St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-15

| bined with an insane jealousy and eff
| fects of guilty passion, that caused
| Albert Carlson to hang himself to one
| of the overhead bars yesterday after
| noon. At 10 O'clock yesterday morning
Patrolman Burli. of the South precinct,
was called to the residence of Gustaf
johnson, at 204 Twelfth avenue south.
A frightened woman informed the Of
ficer that there vas q dreadful row Sin
the house. and she was sure some one
would he killed. When the officer ar
rived at the Johnson residence he found
two men engaged in deadly struggle,
One was Mr.. johnson and the other
was Carlson. The latter had wild
look in his eye and showed unmistak7 =
able evidence of approaching crisis.
OF mental Importance. BY the side,of
the two struggling men stood Mrs.,
johnson, sobbing and wringing her
hands. The officer put stop to the
row and demanded an explanation
Johnson volunteered it. Carlson, he.
said, had come over to the house and
threatened his wife with death unless
she married HIM. When Mr.. johnson
objected and ordered him to leave the
house Carlson attacked him with "a
knife.
The officer took Carlson to the central
station and locked him in Cell No. 13.
Police Surgeon Gibson examined the
man, and ordered him taken before thet
Judge of probate. There was little ques-
ton as to his mind being off its balance.
At l O'Clock Carlson asked JanltOr Matt
Sheridan for glass of water 1t was
given him. and he settled back OH the
hard bench apparently, contented with
his lot. Half an hour later Sergeant
Leonard and Jailer Needham went into
the cell room for the purpose of check
ing up the prisoners for the after
noon session of the police court.
When they came to Cell No. s13 they
were Mortified with sight of the
occupant hanging suspended from one
of the overhead iron bars. Around his
neck was red bandanna handkerchief
tied in fashion prevalent with ofhclal
hangmeu. Life was extinct, and the
body swung to and fro, stiff and cold.
The man could not have been dead very
many minutes, for the impetus given
the body when the suicide dropped from
off the bench into the bandanna moose
had caused swinging motion, and the
swinging had not ceased when the
iai!er opened the grated door. There
was nothing TO do but to notify the cor
oner. and when he arrived he decided
an inquest was unnecessary. The body
was sent to the mOrgue. where 1t Will
lie until claimed by friends or kindred.
Love and jealousy caused the strings
of CarlSOn'S reason to stretch and snap.
He was formerly boarder at the house
OF Gustaf johnson. and while there fell
in love with the wife. 1t was reciprocal
ed to the extent that Mrs. johnson de-
serted her husband and went to st.
Paul, where she lived with Carlson as
his wife for some time. Mrs. Johnson
acknowledged as much yesterday with
out blush or culver of the lips. She
finally tired of her last love and went
back to her first and legal love. John
SON forgave her. and all things went
we'll until yesterday. when Carlson ap-
peared and demanded her return to st.
Paul with him. She declined to 20 back
with him, and replied she could not
marry him when she already had one
husband. Then came the struggle OH
the floor with Johnson and the arrest of
Carlson. johnson is shoemaker, and
is employed at his trade at the store of
&. f. Ainsworth. Carlson is also shoe
maker. and has worked at 81 East Fourth
street and roomed at 25S Rosabel street,
st. Paul.