The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-23
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE
AT SALTWATER
Convict Jumps From Gallery in the
Prison and His Injuries May
Be Fatal.

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prison. who had just trifie more than
a month longer to serve, chose grue-
some way to commit suicide yester-
day, when he jumped from one of the
upper galleries Of the cell room and
landed in a heap on the tile floor be-
low. It is not known whether he
jumped from the fourth or fifth gall
lery, but the supposition is that he
went as high as he could get. Schwartz
was received at the prison, March 8,
1898, from Minneapolis, to serve six
years and six months for assault in
the first degree, and prior to coming to
the prison had served two terms in the
Minneapolis workhouse. He was en-
ployed in Shop K, one Of the shoe
shops, and although he was not con-
sidered strong mentally, he continued
at his work and no one nistrusted that
he intended to kill himself. Yesterday
morning he attended doctors call in
the prison hospital and secured medi
cine for his bowels, and the doctor
told him that he only had a short time
longer to serve and that he must not
break down completely before going
out. To this he answered that there
was no danger and he appeared to be
light hearted when he returned to his
work.
When the convicts left their cells at
the noon hour yesterday to go to din
ner, Schwartz, instead of going down
to the overflow dining room on the first
floor, started upward and his disap-
pearance from line was not noticed I'M
til the guard heard dull thud and
found Schwartz lying unconscious on
the stone floor. He was picked up and
carried to the prison hospital, where it
was discovered that his left thigh was
broken. He continued unconscious
throughout the afternoon and the ply
stefan is unable to tell how serious the
mans injuries may be, but he is likely
to die. Schwartz is twenty-six years
old and is brother Of John Schwartz,
residing on Rondo street, in st. Paul,
who was instructed to come here at
once.
Coroner Freligh made a gruesome
find at the home of Charles Stelzer, an
aged German veterinary residing on
West Oak street, Sunday morning.
Neighbors reported to him that an aw-
full stencil was coming from the house
and that Mr.. Steizer, who is about
eighty years of age, had told them
that his wife had died, but would not
permit them to enter. The coroner
went there and found that the woman
had died last Wednesday and that her
body was in an awful state of decom-
position. Stelzer insisted that the re-
mains of his wife, who was seventy
four years of age, be buried in his
back yard, but after being told that
this could not be done, he agreed that
the remains be buried in Fairview
cemetery, which was done. The old
gentleman was devoted to his wife and
during her illness, which continued a
year; he was almost constantly by her
side. When death came he refused to
be parted from her. Mrs. Stelzer died
from infirmities due to her advanced
age and her death was FASTENED by a
fall sustained about ten days ago,
when she fractured her thigh.
John J. Green, who violated parole
granted him from the prison by the
state board of control, now regrets his
act, having been returned to the prison
from the home Of relatives at Eau
Claire where he was recaptured.
Green was paroled q few months ago
and entered the employ of III. c. Farm
er, who conducts a livery stable here.
One evening he was sent to st. Paul,
but he failed to return and no trace OF
him was discovered until he was rear
rested at Eau Claire. He has eighteen
months more to serve.
Republican candidates for Office met
at the Sawyer house yesterday after
noon and agreed upon a county COM
mittee. The committeeman from the
various towns throughout the county
are as follows: Alton, Charles Holm
strom; Baytown, j. D. Jameson; Cot
tage Grove, August Noltimier; Den
mark, l.. w. Orr; Forest Lake, August
Aim and John Swanson; Forest Lake
village, w. J. Simmons; Grant, Robert
Pfiffner; Lakeland. Andrew Anderson;
Marine, Charles Strand; May, Lam
bert Anderson; Newport, H. 0. Sproat;
NeWport village, H G. Munroe; Oak
dale, Louis Vollmer; Saltwater, Arthur
Lyman and Fred Marty; South Still
water, George Wilcox and Peter STEM
Iund: Woodbury., Victor Munson and
George Bach; New Scandal, John A.
Peterson and Charles Lund; City of
saltwater, First ward, Orrfs q. Lee, +.
N. Rivard and P. HI. Christiansen Sec
ond ward, Charles Hawkinson, Charles
Boo, e. L. Hospes and George Borrow
man: Third ward, Gustav SeggeIke,
Louis Jarchow and Nick Bake.
Ernest Mcintyre waived examination
on a charge of grand larceny in the
municipal court yesterday and was
held to the grand jury. The examina-
ton Of Lane was continued two weeks.
Mrs. Hanson, the bride of Mime
apolis commercial traveller, died at
Houlton, Wis. She was the daughter
of William Gardner and twenty