St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-23
CHARLES A. JOUBERT, AN OLD
RESIDENT, KILLS HIMSELF
BY SHOOTING.
POOR AND OUT OF WORK. !
SAT ON A STONE BY THE ROAD
SIDE TO FIRE THE FATAL s
SHOTS.
HE WAS AN OLD VETERAN,
And Had Been Prominent in La
Dor Organizations Some
Years Ago.

Charles A. .Joubert, OF 1895 Reaney
street, ended his life about o'clock
yesterday afternoon, by putting bull
let in his brain. The shot was fired
while Joubert was seated on boulder
right near the sidewalk on Fauquief
street, near the corner of Duluth.
1t is evident that for some time the
act had been under contemplation,
and the deliberate and dramatic mani
ner in which it was done shows that
the mans mind was unbalanced. IL
was a few minutes before O'Clock
when he left his home, and walking
east on Reaney street, stopped to tax
to neighbor, J. Adrian, who was
moving the grass in his front yard:
Joubert said: "That is right, Adrian;
NOW it down. That is the way the
wages of Workingmen have been cut
and how they are now cutting down
the laborers themselves. Goodbye"
Reaching Duluth street he turned to-
ward Fauquier, and, seeing little
boy named Christy, who was wearing
soldier boys cap, said: Hello, 9
Clod. Let me say before 1 go that
you may De piouu VI lA1l Cap eiiiL 80
wear. Goodbye" 4
These words were heard by persons9
passing, but none thought that the
speaker contemplated ending his life.
Proceeding west on Fauquier street.
about fifty yards from Duluth, he sat !
down on boulder near the sidewalk &
| and, taking off his hat and placing its
on another boulder along with his i
pipe and cane, he took small hand
mirror from his pocket, and, holding
it before his face with his right hand
three fingers of which he come years
ago, lost accidentally-he drew from
his pocket with his left hand thirty
eight caliber revolver, and, placing
it to his left temple, fired. -
80. THEN MADE SURE.
| Whether on account of nervousness
or some other cause, the first bullet
seemed to not strike him, and, recock-
ing the revolver, he put the second
shot through his left temple, about an
| inch and half from the eye. Mem
bers of families living ongthe street
| opposite heard the first shot, and saw
! MIN f1re the second one.
William White, who lives on Reaney
street, heard the first shot, and was
first to reach the side of the. already
dying man. The mirror was still in
| his right hand and the revolver was
clutched tightly in the left White
placed the man on his back on the
ground and spoke to him. The only
words received jim. reply were. "oh!
Oh!' Immediately word was sent to
| the Margaret street substation, and
DR.. Spates was brought to the dying
mans side, in the patrol wagon. Re
storatives were administered, and an
effort made to remove the bullet from
1 the brain, but all was without sue
cess, and about an hour after tho shot
was fired Joubert was a corpse. = {
Coroner Whitconb was notified and
took possession of the body. He sent
| word of the suicide to the dead mans
widow. She was almost distracted upon
hearing the news. At her request the
remains We're taken to Dampiers t1n-
dertaking rooms. s
In the pockets of the clothes worn
by Joubert were found two letters.
They were without address. Both of
them were written with leadpencil, and.
showed that Joubert was greatly ex-
cited when he wrote them. One of
| them stated that the writer was tired
of life; that he was out of work and
respondent. He said that he was get
ting along in years, and had fought the
last battles of his life as bravely as he
had the first ones. He found that he
was H
A SLAVE TO LIQUOR,
and could not control his appetite The
other letter was particularly intended
for his wife, but she was referred to in
the third person. It asked that she do
not worry over the deed he was about
to commit; that it was best for all that
he end his life; and requested that he
4 be buried by the G.. A. R., and that his
+ body be placed in the Soldiers Rest"
1 Charles A Joubert has been a resi-
dent of Ramsey county for more than
twenty years. He formerly lived at
Hudson, Wis, and from there entered
the army. By trade he was aswood-
worker, and for a number of years
worked in the Esterly Harvester
| works, and for eight or nine years, UP
! to a year ago, was employed in the
Duluth railway shops. AT one time he
Il was one OF the commissioners OF ftan1-.
sey county. He always took promi-
nent part in the doings of labor or
ganizations, and was an active poll
tician among his fellow laborers. At
i one time he was president of the trades
and labor assembly. He was a mefTl-
Der of the Masonic order, the G. A. r.,
and at one time the Odd Fellows and
! A. o. U. W.. but it is not known
whether he was in good standing in
1 the latter order at the time of his
DEATH He carried insurance to the
amount of $4,000 in a Masonic insur-
| ance company. He was fifty-eight
years of age, and leaves al widow, with
no children. His nephew Is Will Jou-
| bert, the editor of the Litchfield News
| Ledger.
| Several times during the past year
he had spoken to his associates of his
! intention to kill himself, and within
| the past few days, it is said, he talked
| about the same thing Yesterday after
noon he borrowed the mirror from one
of his neighbors, saying he wanted it
| to assist him in making a sketch of
himself No inquest will be held over
/ the remains.