Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1892-09-30

sooner turned the corner by the Thomp-
son house than he was recalled by the
cry of fire. He turned back, and soon
we're heard
THREE PISTOL SHOTS
IN quick succession. Somke was seen
issuing from the window of the room
where Lupnitz was confined, the guards
we're watching closely the windows and
doors. each moment expecting to see
Lupnitz emerge therefrom, people were
rushing to and fro in all directions, and
confusion reigned supreme. The alarm
of fire was soon sounded, and the hose
companies responded with their usual
alacrlty. A stream of water was soon
playing on the building, and the fire was
early gotten under control. Lupnitz's
non-appearance, connected with the fact
that shots had been heard, lent confirma-
ton to the suspicion that he had
suicided. The smoke was too dense in
the interior of the building to permit
any examination, and as soon as it had
partly cleared away several persons who
possessed more grit than the remainder
made their way upstairs to look for the
body of Lupnitz. One of them, while
searching in the semi.darkness, stumbled
over a trunk and fell prone
ON II BODY OF THE DEAD MAN,
as he lay in n corner, covering himself
with blood and fragments of charred
and %blackened flesh. He shuddered at
the event, and after the cry that the
body had been found, the windows were
knocked out, and as the smoke cleared
away the body was plainly visible. It
was, indeed, a gruesome sight. The
dead man lay on the ashes of his beu, in
one corner of the small room. He lay
upon his back, his arms by his side,
presumably in the same position as
when he fred the suicidal shot. The
room wherein he was presented a dis
turbed appearance. Shoemaker's lasts
were scattered p~romiscuously about,
and in n corner was a huge pile of the
same articles. About six inches of water
covered the floor, and feathers and
partly burned portions of blankets and
bed clothing hoated about. The stencil,
the odor of the burned clothing and the
crisped flesh was overpowering, and the
sight was too much for many weak
nerves.
A closer examination of the body re-
vealed a sickening spectacle. The hair
was burned completely off the head, and
above one ear was a bullet hole, into
which a finger could be placed with
ease. The face was covered with coagu-
lated blood, and the body was
BURNED N BLAcKENED.
On the left hand the ends of the fingers
we're burned off, leaving the bones ex-
posed. The flesh on the thighs was
literally roasted, and had bursted open
with the heat. The G othes we're burned
completely off, with the exception of the
neckband of the shirt, which had not
been burned. The shoes were not en-
tirely burned off, and the flesh on all
parts of the body could almost be
stripped from the bones.
1t was a sad affair. That the man was
desperate is an assured fact now, and
had any attempt been made to ascend
the stairs and capture him he would
undoubtedly have killed them. It was
probably his insane intention to kill his
wife and then himself, and it is lucky,
indeed, that the opportunity to do so
did not offer itself. It is admitted that
he set the bed afre and then shot him
self, and no inquest wal held, as the
cause of his death was plain to everyone.
The affair is probably the most u
some which has happened in the city
since border days. i,