Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-04
EMYsFERI0us DEATH OF MRs.McMA0 TIERS
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sMYsFERI0Us DEATH OF MRS .McMA' TIERS
: On Tuesday, August 10, Mrs. s. Y. Nc
Masters, widow of the late Rev. Dr. McMasters,
was found deadsin hdr~house in st. Paul On
the afternoon ii that day her daaghter, wife
Of Judge James Gilfllan, caaled It the house
and found it locked. She meeting With no re-
spouse, broke in, and found her mother dead.
fhe doctors pronounced it q tuse1of apoplexy..
After the funeral suspicious of foul play began
to bewhispered. She was last seen alive on
the evening of Monday August lS,at the house
of Mrs. Albert Eddy, where she called on the
corner of Erahllins and Fifth Streets ) he re-
remained there ans hour andsa ha.fswas in un-a
pspslly good spirits, cheerful, andSspqlePar
lSllarly Of hef health Abouts6:ae pnE she
sehirned ID her house. shesYas laying alone
at the time, but colored girl, living near by,
spent the nights with her. AT 8 p. m. Myra
Peters, the rolUfed girl, went toIthe door OF
the house, Knocked, but received no response.
The customary light was not burning, and the
girl Tetlrned 70 her arandAather's house next
doortO the Chnrch, aiidtslept that night. Mr.
MOffot the gran father of Myra Peters, the
! colored gin. the sexton Of the Church. saw
| light in Mrs Nc Masters house about O'clock
within ten minutes after that Myra Peters went
to the door found it fastened and the house dark
1 Priorto this not far rom nine O'Clock Myra
| saw man come out of Mrs. McMaster's gate.
| The following is Mara Peters statement: !
Ewent down Fourth street towards lower town
with the girl visiting me, and return I'd up the
sSne sire ta"AsFGms and her brother came
along near the church, this side of it (which il
only few steps from the gate saw man
Ecome out. Of Mrs, -MEMaSters' gateg He'was a
l,aN Sim man ana thoaght dfnk Mr. Russell
She alludes to Mr.. Russell Nc Masters, a son OF
the deceased, who was not at the house that
night He was dressed in dark clothes and
wore a white hat. He passed us, but I Giidn'i
see his'face, as his hat was;puled adoWn over
his eyes. Anyway thought it was Mr.. Russell
and didn't .payg muclry auent on to- him
Mrs MeMastersf Enthusiastically not very
valuable, but priced as having belonged to her
husband; is missing and cannot be found
Though search has been made. The key of the
front door The door being locked is. missing
and cannot be found. The, physicians mad,
no post-mortem examination. An examine
ton Of the3 corpse discovered the impress Of
Iin GERS upon the tn roat, and the ma ks of vio-
-eRee en- the forehead. On the left side OF tht
threat hruise was plainly visible, which was
proRounbed the impress of a thumb: sOp tht
right side the deep indentures of a finger raj
was dlscernible. On the forehead an abrasion
was found winch became more vislbly dis
fgurement as death settled down to dissOlu
tios Two pools of blood were found on thu
lS6oersofthe front room. Thu body was found
tor tile bed iIfthe bed room back of the parlor
where the blood stains were found on the car
pet It reclined upon the bed as if laid ou
and prepared for funeral. The draper
about her person was smoothed about the
limbs, the hands folded, and around her shout
ders a shawl was carefully wrapped Sh'
looked and was dressed evemto'the brooch al
herr throat, as sshe, appeafed daily to hel
friends. Beside the corpse, as if it might have
fallen from her hand when ;alsied by TIT
stroke of DEATH was found clean and spot
less handkerchi +. The physicians and friend'
of the deceased still insist, in spite oF'thest
peculiar circumstances, that the death wa
natural and that no violence was used. Th'
police are Investigating, but ass yet hav'
thrown no light upon the mysterE.%