New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-05-08
TRA AGEDY 7 AT S SLEEPY EY E.
a Drunken Row Ends IN the Suicide of
Alfred Koecherle.

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IA Drunken Row Ends il tie Suicide 81
Alfred Koecherle.
After First Attempting to Murder Young
Fritz Koehne.
The Suicide Leaves q Note in bis Room fol
bis Friends.
A special telegram to the st. Paul
Dispatch from Sleepy Eye on Monday
relates the fol- lowing tragedy "a row on
the street at IL o clock last evening en-
ded in a tragedy. Alfred Il Koecherle, q
young man 90 years of age, timer BY
trade in the employ OF Hanson s Goett-
sche, shot Fritz Koehne, a young associ-
ate, in the neck, and himself afterward
committed suicide. The trouble started
during the afternoon in Eade's saloon,
/ where Koehne was tending bar. A dis
pute about change was the cause al
though it is said that a feud has been on
between the young fellows for over a
year. II
At the time stated K Koehne and Charles
Black were seated before the latter's meat
market on Main street, when Koecherle
came along under the influence Of liquor.
He walked up to Koehne saying: You
are the - Pm after,'' and fired at
Linn with a 32-caliber revolver which he
had taken from his employers store.
Koehne ducked and the bullet passed
through his coat, vest and shirt collar,
lploWing through his neck perilous1Y near
the spinal cord. Koehne is resting easi-
ly and will recover. ..s 81
The would-be murderer then fred. at
Black as the latter tried to grab him, but
missed his aim. He then ran and it was
supposed he had left town until his dead
body was found this morning in the tin
shop of the hardware store with a bullet
in his brain. he had returned to the
store, lighted a lantern. loaded a shot
gun and the revolver and then written
a note as follows: b.
II am gone, good bye to all. That's
for what told you when I left them.
i have settled for all the end of me.
Don't be sorry for me. I hope you will
have a happy B. am gone . NJ.
The shotgun leaned against a bench
and seems tc have been for defense in
case he was interrupted. After writing
the note ne placed the revolver to his
ear and fired, falling on his face with: the
the pistol on the. floor at his side. The
lantern was still burning when the body
was found. Coroner Rothenbnrg has
been summoned and will arrive on the
afternoon train. The public are quite
indignant that the saloon should have
been open on Sunday. Koecherle, il
seems, did not drink much except Sat.
urdays and Sundays. .5 n.
Encouraged By friends and by theil
first entertainment in February, thu
students Of the college have prepared
for second and better entertainment tt
be given at Union Hall on the nth O
May. New features will be brought ou
in trios for violin, cello and piano, triol
for violin, either and mandolin and al
overture arranged for four players OF
two pianos. One of the best number!
will be symphony, entitled "Spring''
Awakening" for which the Instruments
ton includes first and second violin
cello, clarionet, CUCKOO, nightingale
quailpipe, rattle. trumpet, bell-tree, piano
obligato for four hands, triangle ant
drum and cymbals. The proceeds: of til,
entertainment are to go to the colleg'
library. g.
Clerk Of Court Larson, Sheriff Ander
son and Justice Blanchard met at th.
formers Office on Wednesday and selected
the following jurors for the coming tern
of court: Grand Jurors, Frank Keute
Ed. Flick. Chas. DAWN, Hubert Berg, G
/ IA. Heers, Lorenz Flor and Geo. Doste,
Of New Ulm; Jessie Palmer and Chris
Arveson Of Sleepy Eye; Thos. Wilson 8
ISpringfeld; Halver Olson and Pete,
IShellums of Albin; Frank Eigen, Bashaw
| III. w. Van v kenburg of Bnrnstown
Alonzo Nichols of Cottonwood; Herman
Dittbenner Of Eden; !; NJ. B.. Pickle g
Home; Geo. Grossman Jr. Of Linden
Frank Lee Of Lake Hanska; Thos. Forst
ner and Christ Jenson Of Prairieville
Arnold Hillesheim Of Stark ). and VIM
Buggert Of Sigel. The Grand Jur,
meets on the 18th Of June. The Peti
/ Jury consists Of the following citizens
IF. W. Baarsch, August Gieseke, Theo
i Mueller. Fr. Kretsch, Fr. Backer and g
i r. Dongus Of New Ulm; Ole Johnscl
and Chas. Black cf Sleepy Eye; g. "a
Fierke Of Springfield; Z. G. somervill,
and VIM. Rossbach of Albin; q. b. Pot
tier Of Bnrnstown; Andrew Drusch AM
i Henry scheibel Of Cottonwood; Edwart
Grimes, Walter Jenson and Dirg Duel 8
i Eden; George Marti and John Cuttin.
Iof Home; Iver Stone and Jacob Joram,
l3of Lake HanSka Halvor Halvorsen 8
Linden; Edward HenseI sf Milford !; an,
Jos. Brown5of Stark. The petit Juror
i meet on the 10th. s5s.
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