CHARLES F. SCHULTZ, 1877 – 1911
Charles Schultz, for a number of years a resident of Decoria township, this county, but for some few years pasta resident of Spokane, Wash., while home on a visit with his parents and other relatives, yesterday came to this city where he committed suicide by taking carbolic acid at the Minneopa barn. During the forenoon yesterday Mr. Schultz had been about the city calling on friends and acquaintances, and to John G Gerlich and Bert Sontag he stated that while the state of Washington was a very good place to live, the people of this immediate region in Blue Earth County did not realize what excellent advantages of soil, etc., existed here. He said that he had determined to return to Blue Earth County, and accordingly made arrangements with Mr. Gerlich to purchase some of his thoroughbred hogs for breeding purposes.
Both Mr. Gerlich and Mr. Sontag stated to the Review this morning that Mr. Schultz showed no signs of despondency, but on the contrary was very pleasant and jovial, and looking forward with bright prospects to his future returning to this part of the country. Yesterday forenoon Mr. Schultz went to the Minneopa barn where he tried to get employment from Grover Weir. Mr. Weir says that he made application for work and he was very much under the influence of liquor. In the afternoon Mr. Schultz again returned to the barn and asked Ben Jones for some paper, saying that he wished to write a letter. Some time later the man was seen writing on the steps of the Mankato Savings Bank.
Along about 3 o'clock John H. Dackins and Charles Boynton went to the Minneopa barn to look at some horse, and hearing a noise as if some one was groaning, called Ben Jones. The three men upon investigation found Mr. Schultz lying on the barn floor groveling as if in great pain. They at once called Dr. J. W. Andrews, but when he arrived the man was dead. On the lapel of the coat of the prostrate man was found an empty ounce bottle bearing the label of carbolic acid. This told the story of the death plainer than words. Coroner Kennedy was called but the evidence pointed so plainly to suicide that Mr. Kennedy thought an inquest unnecessary, and accordingly ordered the remains taken to the undertaking rooms of Landkamer Brothers.
Relatives of the deceased are at a loss to account for the rash act of Mr. Schultz. He had been living with his wife and family of four children in Spokane for some three or four years past, and as far as known was getting along comfortably and nicely. He was married to Miss Alma Ditburner; whose parents lived in this county up to the time Mr. Schultz moved to the state of Washington, when the Schultz family and the Ditburner family moved to Spokane, Wash.
On the paper gotten from Ben Jones at the Minneopa barn, a letterhead of Dr. Philp, the deceased wrote a short letter to his wife, the first part of which was legible, but the latter part is very poorly written and hard to decipher. The letter starts out:
"Dear Alma: I am going to end my life."
There is something in the last part of the letter which appears to be a farewell to his mother, or something to that effect, but there is nothing definite as to this for the reason that the writing is very illegible. The letter ends by saying "good-bye" and the suicide's name is signed both at the bottom and several times on each side of the sheet of note paper.
Relatives state that Mr. Schultz visited them in Decoria Township and later went to Fairmont to visit a sister. It is thought that he was on his way back to Decoria via Mankato when he did away with himself. The deceased is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. William Schultz, now on a visit with a daughter, Mrs. Ida Faust at St Cloud; a sister Bertha living at that same city; Henry Schultz of Decoria, William Schultz Jr., living near Pemberton, this county, and Mrs. Augusta Zemple of Fairmont. Mr. Schultz, it seems, was in Mankato last Friday when he called on Senator Works for the purpose of purchasing a farm here. He seemed dissatisfied with Spokane, and was not successful in his farming there.
Mr. Schultz made an appointment with Senator Works to drive out in the country Monday noon to look at a farm which he thought strongly of buying and intended moving his family back here.
Senator Works states that Mr. Schultz seemed very much dissatisfied with his Spokane venture and was anxious to move back to this county again.
Mr. Schultz spent Saturday evening in company with Albert Heil of this city, and that night slept at the Heil residence, where he seemed to be in the best of spirits. In a confidential conversation with Mr. Heil early in the evening, Mr. Schultz said that he made a mistake in going to the state of Washington, for the reason that this is by far a more desirable place to live. "I am down and out, Albert," said Mr. Schultz to Mr. Heil, as he burst into tears. "My wife has worked hard and everything I have in the world is gone, but I know that if I could get her and the children back to this country I could again make good."
