St. Paul daily globe., 1893-10-20
MURDER IN ST. PAUL,
William Haenggi Fires Three
Shots Into His Wife.
WJUHDED WOMAN SEEKS HE'LL
And Expires in a Neighbor's
House in a Few Minutes.
MURDERER MAKES HIS ESCAPE
But Surrendered at an Early
Hour This Morning.
A DEED OF GREAT ATR0cI7X

A particularly cold-blooded murder
occurred last night at the corner of
Milton and James street. William
Haenggi was the murderer and his
wife Mary the victim. Haenggi is care
penter, and owns and occupies the one
story cottage at the corner above men-
toned. The family consisted of him.
self, wife and eight children, the eldest
child being fourteen years old, and the
youngest all infant boy five months of
age. The cause for the crime is not
known, and the only person who could
throw any light on the affair is Haenggi,
who escaped as soon as the fatal shots
were fired, and up to 1 o'clock this
morning had not been captured.
At 10:15 o'clock Matthew Hutfels, at
9O2 James street, called his wife's at
tenuon to what he thought was the
sound Of pistol shot. A few moments
later some one raped on the window Of
the room in which he was sitting, and
Mrs. Haenggi called out in German,
LET me in, my husband has
shot me-" Hutfels Immediately ran to
the door aud assisted the woman,
WAC had fallen on the porch, into the
house. She was laid on the floor on a
pillow and quilt, being attired only in a
night dress. The dying woman at
tempted to speak, but could
make no articulate sounds, and
five minutes later died. The
police and Coroner Whtcomb were
notified, and were soon on the scene.
A detail of officers in charge of Sergeant
Zirklebach Immediately made search
of the neighborhood for the murderer,
but without being able to obtain any
trace of him. a young man who
came out of the saloon atthe corner
of Randolph and West Seventh
streets about 10:30 o'clock Law Haenggi
running down Randolph street with
revolver in his hand. He thought the
man was crazy. but a few minutes after
ward heard from the neighbors that
Haenggi had shot his wife, and immedi-
ately notified the police of what he had
seen.
When Lieut.. Murphy, of the central
station, arrived at the house the eight
children were still asleep, and were not
aware that anything had happened.
The eldest girl, Louisa, stated that
herself and sister were the last
ones up, and had gone to
bed about 9 o'clock. Her parents
she said had retired about o'clock.
Mrs. Haenggi and the baby occupied a
bed in one of the rooms, while Haenggi
and two of the children occupied bed
i'll an adjoining room. The other
five children had room in
the wing of the building some
what remote from the scene of
the murder. An examination of the
dead woman's body showed that three
shots had boen fired into her left breast,
all of them within radius of five
inches. The weapon with which the
crime was committed was evidently held
close to the body at the time it was dis
charged, and any one of-the shots. the
coroner explained, would have caused
death.
The murdered woman was about forty
years old and had been the mother of
sixteen children, eight of which are
now alive. The cause for the murder
can only be surmised, but evidently
Henke and his wife had dispute after
retiring. The woman after being shot
ran half a block to the Hutfels residence,
and HaeDggi must have dressed himself
after she left, as none of his clothing
was in the house when the neighbors
visited it ten minutes after the shoot
ing. The eldest daughter who is en-
ployed as a clerk in the Golden Rule,
said her parents had no trouble or dis
pute as far as she know. Her father,
she said. was perfectly sober when he
went to bed and did not drink at all.
She enquired of the officers as to where
her mother and father were. but was
not informed of the murder.
Haenggi is forty years old, and came
from Switzerland to st. Paul about
twelve years ago. He worked at his
trade, that of carpenter doing odd
jobs about the city. The neighbOrs
were not aware that any trouble
existed between the husband and
wife, and those intimate with
Mrs. Haenggi say there was no cause for
the shooting. Haenggi,it is claimed,was
a sober and Industrious man but had a
very bad temper. The body of the
murdered woman was removed to Gross
& Dohm's undertaking rooms and an in
quest Will be held today.
The police were given description of
the murderer and detail of officers are
the western part OF the city for
him.
HE SURRENDERED.
At 1:15 o'clock this morning Haenggi
gave himself up to the police at the
Prior avenue station. When he ar
rived at the station he was dripping
wet, and explained to the officials that