The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-10
LEAD FOR A CHASER
AUGUST BODEKE DRINKS AND
THEN FOLLOWS 1T WITH A
BULLET.
FALLS FATALLY WOUNDED.
HE LEFT A MERRY LITTLE DRINK
ING PARTY JUST FOR A
SECOND,
BUT DIDN'T RETURN AS EXPECTED
Sensation in an East Seventh Street
Saloon Last Neutrality-suspicious.
BE Suicide in Hospital.

August Bodeke, a laborer living at
No. 272 East Seventh street, attempted
to kill himself at Nels SandelPs saloon,
No. 26S East Seventh street, shortly
before o'clock last evening by shoot
ing himself in the head with a revolver.
He placed the barrel of the revolver
in his mouth and pulled the trigger
while the saloon was we'll filled with
patrons. The bullet perforated the soft
palate and is lodged in the back of
the neck in or near the base of the
brain. Bodeke was taken to the city
hospital, where it was stated that his
wound was probably of a fatal nature
He was unconscious and unable to
make any statement in regard to the
attempt at self-destruction. Despond-
ency is assigned by the mans friends
as the cause of his act.
The Would-be suicide is a man about
tWenty-eight years of age and unmar-
rled. He came to st. Paul from Glib
son, Mimi, last fall and has since been
IN the employ of Adolph Schultz, the
proprietor of the Broadway skating
rink, making his home with his en-
ployer's brother, Ernest Schultz, over
the saloon where he attempted to kill
himself. Last Monday some one stole
FUR coat belonging to him and since
then Bodeke has worried a great deal.
and on several occasions informed Mr..
Schultz that he intended killing him
! SELF Two days ago Bodeke received
a months wages and afterward failed
TO make his appearance at the skating
rink, though he has been about his
room and Sandells saloon frequently
Yesterday afternoon at Mr.. Schultz's
suggestion that he provide himself with
a suit of clothes while he had the
money, Bodeke said he had lost his
wages and appeared very disconsolate,
again threatening to take his life.
shortly before 6 o'clock, Bodeke en-
lelTd Sandelfs saloon by himself and
Walked to the bar, where he Joined
y. +. Shen and another acquaintance
| III drink. He said nothing about kill
| ing himself at this time and anneara5
IN the best Of spirits. After conversing
! with his friends a few minutes he went
70 the iull~il counter and partook light
! ~ OF us contents, when he again Joined
ms companions and jovially joined in
| Singing a song. Suddenly excusing
hlmsef Bodeke stepped into a closet
! near by and the next moment the re-
| Volver shot was heard, while Bodeke's
body fell back through the swinging
| door to the floor. Blood streamed from
F.! his mouth, yet those who reached him
| first say his face still were the salts
fed smile which had animated his
| countenance during the drinking SONG
| He was unable to speak or move and
| when officer Lynch entered the place
1 he found the man laying in a pool Of
! blood where he had fallen. In a re-
| cepticle in the closet was the revolver,
| fully loaded, with the exception OF the
| chamber which had contained the bull
! let BOdeke had sent crashing toward
! his brain. The central patrol wagon
| took the wounded man to the city
! hospital. where the nature Of the wound
prevented an extraction of the ball
| BOdeke soon fell into uncOnsciousness
and the physicians stated that there
was scarcely any chance Of saving his
! life.
| Shortly after the shooting it was
| learned that Bodeke had purchased the
revolver yesterday afternoon at the
! store of John H. Koch, No. 274 East
| Seventh street. two doors below where
! he lived Bodeke's mother and mar
ried sister named Mrs. Glaessner live
| at Gibson.