St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-26
LYDIA'S REVENGE.
She Charges the Man she L0res With Mur-
der Because he WOuldn't Marry Her.
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About three years ago Jesse Dodd died al
Laomi, ILL.,, leaving his widow with son
who is now about 10 years old. About fiji
teen months since an individual calling him
self William Bean appeared in the neighbor-
hood, and soon after married Mrs. Dodd, and
the couple settled down upon her farm, three
miles west of Laomi. There lived with the
family a servant named Lydia Large, who
was the betrothed of the son John. Soon
after the marriage Been began to abuse and
maltreat his family. On the 18th of July
Bean entered the house, beat his wife, and
threatened to kill the entire family. Mrs
Bean sent TO her son John, who was at work
in field, for assistance, On his way to
the house he secured a shotgun. Entering
he met his stepfather and fired both barrels
of the weapon into his body. Been soon af-
ter died. The murder was witnessed by
Johns betrothed, Lydia, but her love for her
intended husband silenced her. and the body
of the man was taken by the mother, son,
and servant and secretly buried. 1t was no
ticed among the neighbors in the vicinity of
the crime that the man had disappeared, but
no inquiries were made. Things went on
quietly till short time ago, when the ser
want began to think it was time her marriage
with John was celebrated, and to that effect
approached him with the subject. She was
greeted with
A STOUT REFUSAL.
She puzzled her brain to devise a means
of having revenge on her faithess lover,
and she at last conceived the idea of betray-
ing her secret, and thus brin ging John to
the gallows or penitentiary. She notified the
people of the terrible crime. and told the
story and the fact that at the time of the oc-
currence Bean disappeared, and it also being
known that he was abusive to the widow, led
to the credence of the story. She offered to
take them to the grave of the murdered man.
The spot she knew only too well, for she had
stated she had thrown the first shovelful of
earth on the body A posse of men repaired
to the spot last evening, and after digging a
short distance under the surface, the decom-
posed remains of the dead man were found.
Coroner Elkin visited the place to-day and
on Investigation found the facts above stated
to be true. In addition to this, however,
evidence sufficient was found against Miss
Large to cause her arrest, and she is now in
Iiic CduSalHOu County jail. lue testimony
showed that Bean had threatened to kill Ly-
dia. Kitty Dodd, a daughter of Mrs. Bean,
said: 81 went to the field and told Brother
John that Bean had kicked ma. Soon after,
he came to the house with a gun. and soon
a neighbor l took it back. When I came
back Lydia Large was buying beer"
LYDIA WAS A BAD WOMAN.
Large is shown to be woman of bad re-
pute and has recnntly been an inmate of
a house Of ill-fame. Last week she told one
John Alexander that John Dodd had killed
Bean and had taken him by the heels and
dragged him out OF the house and buried him
in ditch. This was in July, 1882
John Dodd, who committed the deed, has
fed, and the girl is left to answer as an ac-
cessory. The disappearance Of Bean at the
time did not excite any suspicion from the
fact that he was rowing character, and was
termed a tramp when he won the heart and
hand OF Mrs. Dodd.
The horses of Philadelphia are fast falling
victims to a foot disease which veterinarysur
geons say is largely brought about by the
filthy condition of the streets.
An Alabama judge has decided that man
who puts his satchel on seat in the cars re-
serves the seat-unless the man who moves
1t is bigger than he is.
A panther measuring ten feet from tip to
tip and weighing 200 pounds was reported
killed near Hartland, Washington territory,
recently.
The postmaster general has ordered tina
no business cards, bills, or advertisements
shall hereafter be allowed to be stuck up in
postofiees.
Mora, New Mexico, takes the lead on cock
fighting. There have been over seventy-fiye
chickens killed there during the winter.