Mr. Heil assured Mr. Schultz that he would do all in his power to help him, and would trust him for anything in his store until such time as he earned money to pay for it. This seemed to cheer the man up, and the remainder of the evening was spent pleasantly.
After eating breakfast yesterday morning he left the Heil residence and the next thing the family was shocked to learn that he had taken his life.
Mr. Heil stated today that he never knew a more honest man than Mr. Schultz. When he lived here he always paid every cent he owed, but he met with several financial reverses of late, which must have goaded him on to take his life. Had Mr. Heil the slightest intimation that the man was so despondent he would have watched him closer. He was not naturally addicted to drink and his indulgence in liquor yesterday must have been to nerve himself to take his own life. Mr. Schultz's family in Spokane have been telephoned to and as soon as a reply is received arrangements for the funeral will be made. Mankato Review; 12/11/1911.
Interred in the same plot: Father William Buelow, Mother Anna Buelow, Baby Girl Buelow, Henry W. Buelow & Charles Schultz
Charles Schultz, for a number of years a resident of Decoria township, this county, but for some few years pasta resident of Spokane, Wash., while home on a visit with his parents and other relatives, yesterday came to this city where he committed suicide by taking carbolic acid at the Minneopa barn. During the forenoon yesterday Mr. Schultz had been about the city calling on friends and acquaintances, and to John G Gerlich and Bert Sontag he stated that while the state of Washington was a very good place to live, the people of this immediate region in Blue Earth County did not realize what excellent advantages of soil, etc., existed here. He said that he had determined to return to Blue Earth County, and accordingly made arrangements with Mr. Gerlich to purchase some of his thoroughbred hogs for breeding purposes.
Both Mr. Gerlich and Mr. Sontag stated to the Review this morning that Mr. Schultz showed no signs of despondency, but on the contrary was very pleasant and jovial, and looking forward with bright prospects to his future returning to this part of the country. Yesterday forenoon Mr. Schultz went to the Minneopa barn where he tried to get employment from Grover Weir. Mr. Weir says that he made application for work and he was very much under the influence of liquor. In the afternoon Mr. Schultz again returned to the barn and asked Ben Jones for some paper, saying that he wished to write a letter. Some time later the man was seen writing on the steps of the Mankato Savings Bank.
Along about 3 o'clock John H. Dackins and Charles Boynton went to the Minneopa barn to look at some horse, and hearing a noise as if some one was groaning, called Ben Jones. The three men upon investigation found Mr. Schultz lying on the barn floor groveling as if in great pain. They at once called Dr. J. W. Andrews, but when he arrived the man was dead. On the lapel of the coat of the prostrate man was found an empty ounce bottle bearing the label of carbolic acid. This told the story of the death plainer than words. Coroner Kennedy was called but the evidence pointed so plainly to suicide that Mr. Kennedy thought an inquest unnecessary, and accordingly ordered the remains taken to the undertaking rooms of Landkamer Brothers.
Relatives of the deceased are at a loss to account for the rash act of Mr. Schultz. He had been living with his wife and family of four children in Spokane for some three or four years past, and as far as known was getting along comfortably and nicely. He was married to Miss Alma Ditburner; whose parents lived in this county up to the time Mr. Schultz moved to the state of Washington, when the Schultz family and the Ditburner family moved to Spokane, Wash.
On the paper gotten from Ben Jones at the Minneopa barn, a letterhead of Dr. Philp, the deceased wrote a short letter to his wife, the first part of which was legible, but the latter part is very poorly written and hard to decipher. The letter starts out:
"Dear Alma: I am going to end my life."
There is something in the last part of the letter which appears to be a farewell to his mother, or something to that effect, but there is nothing definite as to this for the reason that the writing is very illegible. The letter ends by saying "good-bye" and the suicide's name is signed both at the bottom and several times on each side of the sheet of note paper.
