The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-31
WIFE HAD FEARED FOR
SAFETY OF Mr.. BUDDE
From Saturdays Daily.

her down with grief, Mrs. Joseph
Budde seemed TO have had a pre-.
monition of pending peril, when Mr.,
Budde left Mankato Thursday after.
noon in company with Alysius
Schuette. She felt uneasy about his
going and said that she wished
things might be so arranged that it
would not be necessary for her hus-
band to- go on this mission. All
during Thursday night she felt ner-
vous and was not able to rest. When
she was informed of her husband
sudden death she said that she had
felt certain that something awful was
going to happen.
Wanted to Shoot Taft.
Aloysius Schuette seemed to have
been possessed with the idea OF kill
ing someone He had told Officer
Budde ar various times that he was
going 10 kill Governor Eberhart and
also that he wanted TO kill President
Taft. He seemed possessed with the
idea of ending the governors life
particularly. No one suspected. how
ever, that he had anv idea OF kill.
ing anyone whom he knew, and yes
Ierday's tragedy has completely over
'come the young mans aged father.
who realized that his son needed
special treatment for his mental
trouble and had tried TO persuade
linn a number of months TO 20 to a
Sanitlrium.
Accident to Elder Schuette.
Il will be recalled that on the night
of Governor Eberhart's reception in
l.
The elder Mr.. Schucttp. who was
then police officer. suffered an ac-
cidrutaI injury which has kept him
confined to his house every since
He was riding a horse in the pla.
toOn OF police when suddenly the
animal fell dead throwing Mr. Schuet-
lie violently TO the ground. He placed
before the city council a claim for
personal injuries, but the council
turned down the claim. An action
Was begun against the city by Mr..
SchuCitc 10 recover damages, bu;
a demurrer offered by The city was
sustained by Judge Pfau.
Remains Arrived Today.
The remains Of the two dead men
arrived from Milwaukee at noon to-
day via the Chicago and Northwest
ern road. They were taken at once
& company on South Second street,
where they were viewed by a great
many friends.
No Successor to Officer Budde.
Mayor Taylor stated to The Free
Press today that he had as yet made
no appointment 10 fill the vacancy
on the police force made by the
death OF Officer Budde. He expects,
however, TO take up the matter
within a few days.
The mayor talked to the headquar-
tiers OF the two ccident insurance
companies in which Mr.. Budde car
ried policies to ascertain what steps
We're necessary to hasten the settle
ments. Mr.. Budde had policies with
the North American Casualty COM
pany and with the Merchants Life
Casualty company. The representa-
tive of one of the companies told
Mr. Taylor that he would send the
blanks to be filed out TO him, and
the other company said that it re-
Guired a statement from the coroner.
The mayor will look after the mat
ter of the insurance for Mrs. Budde
so that there will be no more delay
than necessary in its collection.
One of the policies is reported good
for $500 and the other $500.
Newspaper Stories.
All the papers in Milwaukee is
sued extras. The Milwaukee Senti-
ners story of the tragedy is as fol-
lows: r-.
Three revolver shots, fired at in
tervals Of thirty seconds, awakened
the drowsy passengers in the smok-
ing car on the Northwestern train
from Prairie du Chen, arriving in
Milwaukee Friday morning at eight
o'clock. SpringinS to their feet, the
occupants of the car saw two men
settle back dead in their seats.
1t was murder and suicide under
spectacular conditions. The victims
are: Joseph Budde. forty-five years
old, All Pearl street Mankato. Mimi.
a guard. Aloysius ]. Schuette, twen-
ty-e;ght years old, Mankato, Mimi,
insane natient being brought to
Sacred Heart sanitarium from Man
katO, Mimi.
The tragedy occurred few miles
west of West Allis, about seven
O'Clock, while the twelve or fifteen
persons on the car were either sleep
ing sonndly or doing.
While those who witnessed the
double killing believed the tragedy
was the result of dispute between
travelling companions over the right
10 a seat, subsequent developments
disclosed that Budde was the victim
of a maniac's frenzy.
Schuette, who lived in Mankato
had shown evidences of mental trou
bic and his friends had determined
to send him to Sacred Heart for
treatment. Budde had been engag ed
to accompany him as an escort, OF
guard
1t is believed a trivial argument
over a seat in the smoking car
caused a paroxysm of insanity to
overcome Schuette's weakened mind
and turned him in an instant into a
numbering mailman.
About a dozen persons were sit
ting in the car asleep and doing
when the train stopped at Lake Mills
The Two men entered and advanced
toward the front of the car, the vie
tim leading.
Two-thirds of the way toward the
forward end of the smoker was Z
seat that had been turned. Into this
seat sank Budde, who was in ad