St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-23

In the right temple, the bullet going
through his head. The deed was done
In a fit of despondency.- The sad affair
recalls one of the most sensational cpl
sodeS which ever happened in this
state. Some twenty-five years ago
the shops OF the st. Paul u
Sioux City road were located in this
place. j. 6. Butterfield was the master
mechanic. He was dashing young
man and paid considerable attention to
Mrs How. There was much gossip
over the affair. Mr.. How's attention
was called to the situation, but lie
treated it as trivial matter. One day
both Mr.. Butterfiald and Mrs. How dis
appeared and with them quite sum of
money which Mrs. How had in the bank
In her own name Weeks and months
passed without any trace being found
of the pair.
ONE DAY THEY RETURNED
as suddenly as they had disappeared.
ButIeriield returned to his wife and
Mrs. How to her husband. So far as
the public ever knew the relations of
the reunited pair were as amicable as
ever. 1t turned out that they had gone
to California and from thence to South
America together. Mr.. How's intimate
friends, however, knew that the affair
preyed upon his sensitive mind. 1t is TO
surprise to them that he at. last took his
life. He had insurance on his life to the
amount OF $4,000, and it is believed
that this will more than straighten up
his affairs. The suicide occurred at $3.50
this morning. Mr.. How came down to
breakfast accompanied by R. w.
WeIch, cashier of the Henderson bank.
Mr.. How seemed to be in his usual
humor, and left Mr.. Welch at the table.
going up stairs. Mr.. Welch was just in
the act of reaching for his coat prepara-
tory to going to the train, when he
heard the report of revolver. He
rushed up stairs and found Mr.. How
lying in his room dead. Mr.. How
had not been in good health
since Nov. l, and in consequence
was only able to attend to busi-
ness part Of the time He was at
BUSINESS IN THE BANK,
however, all day Thursday, and was
well and cheerful in the evening upon
returning home. Mr.. Welsh, Mr.. How's
SOn-in-law, was OH a visit to Shakopee.
and Mr.. How rose at 5 o'clock this morn
ing, and after partaking of breakfast
said goOd-by to him as he started en-
route for st. Paul. Mr.. How then went
up to his room, and in few minutes
Mr. Welsh heard a pistol shot. The
alarmed household Immediately rushed
up stairs and found MIR. How sitting in
an armchair lifeleSS. His right hand
clutched revolver. and blood flowed
from the right temple and from behind
the left ear, where the bullet had passed
In and out, eventually lodging in the
wall.
MIR. How has always been a heavy
drinker. Some time since he went 10
Dwight, H.. and took the Kelley treat
ment in an effort to shake off the habit
which had fastened on him. To his dis
may the treatment failed to destroy his
appetite for liquor, and this fact is be-
lieved to be the primary cause of suicide.
1t seems that Mr.. How was accus-
toned to take drink of whisky every
evening on his way from the bank to his
house, his way lying directly through
saloon kept by one Pinger. Last night
How called for his usual tipple, but
Pinger, knowing of the bankers condi-
tion, refused to let him have it. This
seemed TO be a crushing blow to How
1t seemed to upset him entirely. lie
looked wildly at Pinger and then said:
AN AWFUL ALTERNATIVE.
''Let me have it, Pinger. If l can't
have whisky Pll shoot myself"
But Pinger was obdurate, and refused
to give him the liquor. The banker
went out, and this morning he carried
his threat into execution.
1t is believed that his financial affairs
are in fairly good condition, although
be is known to have worried considera-
E1ly about them. The past season he
Shas been erecting block in Shakopee,
and this has been good deal of drain
on his resources. The prevailing tight
ness in The money market has.of course.
made careful management of the bank s