The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-02
DFsPONDENT YOUNG
MAN KILLS HIMSELF
Frank KindIe Goes to Boarding
House, Swallows CarboIic
Acid and Turns on Gas.


can for my aged mother, as God IN heaven
will pour His blessing down upon you?,
This is not right l know, but despond-
ency is the cause, as my health has rap,
idiy been failing me, and T know did
not have many more days to share the
joys and sorrows that come upon us dally
during this short time on eartn. ~.
1.-THE only thing is what or my GEAR,
aged mother, and / do not want TO nm
press the matter upon my mind too mucn,
as words that do not. wish to express.
Now l beg of you the best know now
and ask to kindly do all you possibly cam
AS thank you a thousand times for what
you have previously done for US. l would
like to say many more things, but hardly
think it right.
'.Good-by forever, good-by. - -,
Having written this farewell message,
addressed to John Hoeschen. Melrose,
Mimi, on his typewriter at his desk
Saturday afternoon, Frank Kindle,
telegraph operator at the Great North
ern ward office in the, Burlington
freight house, went to his home, 62S
Pine street, and ended his life by IN
haling gas from jet and drinking the
contents of three small bottles of car
bolic acid.
Carefully Prepares for the Deed,
Kindle left his position at the freight
! house at o'clock Saturday and after
spending few hours about town went
to his room at o'clock. He took MS
shoes off and hung his hat on post
| of his bed. He then entered smali
room used as a closet, at the back OF
the house on the second floor, and MADE
preparations for ending his lie. Inc
| room is filed with carpets and OLD
pieces Of furniture and Kindle proba-
bly, selected it as the place Of his death
on account of it being unfrequented.
! Mrs. Dietrich, who conducts the
rooming house, yesterday morning no
ticed a strong odor Of gas about the
| hall upstairs and traced it to the store
room at the rear. She opened the door
and was met by the sitting fumes. She
hurriedly opened the window, turned
off the stop of the gas jet, and I'M
medately left the room without notic-
ing the PROSTATE body of the dead
young man lying on the floor.
Later in the morning. Mrs. Dietrichs
| daughter entered the room to get some
article and discovered Kindle's body.
| His form was stretched out at full
length between two rolls Of carpet.
| Under the head was Kindle's overcoat
wrapped up neatly to form a pillow.
| Upon the dead mans chest We're two
panes of window glass, which he had
| evidently placed there to use to cut ms
| throat in case the gas or poison failed
| to cause death.
| Beside the body were three empty
| one-ounce bottles which had contained
| carbolic acid, and an empty tumbler
| lying overturned Indicated the manner
| in which Kindle had drank the deadly
potion. That he might be certain of
| death he had turned on the gas. and
then laid down upon the floor with his
head upon the pillow he had made for
himself. .rytst ,c
| Coroner Miller, who viewed the re-
mains and took possession of the papers
left by Kindle, is Of the opinion that
the young mans act was the result OF
dependency brought upon by dis
ease with which he has been afflicted.
| Two prescriptions found In Kindle's
pocket indicate the nature Of the dis
ease which Coroner Miller said had
been responsible for the melancholy. ,
Gives No Sign of Contemplated Act.
Though Kindle had evidently been
under great mental stress, as is indi-
Gated by the letter which he had writ
ten on his typewriter, his actions about
the office did not betray to his fellow
operators that anything was wrong
l Will HILL 1uuSSO, 1AlliOlC CollCo az Tic
telegraph office in the Great Northern
building Saturday evening before go
ing to his room, and while there showed
no signs of mental distress. He Is said
to have distributed cigars among his
| friends at the Office before going.
Coroner Miller, in accordance with
instructions on scrawled note left by
Kindle, notified the Great Northern,
and, through the company, Kindle's
mother, who resides at Melrose, was
informed Of her sons death. AS the
young mans mother is said to be in
poor circumstances, and not able to
defray the expenses of funeral, 1t is
thought that the telegraphers' union,
of which Kindle was a member, will
take charge of the burial. The body Is
being held at the county morgue.
Kindle, who was twenty-three years
old, had been in the employ of the
Great Northern as operator for three
years, and had been stationed at the
yard Office during the past six months.
He is described as quiet young man,
and filed his position satisfactorily.