The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-06-23
Did a Hard Days Work Yester-
day and Went Home.
Cause Of Death Is Thought to
Be Heart Failure.
Suicide 1hery Not Entertained
by Members Of Family.
From Saturdays Daily.

George Vosbeck, the well known
blacksmith, who resides at 1924 First
avenue, died suddenly last evening.
Since Alderman Mahowald was taken
! sick three months ago, Mr.. Vosbeck had
been working in his blacksmith shop,
and he did an unusually heavy days
work yesterday. He left at six o'clock,
saying that he wanted to get some
screens to put up, but as the stores
were closed he would have to wait until
/ today. He then went home. Supper
was not quite ready, and he went out
into the yard, telling his wife that he
had some work to do, hoeing potatoes
! or something. That was the last seen
of him alive. glih -,i
When her husband did not come in to
supper, Mrs. Vosbeck went to the barn
and called him, and getting no answer
and seeing nothing of him she went up
| to the hay NOW and there found him ly-
ing unconscious. She was greatly shock
ed, but gave the alarm. Alex Bashaw
telephoned to the police, and Officer
Bienapf and Lundberg responded. They
felt of Mr.. Vosbeck's body and found
that it was still warm but that the
heart had ceased to beat. They at
once telephoned for City Physician Ed
wards and Coroner Kennedy, and those
officials soon, arrived. Dr.. Edwards found
that life was extinct. msia, "a, GOD.
| Mr.. Vosbeck was, about !, forty-fve
years of age, and leaves "a wife, four
sons and one doughter.s The, greater
part of mis- life was spent in Mankato
and he learned the. blacksmith trade
| with his father, who conducted a shop
for many years at the corner Of Second
and Plum streetsq He worked "A for a
time as blacksmith in thes Widell quar-
| ries.i He was capable workman, land
| was well liked by all. He had many
| friends. to whom his. sudden death
| is great shock. He did not belong to
any secret society. sna bf,s Il
The cause of death seems to be in
some doubt. The members of the fam
| lily are strongly of the opinion that it
was due to heart trouble 1t is said
that Mr. Vosbeck had had spells of diff
| ot.h hi ~
is thought that he might have had one
of these after climbing the stairs to
the nay NOW, and that he lay down and
passed away.
Coroner Kennedy found note book
in the dead mans pocket, in which some
accounts were kept, and in which two OF
three lines were written, saying that he
las mad at himself or tired of living
or words to that effect. This has given
rise to some reports to the effect that
Mr.. Vosbeck took his own life. Dr.
Edwards, when asked about this, said
that he could discover no external
symptoms of violence or poisoning, and
so far as ne knew no bottle was found
He was strongly of the opinion that
a post norton examination ought to be
held to determine the exact cause of
death.
Coroner Kennedy leans to the belief
that death was due to heart failure
and has concluded that it is unneces-
sary to go to the expense of having a
postmortem or an inquest.
The fact of the air yesterday having
been so depressing, and the further fact
that Mr.. Vosbeck mad been working I'M
usually fast and nard, might have
brought about an attack of heart fail
ure, if he had any weakness of that or
gan. However, he seemed to be all
right, and was as cheerful as usual.
The deceased was brother of Henry
&c. Vosbeck, captain of the central fire
station, Claus Vosbeck, and of Mrs. Al
bert H. SLIDER.