The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-04-03
ROMANCE OF JOHN
MICKE WAS BRIEF
From Fridays Daily.

From Fridays Daily.
John Mieke Of Nieoiiet 10 legal
iy married to Miss tiedwis Mil
Ter Of ST. Paul or whoever u was
that took out the license In that
name. SO much has been aseer.
tanned TO be a fact. The mar
rage license was taken cut In
that name. Such Is the official
record. They were married on
March 10 at one o'clock In the
afternoon by Rev. Carl Koch,
pastor of the German Evangelical
church Of 81. Paul at the par.
sonase, $50 81. Peter street.
The address that the woman
gave 10 436 Wabasha street. q
has been ascsrtained that there
are no living apartments at that
address. On the street floor there
Is a barber shop and upstairs
there Is dance hall. Mrs.
isaac Woods, who runs the lance
hall, declares that there Is no
one eonneeaed with her by the
name Of Hedwig Miller, and she
knows no one OF that name.
When the couple were married
the witnesses were Mrs. Carl
Koch and Erwin Koch. Mrs.
Koch says she noticed something
about the way the woman acted
that aroused her suspicious. The
woman, however, answered with
out hesitation all the questions
that were put TO her In the course
Of the ceremony. She said she
had a sister In st. Paul, whom
she wished to see before she left
for Nicollet.
Mr.. Micke said Il was his In
tention to leave ST. Paul that
night, but he also had sister
there, when he wished to see
before he left.
John Micke, the Nicollet farmer
Who has been lowering between life
md death during the past week
With a bullet wound in his head
las confessed that the wound wa:
Inflicted by himself. He has mad,
his confession to his sister, Mrs
Annie Osland OF Minneapolis, wht
las been at his home for a few
lays, helping to take care OF him
For some days after the deed was
lone, he stubbornly refused to ad
nit that IL was his own act, mol
would he make any statement tC
he effect that il was done by any
,ody else.
The wound is i'm the front part oil
lis head, and was inflicted with @
short, fired with rife
which belonged to himself. This
life was found near him, when he
vas discovered lying helpless In
IFS barn on the morning of Friday
4 last week In HIS vest pocket was
ound a twenty-five long, which had
IN 1t a mark showing that II hat
zen struck by the firing pin in an
ndeayor to explode II, but would
lot go OF. That was the only
twenty-five long that was discover
d in his possession. but the rife
fhich was a repeater, had quite q
upply OF twenty-five shorts, and II
ras with one of these that the
nan had shot himself. The bullet
inferred the front of the forehead
light in the middle, and lodged, II
ppears, between the right and left
iyisions of the brain. The fact
hat the wound was right in the mid
lie Of the brain. and not in the left
ide or the right. probably accounts
or the fact that the wound did not
rove Instantly fatal, The bullet Is
till lodged in the head, and II is
ot likely that the physicians will
make an effort to get IL out. The
wound is thought to be about three
inches deep.
ParaIyxed on Left Side.
The man is still paralyzed on his
eft side, having no control over
his left arm or left leg. He seems &c
'e gaining strength, however, talks
With those about him, and Is able
o eat and drink.
II Is very difficult to get him to
ak about his attempted suicide
tut the real cause seems to be not
hat his wife died about a year age
" that he lost a child about the
anne time, but IL was without
loubt matrimonial disappoint
nent, coupled with a small finan
'ial loss, that certainly aggravated
lis chagrin.
Some days ago Mr.. Micke saw an
advertisement in The st. PAU
DAILY News, stating that a young
woman desired to make the &C
Iuaintance of a suitable man with
he object of matrimony. He
answered the advertisement and as
result comely young woman,
realty dressed, appeared at HIS
lone on Tuesday of last week. The