St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-10-18
MURDER.
A Husband Beats His Wife with
a Huge Club.
Leaving Her to Die, He Cut His Own
Throat with a Large Cary
ing Knife.
Both will RecOver-A Step Daughter Said to
be the Cause-A Former Attempt -
to Kill the Daugter.

Minneapolis was placed in a fever of
excitement yesterday over the
attempt of Frank Worth to MUIR
der his wife and then commit suicide.
1t occurred shortly after z o'clock in the
morning. The facts as cleaned from the
parties to the frightful affair were as follows:
Mrs. Worth has been twice married and
has daughter now some eighteen years of
age, by her first husband Worth does not
live peacibly with the step daughter, about two
years ago he assaulted the girl with evident
intent to kill her in his home on Three
and a-half avenue south. The mother was
absent at the time, and Worth went into the
house and attacked her, but the girl managed
to escape to the street. Since that time rooms
were taken in the Merchants block.
Mrs. Worth for few days has been quite
i'll with an attack of erysipelas, and the girl
has prepared Worth's meals. It seems some
trouble occurred between the man and his
stepdaughter at breakfast time yesterday
morning Afterwards Worth went to the
sick wife's room and spoke to her kindly
and asked her how she felt. She replied
that she felt much better than on the pre-
vious day. He then quietly left the room
only to return a moment later armed with a
HUGE CLUB,
with which he assaulted her. She threw w
her arms, receiving the blows upon them to
protect her head. Her screams
brought her daughter to the room.
Worth then run, and Selling
a murderous looking carving knife, drew il
across his throat, falling helpless to the floor.
The huge blade inflicted CHASTITY wound, al
most completely severing the wind pipe, but
fortunately for his life did not open an ar
terry. The neighbors we're aroused, and Drs.
Phillips and Burt were summoned. The
mans throat was soon successfully sewed up
and he was removed to St. Barnabas
hospital, and is now on fair road to re-
covery.
THE woMAN'S CONDITION.
Mrs. Worth was found dangerously
wounded. She sustained bad scalp wound
on the side of her head, and her right fore
| arm was broken, while her head and arms
were otherwise shockingly bruised and LAGER
ated. The weapon the would be murderer
and suicide used was a wagon stake, weigh
ing several pounds.
The attending physicians last night pro
nounced both parties out of danger. The
! husband assigns as his sole reason that the
girl 'sassed" him until he could stand it nc
longer aud he lost his temper. He is peni-
tent in the extreme and seems solicitous fol
the welfare of his wife.
Mrs. Worth states that her husband is jeal-
GUS of her daughter, alleging that She loves
the girl more than she does him
and thinks this jealousy has
maddened him. She assures her friends
that in all other respects he has been kline
and indulgent husband.
To most people these explanations are
quite unsatisfactory. At all events it is no
only mysterious but exceptionally peculiar
| tragedy.
Worth is employed as teamster aud roust-
about at Shea's commission house, and is
well known, and not generally considered I
| vicious man.