The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1919-07-11
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Folioe Chief TsstiAed.> 1
Chief of Police Jack d. Martin
testified that he had received the pis
tol from Mr.. Burnstein and that i
was. in the same condition as wheI
he received it. Two cartridges were
missing, and he had searched in tn.
Stein apartments for them, findinf
one on the floor. Mr.. Steffey hat
found the other shell in the wrapp
ings around the body during The aft
ernoon. The bullet in the head had
been removed by Mr. Stefley by Mr.
Martins orders. The other bullet
was embedded in the floor of the
apartment.
v. Steffey gave a short testimony
about receiving the body, caring fol
it. and removing the bullet, which he
gave to Mr. Martin. The blood
soaked nightgown,ua gruesome bit oil
evidence, was introduced, and was
literally colored red with the life
blood of the suicide.
!, DR.. G. A. Dahl testified that he had
been called to the Stein apartment
between 1920 and 1890 Sunday
noon, and found the house filled with
people crying and talking. He had
viewed the body lying on the floor
facing the door. a wisp of hair across
the face and mouth, and covered with
blood, the fingers partly over the butt
of the gun, which was also covered
with blood. He had told Mr.. Burn
stein to get the gun and put it away
before Joe or someone else got it, as
he feared they might do some injury
to themselves. He found life extinct
and the body cold, and judged she
had been dead from two to three
hours. He had inspected the rooms
and found onothing disturbed except
the chiffonier drawer with splotches
of blood spattered on the things in
the drawer as would have spurted
from a wound inflicted on the head
of a person, standing near. ; He had
seen the note on the dressing table
as the others had, seen 1t, :. and it
was apparently just as it had been
originally placed. q.
5 DIR. DahPs testimony concluded, the
evidence, and after a short delibera-
ton the jury returned a verdict of
\ df
Colonel George Mead, an authori-
ty on firearms, in commenting on
the angle at which the bullet entered
the floor in the Stein apartment
stated last evening that it would
have geen entirely possible for Mrs.
Stein to have been standing upright
and the bullet to have struck the
floor at slight angle and have de-
fected as it was Colonel Mead
states it is impossible to draw an.
definite conclusion as to how the
bullet will go when it strikes any sur
face at an angle
Held in High Esteem In ST. Paul
st, Paul News: St, Paul was
shocked today to hear Of the sudder
death of Mrs. Joseph Stein, Man
kato. -
Mrs. stein was formerly Miss Nat
allie Cardozo, daughter of r. N. Car
.dozo. 1911 Ashland avenue, of the
firm Of r. N. Cardozo & Bros. She
was found dead with a bullet hole
in her temple at her home in Man
kato Sunday.
h Mrs. stein was twenty years old.
She was married early In April, and
has since lived in Mankato, where
her husband has a clothing store.
n saslWedding Social Event. -
She was widely known In social anc
musical circles. Her wedding was
one of the events of the spring So
ciety season.
A report from Mankato to Mrs.
STEMS parents said that Mr.. and
Mrs. Stein had planned a trip into
the country and the husband had
gone to the garage to get his car. On
returning Mrs. Stein was found deao
on the floor. A forty-five caliber
army automatic lay nearby.
Nd No Motive Found.
No. motive has been found for the
apparent suicide, although friends in
ST. Paul who saw Mrs. Stein when
she visited her parents with her hus-
band only two{ weeks ago say that
she was in ILL health
Friends in MankatO say that Mr..
Stein loaded the revolver and ken1,Ia
in his room; because OF a Dur gary
committed in, his store about a week
ago. They think that Mrs. Stein
when tidying the room, fount the gun
and .accidently5 discharged 1T .edgt I,
Mi. Stein was Nhorged from TIE
army last Januaryon He had been q
lieutenant at i Dnnwoody institute
Minneapolis, p = evir-'r 20 his mar
riage. he had Lived at the Cardozo
home and had, lseen Z frie2 OF the
family for years. II ff
Apparently Et.5 ~. -
The couple had been engaged for
more than a year prior 10 thei' mar
riage. When they visited their par
ents two weeks ago, frien and tie
family say they were very happy.
: Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Cardozo and
William Cardozo. uncle of the deae
girl. went to Mankato Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyle Soaring and Mrs
F. K. Meagher are spending couple
of weeks in the east, and VIII go &C
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