Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-14

$3.50; at that time, the deceased nad alto-
gether about $5 in silver, which the witness
saw; on Monday evening, the man again
appeared, complained of hard times, ana
talked about his gun, but witness PAID
very little attention to him, as WIT
ness was very busy at the
time and the gun was of little value; among
other things deceased said he was in bad
health, being troubled with asthma, that he
had come to Minnesota for the benefit of his
health, and that he expected money from the
east; deceased looked sickly, but did not
cough; when the revolver was returned to
deceased it was unloaded, but was loaded
when soaked it was the custom at Lythe's
to unload all weapons when received; when
deceased received the pistol it was fully
loaded by witness, at the formers request,
with cartridges of No. % calibre; deceased
did not say what he was going to do with
the pistol, and appeared perfectly rational
during the transactions.
Charles Edward Ruth, clerk of the
European hotel, having viewed the body.
stated that he first saw deceased alive on
Feb. 5, at the European, where deceased
stopped on the 5th, 9Th, 9TH, 9Th and 9th of
this month, paying all his bills; the man
returned on Sunday night, February 10, said
he wanted bed, had no money, but would
pay in the morning; on the strength of hay
| ing paid his previous bills, the deceased was
given bed by witness; deceased never re-
| turned; the man was sober and quiet and
did not drink, or appear deranged in the
least.
The following letter, found on the de-
ceased, was read and placed in evidence, it
being without an envelope, the paper on
which it is written being torn, and the hand
| writing being very fair and the spelling cor
| rect:
SOUTH LINCOLN, Feb. 9Th, 1S78.-Dear John !:
i received your letter and telegraph dispatch,
but cannot send You any money, for have not
away. You must try and earn some to come
home, or work your passage home. am not
Obliged to pay any of your debts after the first
day of this month send you five dollars, and
you must work for board if you can't get
wages. cannot send any more. send you
and let me know if you get this, and always
give the name Of the State and town. should
like to write more but have not time this
morning. Write soon.
This from your father, JAMES RICE.
Written by your mother, who sends much love
no danger Of your being homesick if you only
work. It is good slcighing here now.
The postscript and the body of the fore
going are in the same handwriting.
The above letter was contained in quite
respectable memorandum book, along witt
the other documents. This book is curl
osity. 1t is in the usual form of poke
3 diaries, being for the current year. On tn
first page are the capital script letters and OF
the second the small letters, all of which al
written by tolerably expert hand. On tn
top of the third page are these words: "Johl
, F. Rice,' and a few lines underneath: "Joh1
, G.. Williams, Concord, Middlesex, Mass,
9 all written clearly in fair hand, and in ink
3 Under the date of Saturday, Jan. II, is writ
ten in the same hand: 81 started fror
home to-day, the 18th of January, 1873.
, Other memorandas in ink and in the sam
3 writing, are: 81 shall be in possession of m
. property in 1880 and 1885," and "Georg
p was stolen from me December q
1877. and below the latter, ''recor
27.'' A penciled memorandum
in the same handwriting, is as follows
: .'Mary Burk, Kingston, Meeker Co., MINI.
g The other notings are in an entirely differen
T, hand, being large and sprawl1ng, one sho1
q sentence frequently covering two pages. an
are throughout scarcely legible. The sens
. of them is extremely incoherent, ''Brow
0 George, 27'' running interminably through
|. out. The writer at one time states he wi
a ego to the happy land with Brown George,
# in another, 'the man who killed Brow
George shot himself" and SO on; one half {
. the page being thus occupied.
The above evidence having been taken, th
= inquest was adjourned until a. m, to-day,
- await the result of post n0rteme examin
= ton.