The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-12-09
EM|L'S Love AFFAIR
Young Beverly Would Fain End
His Unhappy Life.
Took a Dose of P0ision at His
Sweethart's Door.
His Girl Had Given Him the
Marble Heart. ~
Hence the Lover Sought to Take
Eternity Trip.

From Wednesdays Daily
Despondent because the girl he loved
received his affections with GOODNESS,
Emil Beverley, formerly of Mankato, an
employee of the Christian mill living at
Washington and Twelfth avenues,
Minneapolis, last evening attempted to
end his life by drinking chloroform al
most at the doorstep of his sweetheart's
house.
Because he had made the assertion ear
lier in the day that he meant to end
his life and had given some hint that he
would also do away with someone else,
it was surmised by his fellow workmen
that he meant his sweetheart.
The South Side Minneapolis station
was notified, it being but two blocks
from the house OF the young woman in
was posted near the house to keep watch
for anything out of the ordinary.
1t was this fact that kept the young
man from certain death. Coming from
the house of the girl he loved and in the
presence of Patrolman Hansen he took
the bottle of poison from his pocket and
tried to swallow the contents Han
sen knocked the small flash from his
hands but not before he had swallow
ed part of the deadly fluid.
Was Once Queer"
Beverley is young man about TWEEN
ty-three years old and for the last
three years has been employed in the
Christian mill. He has a good position
and is well thought of by his fellow
workmen. About three years ago he
came to Minneapolis from Mankato.
His room mate made the statement that
at times Beverley seemed to act queer
ly but that since last summer nothing
unusual in his actions had been noticed
The first intimation that anything was
wrong came yesterday morning when he
'phoned the mill that he was going to
give up his position, saying over the
telephone, 81 am going to do away with
myself and with somebody else" Sew
eral of the men in the mill knew that
he was paying attentions to young
lady living near Nineteenth avenue
south and Sixth street and their fears
were Immediately aroused that it was
this person whom he had in mind.
Policeman Is Called.
The parents of the young lady were
notified of the statement mad by Bever-
ley and they, thinking that recent
slight given to Beverley by their daugh-
ter might have brought him to this
morbid frame of mind, laid the matter
before the lieutenant of the South Side
station. Patrolman Hansen was detail
ed to keep watch over the home of the
young woman to see that nothing went
amiss.
Beverley was expected to make call
upon the girl and appeared shortly be-
fore eight O'Clock. He went to the front
door and rang the bell but was not adj
mitted. He turned and went down the
walk to the sidewalk where he was met
by Hansen.
Beverley began telling Hansen of his
attachment for the young lady in
rather incoherent manner, saying that
he was tired of life but that he had no
intention of causing any harm to the
girl He ended his talk by declaring that
he didn't want to live if the girl didn't
care for him. Taking severa: steps from
the policeman he cried, "I'm going to
end it all now" and throwing his hand
up to his face he attempted to drain
small bottle that he had kept conceal
ed. Hansen was upon the man in an in
slant knocking the bottle from his
grasp. 1t flew to the sidewalk but
Beverley exclaimed "Pve got enough
of the stuff to do the business
Will Not Die.
Hansen half carried the man who was
fast losing consciousness to tile station
but a couple of blocks distant By this
eime he was completely overcome by the