The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1915-05-07
Indicated Man Had Murdered
Wife and Suicided While Suf-
fering from Dementia.
COUPLE WELL KNOWN
OVER THE RANGES
Mrs. McQuade Formerly for
Three Years Teacher In Vir-
ginia City Schools.

to indicate that while suffering from
temporary dementia Roy r. McQuade
had shot and killed his wife and sub
sequently suicided, the dead bodies of
Mr.. and Mrs. McQuade were found
shortly before o'clock last evening
at their home in Coleraine, on the
western Mesaba Range.
Both are we'll known in this city,
where news of their tragic death
brought sincere and profound sorrow
to many friends. Mrs. McQuade had
visited in the city only a few days
ago and before her marriage was for
three years a teacher in the public
schools of this city, where she is per-
haps best remembered as Miss Mar
garet Warner. McQuade is also we'll
known here. He was reared at Tower
on the Vermilion Range, was for some
time cashier of the State Bank of Gil
bert and at the time Of his death was
employed at the First National bank
of Coleraine.
Domestic Life Happy.
The domestic life of the couple had
always been happy. They were much
attached to each other, had cozy
home at Coleraine and comfortable
start in the world. Friends of the
couple can only account for the grim
tragedy on the theory that McQuade
had become temporarily insane.
The bodies of the McQuades were
found last night when Mayor Downing
and John Barfus of the Oliver police
forced an entrance to their home.
Mrs. McQuade's body was found in a
kneeling position at the side of her
bed, with her head resting in her
hands on the pillow. Beside her.
stretched full length on the bed, was
the body of McQuade. A bullet had
entered the woman's skull, pierced the
brain and came out at the base of the
head;
McQuade was shot twice through the
body, both bullets passing just above
the heart. A third shot had passed
through the head. The latter il s:p-
posed to have caused instantaneous
death. 1t is the opinion of physicians
that neither of the shots through the
body would have been fatal.
No Cause known.
From the condition in which the
bodies were found it is the opinion
of Deputy Coroner E. R. Blair that
McQuade and his wife had been deae
at least 20 hours before the police ar
rived. This would fix the time Of tht
murder and suicide at about 10 o'clocl
Tuesday night. At the coroner's in
quest last night no witnesses wer'
present who heard the shooting. Th'
inquiry failed to develop any caus'
for the crime. The inquest was con
tinued today.
McQuade was Industrious and sobe
and was considered domestic in hi
habits. He passed his evenings an
spare time at home, and if his domes
tic relations were unhappy the fac
was not known to anyone as far a
the coroner's investigation has re
Vealed.
McQuade welded Miss Margare
Warner two years ago when she wa
Is years old. They had no childre
and lived in costly furnished cottag,
apparently happy and without care
of any kind.
At 10 o'clock last night Grant Seat
on, cashier of the First National banl
said he had gone over the books wit
bank examiner from Grand Rapic
and had found no irregularity in M
Quade's accounts.
Relatives Notified.
When McQuade did not come to IL
bank at the usual time yesterday,
was supposed he had been detained /
business on the way down town. F
noon Cashier Seaton began to NAL
inquiries, but no one had seen the a
sistant cashier. An effort was MAJ
to reach the McQuade home on Il
telephone.
Seaton made cursory examinatit
of the books and finding nothing
arouse suspicion dismissed the absen
of his assistant with the suppositi,
that he probably had been called aws
and had been unable to notify Il
bank.
At the close of banking hours, no,
ever, Seaton became worried and co,
municated the fact that McQuade h
not been seen all day to friends a
finally to Mayor Downing.
The latter, after an Intellectual
fort to reach the McQuade home
telephone, called up Chief Barfus
the Oliver police force and they W.
to the cottage and began an investi{
tion. Downing had a skeleton X