Relatives state that Mr. Schultz visited them in Decoria Township and later went to Fairmont to visit a sister. It is thought that he was on his way back to Decoria via Mankato when he did away with himself. The deceased is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. William Schultz, now on a visit with a daughter, Mrs. Ida Faust at St Cloud; a sister Bertha living at that same city; Henry Schultz of Decoria, William Schultz Jr., living near Pemberton, this county, and Mrs. Augusta Zemple of Fairmont. Mr. Schultz, it seems, was in Mankato last Friday when he called on Senator Works for the purpose of purchasing a farm here. He seemed dissatisfied with Spokane, and was not successful in his farming there.
Mr. Schultz made an appointment with Senator Works to drive out in the country Monday noon to look at a farm which he thought strongly of buying and intended moving his family back here.
Senator Works states that Mr. Schultz seemed very much dissatisfied with his Spokane venture and was anxious to move back to this county again.
Mr. Schultz spent Saturday evening in company with Albert Heil of this city, and that night slept at the Heil residence, where he seemed to be in the best of spirits. In a confidential conversation with Mr. Heil early in the evening, Mr. Schultz said that he made a mistake in going to the state of Washington, for the reason that this is by far a more desirable place to live. "I am down and out, Albert," said Mr. Schultz to Mr. Heil, as he burst into tears. "My wife has worked hard and everything I have in the world is gone, but I know that if I could get her and the children back to this country I could again make good."
Mr. Heil assured Mr. Schultz that he would do all in his power to help him, and would trust him for anything in his store until such time as he earned money to pay for it. This seemed to cheer the man up, and the remainder of the evening was spent pleasantly.
After eating breakfast yesterday morning he left the Heil residence and the next thing the family was shocked to learn that he had taken his life.
Mr. Heil stated today that he never knew a more honest man than Mr. Schultz. When he lived here he always paid every cent he owed, but he met with several financial reverses of late, which must have goaded him on to take his life. Had Mr. Heil the slightest intimation that the man was so despondent he would have watched him closer. He was not naturally addicted to drink and his indulgence in liquor yesterday must have been to nerve himself to take his own life. Mr. Schultz's family in Spokane have been telephoned to and as soon as a reply is received arrangements for the funeral will be made. Mankato Review; 12/11/1911.
Interred in the same plot: Father William Buelow, Mother Anna Buelow, Baby Girl Buelow, Henry W. Buelow & Charles Schultz
CHARLES F. SCHULTZ, 1877 – 1911
Charles Schultz, for a number of years a resident of Decoria township, this county, but for some few years pasta resident of Spokane, Wash., while home on a visit with his parents and other relatives, yesterday came to this city where he committed suicide by taking carbolic acid at the Minneopa barn. During the forenoon yesterday Mr. Schultz had been about the city calling on friends and acquaintances, and to John G Gerlich and Bert Sontag he stated that while the state of Washington was a very good place to live, the people of this immediate region in Blue Earth County did not realize what excellent advantages of soil, etc., existed here. He said that he had determined to return to Blue Earth County, and accordingly made arrangements with Mr. Gerlich to purchase some of his thoroughbred hogs for breeding purposes.
Both Mr. Gerlich and Mr. Sontag stated to the Review this morning that Mr. Schultz showed no signs of despondency, but on the contrary was very pleasant and jovial, and looking forward with bright prospects to his future returning to this part of the country. Yesterday forenoon Mr. Schultz went to the Minneopa barn where he tried to get employment from Grover Weir. Mr. Weir says that he made application for work and he was very much under the influence of liquor. In the afternoon Mr. Schultz again returned to the barn and asked Ben Jones for some paper, saying that he wished to write a letter. Some time later the man was seen writing on the steps of the Mankato Savings Bank.
Along about 3 o'clock John H. Dackins and Charles Boynton went to the Minneopa barn to look at some horse, and hearing a noise as if some one was groaning, called Ben Jones. The three men upon investigation found Mr. Schultz lying on the barn floor groveling as if in great pain. They at once called Dr. J. W. Andrews, but when he arrived the man was dead. On the lapel of the coat of the prostrate man was found an empty ounce bottle bearing the label of carbolic acid. This told the story of the death plainer than words. Coroner Kennedy was called but the evidence pointed so plainly to suicide that Mr. Kennedy thought an inquest unnecessary, and accordingly ordered the remains taken to the undertaking rooms of Landkamer Brothers.
