Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-24
Including Peanuts, Candy, Oysters and
Brandy Indulged In.
GREEN EYED MONSTER AROUSED.
And One Gent Attempts to Murder His
Girl and Commit Suicide.
THE GIRL ESCAPES WITH A FAINT,
But There is Ground For The Hope
That The Man Will Die.

of. 1he. March OF Civilization" has never
developed any household utansil that is so
ready for all occasions as is the little re-
volver. Sometimes the accommodating
little thing misses but generally it is quite
effectual and performs its assigned duty
with ''neatness and dispatch" and in the
highest. style of the art. Last night it
came forth at.the call of a gentleman and
performed according to the dema nds of
the occasion. There never was more ac-
commodating revolver than the one that
was operated last night.
THE GENERAL PARTICULARS.
To begin at the beginning it must bs
stated tha: about o'clock four persons
two men and two women-took hack on
the corner Of Third and Robert
streets, and started out to have time.
The party consisted OF William j. Pream,
rowing bartender, and reported brother
in-law of J. Paul Schmit, liquor dealer
on Robert street, VIM. Sommerfeld, clerk
at the Chippewa house, Annie Watson, who
says she has been here about two months
and came from Dubuque, and Carrie War
rem, who says she has been here about a
year and came from La Crosse. This
and the latter, Carrie Warren,
is the one that caused the bringing forth
of the little revolver. When the four
started out it was for pleasure trip.
They wanted to have little fun and ended
up the business with tragedy. They
drove around town and stopped at several
saloons where they all took drinks. The
girls say they took nothing but ginger ale
while Pream took brandy. The peanut
stands and the candy stores also received
the attentions of the hilarious
crew. 1t was an awful gay crowd. They
were enjoying themselves in lovely man
ner. There is nothing like it. Peanuts,
candy, ginger ale and brandy is enough to
enable any party to be joyful. The little
revolver comes in in due time, at the end
of the fifth act, and contributes its share
to the JOY of the occasion.
They drove around from place to place
and at last, when the tragedy approached,
the party had reached a point on Jackson
street between Sixth and Seventh, where,
l.
rie, on whom he seemed to have heen soft,
handed out some candy to the driver of the
hack. AS soon she did this he struck her
in the face, she tainted and the tragedy
part commenced. They had by this time
hauled up in front of saloon near AL
lens drug store, and Sommerfeld had
jumped out and as he did so Pream fred
a shot from his Remington revolver.
Sommerfeld ran and another shot was
fred at Carrie, and as she appeared to
have been killed Pream turned the handy
little revolver upon himself and fired a
ball iuto his left breast.
WHAT FoLLowEp.
The girl was taken into Aliens drug
store and laid on the floor, and DR.. Muir
ply was called. She was supposed to be
dead and the doctor cut her good clothes
all to pieces to find out whether the bullet
entered her person, but could find nothing
that looked like bullet wound, and gave
up with the idea that she was frightened
into fainting fit. Restoratives were ap-
piled and the girl was brought out as
good as new. barring the ginger ale and
peanuts. When she was brought out of
her and the whole party was
taken to - the city hall The
two girls were placed in the hole known as
the ladies' cell, while the man Pream was
laid ont or the table.
While lying there he began to bleed
freely from the lungs and it was feared he
was dying. While in this condition he
raised one os his hands feebly and called
upon those present to bear witness that no
one was to blame for his death as he alone
was the cause of it ali. His words we're:
Il did it MYSELF
DR.. Wheaton was called and examined
him, and afterwards had him removed to
st. Luke's hospital
The girls were interviewed, and what
they had to say is, in substance, stated
above. They stated in addition that
Pream had more than once declared his
intention to kill himself, that he did not
want to live, as he had nothing to live for,
and good deal more such cheap, yellow
covered stuff. If he does not die
with his boots on" it will
be because they were taken of
before he died. He was barely alive at last
accounts and the doctor thought he would
probably survive through the night.
soMMERFIELD's STORY.
GLOBE reporter interviewed Mr.. VIM.
Sommerfield-the other male occupant
with Pream in the hack-in his cell at the
city hall. Mr.. Sommer6eld is the clerk at
Chippewa hotel, 357 Robert street, kept by
his brother. His story. it may be
said, was told with apparent per-
feet candor, and his Cgeneral ap-
pearance when telling it carried with the
force of trythfulness:
At about o'clock last evening Mr..
Sommerfeld said the man Pream with the
two girls drove up in hack in front of the
Chippawa hotel, called him and invited
him to take ride with them. He knew
Pream and the girls, but claimed not to be
especially intimate with either of them.