New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1903-09-09
FEARS EXPOSURE and DIES
C. H. Murfin, Formerly of Sleepy
Eye, Commits Suicide.
3elieyed Woman He Had Deceived
Would Learn Truth.
Admitted Embezzling $500 From
Men Who Employed Him.

| Auui1ttSu LluUSLLIIuSS pISOOa FROM
Men Who Employed Him.
Telegraph reports from Seattle on
Sunday bring the startling news that
Chaa. II. Murin has committed suicide
rhe report is as follows:
Chas. II. Murfn of Sleepy Eye, for
merIy of Minneapolis, a bookkeeper for
A. H. Harrison & Co., Seattle, sent q
Juliet through his brain on the shores
7of Lake Washington, sometime Friday
night.
That morning he had been confront
ed by his employers with shortage of
money supposed to foot up to about
$1,000, and that, coupled with the be-
lief that his wife was about to learn
that marriage ceremony between them
performed last December, was a mock
cry. is thought by the Seattle police to
have led him to commit suicide.
Murtin had his life insured some time
before the discovery of the shortage,
and in letter found in his clothes he
states that this insurance money was to
cover his Indebtedness to the firm,
In his pockets were three letters. One
was addressed to Mrs. G. 81. Murfn, his
wife; one to A. II. Harrison, his en-
ployer; and the third to Mrs. W. NJ.
Muffin, his mother.
Shortly after the time he went to
work in Seattle he met young girl of
Burnett, Wash. Last December he
took out marriage license in Tacoma
and they were supposed to have been
married in that city the same evening.
After the ceremony, which was perform
ed by friend of Murfn, he took his
supposed wife to Seattle to live. It was
not until after his death that the woman
learned the truth.
Friday morning when Murfin came to
work Mr.. Harrison called him into his
private Office and there told him what
he knew. Murfin was astounded and is
said to have admitted the truth but
could give no idea of how much money
he had stolen.
He wound up by telling Mr.. Harri-
son that if he was not arrested he would
be able to make good the amount as
soon as he knew how much it was. Mr..
Harrison replied that he could continue
at work, but if he attemp to leave
the city he would be arrested.
Friday noon he left the Office saying
he was going home for luncheon. He
arrived home about / O'Clock and ap-
peared to his wife to be in his usual
spirits although she noticed that he
had been drinking considerably. When
he left the house to return to work he
kissed her goodbye. He then went into
bedroom and took from a drawer the
revolver found on him. That was the
last his family or friends saw of him.
Charlie Murin is the oldest Child of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Muffin of Sleepy
Eye and this tragic end to his life is a
surprise to all who know the family.
He was a young man of many good
| qualities and made friends readily. For
some time he was employed as book
keeper for the lumber interests of Chris
Jensen & Somerville at Sleepy Eye and
from there went to Minneapolis where
he did similar work. He formed asso-
ciates whose influence was anything but
good and it was mainly to get away
from them that he went west.
He was brother of Roy Muffin
whose tragic death in the Klondy ke
country plunged the family into deep
est grief. The parents live at Sleepy
Eye and will have the full sympathy OF
all who know them in this second affiic-
ton.
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