The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-03-20
Another Suicide Case.
A. T. Rigstad Takes
His Life BY Hang
ing.
Dependency the Cause Of 1t.
fore He Done the Deed-Corou-
er's Inquest Held.


er's Inquest Held.
Andrew 4. Rigstaj, an agent employed
at the establishment oi Gately 4 Co. on
Fifth street, committed suicide by hang
ing himself to raiter in a shed in the
rear OF the store some time last night.
Michael kinnaue, the manager oil the
store, was seen by the NEWS reporter
this moroing and told the following
story:
II came into the store shortly after s
o'clock this morning and Immediately
went into the shed at the rear of the
store TO do some chores. l was more
than surprised 10 see tbe body Of Rig
stad hanging with his feet touching the
floor and his knees bent, C III aud stiff ia
death ard with a clothes line around his
neck. ! immediately notified Deputy
Sheriff Sullivan and he informed Coroner
Macdonald. sho impaneled Jury. Rg-
stad had been drinking heavy since last
Saturday aud had been Respondent for
some time past. lie was employed by
Gately n Co. for many years, first at Ish-
peming and had managed the store here
for year and "A hall before | came here
To take charge"
The following jury was then inipaneled
ard went TO Gatey's store and exam.
med the body. Antoine kowiak, JAMES
T. Wilcox, j. Z. Roberts, Thomas Crib
BILE, Charles Hansohu and James q Leary.
coroner Macdonald swore the jury
men and alter examining the remaius
they adjourned 10 Mr.. Macdonald's
Office where witnesses were examined.
Their testimony is given in foil az follows:
NJ chael kinnaLe ives sv ON and testi
fed as follows:
Il saw the deceased on Wednesday
night last. lie was working 10 lately &
Co.'sstOre Of which firm lam the manager.
| asked him to bring back some OF the
goods that he bad and he did so. He
said when he we leaving the store that he
would be back early in the morning.
The deceased had been drinking hard for
the past week. l saw the deceased this
morning and he was dead then and hang
ing by the heck 10 our back premises. I
think he must have hanged himself after
we closed the store aud found his way
in by the back way"
Mathew Daniels was then sworn and
gave the following testimony:
Il saw the deceased yesterday morn
ing in August Beck's saloon. | had only
d few words with him and that was the
the last saw of him. The deceased was
a Norwegian. He was about As years
Of age, married and had FIVE children"
James Lewis, another employee OF
Gately 4 Co., testified as follows:
IL met the deceased in Kingston's
meat market on Tuesday evening and he
was then intoxicated. He was then
gong home with a package of meat
under bis arm. | saw him again on
Wednesday morning. lie was quite
sober then. lie wanted TO get into the
store, but the store was locked"
William Ellis gave the following teeth
mony.
IL saw crowd at Gately's store and
went in and saw the deceased hanging by
the neck in the buck premises. | helped
to take him down"
This ended the testimony and the jury,
inter being out few minutes, returned
the following verict:
We find that the deceased came to his
death by hanging himself with a rope,
on the night Of March 10.
SIGNED by TUE JuRYMEN."
Rigstad leaves IA vile and five children,
Que daughter married and residing at
lshpeming and two grown SONS. The
vile and smaller children reside at Laur.
ium, and the remains were removed 10
their home this morning. No arrange
ments have yet been made for the
funeral