The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-12

fired through the window, proceeded
To search the ward back of the house.
He discovered the body of Ewald ly-
ing on the back porch in pool OF
blood.
Beside the young mans body lay a
38-caliber double-a action reVolVer,
and a hole in his head behind
the right ear showed where the fatai
shot had taken effect The bullet lodg-
ed in the brain and did not penetrate
the skull at the opposite side.
Lived in Fear of Him.
I'VE have been been living in fear
of Ewald ever since month ago.
said Miss Jacomet. when seen last
night. He had three times threatened
to take my life and his own, and was
afraid that he might do it. He was ar
rested a month ago for threatening to
shoot me- and since then 1 have been
in fear he would do something des-
perate.
John and I went together for nearly
two years, but since last July [ had
not been giving him any encourage
ment, as I found that he had deceived
me several times. and I did not want to
have anything more to do with him.
He asked me to marry him last July
and | told him then that it was i'm
possible. When I said this he became
greatly excited and exclaimed:
I wish l had a rifle here; l would
end both our lives l did not pay much
attention to his threat at the time. and
I kept away from him as much as pos
sible, thinking that he would notice my
cold treatment and not come to see me.
But he continued coming, and again he
became desperate, saying that if still
refused to marry him he would throw
himself in front of a railroad train.
"a month ago he came to the house,
and, after knocking at the kitchen
door, asked me to step out into the
yard. / told him that If he wanted to
see me he would have to come into the
house, and he then entered. He sat
down on a chair and spoke threaten
ingly He declared that l had better
not cross his path, and that If l went
with another man he would Kill us
both / became alarmed and was ter
rified when he dropped a revolver on
the floor as he was pulling package
of tobacco from his pocket l ran to
the revolver, picked it up and threw 1t
out the window. He than ran after 1t
and l ran into the front room and call
ed for help.
He then went to a saloon where he
was shortly after arrested. He was
discharged from the court and since
then l have been in terror. Mrs. Nc
Donald asked HE 10 stay III the same
room with her and we always kept the
curtains down. Tonight we had the
curtains up and were sitting in the
middle room while Corenus was play
ing the piano. Suddenly we heard a
shot and a crash and l jumped up.
I did not realize my narrow escape till
l saw the bullet hole in the wall. The
next we heard the shot and then run
upstairs together"
Had Carefully Planned the Deed.
Ewald had evidently planned the
deed carefully, for on his body was
found a box of cartridges from which
only a single load had been taken. He
was seen at a saloon a short while be-
fore he ended his life and to friend he
had said that he would never be seen
again.
Miss Jacomet is a handsome Swiss
girl, aged nineteen. Ewald was TWEEN
ty-five and resided with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs William Ewald, at $50
Sims street. He was a Steamfitter and
had been employed by Holt & Daily
during the past few years. He is sur
vived by his parents, two sisters and
six brothers. cousin of Miss Jaco-
met is married to William Ewald,
brother of John, and resides at 1888
Minnehaha street.
Coroner Miller viewed the remains
and after making an investigation Or
dered the body removed to the county
morgue, where an autopsy will be held
today.