On This Date in Minnesota History: January 1

January 1, 1906 – Infatuated with Pearl Wheaton, daughter of N. S. Wheaton of Caledonia, one of the wealthiest farmers in southern Minn., and rendered desperate by her refusal to marry him, Matt Styer, a dentistry student at the University of Minnesota, broke into the home this evening and killed Pearl, fatally wounded Mrs. Wheaton, Ruth Wheaton and himself.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; “Kills Three, Then Commits Suicide. Matt Styer, Exasperated by Refusal of Girl to Marry Him, Causes Death of Four.”; Jan. 02, 1906; p. 5.

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