid succession, were heard.
Krouse had taken his own life, and
gone to meet, as he supposed, the
rirI hA
shore. A number of the boarderS
and attaches of the hotel made their APP
pearance and assisted Mr.. Busse in
carrying the wounded girl to the parlor
below, where medical aid was sum-
moned. The door of Krouse's room was
then broken down, and he was found
lying on the floor dead, with the blood
OoZing out from his mouth and forming
a little pool near the stove. lie was
lying close beside the wall, and over
his head. fastened in the crumbllng
plaster, hung an old play-bill which
bore the significant legend, "Old, Old
Story" The coroner and the police
were sent for, and the stitfened body OF
the unfortunate man was carried down
stairs, the blood trickling from the
CHASTITY wound in his mouth, and, drop
ping down, left clOIted stains upon the
carpet. The patrol wagon carried The
body TO Connelly's morgue, where it
now lies, the deputy coroners, Drs.
Carey and Horton, having performed a
post mortem examination and satisfied
themselves as to the cause of death.
DR.. Kelly attended Margaret Conrad
and administered to her comfort. She
is seriously injured, but not fatally,
though when she learned of her lovers
oh fnl ~ q nf grief
and exclaimed:
"Oh! wish l were dead, too: let me
die with him."
The bullet lodged Just beneath the
scalp on the top of the head, where it
was removed by DR.. Kelly. For fear
that she may commit suicide in fit of
grief. watch has been placed at her
bedside. She was we'll enough during
the course of the afternoon to give in
detail the tragedy which came SO near
resulting in her death. Hermann KrouSe
is German, about twenty-nine years
of age who came to the hotel last fall
and engaged lodging. He had just re-
turned from the harvest fields i'll Dakota
and had sufficient money to enable him
to live for a time without working.
Margaret Conrad is a comely German
girl, only nineteen years of age. She
was employed as chambermald at the
hotel, the proprietor, Dir. Busse, being
her brother-in-law. Krouse fell in
love with Margaret and watched her
graceful movements as she shook out
the bed clothes and pounded the pill
lows, with his heart i'll his mouth. He
was an ardent. impetuOuS lover, and
soon won Margaret and secured from
her a pledge that she would become his
fin pnf Krnncn had lnnr6i nj q
love for whisky, and it was after seeing
him in bestial state of intoXication on
several occasions that she broke the
engagement, declaring she could never
wed man who was not his own master.
KrOuSe pleaded with her, but Margaret
was firm in her resolve. He thre atened
to kill her on several occasions, but she
paid no attention to the threats.
Wednesday night he met her on the
stairs and told her that unless she would
marry him right away he would do
something desperate.
81 only thought he was fooling," said
Margaret in plaintive way, as she told
the story.
During the night sometime he pushed
a letter under the door of her room, and
she found il when she aWoke. The let
ter read as follows:
Dere Maggy: tell you, you must mary me
or will hurt you and Inc to- kant live out
you. low you, l low you and will not sat
isfy me unles you mary me- Good night
| Your boy, HERMANN.
Margaret did not see Hermann at
the breakfast table as usual, but
thought nothing of 1t. She went about
her household duties, and about 10
| o'clock met Hermann in the narrow
hallway. He threw both arms around
| her neck and kissed her, eXclaiming:
''Let US die together, Maggiew
Thereupon he drew a revolver and
fired. The bullet took effect in the back
of her head, and she screamed for help.
What followed is narrated above. He
fired three shots at her, it is said, but
only the one took effect. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Busse stated yesterday to GLOBE
! reporter that Hermann was an habtual
drunkard, and they are of the opinion
| that he was under the influence when
| bo oonn lttad tho +nrrihla uapd