St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-05
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Rasmus Kirkegaard, a Young
Melancholy Dane,
Suicides
ON ACCOUNT OF A GIRL.
Fearing to Tell Her That He
Cared for Her No
Longer,
SOUGHT OBLIVION
As the Most Effective Way to
Avoid an Undesirable
Union.


twenty three years of age, employed as
driver by the New York Tea company,
shot himself in the head Thursday
night, and was found dead in bed yes
terday morning in his room at l2l Mar
tin street. By his side lay 3S-caliber
revolver with one chamber empty.
The bullet had entered the right tenn
pie, and death was doubtless instan-
taneous. Nobody heard the report of
the pistol.
Kirkegaard WAS Dane, and had been
in the employ of the New York Tea
company for about three years. He
drove the delivery wagon and took care
of w. H. Egan's horses, which are
kept at stables in the rear of
Mr. Egan's house.. ITO st. Peter
street. where Kirkegaard boarded.
He was a young man of eXem-
plary habits and had nearly $500
deposited in the bank. The story is
told by an intimate friend, however,
that the young man had been for awhile
in love with a Swedish maiden, do
nestle He was attentive to her for
nearly year, and appeared to be much
in love with her. His ardor cooled after
time, and he convinced himself that
she was beneath him in a social way.
he being a high-strung Dane aud she
being Swede. He did not desire to
wound the girls feelings, nor did he
care to continue his attentions. Ap-
parentlY the best way out of his diff
Guilty was suicide, and that was the
remedy he determined upon About a
month ago he secured book which he
told friend was an essay of Ingersol's
on the
Subject of Suicide.
He read and reread the essay and ap-
peared to be much taken with it. A
week ago he asked his friend:
''Have you ever read Ingersoll's essay
GU sucide?"
The friend replied that he had not,
whereupon Kirkegaard said the essay
was tout of sight," and that evidently
Ingersoll knew what he was writing
about. Last week he became. more
thoughtful ana melancholy than he had
been, and remarked to his friend that
he proposed to commit suicide. The
friend. of course, thought he was Joking,
and paid no attention to him. Klrke-
gard, however, repeated his intention.
aud said he proposed to buy revolver.
He did purchase a new revolver, and it
was the one found beside him yeSter-
day. Mr.. Egan thinks he was mentally
unbalanced. He never associated with
anybody save the young girl mentioned.
| He was a great recluse, and had little of
anything to say to anybody. At times
he betrayed melancholy, and it IS
thought that this eventually unbalanced
his mind.
Kirkegaard rented his room from the
family of Louis Rosenbaum in the
Schneider block Before he left the
tea store OH WabaSha street yesterday
afternoon he told one of the clerks that
he had purchased revolver with which
he intended to kill himself The clerk
placed no credence in the assertion, and
| iokingly suggested that it was a waste
of money to buy new revolver. as he
had rusty old gun at home which he
! could have loaned hlrkegaard.
The suicide was discovered by one of
| the Rosenbaum family who went TO
| Krkegaard's room yesterday morning
ably past his usual time of
getting up. The young man
was found lying in bed covered up with
| the bedclothes, his right hand extended
| above his head. From the wound Ill the
right temple his brains protruded. Cor
| oner Whitcomb viewed the body and
decided that no inquest was necessary.
| Kirkegaard was studious young
man, and we'll Informed generally. He
was methodical in his business, as
shown by the condition of his accounts.
| He had collected some $50 for the New
York Tea company Thursday, and the
| whole amount was found locked III his
| trunk, with an account book containing
| complete statement Of the figures duly
| signed by himself.
The funeral will take place tomorro W
| afternoon.