Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-12-06
The Klingborg Suicide.

self upstairs in his shop. The body
was discovered ten minutes after one
O'Clock on Tuesday afternoon this
| week by Jorgen Anderson, young
man. who was employed as a work
man in the shop, who happened to
go to the second story for some nails
stored there, and was horritied to
| find the proprietor in kneeling
position on the floor, with rope
around his neck, stiff and cold in
death. Anderson at once notified the
| proper authorities, who took charge
of the premises. When Klingborg
committed the deed is not known,
but it is believed to have been on
Saturday evening, as he has not been
seen by any one since then, and the
body was frozen stiff. He had taken
a long rope from the shop, had tied a
slip-knoJ, but curiously enough he
had attached the wrong end to the
wagon pole which rested on two cross
pieces between the rafters so the
moose which he had formed would
not snare, and it was so low down
that with the neck inserted in it the
knees touched on the floor. Attach
ing the wrong end of the moose to
the support above would seem to indi-
cate that the deed had been done in
the dark.
The coroner, DR.. y. +. Mellby, of
Argyle, was notified and he came
down in the afternoon to hold an
inquest. A coroner's jury was sum-
moned, consisting OF L. NJ. Olson,
q. G. Winchester, John Lindberg, G.
l.. Spaulding, lver n. Lodoen and
John M. Halyorson. Their verdict
was that it was a plain case Of
suicide by strangulation.
The cause Of the rash act can be
traced in the first place to strong
drink. During the past year or
two especially, has Mr.. Klingborg
been a heavy drinker, and when
intoxicated he is said to have been
very abusive to his wife, though
otherwise very kind and good
proyider. Several times he has
chased the family out of the house,
the last time on the evening of
Thanksgiving day. Mrs. Klingborg
and the children then went to a
neighbor's house to stay, and she
also commenced divorce proceedings.
The papers in the case we're served
upon him Saturday about supper
time. 1t is believed that Klingborg
got so wrought up over this procedure
that in tit of rage he determined
to end it all.
On Saturday he had drawn $50 from
the bank and had said he was going
on trip. He had also bought a
satchel at the store. About s43 was
found on him. His plan had evil
IDENTIFY been changed later.
MIR. Klingborg was a good mechanic,
and had an up-to-date and we'll equip
ped shop, furnished with a gasoline
engine and all necessary tools and
machinery. He had been engaged in
the biacksmjthing business here
about 20 years. There was nothing
in his financial condition to cause
much worry. His home and black
smithing tools are, we understand
free from encumbrance. Wife and
three children besides other relat-
ives, are saddened by his untimely
death.
A Kansas miller, referring to the
car shortage, last week inquired
pertinently, ''What is a box car?''
the inference being that he had not
recently seen one. This office re-
peated the inquiry and secured the
following contributed information
"a box car belongs to the fowl
family. During the spring and sum-
mer months it can be found in
nearly every part of the country, its
favorite haunts being near railway
tracks, and it is easy to capture. In
the atumn however like certain
other fowls, it goes into Information
or flies to other, climes. Scattered
instances are known where specimens
are captured during the autumn
months. A lasso or a we'll creased
switch crew is ometimes used in
snaring the box car, but main
strength is the best weapon. In any
case, the hunter must be very wary
as any noise like the futtering of q
waybill will make the quarry dis.
appear. Some railways own large
tlocks of domesticated box cars, but
they are carefully guarded during
the closed season. The Wild box Cal
when caught and fairly well loaded
up becomes perfectly stationary. W
r. E. Sterling, in the Northwestern
Miller.
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