Relatives of the deceased are at a loss to account for the rash act of Mr. Schultz. He had been living with his wife and family of four children in Spokane for some three or four years past, and as far as known was getting along comfortably and nicely. He was married to Miss Alma Ditburner; whose parents lived in this county up to the time Mr. Schultz moved to the state of Washington, when the Schultz family and the Ditburner family moved to Spokane, Wash.
On the paper gotten from Ben Jones at the Minneopa barn, a letterhead of Dr. Philp, the deceased wrote a short letter to his wife, the first part of which was legible, but the latter part is very poorly written and hard to decipher. The letter starts out:
"Dear Alma: I am going to end my life."
There is something in the last part of the letter which appears to be a farewell to his mother, or something to that effect, but there is nothing definite as to this for the reason that the writing is very illegible. The letter ends by saying "good-bye" and the suicide's name is signed both at the bottom and several times on each side of the sheet of note paper.
Relatives state that Mr. Schultz visited them in Decoria Township and later went to Fairmont to visit a sister. It is thought that he was on his way back to Decoria via Mankato when he did away with himself. The deceased is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. William Schultz, now on a visit with a daughter, Mrs. Ida Faust at St Cloud; a sister Bertha living at that same city; Henry Schultz of Decoria, William Schultz Jr., living near Pemberton, this county, and Mrs. Augusta Zemple of Fairmont. Mr. Schultz, it seems, was in Mankato last Friday when he called on Senator Works for the purpose of purchasing a farm here. He seemed dissatisfied with Spokane, and was not successful in his farming there.
Mr. Schultz made an appointment with Senator Works to drive out in the country Monday noon to look at a farm which he thought strongly of buying and intended moving his family back here.
Senator Works states that Mr. Schultz seemed very much dissatisfied with his Spokane venture and was anxious to move back to this county again.
Mr. Schultz spent Saturday evening in company with Albert Heil of this city, and that night slept at the Heil residence, where he seemed to be in the best of spirits. In a confidential conversation with Mr. Heil early in the evening, Mr. Schultz said that he made a mistake in going to the state of Washington, for the reason that this is by far a more desirable place to live. "I am down and out, Albert," said Mr. Schultz to Mr. Heil, as he burst into tears. "My wife has worked hard and everything I have in the world is gone, but I know that if I could get her and the children back to this country I could again make good."
Mr. Heil assured Mr. Schultz that he would do all in his power to help him, and would trust him for anything in his store until such time as he earned money to pay for it. This seemed to cheer the man up, and the remainder of the evening was spent pleasantly.
After eating breakfast yesterday morning he left the Heil residence and the next thing the family was shocked to learn that he had taken his life.
Mr. Heil stated today that he never knew a more honest man than Mr. Schultz. When he lived here he always paid every cent he owed, but he met with several financial reverses of late, which must have goaded him on to take his life. Had Mr. Heil the slightest intimation that the man was so despondent he would have watched him closer. He was not naturally addicted to drink and his indulgence in liquor yesterday must have been to nerve himself to take his own life. Mr. Schultz's family in Spokane have been telephoned to and as soon as a reply is received arrangements for the funeral will be made. Mankato Review; 12/11/1911.
Interred in the same plot: Father William Buelow, Mother Anna Buelow, Baby Girl Buelow, Henry W. Buelow & Charles Schultz
Charles Schultz, for a number of years a resident of Decoria township, this county, but for some few years pasta resident of Spokane, Wash., while home on a visit with his parents and other relatives, yesterday came to this city where he committed suicide by taking carbolic acid at the Minneopa barn. During the forenoon yesterday Mr. Schultz had been about the city calling on friends and acquaintances, and to John G Gerlich and Bert Sontag he stated that while the state of Washington was a very good place to live, the people of this immediate region in Blue Earth County did not realize what excellent advantages of soil, etc., existed here. He said that he had determined to return to Blue Earth County, and accordingly made arrangements with Mr. Gerlich to purchase some of his thoroughbred hogs for breeding purposes.
Both Mr. Gerlich and Mr. Sontag stated to the Review this morning that Mr. Schultz showed no signs of despondency, but on the contrary was very pleasant and jovial, and looking forward with bright prospects to his future returning to this part of the country. Yesterday forenoon Mr. Schultz went to the Minneopa barn where he tried to get employment from Grover Weir. Mr. Weir says that he made application for work and he was very much under the influence of liquor. In the afternoon Mr. Schultz again returned to the barn and asked Ben Jones for some paper, saying that he wished to write a letter. Some time later the man was seen writing on the steps of the Mankato Savings Bank.
