Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-26
You were there, though, wore you not?"
II prefer not to say anything about tho

you were there, though, wore you not?"
matter
1T has been stated that you are in accord
with the other doctors in assigning the cause
Of her desth?''
II prefer not to be interviewed"
they declare she died of apoplexy, and the
public believe you have Joined them in this
medical verdict. Is it so?''
y! don't like to express an opinion ono way
or the Their about it. You can understand
that l am unwilling-I would prefer that
you'd say nothing about having seen me about
this affair.""
!, Inc GLOBE could give no such assurances; on
the contrary exhorted to speak out, to relieve
the anxiety of deeply interested public. The
doctor remained obdurate and the reporter de-
parted.
WHEN DID THE ROBBERY TAKE PLACE?
Leaving out all the circumstances of the
time of the death, the discovery of the body,
its appearance, the room surroundings. the pools
Of blood, the marks of violence on thu oat and
'orehead OF the corpse, all combining to create
the suspicion of foul play-there remains the
fact of the loss of watch and door key.
1t is now admitted. even by those nearest
her, that Mrs. McMasters was robbed. But
when, before or after death? 1t ia commended
that the house was entered after her death. If
3d. what was there to disturb the robber in an
extended search for all valuables in the house?
At the time of her death Mrs. McMasters
was possessed of jewelry, plate gold watch
and you III money. None of these we're taken.
They were found in the several places which
the lady, in her method and order, was in the
habit of keeping them.
Had the robber come in after death the
missing watch, which was on her table or bu-
reau, the only place she ever kept it, would
not have been the only booty with which he
departed.
1t is admitted she was robbed.
Then the robbery occurred or was attempted
before death. The lone lady saw the robber
enter her house.
Then death came to her-throuaa fright and
And the robber. with but ''the missing
watch to repay him, appalled, and Mortified at
the death of the poor, frail woman fed. The
magnitude OF his crime-he frightened her to
death or murdered her, 30 Mortified him,
That he he'd. He had no time, then, to commit
the robbery he had intended. Death inter-
posed between him and the lesser crime of
robbery.
Isn't it more reasonable to suppose this lat.
ter condition of circumstances than the first.
1t the house were entered-so admitted-and
only an unprotected, unmatched CORPSE found
Us an inmate, would the robber have left the
house without having ritled it thoroughly? !
Ii the house were entered-so admitted-
~" 'uo AuIonV VI IODOeIy, only, ano inc nor
able, unexpected apparition of death inter-
1ene, wouldn't the murderer taketo immediate
iightl Such death, to poor harmless,
unprotected. fragile woman. The robber |
reached for her to suppress her scream, and she |
tell dead at his feet. He fed.
Before all this, he had reached for and seized |
the missing watch on the table, and she, hav. |
ng 1.-THE greatest Affection for it,
ave up her life in her futile effort to save it.
All such theories of and about this myster-
GUS death, uttered by doctor or layman, are |
MY sPeculations. But they are what the PEG.
Die think and speak in the discussion of ali the
circumstances connected with the mysterious
leath, or murder of Mrs. McSlasrers.