St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-05-01

great sufferer from asthma, and was
i'll the greater part of last winter.
OF late he has been in fairly good
health, with the exception of an at
tack of pleurisy following the ap-
parent recovery from the asthma.
Yesterday morning Mr.. ledger
wood arose as usual and spent the
day according to his custom. Last
evening he returned to his home,
1904 Aldrdch avenue north, and was
about the house during the evening.
AT about 6 o'clock, while out in his
yard, he met Aid Schwartz, who
resides across the street, and the two
discussed the Nicollet avenue paw
ing. Mr.. Ledgerwood was unusually
cheerful and was apparently in ex-
cellent spirits. Later in the evening
he visited his next-door neignbor,
and at 10 o'clock retired to bed.
Shortly after Mrs. Ledgerwood re-
tired to her room. 1t is Mr. Ledger
woods custom to read for an hour
or more after going TO bed. 1t is the
opinion of many of Mr.. Ledgerwood's
friends that some
PARTICULAR PASSAGE
in the works of Shakespeare had at
tracted his attention and put the
thought of taking his own life into his
head, and that then he simply reached
to the side of the table and, taking the
revolver, fired the fatal shot. The bull
let entered the head two inches above
the right ear and passed completely
through the head, paralyZing the
brain. Everything possible was done
for the injured man, but DIR. Nye was
of the opinion that the course of the
bullet was such as to render recovery
an utter impossibility. George e.
Lodgerwood was a man of generous
and kindly impubes, and had hosts of
friends He came to Minneapolis
something like ten years ago. He was
a printer by trade and for several
years was employed as a compositor
on the Journal. About seven years
ago he began reading proof on that
paper and in connection with that work
edited the labor department. He was
president of the Minneapolis Typo
graphical union for term and repre-
sented that order in the trades and
labor assembly.
He was an enthusiastic trades union
ist, and this fact, together with his
journalistic work in behalf of organ
lied labor. brought him in contact
with local tradespeople. He was care
full and frugal in his habits and palms.
taking in his work, and when the
Democracy nominated him for county
auditor in the fall of 80 his friends
ha
made at the polls. He made a good
auditor and actively participated in /
politics. He was a candidate for re-
election in 1892 but was defeated. He,
with others, then established the
Phoenix laundry, on First avenue
south. Last fall he was again nom
mated for county auditor but failed
of election. He was a prominent and
popular member of the MINNEAPOLIS
lodge of Elks, and until a month ago
was its secretary. He was also a
member of the Odd Fellows lodge in
North Minneapolis A few days ago
he dropped into Skinner's drug store.
Twenty-sixth avenue north and Wash
ington, and asked several joking ques-
tions about poisons, saying they would
be good thing for a man with the
asthma.
MRS. LEDGERWooD TALKS.
Mrs. Ledgerwood, in speaking to a
Globe reporter last evening, said she !
fell asleep Immediately on retiring,
About II o'clock she was awakened by
a strange noise in the next room. She
called her husband, but there came 10
answer beyond a harsh, gurgIing
sound as though some one were
choking to death. She rushed to her
husbands room, where a bright light
was burning. The sight which met
her gaze was a terrible one. There, in
the bed. with his head just over the
side board lay her husband, pool of
blood on the floor, and his head and
the bed clothing covered with blood
from an ugly, gaping wound two
inches above the right ear. Beside
him In the bed lay his revolver, a 32-
calibre Smith & Wesson. Mrs. .Ledg-
erwood raised him up. and, putting his