The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-03-27

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possible the information was
impaired to her, that was to sad
den the remainder of her life, and she
stood the strain as we'll as could be
expected under the unpleasant Cir
cumstances. She said that her hus-
band was thirty-three years of age,
has no relatives, and that they moved
to Mankato from st. Paul some weeks
ago. Her husband had invested all
the money that he had, So, 800, in the
business, and had been unfortunate
and lost it all. He had sold out to
the California Wine House, of Min
neapolis, and has exhausted his
funds and being out of work, for the
past two weeks had been very des-
pondent, and frequently threatened
to commit suicide. He had yesterday
sought his revolver for the purpose.
He left home at 1880 o'clock under a
high state of excitement, saying that
he would go to the Columbia Wine
House and get an oil stove that be-
longed to him, and took the piece of
clothes line with him for the osten-
sible purpose of tying up the stove.
1t is more likely that he contemplate
ed hanging himself.
The deceased is member of the
local lodge of Sons of Herman, and
had 81 900 of life insurance in it. He
was also a member of Theodore
Koerner lodge No. Is, Krieger
Verien, of St. Paul. and had some life
insurance in it, but how much his
wife did not know There are no
children in the family, and unless the
life insurance can be secured, the
widow will be in Strengthened circum-
stances for a time. She desired that
the remains be brought to her rooms.
This is the third husband whom
death has snatched from her side and
she is still young woman.
The watch worn by the deceased
stopped at two minutes before nine
o'clock, which may have been the
time when the rash act was COM
mitted. There were at first fears
that there had been foul play, but
there does not seem to have been any
real foundation for this. Mr.. Lam
bert had no enemies, and his money
and watch were undisturbed. The
gold chain was broken, perhaps IN get
ting through the wire fence. The
money was distributed in different
pockets.
Diligent search failed to find the
weapon with which the suicide was
committed, and it may have been
covered with soil, thrown into the
pond, or off among the the weeds and
dried grass.
Among the articles found in the
pockets was a blank telegraph form
with these words penciled on it,:
"Hertten Lambert, 3l3 N. Front.
What is the matter" There was also
a last evenings Mankato daily paper
III one pOCKeO.
James Garvin, gate keeper near by,
said that he saw light on the track
at eight O'Clock, near where the body
was found, and it suddenly disap-
peared. His wife saw a long and a
short man wal up the bluff road and
across through the fields to the rail-
road tack and walk down the track,
about the same time, which was just
after the evening train had passed
C.M. Fuller, young farmer living
near by, heard whistle something
like a police whistle, given with a
warning infection. This was about
eight o'clock, and half a mile beyond
where the body lay.
The section crew, MeSsrS. LAWN,
Shanahan and Kinsey, also saw the
remains early this morning. All of
the above parties will be witnesses at
the inquest tomorrow.
At the undertaking room it was dis
covered that Lambert had a deep cut
over his right temple, and a bad
bruise over his left one
Lampert had just returned from a
trip to Wisconsin, and had packed up
preparatory to moving away.