The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-05-11
.A SAD ST. LOUIS TRAGEDY.
Gustave M. Baare Shot and Killed.
as He Slept, by His Daugh-
ter, Ida M. Baare.
LATTER THEN COMMITTED SUlC'pe'
rh. Stacking Tragedy the Cuimi""-
- n, continued Abuse Of the
wife and Mother by b"are'
wa. Quarrelsome when '
the Of Drink.

ST. Louis. May s.-Gustave M. baare'
bailiff of the St. Louis school Do",u.
was shot and instantly killed. aooes
seven o'clock Tuesday night, by Ms
daughter. Ida NJ. Baare, at MS honie'
in the southern part of the CITY, M'ss
Raare then committed suicide, using
tbc same weapo with which she sho'
her father.
Cause of the
The tragedy grew out OF an lnsuis
| which, according to a note le1t ny ~
| girl. the father had offered 10 .heii
mother. Members of the family say
the act was the sequel to continue
muse of the mother by the father, d
state of things brought on Largely "
Mr.. Baare's drinking habits, by which
the daughter had been goadea 'n'o
desperation. Both died almost IN
stantly in the dining-room, where 'ne
bloody deeds were enacted.
where the Deeds Were Done
A married daughter and Mrs. Baare
had. about seven o'clock, gone lhte
the parlor to chat. Baare, a1tei
scolding the IN of the househoi'
Law down on a cot in the dining room
which wac in the rear of the house
Miss Ida left her mother and siste'
and went into the rear OF the mousse
DEVELOPMENTS show that she mus
have armed herself, gone into IN
room where her parent lay in slumpe
and. after locking the door, opehe'
fire. She aimed at her fathers hea'
and struck a vital spot. The shot wa
heard by the women in the parlor an
thcy at once uttered screams. "A me
ment later another shot rang ou'
This was the suicidal act. Both VIC
, tins Law where they fell when I'll
shots were fired. There was no ev
| dence of n struggle.
Ida Baare's Last Words'
3 On a table in the room the famii
$ found an envelope on which a bet
! written the words: -.
"Dear Sister and Brothers i
x,,t.d orr motber. IDA"
The dead man was about % yea
e of age. He served in the civil war
h the Fifteenth Missouri regiment,
which Col. Meumann was in comman
e He was a member of the Grand Arm
of the Republic, and at one time ide
4 titled with several secret societies. l
e was also prominent in the nco
It Turnverein. Years ago he was W
# known in south end politics, a
e, served a term as representative in I
E. Missouri assembly. Fol ten or mo
g years he had been clerk and bail
l. for the school board.
IT Miss Baare was a brunette, bless
" with good looks, and devoted to b
home. Her friends say that she W
n girl who brooded much over her
TIERS conduct, and that her
pride had made her sensitive to I
es sufferings which her mother bore
his hands. Brooding over thu
wrongs had driven her to despe
ton.
Both Deliberate shots.
ne A physician. who was called in af
ID the shooting, found that the bullet
of the fathers head had entered on
ie- right side of the temple, passing
most straight through. Death,
re thinks, must have been instant, as
lat hands were still clasped across
ZEN eyes, and the body laid as if the II
TIL was sleeping. The young IN IN
have held the revolver close agai
It'll her own head, as it made a hole G
at an inch in diamenter. The skin
blackened and the hair singed.
the bullet entered her head in front
18th the right ear just back of the tenn
ose passing through and coming out
the left side at the base of the or