Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-10
RICH DEVELOPMENTS.

| 6. The Fest Laid Plans of Mice an IL Men,
another Scheme to E1act Honey
| Frustrated and E1posed-N. 4. Mitls
| Examined aud Acquitted.
On Saturday afternoon Mr.. N. T. Mills
who has been dong general jewelry and
watch repairing business on Nicollet ave-
nue. for six weeks, was arrested at the in
stigation of one Mrs. Matilda Wise. She
charged the young man with the larceny
of her gold watch, valued at $50. On
Monday the case was placed upon the
court calendar and called up in the regu-
lar order. Mrs Wise did not
| appear. An officer was dispatched for
| her. The officers returned with letter
from her physician, DR.. Dunsmore, stat
ing to the court that she was ill and un-
able to leave Der couch This was I'M
satisfactory, and the physician was
brought before the court, where he ex-
planned that Ms. Wise was suffering
from a severe attack of typhoid fever,
and would be unable to attend court for
three weeks. The court consequently
continued the case until yesterday morn
ing at $50, when he ordered the clerk to
take her deposition at her room
Accordingly at the appointed hour,
Clerk Stevens, w. p Roberts, for the
city, and Thos Canty, for the defendant,
repaired to the sick room. Facts were
developed much To the surprise of the city
attorney, and to the CONSERVATION OF the
friends of Mrs. Wise who had taken a
lively interest in the case.
Last fall Mrs. Wise lived with her
nephew, H. A Wise, at No. 2, rs Thir-
teenth avenue. On the night of October
%, the house was set on fire and burned,
Mrs. Wise and nephew escaping through
a window Ito battle suspicion). Mrs.
Wise's effects were insured for $500 IN the
Glen Falls, N. Y, Insurance Co. Among
the other goods which she made affidavit
were burned, and upon which she collect
ed the loss, was the identical watch in
question. This Mrs. Wise acknowledged
while under a searching cross eXamina-
ton.
There was no evidence adduced on the
part of the State that Mills had stolen the
watch The State rested, and the case
was dismissed upon motion Of defendants
attorney.
The whole affair bears most evident
earmarks Of being a "put up job" for
the purpose Of eXtorting money. This
woman, Wise, is old in the business, and
young Mills is far from being the only
victim drawn deity into her meshes.
But of the other cases of shrewdly man
aged confidence games it is not the pur-
pose of this writing to mention. BY ply
ing her deceptive wiles she had induced
young Mills to promise to marry her.
Wise she was, hut I'M Wise he consented
to make her Mills.
Things began to look suspicious. When
young Mills saw the number of guests
who visited her rooms under very
peculiar circumstances, the facts
of the situation dawned upon his unso-
phistcated mind, and he resolved to put
several hundred miles between himself
and the alluring influences Of the
dangerous siren. He packed his worldly
effects and prepared for an early depar
ture for Winnipeg. One of the ENJOYS
of the woman notified her of his inten-
ton to leave, and it was thus that the
watch game was Matched and developed
into a full f1edged vulture of dangerous
proportions.
The reporter is also automatically in
formed that Mrs Wise, in company with
her little son, went to Fargo last March
While there the boy died. In April she
returned to Minneapolis, bringing with
her the corpse, which she sold to
her physician. This is certainly one
of the most brazen instances of heartless
maternity ever placed upsn record.
Returning to the incidents of the fire
above alluded to, there is proof that the
house was set on fire for purposes of OBJ
tanning insurance money, and also that
not only the watch but all organ, pic
lures and bed clothing upon which she
collected the losses. had been previously
moved to place of safety and were not
in the least injured.