The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-11
LED A USELESS LIFE.
STORY OF THE SUICIDE FOUND IN
KEMP's SLOUGH, NEAR
HASTINGS
THE FAMILY's. BLACK SHEEP

A4AC XAmAAX y 01ACA OdEEf
His Wife Compelled to Leave Him
and Return to Her Father, Jacob
| Walker, One of the Men Mem
| toned I'm the Note-Had Not
| Been Heard From for Nearly Two
| Years.
! Circumstances surrounding the death
by suicide Of George III. Braehy, whose
body was found Saturday in Kemp's
slough. below Hastings on the Misss-
sippi river, indicate that his death was
premeditated as the only means left in
ms power to cause trouble for his father
in-law. Jacob Waller. and George Kas-
per. both of North ST. Paul, towards
whom he entertained none the kindIiest
| feelings
When the body was found by Il. T. Will
cox OF Hastings. while hunting ON the
| lsiand note was found in a pocket
written by the dead man, stating that he
had sought death as his alternative to
olsgrace to his family, as in case he lived
ne certainly should have killed his father
1n-law and George Kasper, whom he ac-
cused of taking his little boy away from
| him.
| Inc condition Of affairs previous to
hfaehy death was not pleasant for his
FAMILY according to the story learned at
! North St Paul yesterday by a reporter
Tor The q o be. Braehy led rather
Wlia lie. He married a daughter of
| AFT
married life deserted her and left North
| St Paul. where he mad been empIoved
| py the Luger Furniture company. going
| iirst TO Hastings and afterwards living
at olHerent times in other parts Of South
| ern Minnesota. In the spring of 1896. Mrs
Hraehy applied for divorce from her
! husband on the ground of desertion aud
| secured 1t. he retaining the custody of the
| chlld. Mrs. Braehy then returned to her
| nome with her father in North st. Paul
where she has remained ever since The
child remained with its father and after
year nothing further was heard of
| either.
About year ago. Mrs. Braehy received
word from the chief of police at Hast
1ngs. stating that her child was in the
that city. where 1t had been left bv the
Aalher. or several months after the
FAMILY first took the child money had
been received for It's support. but for
many months no further financial aid had
oeen rendered by the father and he had
not been seen or heard from. They de-
sired Mrs. Braehy to take the child and
| care Tor 1t, as they were unable 10 SUD-
port their own family and the littIe hox-
| left with them
In company with her father Mrs. Brae-
| ny went to Tasting at once and took tina
chlio out OF the family where it had lived
since It's father had left it, Mrs Weis
told Mrs. Braehy at that time that Rrae-
ny mad threatened to kill her if she no.
tined the mother of the child of ira
whereabouts. She had been to the police
ana stated her case, and they had told
her to send the child back and trust to
them for protection
,Braehy had stated to other peonle in
Hastings that the child's mother was
dead. therefore he had asked the VETS
family to take care of 1t.
since that time nothing has been heard
| OF Braehy, either by his wife or his fam
lily. He disappeared and no trace of him
was found. Until the news of his death
by suicide reached North st. Paul no one
Nicholas Braehy. a brother of the dead
man, Is employed by the Luger Furniture
company, and stated that his brother had
done so much to disgrace the family that
ne had never written him or made an eff
fort to learn Of his whereabouts. Sunday
he received a telegram from Hastings
announcing the finding of the body and
went down at once to see that his BROTH
| er was given proper burial
The funeral services occurred vestardov
morning. He stated in regard to the al.
legged trouble between Braehy and hts
father-fn-1aw and Kasper that If existed
principally in imagination, as Walzer and
hasper, who is Walkers father-in-Iaw
had acted in behalf of Mrs. Braebv DIR
Ing her divorce proceedings, and had ar.
erWards assisted her to reclaim her child
aiter II nad peen deserted by it's father
Braehy he stated, had never shown sions
OF mental weakness, and on the contrary
was considered more than usually sharn
out was in the habit of drinking to ey
cess His suicide he attributed to drinl.
JACOB Waizer was unwilling to make
any considerable statement rega riding tl,s
facts OF the differences between himsaIr
anu hraehv' Out said In the course of
a conversation:
mad not seen Braehy for nearly two
years when the news of his death cane
He visited me once or twice after his
VIE secured divorce. but never stated
any disagreement between us and seemed
to be friendly with us. He once or twice
tried to argue with his~wife concerning
the divorce, but I gave him to understand
that 1t would not be allowed. and he said
no more. The little boy and his mother
live with me. fBraehy's habits of life
We're questionable, and during his mar
ried life my daughter did not receive the
treatment she deserved This led to the
divorce after he left her."
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