The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-13
WOUNDED WOMAN
LIPS ARE SEALED.
PoLIuH PROBING MYSTERY OF
NINTH STREET TRAGEDY.
Facts Of the Life Of Koenig, the Sui
eide, Are Coming to Light, but Mrs.
Boothman, who Is Recovering, Re
fuses to Talk About the Affair.

hottam ~ The stra um shooting affair
at II Ninth street 8, yesterday after
noon, when Herman Koenig, go years
old, shot and seriously wounded Mrs.
s. E. Boothman, and used the same
weapon on himself, causing instant
death. Mrs. Boothman refuses to throw
any light on the affair.
koenig is well known in Minneapo-
lis and Saltwater, his former. home.
the police, he came to Minneapolis two
years ago and purchased the Pilgrim
hotel at Nicollet avenue and Eighth
street. Mrs. Boothman was living at
the hotel at the time. Later she was
married and moved to detached house
on Sixth street. 8. About q year ago
Koenig gave up the ma ana E;eh or OF
BOOthmans. ~-3. 49,. .N2.-...a..
Koenig was for many years props,
porous miller in Saltwater and was well
off financially. It Is said that he was
estranged from his family shortly after
moving here and that he rarely visited
them. While living with the Booth
mans he spent money freely. and often
took both Mrs. Boothman and her hus-
band to the theater. He appeared to
be on the best Of terms with both, and
it was generally thought by the neigh
bors that he was relative. 'The ponce,
however, have been unable to trace any
relationship between them. 3, :, -
Financial Reverses. ~ 2
Recently Koenig had suffered fnan.
cial reverses his friends say and was
worrying about the future. They knew
he thought a great deal Of Mrs. Booth
man, but they never thought he was
infatuated. He was quiet and always
good natured, and he never spoke as
tho he was dissatisfied with life.
Koenig's Wife and three children have
been living at Fourteenth avenue 8 ano
Eighth street. This morning William
Koenig, his oldest son, went to the
| county morgue and took charge OF the
| body, turning it over to an undertaken
He refused to talk of the matter, except
to say that the entire family was grief
| stricken over the affair. It is said HI
! has seen little Of his father for some
time.
Woman's Lips Sealed.
| Much difficulty has been experience
by the police in getting at the facts IL
the case, as Mrs. Boothman, who is a.
St. Barnabas hospital, refused to- talk
The police are positive that Koenig II
the man who killed her, and under thu
circumstances they do not feel that they
have the legal right to press her for al
explanation. When they first began
work on the case yesterday, persons liv
ing in the house where the shooting oc
CURED told many different stories abou
the affair, and until this morning tn
police were completely at sea.
It is not certain that the shooting &C
Cured in Mrs Boothman 8 rooms on thu
third floor, altho no one heard the Shot
fred. Shortly before the shooting on
Of the women heard the man and WON
! an talking, and heard Koenig ask her tt
/ come to his room. The conversation
was continued and nothing more wa
/ thought Of it until Mrs. Boothman CAM
down stairs and announced that sh'
had been shot. The police were sum
moned and running upstairs they fount
the man dead. So ~? q.
Shocked at saltwater.
Friends Of Koenig in Saltwater wer'
shocked to hear of his tragic death an
could offer no explanation for it. H
was in the feed business there witt
Frank Burliegh, having sold out hi
milling interests. He was in that cit,
Tuesday and Wednesday and called OF
many Of his friends. He did not tel
what called him there, but it is though
he may have wanted to settle up som
Of his business affairs. He told thos
whom he met that his family was il
Minneapolis. He drank heavily durin,
his visit there and his sudden dementi
may have been caused by alcohol. n
one in Saltwater ever heard Of Mrs
Boothman.
Mrs. Boothman g condition seems t.
be improving and there was some i'm
provement in her case this morning. Th
bullet, it is thought, did not touc h tn
brain and unless complications arise sh
, will recover. She is still consciou
and is no weaker than when taken t
the hospital yesterday.