The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-04-25
FRED HUEBSCH FOUND
DEAD IN A FARM WELL
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
Completely unstrung on account of
the recent death of his wife and
child, SO it is believed, Frederick II.
Huebsch is thought to have com
mitted suicide last night by diving
head foremost into well on his
farm in Decoria township. He and
his brother Daniel, have been work
ing a 20 acre farm in partnership.
Mrs. Huebsch died Thursday morning,
April TO- after the birth of child
who also died Since this time, the
father has acted morosely. He did
not know that warrant had been
sworn out for his arrest for burying
his child without death certificate,
for he has no telephone, and he has
not visited with any of the neighbors,
nor have they visited with him,
since this was DONE
Story Told by Brother.
Daniel Huebsch says that he was
awakened about II: 40 last night when
his brother arose and left the house.
Il waited for reasonable length
of time for Fred to come back" said
the brother to the coroner this morn
ing, land when he did not return, /
went down stairs to see what had be-
come of him. At this time it was
1880 and | called the two oldest
boys, and the older one went with
me in search for Fred We looked
in the stable and the COW barn, in
the sheds and also in the well near the
barn, and then went into a grove
expecting to find him hanging from
tree. From there we went into a
field about eighty rods away where
there is an eighteen foot we'll used
for watering cattle. There was no
pump in the well, and the water is
drawn by hand.
The water was within three feet
of the top, and one of the boards
which covered the opening had been
removed and on the east side of the
well was Freds hat. From this we
hconcluded that Fred had drowned
himself, and we returned home and
told the rest of the children that their
father was a suicide.
"ln the morning, while the boys
were doing the chores, went to a
neihgbor's house Mr.. Webbers and
asked him to telephone to Landkamer
Brothers and get them to notify the
coroner"
Officials Went to Scene.
This morning. when they heard
what had happened from Mr.. Web
Der, Coroner Leidloff, Sheriff Osten
and Frank Landkamer went to the
scene of the tragedy with ropes and
graphing hooks. While the coroner
questioned the children. Sheriff Os-
ten dragged the WE'LL and succeeded
after the third attempt in getting
hold of the body. 1t was urawp to
the surface, and was. taken in charge
by the undertaken. The body was
fully clothed
Daniel Huebsch says that his broth
er had made arrangements to come
to Mankato today to pay his wife's
funeral expenses and attend to some
other business. "He was very silent
yesterday said the brother, land did
not have much to say to anyone A
few years ago brother of ours COM
mitted suicide by hanging on ac-
count of some family troubles. There
us no insanity in Fred's family how
ever.
Threat Made Years Ago.
About eight years ago when his
wife had d very severe siege of Ill
ness at the birth of a child, Fred
repeatedly remarked that if she
died he would commit suicide, and
about this time he lost his temper
when | reproved him for putting
wet wheat bundles in the middle of
the stack. At this time be became
very morose, and said that he was
going to drown himself by jump
| ing into the well, and it was only. af-
! ter l and some friends had talked to
| him for some time that he was re-
stored to his former frame of mind
We went to bed early last night.
| The two older children agree in
every particular with the story told
by their uncle.
Frederick H. Huebsch was born
in province of Germany, May 8.
1854. He came to- this country at an
early age, and has lived in this
vicinity for several years. He and
his brother run the hundred and twen-
ty acre farm on which they live in
partnership. He has some money out
in farm mortgages and is generally
supposed to be quite well to do.
/ There are eight children living, the
oldest, a boy, twenty, and the old
est girl is fifteen. The other chill
dren range from this age to four
years old.
Tht funeral of Mr. Huebsch will be
held at Landowners undertaking
! parlors Monday at one p. N. The
funeral will be charge of Landkamer
Brothers and interment will be made
| of tho Corman Tufbaron conotorv