The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-03-04
4. N. ENY ENDS LIFE
HE SHOT HIMSELF WHILE
DESPONDENT
Had Long Been Freight Agent
For the Omaha Road At
ButterfieId
Especial to The Free Press.1

st. James. Mimi, March "details Of
the suicide of H. M. Envy. freight agent
for the Omaha at Butterfield, reported in
yesterdays Free Press. are as follows:
| Mr.. Envy went about his work at the
freight depot as usual last Saturday
n be yars wrote to sa
pondence pertaining to railway matters.
then went to his home. only a block
distant. procured revolver and went
hay loft and fired two shots into his
body, both, taking effect near the heart
The tragedy .,v wss spse.ed some time time
the house he told his wife that he was
going out to feed the chickens, but be-
fore going into the barn yard he took
4 kept a revolver and 1t presumed that he
secured the weapon at that time. while
| pretending to want the papers.
the house and his wife did not observe
/ him leaving for the freight depot. she
became uneasy and phoned to the de.
pot for him Leaning that lat ne h was not
sister. Miss Katherine. who came to
the home and upon being informed that
her brother had gone, to the barn yard
went Immediately to the barn. Ascend
ing to the loft, she was horrif1ed to find
him cold in death. The coroner was i'm.
mediately summoned and decided that
an inquest was not necessary as 1t was
clearly a case of suicide.
Envy was about thirty-three years old
years old. besides his aged mother. four
sisters and two brothers. He was born
and raised in Butterfeld and for nearly
railroad work work starting in as freight
field. He has held the position of sta,
Pi Pipe at different times. but for the
past few years has been employed Dy
the Omaha as freight agent in Buffers
No cause can be assigned for his
rash act aside from the. fact that he
had complained Of Ill health during the
past few week. ddrss.sd n % h ieit wifs and
know why this bad luck had to come te
na and sars S the h Tpen thst
some very brief instructions to his wife
relative to the disposal Of their personal
Envy was a member Of the /. o. o. r
and Masonic orders and carried pol
icy In the M. b. A. fraternal bene-
sb s oes I'll: said 70 be ali It right
but it is stated that his personal fn--
ancial affairs had been source Of
worry to him for some time a past. He
well liked and highly respected in the
community where he has spent the
greater part Of his life. 80
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One hundred and fifty members Of
the Masonic order enjoyed sget-to-
gether meeting at st. James last Sat-
urday evening There were delegations
from Minneapolis, Mankato. Madelia,
Heron Lake and Worthington present
''Americanism was the Keynote OF the
speeches by many prominent members
Of the order. A three course six o'clock
dinner was served by the ladies h,,sc Of n the:
iors and later in the evening a lunch
was served at the hail. .
Peter johnson. an old and highly res
spected citizen of st. James, passed
away at an early hour this morning.
following brief illness. He was car
penter by trade.
DR.. H. L. Bursell has sold his dental
practice to DR.. Reed who arrived from
the pariors. DR.. Bursell will resume his
practice in Minneapolis. ~