The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-01-31

the second man seated himself di,
rectly back of his companion, and
nothing further was said.
! The man in the front seat had APP
parently settled himself to sleep.
The second leaned back in the cor
ncr, his head against the window
: casing. -,.-,
! Quiet prevailed in the car, and
the passengers gradually settled back
in their seats and were soon asleep.
The first intimation that the trou-
bic between the two men had not
been settled was the report of a
pistol.
1t aroused every. person in the
car. The passengers leaped to their
feet in time to see Budde, in the
front seat, settle back in his seat
with a groan, blood gushing from a
bullet hole in his temple.
| Back of him, leaning forward with
a Economical look on his face, a
long barrelied revolver. grasped in
his right hand, was Schuette.
The murderer glared at his victim
only for an instant, then turned the
revolver on himself. .. ...
The passengers sat seemingly
spell bound. For an instant no one
moved. Then a dozen men jumped
to their feet.
They we're too late to stay the
hand of the maniac. He fired once,
the bullet entering his left shoulder
under the collar bone. Hesitating
only an instant, he lowered the muz'
zle few inches and fired a second
shot
! Without groan, the murderer
and suicide sank back in his. seat
His fingers relaxed and the revolver
clattered to the floor.
When the excited witnesses Of the
tragedy reached the two men both
! were dead.
' Half an hour after the shooting,
the train reached the Lake Front
station, the authorities were notified
and the bodies were removed to the
Emergency hospital, and after an ex.
animation were conveyed to the
morgue.
The Funeral Arrangements.
! The funeral arrangements for the
decided upon. Mass will be said
over the remains of Joseph Budde
at st. Peter and Pauls church Mon
day morning at nine o'clock The
remains will be taken TO Jordan on
the train which leaves here at 1:05
p. m. Funeral services will be held
in that city at nine O'Clock Tues.
day morning and the interment will
be in the Catholic cemetery there
The honorary pallbearers. at the
services in this city will be the
members of the police department
Chief Domaine, Desk Sergeant SEQ
vile. Patrolmen Hovig,'F Simmonds
Lundberg, Bienarfl and Romack
seph Massberg, Wendall Deuser, Ed
Cousandier, Martin Walser. August
Blissenbach and Frank Mahowald
The members of the family will ac
company the remains to Jordan
After the funeral has been held they
will return to Mankato, pack their
household goods and move to Jor
dan, where they will Preside in the
future
The funeral of Alex J. Schuette
will be held from ST. Peter anG
. PauPs church on Tuesday morning
at nine o'clock. The pallbearers
; will be Albert Kruse, Norbert West
. hoif, John Balkenhol, Ernest Albert
Joe Biissenbach and George Lorentz
Expressions of regret over the
awful tragedy are heard on all sides
The mystery of it all is that Mr.
Budde, knowing that young Schuett,
was mentally unbalanced and had
; gun in his possession, should have
started with his charge without frs
having taken the revolver from him
Both the father and sister O
Schuette warned Mr.. Budde to hav,
: care, but Budde laughed thos,
warnings aside. 1t is said that O
late Schuette was in the habit O
carrying around with him dagger
which he had flourished on one O
two occasions.
) Commissioners John H.. Hohmann
:. Ole X. Olson and Schneeberger will
. go to st. Paul Monday to atten,
. the meeting Of the Minnesota vale,
} scenic highway promoters. They vii