St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
A PISTOL and POISON
Both Used by Fred Neuru to
Kill Himself.
FOUND DEAD IN THE BRUSH
Behind a School House Out
Beyond Hamline
THE SUICIDE WAS DELIBERATE.
After Transaeting Bdsiness
the Man Hid to Die.
THE SUICIDE WAS DELIBERATE.
He WAS CRAZED BY BR00DIRG.

In lonely thicket, out beyond the
fair grounds, Frederick Neuru was
found dead yesterday morning.
There was hole in his temple, made
by ball from revolver. which was
still in his lfeless hand. He had also
taken strychnine, in powder form, evil
IDENTIFY determined to make doubly sure
that death should obey his desire to be
rid of life.
DIR. Xanten, deputy coroner, gives it
as his opinion that Neuru killed him
self some time during the forenoon Of
Saturday. This conclusion is evidently
sustained by the facts.
The man who thus destroyed himself
was thirty-three years of age, and, so
far as any one knows. life held only
bright prospects for him. He was born
and raised in st. Paul. and his parents
still reside on the old homestead out
near the Western avenue bridge. He
leaves a wife, who Is a sister of John
Heidenreich, the cigar manufacturer,
and two small children.
Beginning with 1885, Neuru began
dealing in real estate. and was quite
successful. Later he entered into part
nership with John B. Wallraff, a brother
in-law, in the boot and shoe business at
539 and 5S3 Rice street. This partner
ship is reported as having been very
successful, and was still in existence
when Neuru left home Saturday morn
ing. AT that time he informed his wife
and his partner that he was going out
to the neighborhoOd of the fair grounds
to write up some insurance foI a man
named Lindeke.
Was Et Il Sudden Impulse?
This much is definitely known of his
movements after starting for Lindeke's:
He went to the place and examined the
risk. He instructed a workman to re-
move some shavlngs to avoid any danger
of fire, then started homeward. On the
road he met a German, whose name is
not known, and after exchanging few
words they separated. After this no
one saw him until his dead body was
found by Searchers yesterday morning.
When he did not return home Satur-
day night Mrs. Neuru became anxious,
and yesterday morning, in company
with Mr.. Wallraff, she drove out to
Lindeke's to make inquiries. She
learned the above facts, but could get
no further trace of her husband. Later
party Of searchers took up the clue,
and after thorough hunt of the neigh
borhood they found the man lying dead
in the brush back Of a district school
house. He had selected depression in
the land, SO that he could not be seen
N Inv NUhn hannAnnH tn hn
very close at hand.
There was no living soul to Interfere
with his preparations, and, swallowing
the Strychnine powder, he carefully
placed the revolver at his right temple
and sent a bullet crashing through his
brain. Only the frenzy of desperation
could have nerYed him to so carefully
avoid any chance of failure or inter-
ference.
BrOoded Over RumOrs
Neuru's brother, seen last night by
GLOBE reporter, said: For some time,
in fact ever since the financial furry
has been on, Fred has been despondent.
Often, reading the papers. he would
throw them down with some violent eX-
clamation to the effect that everything
was going to smash i'll the financial
world. lie seemed to have a morbid
fear that Re might lose what he had ac-
cumulated if panic should occur, and
this feeling was intensified by the con-
tInual predictions that the country was
drifting into such an uncertain condl-
tion that money could not be had on
any terms. His business was success
full, his domestic life exceedingly pleas
ant, aud there can be no other cause
assigned for self-deStruction than that
he became temporarily deranged from
brooding on the financial situation"
After Deputy Coroner Xanten had re-
ceived the body he decided not to hold
an inquest, and it was taken III charge
by Undertaken Adams, who last even
ing conveyed it to the home, at 364
Como avenue. The funeral will take
place Tuesday morning to Calvary GEM
etery.
Deceased had been quite prominent
in Eighth ward politics, and had con-
tested for seat i'll the legislature, but
was defeated.