The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-12-30
Two TRAGIC DEATHS.
OttD Rudolph, Former Employee o.
rank Peterson, Found Dead
in a Minneapolis Shed.
L1feiessS Form of Mrs. SWartz Dis.
covered on Floor of Her Bed
room on Sunday Last.

e otto Rudolph, shoemaker who had
been sr employed by Frank Peterson of
this village for over a year, was
found dead in woodshed in the rear
OF the home of Mrs. Anna Larson.
4033 Colfax avenue, minneapolis, on
Thursday of last week. Fridays
Minneapolis Tribune tells this story
of the tragedy:
sPenniless and homeless, not r7cog-
nized by his former friends, and turned
from the door of the place be once
called home, Otto Rudolph, wandered
blindly around North Minneapolis
Wednesday night and finally sought
shelter in a woodshed in the rear of
the home of Mrs. Anna Larson, 4043
Colfax avenue. Yesterday his body,
stiff and rigid in death was found in
sitting posture. Either the man had
frozen to death or his demise was the
result of exposure, according to the
report of Deputy Coroner Quist, who
ordered the body removed to the
morgue.''
Mr.. Peterson informs the Union
that Rudolph left for Minneapolis on
Wednesday of last week and at that
time had a sum of perhaps SIS in his
pocket and a watch and chain. He
had not drank any Intoxicating liquor
for several months, but it took only
q small quantity to upset him. The
fact that he had neither money or
watch on his preson when discovered
leads to the superstition that he got
into bad company.
4 News of Rudolph's death was re-
ceived by Mr.. Peterson from Nels
Carlson of Isanti, an uncle of the un
fortunate man, and M. L. Wheeler of
this village, an officer in the Modern
Samaritans, an order to which Ru-
dolph belonged, went to Minneapolis
and returned on Saturday with the
body.
AAn examination of Rudolph's, body
Showed that his nose was broken and
that there was a bruise over the right
temple and one on the left side of the
head above the ear.
The funeral was held from the Swed-
ish Lutheran church at O'Clock on
Sunday afternoon under the auspices
of the Modern Samaritans. Rudolph
joined this order on November 80 of
this year and carried an insurance
of 81 900 in favor of his uncle, Nels
Carlson. He was 40 years of age.
Woman Found dead in Dwelling
Mrs. Mary Swartz, a woman
probably IS years of age, was found
dead in her home on the other side
of the east branch bridge on Sunday
morning at O'Clock by Mrs.
Katharine Wilhelm and her son,
Albert, who live in the ighborhood.
The village marshal and the sheriff
were Immediately notified and the
body was later in the day removed to
the Ross undertake ablishment.
DR.. 81. P. Bacon of Milaca, coroner
for Mile Laos county was also sum-
Mrs. Swartz had been acting in the
capacity Of housekeeper for Fred
Rart6el, q harnessmaker, and the
two had lived in Princeton for about
a year and half. On Saturday
Harfel, saying that he was going to
Grown to live with his son, packed p
most Of his belongings and left the
woman to shift for herself. Mrs. Will
helm and son we're at the Hart6el
home on the Saturday evening when
he was preparing to leave. At that
time Mrs. Swartz did not complain of
sickness. When they returned to the
house on Monday morning to ascer-
tain whether they could be of any
assistance to the old lady they found
her dead on the floor, clad only in an
undergarment. On her limbs. which
were exposed, were two bad bruises,
one on the knee, which probably
resulted from her fall to the floor.
DR.. Bacon arrived here on Mon
day morning and a coroner's jury
consisting of Jas. Hartman, j. j.
John McCool, G. A. Eaton,
d. Il. Farnham and G. A. Jack was
impaneled and an inquest called for 2
o'clock. The testimony of Mrs. Will
helm, her son, Albert, and others was
then taken and Drs. Cooney and
Galley made an autopsy. They found,
upon examination, that the woman
had suffered from chronic heart
1isease-that the organ was in a very
bad condition.
The jury, after carefully consider
ng all the evidence and circumstances
n the case, returned a verdict that
'aid deceased, Mrs. Mary Swartz,
ZANE to her death by means of heart
allure due to chronic heart disease,