Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-07-06
THE JEALOUS STEVENS.
Elfelts Relations With the Murdered Girl
Fife tn ChtcaDo-Her Tsit to HIS


Eifelt's Relations With the Murdered Girl
Fife tn ChtcaDo-Her Vfsit to HIS
Room.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
zone day I followed my wife up toElfelt's
rooms at SO Dearborn street. and made her
come down. The person who keeps these
rooms could throw some light on certain
matters that transpired there bnt she will
not do it, said Peter E. Stevens to q re-
porter of the Iaater-Oceana through the bars
of his cell on Tuesday afternoon. What the
certain matters were he hardly seemed to
know, SO the scribe undertook to find the
mysterious person and get some of the
requisite light shed around. legend at the
bottom of the steps said Furnished rooms,
| inquire at No a. and, after Ginning three
pairs of stairs. No. "a and lady of portly
| figure and benign countenance came into
view together.
care You the proprietress Of these rooms
madam
| Yes. SIR
| sName. please?
| ssMrs. Ford
.I am a reporter, and have come TO see
you regarding this Stevens shooting afrav?"
| "Pray be seated. I know very little about
any of the parties, but will tell you what I
| know
s.The prisoner, Stevens, has said that you
can throw some light on certain matters, il
you desired
81 have noticed that remark, and am at a
loss to know what it means.
sYou know MIR. Walter Elfelt?"
"Only from his occupying room here.
He came here (books referred toy on Satur-
day, October ~ 1885, ana ieft on the 2oa OF
March last
sYou have seen his name mentioned in
connection with this affair; what is your
opinion of him."
II really don't know much about him, ex-
cepting that while here he always behaved
himself. He had room mate with him most
: of the time and had no fault to find with
, either of them, but once, when blew up Mr..
Elfelt.'
What was that for!'
, ':Well one evening I heard footsteps in
I. the lower hall, and, going to hear what it
was found Mr.. Elicit with two ladies
/ knocking on the door of his room. I called
(. him and said, 81 can't have this, you must
. not bring ladies here He explained that
r they were friends of his room mate, and as
It they did not 90 in, and | had no other cause
|. for complaint, let the matter drop"
s .'Stevens says Elicit is a bad young man;
what do you think of th-t?'
swell, he was Young and good-looking, and
q should not wonder if he iiirted, although |
f don't know that he did; but / should not
# call him bad man.
% "Did you at any time see him taking
women into his room, or know OF his doing
so?
mo, or / should have stopped it. There
was one young lady / think have heard him
| refer to as Eva, who came to see him oc-
% caslonally. but in the day time when he was
= at business. She had no key, but would
come to me or the caamber-maid and ask
e for the key of Mr.. Elfe is room. Some
~ times would 90 down there and find her
IA alone, either attending to his linen or deco
Sc rating the room with flowers, and so on
CT did you know Mrs. Stevens, the dying
u wonan?''
II saw her once or twice.
Do ''Stevens said he followed his wife to FL
ne felt's room one day, and made her come
at down; do you know anything of that?'
8, ''To the best of my knowledge and bell
is other room in the building, but once, and I'll
tell you how that happened. Dir. Elicit left
y, here on the 23d of March, and in my charge
IN he placed worked cushion. which he said
q belonged to Eva, and asked me TO give it to
a her when she called for it. One afternoon
I'd about four o'clock. ! think it was just about
k a week after Mr.. Elicit had left the building,
IN | was sitting alone drinking Il cup of tea il
my sitting room, when beautiful gri tapped
al on the door and asked if Miss Carroll was
or there, or had called for that cushion. said
&c, no, and on invitation she came inside. We
he chatted few moments, when suddenly
;ts noticed somebody lowering around the door
a. and peeping in. l arose and said, 'Come in
AT SIR and sly, mean looking little fellow
shutied in. l said, 'sWhat do you want
ar sir p And he, pointing at the pretty girl
M said, 81 want that woman l have beer
10 across the road watching yot
no for half an hour" Their
b bo l think he remarked. "She's my wife, ene
no on learning that she had come and inquired
w for Miss Carroll, he commenced to abus
~ her Miss G and after the pretty girl hat
lie defended her friend awhile, they left to
all gether. The thing bewlldered me for tn
ly, time. but shall never forget how prett
DIV that girl was. Now take it that she wa
en- Mrs. Stevens, (by the way, she told me SD
al was Miss Young and the little mean maj
yer no other than that Stevens, and if this is th
art occasion he refers to, when he says he fo
lowed her to and took her from Elicit
ip- room, he tells base falsehood, for Elicit ha
T.. moved out a week BEFORE"
.is. "Do you know how Miss Carroll and Mr.!
cd Stevens got acquainted?'
m. 81 do not: but from hearsay CLEAN thu
zen it was in this way: One day while Eva wa
In fixing Elfelt's clothes she found some letter
rk- in MS pocket from Miss Young or Mr.
Tue Stevens and that being piqued at the dis
ew covery, she found out Stevens and gave thei
to him. also hear that Stevens and Elfe
40, met, but don't suppose that Stevens though
ing 49, ,r,,,I ho,,o haa,, $50 +ro,,,
10y I suppose this episode Of the letters brougf
nv the two girls together, and tended to al
.sa them together, as Mrs. Stevens was very "
.no hement in the defense of Hiss Carroll. whe
, s' the mean little man abused her" That W;
IA IA all And, thanking Mrs. Ford for the i,
red -