The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-18
HARRISON II. M'CLUNG FOUND
DEAD IN HIS HOME ON HAGUE
AVENUE.
poPULARNouNe MAN WAS HE.
BELIEVED TO HAVE ENDED HIS
LIFE BECAUSE OF SOME BUS
MESS TROUBLES.
FAMILY HAD GONE DOWN TOWN.
On Returning Found the Head of
the Family Dead With IA Re-
vOlver I'm His Hand.


the st. Paul Mutual Building asso-
citation, was. shot and killed at his
home. 9S9 Hague avenue, yesterday
morning. A thirty-eight caliber bull
let entered his brain. His relatives
incline to the belief that it was an &C
cident, but circumstances point to it
as having been case Of suicide
caused by business troubles of some
kind.
Mr.. McClung was alone in the house
at the time of the shooting, which is
thought to have occurred about 1880
O'Clock. For several days he had been
SUFFERING from the excessive heat and
yesterday did not go down to his Office
at the usual time. Mrs. McClung went
down town shortly after 9 o'clock,
taking with, her the only child of the
family, girl two years old. When
she left the house her husband kissed
her affectionately and seemed in the
best of spirits, but upon her return be-
fore noon he was not to be found
ABOUT the lower. part of the house, and
a search resulted in the discovery of
his dead body in the bath room on the
second floor. The body lay prone upon
the floor, while a pistol clutched in
the hand andsa bullet hole in the right
temple, from which pool of blood had
tr1ckled about the dead form, told the
story. Death was undoubtedly instan-
taneous. When the fact Of Mr.. Nc
Clungs death became known the oc-
cupants of the house next door re-
called hearing muffled sound resemb-
n FOL Oh l,oIf
O'Clock, but had. attached no signifi-
canoe to the occurrence
Relatives of the dead man can give
no reason for the act of self destruc-
ton except that il was done in mo-
ment of mental alteration, induced by
sickness and worry, as his business af-
fairs are said to be in the best Of con-
dltion, while his domestic life was Of
the happiest. For several days Mr..
McClung had complained of not feel
ing well, attrfbuting his condition to
the hot weather, and having imbibed
too freely of iced water. Unusual pains
in the head bothered him and until
Friday, he had not been to his place
Of business for several days. going to
the office on that day for short time.
Last winter Mr.. McClung received a
bad fall from a cable car at Lexington
andz SelbY avenues, striking upon1z his
head, and eonlplaintss Of severe head
aches to some Of his friends at differ
ent times since the accident, leads to
the belief that the accident may have
possibly left sSmse~ permanent effects,
IN measure responsible for his sui
eide, though his relatives are not of
this opinion.
Mr.. McClung had never intimated to
his family that he contemplated sui
eide, and it is thought that his act was
without the least. preme Citation He
always kept a; revolver in the house
and it is believed that shortly after
his wife departed, the strain under
which he had been laboring assumed
an acute form, for the time being pro-
ducing a state of mental arrangement
in which the rash act was committed
Acting Coroner A. L. Nelson investi-
gated the circumstances of death and
decided an inquest unnecessary.
Mr.. McClung was thirty-three years
old and is survived by a wife and one
child. He was born in st. Paul, his
father, J. w. McClung, having been
prominent among the early settlers of
this city. The deceased was, until sew
eral years ago, q member Of the Min
nesota club and the Minnesota Boat
club. Mr.. McClung Sr. organized the
first building society in the West and
had large property interests in st.
Paul. When he died, ten years ago.
his son succeeded to his business in
terests and has since transacted a
real estate business in addition to
holding the position of secretary of
the st. Paul Mutual Building associa-
ton, "a East Fourth street. J. w. Nc
Chung was a native of Kentucky and
Chung was married three years ago to
Miss Hamilton, ait the time employed
in the business office of a local news
paper. The dead mans mother and
three sisters, one OF whom is married
survive him and live in this city.