Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1896-12-10
FOUND DEAD. D f:
A Man on Rainy River Hangs Him
self in His Shanty.

self in His Shanty.
On last Saturday evening Coroner
4. P. j. Monkman brought the body
of suicide to Rosea q and the follow
ing facts were gathered concerning
the dead man and his. self inflicted
death. About the first Of last Sep
tember the deceased appeared on
Rainy river about three miles up
from the mouth and built a neat
shanty and cleared up about two
acres OF land. He. appeared at what
is called Hungry Hall at the mouth
of the river on the Canadian side
about the middle OF September and
requested John Sutherland to allow
a letter to be sent him through his
address. This was agreed to and he
posted a letter addressed as near as
Mr.. Sutherland remembers to John
HELEN, Jacobsville, Houghton Co.,
Mich; at that time hesaid he was a
Finn, % years old, had a wife and
three children in the old country and
brother in Michigan and that his
name was John. He was poorly
dressed aud had no money and was
furnished -four and provisions. About
the first OF November he called on Mr..
Sutherland for an answer to his let
ter but none had come and he left in
a respondent mood. 4 few days af-
ter the letter came written in Finnish
and subscribed by Yahn Annala, Ja-
cobson, Mich, Bx. 175. Failing to
hear from his friends it is apparent
that the man went to his shanty and
made preparations toeommit suicide.
An Indian boy on the 9th Of Novem-
Der upon looking i'll the shanty saw
his body hanging and notified some
white men, who renlayed the body
placed in a rough coftih and sent It 60
War Road from where it was brought
to Roseau by the coroner who hap
pened to be there at
the time the body arrived.
To commit the act the suicide bent a
tree down over the roof of the shanty
which he fastened down through a
small hole in the roof with rope
which was looped to stake. A moose
was fastened to the bent tree on the
outside and dropped through the hole
in the roof. A lever was arranged by
which the rope holding down the tree
could be slipped of and the trap
sprung. Standing on. the floor the
Anan adjusted the Moose around his
neck, sprung the trap and his body
was jerked upwards, his head jammed
hard against the roof, in which posi-
ton he was found. Hanging near
his head suspended by fish
hook was small board on which was
carved in plain lettersa message of
some kind in his native language,
each word being separated by CO.
lon, as follows:
Ia Ia: on: J:P:B: totka: wat !:
ma: Muta: TIA: Anna: He+lle: aut-
exist: Z+lla: Het: Et Rakkat: Kan
ia: Latze++oz: Zapuz: ion : Kukan !:
Kate tama: Lam: Paine: Tam !:
+aramhy Wafr+r: MINI: Kurttaf !:
Patwat: Lopu.
The shanty was baresof clothing or
bedding Of any kind. A neatly built
fire place was erected in one end, and
small quantity Of -four, an axe and
a knife made from razor blade was
all that was found. In appearance
the man was well built, of medium
height, weighed about 180 pounds,
light hair, reddish mustache and very
fair complexion. It was thought by
those who met him that he was trying
for some reason or other to conceal
himself as he held aloof from every
one. An Indian who passed the
shanty about Nov. lst, noticed the
tree bent down over the shanty, but
his curiosity did not lead him to In
vestigate. Roseau Co. Times.
Absolutely pure. perfectly harm
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