St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-11-27
MONEY MATTERS THE CAUSE.
Appealing Letters From His
Wife Found in the Unfort-
unate Mans Pocket.
CHILDREN CALLING FOR PAPA
But the Orphaned Little Ones
Cries Will Be in
Vain.

AT 1O:05 last night j. E. st. Leger, a
Minneapolis plumber, shot himself fa-
tally while seated on a bench in Smith
park.
Officer Ryan. who first reached the
spot, found ST. Leger lying upon his
face before the bench on the cast side
OF the fountain. He was unconscious,
and there was bullet hole above his
right ear. He had manifestiy fallen
from the bench. In his right hand he
held a thirty-twO-callber bulldog re.
yoIyer, of which five chambers were
still loaded.
After his removal to the city hospital
DR.. Milard proDed for the ball without
success. 1t had entered the suicides
head one inch above the right ear, and
was deep within the brain. Death will
probably ensue by this forenoon at the
farthest.
st. Leger is evidently OF French ex.
traction. He is about forty-fve yeara
old, nearly six feet tall and weighs id
the neighbOrhood of $50 pounds. Hs
was dressed in fairly good clothes, and
from the appearance of his hands
would seem not to have worked at hii
trade for some time past.
In his pockets were variety of lets
ters, receipts, paid promissory notet
and miscellaneous papers, as well as
handsome Knights of Pythias badgt
within case. He is evidently mem,
Der of 4. of p. Lodge No. II, and OF
Minnehahaha Council No. 116O, Royal
Arcanum, both of Minneapolis. There
was an envelope containing some ffteeu
pills, the ingredients of which are not
known, and bottle of medicine put uu
by Druggist Reierson, of Spring Grove.
Mlnn.-Prescription No. 44.S93.
The Wounded Man
had not been under the influence of
liquor, nor could his action be attrib-
uted to destitution. No less than
s66.01 was found on his person.
A couple of recent letters from
his wife would indicate that
business entanSlements had induced
him within the past month to abscond
from Minneapolis and try to remain
hidden with friends. Whether he had
returned home very recently is moi
clear, although he had purchased a
Minneapolis Tribune of yesterdays
issue.
He would seem to have been addressed
by his wife under the assumed name of
Nat Flynn at Dorchester, 10. Two of his
wife's letters were found in q single en-.
velope with this address, and poste
marked minneapolis, Nov. 49," One
letter was dated Nov. 10, and the otheI
Nov. 10. Neither reveal aught but the
most harmonious domestic relations. In
the last letter the wife wrote, however,
was Mat said you did not tell him any,
thing only that you failed; think, and
Pat (?), that it would be far better for
you to come back. We can get living
some way if you are at home,
l don't see how they can do anything
to you. See if Mat could gei
a hundred dollars to you; and, if you
are afraid OF that, Smith would help
you, and know we can get along all
right. The time seems a month since
you left, and the children want to
Know Where Papa Is.
O, I wish you could make up your
mind to come back again! 1t must be
so lonely down there, and you feeling
so bad must make them feel the same.
Hope to see you before the week is
out"
Allusion was also made to an interest
which St. Leger held in a lot on Blais-
dell avenue. and to frequent inquiries
as to his whereabouts, tbs questioners
were given to understand that the alb
sent man was looking for work.
No explanation of the cause of the
suicide appeared in any of the numerous
papers, and no notes were found about
the bench at the park. st. Leger was
quite alone when he fired the shot.
Late last night he was sinking, and
had not recovered consciousness.