The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-10-15
HOW The WORLD LIVES.
ViceandDeath

Kills was not CrkS W HIS WIG. IL 1
known that on her leaving the city o,
a protracted visit in the summer or fall
of 1873, he engaged suite of rooms OF
the third floor of the building at thu
southeast corner Of Fourth and Ger
trail avenues, then occupied by c. 3
Evans & Co., the marble mantel manu-
facturers, the Atlantic and Great Wes
tern Railroad general freight Office ant
several other parties. The rooms were
handsomely furnished, and contained
among other attrac i've features, side
BOARD furnished forth with an album
dance Of all kinds Of liquors. Part Of
the furniture and one Of the beds for
there were two of them) were put in by
friend of Mr.. Perkins, and it was
thought he would room there also. But
it was "blind'' of some sort; the
friend seldom showed himself about the
place, ;unless it was to help Perkins out
Of his numerous scrapes.
Shortly after Perkins had taken uI
his quarters there, the gentleman who
had charge of the building received init.
nations that loose women were going
to the rooms, and as he roomed there
himself devoted some little attention to
that part of the house. He saw moth.
ing of an unsa tisfactorv nature, how.
ever, until one night in the month OF
September, when we'll dressed and
comely young woman came to his door
and demanded that Perkins door be
broken in. giving as a reason that she
was Perkins wife, and he had a wo.
man in the room with him. She said
she had heard that Perkins had gone
cut to the Millcreek House in a hack
with Bell Boyd, the keeper Of a house
of prostitution on Third street; that
she had followed him out there, and
couple had started back for town. She
was highly excited. and smelt strongly
of beer. She said her mother was down
stairs, and they were determined to
stay until they got Perkins out if it
took all night. The gentleman in
charge refused the privilege of break
ing in the door, but the woman making
great TODD about the troubles she
SAID Perkins had heaped upon her, and
her determination to stay at the door
until Perkins came out. he gave her an
easy chair at Perkins door and return
ed to his own apartment. In the
course of a quarter of an hour or so he
went down stairs to see how matters
stood, and was astonished to find that
the woman had climbed over the tran
som. set all the gas ablaze, made thor
ou@h search of the two rooms, and not
finding any one within, taken herself Off,
leaving all the doors and windows open.
She returnrd some little time after
ward and maele another tour of obser-
walton. but failing to find the objects of
her search, went to seek them else
where. The gentleman saw her about
the building and going to Perkin s
room many times afterward-once or
twice but half dressed, bringing water
through the hall. He finally spoke to
the janit~ess about the matter. and was
Informed by her that the woman occu-
pied the room with Perkins nearly ev-
cry night, and that frequently other
women came with her. This led Mr..
- to mention the subject to a
young friend of Mr.. Perkins, who had a
good laugh over it. lie said the
woman name was Payne, and that she
and her mother lived in Covington.
He had picked her up and kept her
himself a while about year before, but
had tired of her and introduced her TO
Perkins. in order to get rid of her.
Perkins had taken her up eagerly, and
had kept her ever since. but was anx.
ious now to get her off his hands.
This sort of thing continued, with
only an occasional flare up in conse-
quence of too much patronage of the
sidehoard. until about the middle of last
June. Perkins being constantly visited
by his woman and others, and having a
Jolly good time of it drinking and caper-
ing about with them, while his poor
wife was far away with her little one,
probably musing upon and plying his
loneliness without her. Some time in
june, hewever, there was noisy quar-
rel between the parties. Mrs. Perkins
was expected home. and Pauline must
be got out of the way. But Payne OBJ
.jectcd to being put out of anybody s
way, and when the subject was delicate
ly preached to her she flew into a vio-
lent passion, and broke the decanters
and other glassware all over the floor.
This scene was witnessed by several
persons, including the person we have
mentioned as having charge of the
building.
After Mrs. Perkins return to the
city, it seems the resolute mistress, re-
fusing to be cast off. rated the I'M
faithful husband every opportunit Y she
got. and finally hunting him up at home
acquainted Mrs. Perkins with the whole
story of her husbands INCONSISTENCY,
if, indeed. she had not heard it long
before.
Those who know the family. and are
familiar with the facts, are settled in
the conviction that Perkins shocking in
fidelity was;the principal, if not the only
cause of the Tuesday night quarrel, and
to his door they lay the tragic and IN
timely taking off of his little child.
Second Attempt mt Suicide.
From the Cincinnati Commercial, Oct. 8. !
The second scene of the Ninth street