The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1911-02-09
TAXES OWN LIFE
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Centre Commits Suicide
BY STRYCHNINF ROUTE
I'd Ceyndr Goes Home From Church
Services and ShuffleS off
This Mortal Coil

| Edward Ceynar, son of John Cey-
mar, committed suicide in this city
Sunday, shortly after noon, by taking
strychnine
Young Ceynar had attended service
at ST Paul's catholic church in the
forenoon. After service he met his
younger brother John and the two
walked down Main street as far as
the S. P. Hansen grocery store where
the latter turned in, the former con-
tinuing on his way to the city resi-
dence of the Ceynars on Birch street
between Fourth and Fifth and put up
his team. Edward has been living on
a farm belonging to his father about
thirteen miles north of town and his
brother John has been staying with
him since his return, recently, from a
visit to brother in North Dakota.
The two drove into town together
Sunday morning, Edward alone at
tending church.
About half an hour after John left
his brother Edward he arrived at the
home and found Edward lying on a
sofa in commissions. In reply to
question as to what was the matter,
Edward replied that he had taken
poison. John then hurried up town
latter physicion and found DIR. E. j.
Lewis at his Office over the Corner
Drug Store. Dr. Lewis hurried
to the scene but when he arrived Ed
ward was dead. The doctor comuni-
Gated Immediately with Coroner
Pinault at Paynesville and told him
the circumstances. The coroner said
an inquest was unnecessary as the
case was evidently one of suicide.
DR.. Lewis decided a post norton
was unnecessary, as death was evil
IDENTIFY caused by strychnine poison
ing.
The other members of the Ceynar
family were informed as soon as pos
sible. They spend the week in town,
to permit their younger children to
attend the Sank Centre public schools,
2 going to their farm east of town Fri
day night and returning Monday
morning.
T The cause of the suicide is not
r definitely known but love affair is
| believed to have been behind the
S tragedy. Edward Ceynar was q years
4 of age and was born on his fathers
Y farm east of town. He was a fine
e young man of good character and the
news of his violent death was shock
\ to his relatives friends and the COM
, munity in general.
e The strychnine which he took is
!. thought to have been taken from the
/ farm north of town on which he was
: living, as when his father bought this
t farm some months ago the then owner
j said he kept poison there with which
i to kill gophers. DIR. Lewis says that
investigation shows that young Cey-
mar had not purchased poison here.
When the unfortunate young man
| reached the town home of his parents
he put Dp his team, went into the
house and kindled two fires, one in the
heater and one in the cooking stove.
| He then took the poison. The act
| must have been premediated, as he
| had the poison on his person ready
for use.
/ Funeral services over the remains
| of Edward Ceynar were held from the
city residence at l p. m. Tuesday,
| Rev. F. III. Oehler officiating. Ap-
propriate music was furnished by a
choir consisting of Miss Annabel Err
| win, Mrs. Emma Miller, Miss Phoebe
| Hudson and Miss Clara Carr Inter
| ment was in the Bohemian cemetery
| six miles south of the city. The pal
| bearers were Mike Graham, Pat Ora
| ham, Joe Miller, Chas. Miller, Morton
Weeks and Herbert Veeder.