The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-09-29

al, the wav housekeeping, as knew, for
| what ought not to beg tor: And so ne ieit
| on good terms and promised to see me at II
o'clock this morning. he RlT"'ss 70 oo, S,e
came-12 Canes came, and he did not cone
and after promising me that he would with.
draw his bill at the least, said would not DC
satisfied with that. must have public caro-
in the paper or nothing at all. SO at ~ oclocn
I wanted to go to seek him. at last t n,an
came with papers, and said notlce aau ue~r
served upon me-a notice that shouia appear
at such o time. ,-oa
It was very important but he had assured MS
me that this trial would not come on I'LL ILL NO
vember. I did not know this man: MIoI -
looked at the paper knew now So M e: n ae
had deceived me. Even decelVeo Me 50 iar as
to get ahead of me ana cne m, 1ren " S,es
fretfnI peevisR. willful wife to him, because
no made me so by his conduct; but was
never nnfaithful to him in any way, and so !
vent down town. went to see my mother,
and she thought had better 60 TO lawyer
Smith. She told me that had her full per-
mission to cowhide him.
Tcame to Rush street bridge. It was open.
7 went round to the other bridge and went
to Lake street, and bought revolver.
could not tell what store or anything about
it. I went to the museum. did not tell
him was going. Went into the green room
and waited for long time. When he (Beach)
saw me he looked dismayed, as though he did
not expect me at all. Igreeted him as pleas
antly as could, believing I was about to muir.
me. told him it was, perhaps, his rehearsal
had delayed him. He asserted It had. Some
thing had delayed him also in the afternoon.
told him ! did not want to stand in the
green-roOm, with people watching and motto.
ing me. People were standing hearing what
was going on. Well we walked into the other
room. Walked into the room where the wax
talking. He said he could not do anything.
He would be glad if he could. /" Did you
send any message to me to-day?" asked him.
No" said he. did not say had received
anything. ibid you send message" s'NO,"
said he. 81 Have you received any" made
no answer: was getting pretty angry with
him. "Y0u have made charges against
me; never threatened your life; ] viii not
bear it-either You or I win have to begone
the disgrace-it is more than can bear. I
win do any thing-I will make q law for myself
before will stand it." Even then he lied to
my face. he told me had better 20 home. !
said my business is with you; you must de-
clare my innocence to the public. win new
er leave you till you do" He then said, I
want to dress" then said, II will go to
YOUR OI6SSluS IOOlu, am yOuI Wucs 00
said the did not wish me to 60. He was so
bitter, and taunting, and disgusting, and mean
and low, now, that when his back was turned
to nae. (My revolver was loaded. Igot the
man to fix it for meg He went in front of me.
I came up to him, (showing the distance with
in foot of his back) and fired at him. shot
him with the intention of killing him.
In moment he fell down. heard him
drop. let the pistol drop. had no idea of
escaping. We were just walking through the
hall to go to the green o0m-the inner hall
the private hall-ft was not in the green-room;
it was in the hall leading to the green-room.
It was sudden impulse on my part OF
course when bought this pistol had the
feeling of wanting TO shoot him without ask.
ing him anything. But when saw him ]
thought he was my husband. My object was
that he should repair the injury he had done
me. Iw0uld have tried to live with him rather
than be disgraced. The crowd then came
around. Some burst in this way and some in
that. I held out my hands. They exclaimed
What is it 2" said it was me, and when
they came forward and grabbed me very eager
Iy. told them there was no need of it.
have, up to this moment, a feeling of indiffer-
ence about it. That was the last saw Of him.