The Van Buren press. [volume] (Van Buren, Ark.) 1859-1914, 1901-05-11
/ SAD ST. LOUIS TRAGEDY.
cnstave M. Baare Shot and Killed,
as He Slept, by His Daugh-
ter, Ida M. Baare.
latter THEN COMMITTED SUICIDE.
r shocking Tragedy the Culmina-
49,, of continued Abuse of the
wife and Mother by Bare, VIII"
as QunrrelsOme When Under
Al. influence of Drink.

@, ronis May 9.-Gustaye NJ. BaGre,
,.nig of the st. Louis school board.
,s sbot and instantly killed, about
.ron o'clock Tuesday night, by his
,sngbter. Ida NJ Baare, at his home,
.be southern part of the city. Misc
a.ore then committed suicide, using
,ho same weapon with which she shos
her father
Cause of the Tragedy.
The tragedy grew out of an insult
,,hicb according to note left by the
,rl the father had offered to their
,oo,her. Members of the family say
,ho act was the SEQUEL to continued
huge Of the mother by the father, a
tate of things brought on largely BY
Mr. Baare's drinking habits, by which
,be daughter had been goaded into
a.orerotion. Both died almost in
.tantly in the dining-room, where the
hoody deeds were enacted.
where the Deeds Were Done.
A married daughter and Mrs. Baare
had about seven o'clock, gone into
lbe parlor to chat. Baare, after
scoding the women Of the household,
Lax down on a cot in the dining room,
which wac in the rear of the house.
Miss Ida left her mother and sister
and went into the rear of the house.
Developments show that she must
have armed herself, gone into the
room where her parent lay in slumber
and. after locking the door, opened
fire. She aimed at her fathers head
and struck a vital spot. The shot was
heard by the women in the parlor and
they nj once uttered screams. \ mo.
ment later another shot rang out
This was the suicidal act. Both we
Tins lay where they fell when the
shots were fred There was no evil
dence OF struggle.
Ida Bnnre's Last words.
On a table in the room the family
found an envelope on which had been
written the words:
Dear Sister and Brothers lie in
suited our mother. IDA.
The dead man was about So years
Of age He served in the civil war in
the Fifteenth Missouri regiment, OF
which Col. Meumann was in command
He was u member OF the Grand Army
Of the Republic, and at one time iden'
tilted with several secret societies. lie
was also prominent in the Concordia
Turnverem. Years ago he was well
known in south end politics, and
served Il term ms representative In the
Missouri assembly. For ten or more
years he had been clerk and bailin
for the school board.
Miss Baarc was n brunette. blessed
with good looks, and devoted to her
home Her friends say that she was
q girl who brooded much over her ia
TIERS conduct, and that her sense OF
pride had made her sensitive TO the
suiYerings which her mother bore at
his hands, lirooding over these
wrongs had driven her TO dSpera'
ton.
Both Deliberate shots.
A physician, who was called in after
The shooting, found that the bullet in
The fathers head had entered on the
right side of the temple, passing al
most straight through, Death, he
thinks, must have been instant, MS his
hands were siill clnspcd across his
eyes, and the body laid ns IL the man
was sleeping. The young woman must
nave held the revolver close against
her own head, as IL made hole over
IN inch in diamenter. The skin was
o'Mkencd and the hair singed, The
bullet entered her head In front of
'nc right ear just back of the temple,
passing through and coming out OF
'ne left side at the base Of the cranl-