The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-12-28
Love of Edgar Heasty and
Miss Jensen.
DEATH PACT HAD BEEN MADE
Girl Was Tickle, Says Letter Left BY
Yonng Man; Sad Affair in Lin
coin County.
From Fridays Daily.

Disappointed in love and because the
girl on whom he had conferred his affec-
ton told him that she did not intend to
marry him, Edgar C. Heasty put bull
let into his own brain, after shooting
Miss Stena l.. Jensen The tragedy oc-
| Cured Wednesday at the home of A. M.
Stetferud, near Ivanhoe, Lincoln county.
1T was case of love and tragedy. the
story of which follows
1t appears that the young couple had
kept company together during the past
summer ana had become strongly at
tached to each other. The young man
had been employed on a farm during the
summer only a short distance from the
home OF the young lady and on ac-
count of objection of the young man by
the parents of the girl, they were wont
to meet at the home of a neighbOr,
where the tragedy occurred. Apparently
they had become engaged to be married
as they went to Ivanhoe last Tuesday
to obtain a license for that purpose, ac
companied by another couple from the
neighborhood, but the license was re-
fused them by Clerk of Court Larson
| upon the grounds of minority of the
young man, whom it appears was but
twenty years of age.
| Failing to secure the license, they re.
turned to the Stefferud home and re-
manned there until the next morning
when the young man left apparently for
Toronto, S. ID. During the morning he
and the young lady had been upstairs
for a considerable length of time and
when they came down it was noticed
she was in tears, but as it was sup
posed that this was caused only by their
failure to secure the license and as he
was calm and undistrubed, no particu
| lar attention was given the matter At
the hour of twelve, noon, he left the
/ place and during the afternoon she was
in fairly good spirits. At about 1880
! p. m, Miss Jensen stepped out upon the
! front porch and when few minutes
later lady member of the household,
young Heasty and Miss Jensen there in
conversations his return was somewhat
unexpected but no particular thought
was given the matter, until a few min
utes later when those within heard a
shot fired Immediately back of the
| house, followed minute later by anOth
er. They rushed to the scene only to
| find the young lady with bullet
wound in the left ear, in an unconscious
condition. the young man within a few
feet in the last throes of the death
struggle with a bullet wound in his left
htemple and the pistol with which he had
committed the awful deed, firmly clasp
! led in his left hand.
1t is evident that a death pact had
been agreed to by the young couple as
the following note was found in the
young mans pocket:
BURY us together in the same grave
and bury us in the same clothes that
were to have been our wedding clothes.
1t is our wish and we hope it will be
granted"
Clarence.
-Stena.
The following letter addressed to his
parents was found on Heasty:
''Dear Father and Mother: When you
get this letter I will be dead and gone.
| | had put all trust in Stena and yes
terday we went to Ivanhoe to get mar
ried and I couldn't get license, and
then Stena on the road home, told me
that she did not love me, that she had
not intended to marry me at all; that
she at the last minute would have back
ed out; that she was just trying to
see how big a fool she would be, and,
| fMy Cod | can't bear it, because, l
had God only knows, how Clarence loved
her and then to have her act like that.
You must try and forget that you ever
had such a son. l have been a nui-
sance to everybody ever since | was
born and / am going to end my trou-
BILE now l have some property here
and also some debts to pay. They can
sell the property and what money IS
left, if any, is yours. l will appoint
father to settle up my affairs. l will
here make a statement: $50 due me
for labor and l have household goods
and horses enough to cover my @ebts.
Now | will have to bid you goodbye,
my time is short. [ want you to for
give me for all the trouble l have
caused you, so goodbye, the last from
your loving son, Clarence Heasty, Tor
onto, S. ID.
Besides the letters mentioned there
were others addressed to his employer,
and also an affidavit from the parents
of the young man giving their consent
to their sons marriage.