The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-04
WEARIED OF HIS LIFE
DANIEL MOILONEN COMMITS SUI
eide WITH SOLUTION OF CYA-
NIDE OFF POTASSIUM
SAID HE WRoNGED HIS WIFE


at the Union Depot, and Was I'm
Consequence Arrested, but Suisse
Quently ReIeased-In q Letter
Which He Left He Said He Con-
sidered Himself n Useless Article.
Daniel Moilonen, foreigner, whose
mind was evidently unbalanced, COM
D1itted suicide at noon yesterday at the
home Of Fatrolman John Harris, 456 East
Seventh street, by swallowing a solution
of cyanide Of potassium. Although the
suicide left letter referring to his inten-
ton to take his own life there is consid-
cradle mystery surrounding the man
which the police have been unable to
unravel That the act Of self-destruc-
ton had been premeditated several days
the police do not doubt.
His history, SO far as ascertained, Is
that he arrived In st. Paul from Seattle,
Wash, on last Sunday afternoon at 8
o'clock. He remained about the union
depot until Fatroiman Andrew Calls at
tention was directed to him on account
Of actions indicating an unsound mind.
Call sent him to the central station, and
AsAS'ANSOii1
ton, concluded the man was not seri-
ously Ill nor afflicted with pronounced de-
mentia. He had some money, and ex-
planned that he was seeking employment,
and at the same time trying to find his
wife, with whom he said he had disagreed
and later lost track. Out of kindness Pa
trolnan Harris, Of the central station,
offered him lodgings Sunday night at
his home, on East Seventh street, which
Moionen thankfully accepted. On New
Years day he started to Minneapolis. on
his dual errand, but gave u. the journey
on account of the holiday
On Tuesday Moilonen concluded he
would like to remain In st. Paul and
PAID for his accommodations for one
week. His actions about the house were
somewhat peculiar, as he evinced moody
nature and preferred to remain in his
room alone. Tuesday, at noon, when she
went to put Mollonen's room in order,
Mrs. Harris found him alone. He had
wrapped q Turkish towel about his head,
but denied illness or indisposition of any
kind. 1t is now believed that Moilonen
was in readiness to commit suicide at
this time, as, in reply to repeated knock
ings at his door at the time, he declared
open it. pass key was secured, and
when the door was opened the regular
door key fell out of the lock on the floor.
The man left the house at $3.50 o'clock
yesterday morning and must have re-
turned about noon, for between that
time and noon Mrs. Harris went to his
room. The door was not locked, but
was INSTRUCTED from within. Mrs. Har-
ris called in neighbor, who forced
It'll
omen on the floor, his body reclining par
tally against the door. He was breath
ing, but unconscious. A glass that had
contained the solution was upon the
table.
The patrol wagon was called but the
man had ceased to breathe before the
city hospital was reached and the body
was placed in the morgue.
The following letter, written apparent
ly just before the poison was swal-
lowed, was found on the table in the bed
room:
MY name is Daniel Moilonen, born
in st. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. s, 1866.
Don't think I am mad. No, but
simply tired of my life I feel that /
am a useless article. l have wronged
here so many people that / think they
cannot forgive me. Therefore, l think
it is best for me and the rest of human
ity to go away.
Goodbye all! Ia ia
That the suicide was suffering from
extreme mental depression on account
of having disagreed, quarreled with and
separated from his wife, the police do
not doubt and from the fact that he
told Patrolman Harris that one of his
purposes il coming to ST. Paul was the
expectation of meeting his wife, the po-
lice will make every possible effort to
locate her, either in this city or Min
neapolis.
Among the articles on the table in the
room of the suicide was letter ad-
dressed:
'.To Annie Moilonen To my deeply
wronged wife wherever she is
The inscription is In English, but the
text is written in a foreign language.
There was another short letter on note
paper without address or signature, also
In a foreign language.
Among the other articles found in the
suicides pocket was an empty envelope
postmarked San Francisco CAL, Dec. q.
1899. The writer of the letter had writ
ten in the upper left-hand corner From
F. Jenhum, $50 Willow avenue, San
Francisco, Call The envelope is adj
dressed to the suicide at NO. 5l9 seneca
street, Seattle, Wash.
manufacturer of diamond jewelry, OF
Seattle contained an offer to Moilonen
of employment at his trade at the rate
of 81 per day. Another letter-the lat
est-under date Of Nov 4, $780, from the
same firm, contained regrets that Moll-
onen's sickness had prevented him from
accepting. the offered employment AL
this time Moilonen was In san Francesca.
Among the other articles found In the
pocket of the suicide was an ordinary
red leather memorandum book. On the
first page, ider the cover were the
mans initials, the date 1900, and the
words ST. Paul, MINI. Just above the
inscription was a clipping from Min
neapolis newspaper of recent date from
an article On Moody, the recently de-
ceased evangelist. in which Mr. MCCOY
expressed the conviction: II do not con-
slider a man worth anything unless he is
considered peculiar by frivolous
world" The book also contained the
names and addresses of several business
q. {pdividI1aIS in San francisco