Along about 3 o'clock John H. Dackins and Charles Boynton went to the Minneopa barn to look at some horse, and hearing a noise as if some one was groaning, called Ben Jones. The three men upon investigation found Mr. Schultz lying on the barn floor groveling as if in great pain. They at once called Dr. J. W. Andrews, but when he arrived the man was dead. On the lapel of the coat of the prostrate man was found an empty ounce bottle bearing the label of carbolic acid. This told the story of the death plainer than words. Coroner Kennedy was called but the evidence pointed so plainly to suicide that Mr. Kennedy thought an inquest unnecessary, and accordingly ordered the remains taken to the undertaking rooms of Landkamer Brothers.
Relatives of the deceased are at a loss to account for the rash act of Mr. Schultz. He had been living with his wife and family of four children in Spokane for some three or four years past, and as far as known was getting along comfortably and nicely. He was married to Miss Alma Ditburner; whose parents lived in this county up to the time Mr. Schultz moved to the state of Washington, when the Schultz family and the Ditburner family moved to Spokane, Wash.
On the paper gotten from Ben Jones at the Minneopa barn, a letterhead of Dr. Philp, the deceased wrote a short letter to his wife, the first part of which was legible, but the latter part is very poorly written and hard to decipher. The letter starts out:
"Dear Alma: I am going to end my life."
There is something in the last part of the letter which appears to be a farewell to his mother, or something to that effect, but there is nothing definite as to this for the reason that the writing is very illegible. The letter ends by saying "good-bye" and the suicide's name is signed both at the bottom and several times on each side of the sheet of note paper.
Relatives state that Mr. Schultz visited them in Decoria Township and later went to Fairmont to visit a sister. It is thought that he was on his way back to Decoria via Mankato when he did away with himself. The deceased is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. William Schultz, now on a visit with a daughter, Mrs. Ida Faust at St Cloud; a sister Bertha living at that same city; Henry Schultz of Decoria, William Schultz Jr., living near Pemberton, this county, and Mrs. Augusta Zemple of Fairmont. Mr. Schultz, it seems, was in Mankato last Friday when he called on Senator Works for the purpose of purchasing a farm here. He seemed dissatisfied with Spokane, and was not successful in his farming there.
Mr. Schultz made an appointment with Senator Works to drive out in the country Monday noon to look at a farm which he thought strongly of buying and intended moving his family back here.
Senator Works states that Mr. Schultz seemed very much dissatisfied with his Spokane venture and was anxious to move back to this county again.
Mr. Schultz spent Saturday evening in company with Albert Heil of this city, and that night slept at the Heil residence, where he seemed to be in the best of spirits. In a confidential conversation with Mr. Heil early in the evening, Mr. Schultz said that he made a mistake in going to the state of Washington, for the reason that this is by far a more desirable place to live. "I am down and out, Albert," said Mr. Schultz to Mr. Heil, as he burst into tears. "My wife has worked hard and everything I have in the world is gone, but I know that if I could get her and the children back to this country I could again make good."
Mr. Heil assured Mr. Schultz that he would do all in his power to help him, and would trust him for anything in his store until such time as he earned money to pay for it. This seemed to cheer the man up, and the remainder of the evening was spent pleasantly.
After eating breakfast yesterday morning he left the Heil residence and the next thing the family was shocked to learn that he had taken his life.
Mr. Heil stated today that he never knew a more honest man than Mr. Schultz. When he lived here he always paid every cent he owed, but he met with several financial reverses of late, which must have goaded him on to take his life. Had Mr. Heil the slightest intimation that the man was so despondent he would have watched him closer. He was not naturally addicted to drink and his indulgence in liquor yesterday must have been to nerve himself to take his own life. Mr. Schultz's family in Spokane have been telephoned to and as soon as a reply is received arrangements for the funeral will be made. Mankato Review; 12/11/1911.
Interred in the same plot: Father William Buelow, Mother Anna Buelow, Baby Girl Buelow, Henry W. Buelow & Charles Schultz
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