St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-10
WHILE HIS MIND is UN-
BALANCED.
HIS BUSINESS REvERsEs
SUPPOSED TO HAVE CAUSED HIM
TO END HIS LIFE YES
TERDAY.
Was a Member af a Large Number
of SOcieties-ParticuIa of
! His Sad Ending.

give been to see friend of mine at
the cemetery" was the explanation
given to his wife by John Kiemen
Saturday night, when he returned shiv-
ering without his overcoat from a stroll
through the cold streets. This was at
Mr.. Kiemen's home, No. 235 Glencoe
street, adjoining the dry goods and
shoe store of John Kiemen & Co., at
Glencoe and Mississippi streets. The
extraordinary remark just quoted con-
WINGED Mrs. Kiemen that her husband
was becoming deranged over his bust
ness troubles. Mr.. Kiemen's strange
conduct continued at intervals until
Wednesday, when his anxieties culml-
mated and he was forced to make an as
signment of his business to E. f. Ber-
risford.
Wednesday night Mr.. Kiemen return
ed home from a conference with his as
signee and sat long in his bedroom ST.
lent and staring vacantly. His wife
could scarcely attract his attention. He
Isignored her entreaties for him to re-
tire At last she threatened to arouse
boarder in the house. Then Mr.. K1e-
men lay down without removing his
clothes About daylight he fell asleep,
but arose at 1880 and sent his wire
down town with an urgent business
message to Mr.. Berrisford. Mrs. K1e-
men gone the distracted man went
down stairs and in the presence or a
seyen-year-old daughter took from be-
hind the piano a coil of heavy Drown
wrapping Irvine. The child almost I'M
derstood and cried vainly for her papa
to come back when he opened the door
to the cellar and bade her not to fol-
low. Next were heard from the cellar
the blows of the hammer. But the
frightened child kept quiet. Half an
hour later the housemaid started down
the cellar and saw the body of her mas
ter hanging from the ceiling. TO the
nail which he had hammered into d
beam he had fastened the heavy
twine and, noosing his neck, he had
Jumped clear of the stairs. Henry
FRANKIE, a neighbor, was summoned,
and cut the body down. DR.. Benepe'
arriving shortly, found that Mr.. k1e-
mems neck was broken and that he had
been dead some time. When coroner
Whitcomb arrived he declared an IN
quest needless. The body was there
nnon sent to the rooms of Undertaken
WillWerscheid, AIT st. Peter street.
Mr.. Kiemen was forty-eight years old.
He came to ST. Paul from Germany in
1868. For a score Of years he mas con-
Quoted the business which just failed,
and. at the same time, he has served
the Berrisford Cracker factory, at Fifth
and Minnesota streets, as city sales
man. during ten years Tie IAleiiieii
store was on lower Seventh street, I'M
til. in 1887. Mr.. Kienen erected the three
story brick block at Glencoe and Missis-
sippi streets. The residence adjoining
is a two-story frame structure. This
property, together with a house and lot
on Hall avenue, and a business of, per-
haps, $4,000 year, constituted Mr. kle-
mems possessions until the failure. The
latter was the result of the continued
commercial depression.
1t was as a Catholic and a member OF
the Assumption church that Mr.. Kie-
men was especially prominent He be-
longed to st. Clements Benevolent So
ciety, st. Peters Benevolent Aid So
ciety, the st. Joseph's German Catholic
Orphan society, the Illinois Catholic
Order of Foresters, and the Minnesota
State Insurance association, all being
fra ternitieS with church affiliations. He
was also insured in the Bankers Life
association, of this city.
Besides a widow, Mr.. Kiemen left
three sons and three daughters, the
youngest boy of three months, the
eldest daughter of twenty-one, now
about to enter a convent at Duquoin,
Ill.
The funeral will take place at p. m.
today from the family residence. The
interment will be at Calvary, a conse-
Grated grave not being forbidden to a
Catholic who Stays himself while in
sane. The services at the house today
will be conducted by Rev. Alfred May
er, pastor Of Assumption church.