Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-27
THEMURDERED COURTESAN
NO. 239.

Quarrel Prior to the observation-disclosures
Pointing to the Deed Being Murder
The Inquest Continued-The Last VIII of
the Notorious Woman-Her Mother and
Sister Beneficiaries.
/ The GLOBE yesterday morning gave the par
ticulars of the tragic death of Kate Hut
| ton, one of the most nororious women of ILL.,
fame that ever lived in st. Paul At an early
hour yesterday morning the remains of the
murdered woman were brought to the rooms
of Messrs. Leigh & Co., undertakers, and
coroner's jury, composed of A. p. Wilkes,
| Charles Ringwald, A. B. Noes, George Wentz,
James Milar and Alex. Johnston were con-
vened and sworn in to investigate the matter
The jury first visited the house where the
| shooting took place, and at 2 p. m. met at the
| undertaker's rooms Of Leigh & Co. In the
meantime DIR. Wheaton, under the insiruc-
| tions of Coroner Davenport, made a
post mortem examination of the body,
to determine the location of the ball.
The bullet was found imbedded in the
anterior border of the left quadrotHs lum-
bofum muscle. In its passage it had struck
the spine and was much faItened. After ex-
planning to the jury the nature of the case,
Coroner Davenport asked Edward Wright, the
paramour of the deceased, to make a volun-
tqry statement, which he proceeded to do, but
his statement did not differ materially from
that given in the GLOBE yesterday. f
w. H. Tuthill, who lives within block or
two of the scene of the murder, testified that
his; attention was attracted by screams from
the direction OF Miss Hutton's house, and he
saw woman answering her description on
the porch of the house few moments before
he heard the report of the rifle.
Miss Lille Train, the only person in the
house at the time of the shooting beside
Wright and the deceased, was SWORD, and she
gave very rambling and disconnected ac-
count of the affair. She contradicted her
self several times. and apparently had no idea
of the matter. Her story disagreed in several
important particulars with the statement
made by Wright. The swore that she did not
arrive in st. Paul until Thursday morning,
which statement was .contradicted by Miss
Florence Fuller, who swOre that Miss Train
called at the house of Pauline Bell, on Hill
street, and wanted to get board, on Wednesday
night. ,.r
Mr.. and Mrs. jeff g. Davis, who live just
under the hill from the Hutton house, testi-
fed to having been. called to the house by
Wright, and gave an account OF her death,
which took place in a few moments after
their arrival. iH
County Attorney Egan, who was present,
stated that the State was informed other
witnesses who would testify to the fact that
Wright had made threats against the life of
his paramour, and that there were other cir
cumstances connected with the case which,
in his judgment, would justify an adjourn
meIit of the case, in order to obtain the tes-
tmOny. In view of these statements, The
coroner decided to hold the inquest open
until Wednesday next at 2 p. m.
The GLOBE hes no disposition tn prejudge
this case. but to say the least it has bad
look. The appearance of the rooms where
the tragedy took place would indicate that all
three of the parties had been on spree, and
that the shooting was the result of quarrel.
Spattered walls, broken crockery and other
evidences of row were visible in both the
dining room and the kitchen. The further
on Wednesday may throw more
light upon this affair. In the meantime
Wright and the young woman, Train, were
committed to the county JAIL with instruc-
tions to the sheriff not to allow them to hold
any communication with each other.
Singular feature in the case is that Miss
Hutton was always supposed to have guam
tity of jewelry and money about about her
house or person, and nothing of the kind was
discovered yesterday, beyond few dollars in
her pocket book.
The body was placed in handsome casket
Friday, and will be buried this afternoon from
the undertaken rooms of Leigh Co., by di-
rection of the coroner in the absence OF any
from her relatives.
HER WILL.
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