The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-04-28
GRIEF STRICKEN HUSBAND AT
TEMPTED TO DO SAME.
Woman Must Have Been Temporarily
Insane; No Reason Is Assigned
for Her Rash Act.

for Her Rash Act.
Mrs. Charles BuboltZ, not out of
her teens, committed suicide at Fair
fax by shooting herself. She is sur
vived by a husband and two babies.
The girl-wife-mother committed
the terrible deed just after her faith
full husband had returned from his
days labOrs, and while he was in an
adjoining room fondling their little
son. ~
Shots Heard BY Husband.
The family reside in the very
heart of the village, occupying rooms
in the Frank block over the Fair
fax Mercantile company's store. AS
the shot rang out on the quiet even
ing air the horror-stricken husband
rushed out into the room and soon
the agonizing sounds coming from
the rooms indicated to the public
pened. sos
Husband Stayed From Staying Self.
Constable Charles Thiele and 9th
ers were among the first to arrive
on the scene where they found the
grief-stricken husband holding the
form of his beloved in his arms,
frantically calling her by name,
while blood was trickling onto the
floor from an ugly wound in the
forehead. A vicious looking, double
ntir Nf hill Il
lying on the floor explained the
cause of the tragedy.
The husband vowed that he would
follow his wife and but for the
prompt interference of friends he
might have carried out his threat
Letter to Husband and Mother.
No reason is assigned for the
wOman's rash act. Her husband was
kind and indulgent and was faithful
and devoted to his family
Before shooting herself Mrs. Bu-
boltz wrote letters to her husband
and mother. The letter to her hus-
band reads:
Dear Charlie: AS l will leave
you now, why you never come home
and 1 tell you long enough; so all
you can do by me Carl. 1t is hard
for me to leave you, but you did
not want it any better. Take good
care of Edwin. You will find out
{what you done to me. So good bye,
sweetheart. Kisses to dear Carl. Be
good to dear baby"
The letter to her mother trans
lated reads as follows:
Dear Mother: You will soon come
home; well, you will not see me liv-
ing then; this is more than | can
stand, so good bye forever. On ac-
count of drink l have taken my life
From your daughter Freda
'P. S. Take good care of little
Edwin 1t is hard for me but
cannot stand it any longer"
Received Kindly Greeting.
Mr.. Bublotz states that upon his
arrival home his wife greeted him
as usual, and that they talked about
going up to her mothers place to
see about q cistern which was be-
ing built there. After this he re-
tired to another room to change
his clothes. In an incredibly short
time he was startled by the report
of revolver.
The weapon" which Mrs. Bubolt2
used belonged to William Buboltz
a brother of her husband. 1t was
a Hopkins & Allen, American make
of the bull dog type, double action
and thirty-two calibre. 1t seems that
William had lived with his brother
until a couple of weeks ago.
Were Looking for Gun.
When he moved he left his revol
yer in a drawer About a week be
fore the accident he called at Char
ley's and asked for his gun, as he
could not find it where he had left
it. His brother had not seen it-ir
fact, did not know that it had beer
left there, and Mrs. Buboltz disclaim
ed any knowledge of the gun, al
though later developments proved
quite conclusively that she was ever
then contemplating her rash act.
There has been much speculation
about the village as to the cause oil
the act, as her husband is a sober
and hard working man, and very de
voted to his family For three years
prior to about a month ago he was
employed in the Fairfax Mercantile
company's store, since which time
he has been employed by Saffert &
Pusch, stone masons.