St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-02

Minnie was The fourth daughter of Mrs.
J. Wallace OF 222 Canal street, New Or
leans, La. She will be II years of age on
the 18th of January, 1886. Her mother
has had checkered career, and the cir
cumstances of her life would not lead one
to expect her daughter to be a model of all
that we admire most in womankind. Yet
no one has breathed word against Min
MES virtue, and Mr.. Walkup, man of
years and experience, must have found her
attractive and charming, else he would not
have fallen in love at first sight and so
quickly have made her his wife. Minnie's
father was her mothers second husband.
He married her in 1865 and separated from
her eight years afterward, evidently because
he was suspicious of her fidelity He was
a lawyer and a United States commissioner,
and apparently man of honor. He loved
his daughter and even now has the utmost
confidence in her, though she has stayed
with her mother during all these years.
A fact which gives ground to the idea
that Minnie had not been surrounded by
the best of home influences is that within a
year her mother has been implicated in one
of the most sensational scandals that ever
startled New Orleans. The Mascot. satiri-
cal and personal weekly printed in that city,
intimated very broadly on the 10th of last
January that judge OF the civil court had
been altogether too intimate with Mrs Wal
lace and her daughter Dora, Minnie's half
sister. This judge had been a frequent
visitor to the family and had
STOOD GODFATHER TO MINNIE
when she was christened His brother, a
prominent politician undertook to resent
the libel, and, in company with Robert
Brewster, criminal sheriff of New Orleans,
visited the Mascot Office. A fight resulted,
in which Brewster was mOrtally wounded.
Whether or not Mr.. Walkup knew of the
reputation of the Wallace family. certain it
is that his love for Minnie was as ardent
and impetuous as if he had been but boy.
Mr.. Walkup had come to New Orleans
with friend to visit the exposition. They
stayed only week and then returned to
Kansas. Afterward Mr.. Walkup CORE
sponded with Minnie, and she and her
mother in June made short visit to EN-
poria to learn about his wealth and stand
ing. The New Orleans Times Democrat of
July 25 and Aug. 3, and. the Picayune of
Aug. contained the following advertise
ment:
MARRIED.
WALLACE-WALKUP Wednesday, July
g. 1885, at Covington, KY, Miss Minnie Wal
lace of this city to Mr.. j. r. Walkup OF Vir-
gina.
Mr. Walkup and his beautiful bride will
make their bridal tour through the different
Eastern cities before going to their new home
in the far West.
Chicago QG.) and Richmond (Va.) papers
please copy.
Why they went to Covington to be mar
ried does not appear. The ceremony took
place in a hotel, prominent Methodist
minister officiating. 1t is claimed that
several Measurements were made in pro-
curing the license, but no one suggests a
reason for fraud.
After a somewhat extended bridal tour,
the couple reached Emporia, where they
were given a public reception by the city
council and officials, and the marriage
created much public interest from the dis
parity of ages and the brides beauty and
style. Mr.. Walzup lavished every atten-
ton on his wite-this was his third matri-
monal venture; he had grown-up
daughter by his second wife and son by
his tirst-and the new partner appeared
fully to reciprocate his affection. On Sat
urday Aug. Is, Mr.. Walkup was taken sud-
denly ILL., rallied. became worse, and on the
following Tuesday rallied again. On Thurs
day he became worse. and on Friday he
was very sick. On the forenoon of Satur-
day, Aug. %. he died. The doctors de-
clared his death due to arsenical poisoning.
During the first of his illness Minnie in
sisted that she alone should attend to her
husband, and she almost drove the neigh
bors from the house. This aroused their
suspicious. When it was discovered that
she had recently made purchases of strych-
nine and arsenic these suspicious were
strengthened, and Mrs. Walkup was speed
ily arrested for the murder of her hus-
band.
You can easily imagine what sensation
this made in the little city. Emporia has
only about five thousand inhabitants, but
Western community of that size always
calls itself city, and has full city govern
ment. Mr. Walkup at the time of his
death was acting mayor in the absence of
Mayor Whittlesy. He had just been APP
pointed by Gov Martin as delegate to the
river improvement convention
AT ST. PAUL, MINI.
The tragic death of man of his promi-
hence of course created the most intense
excitement throughout the state. Public
opinion was not slow to decide that the
young wife was guilty, and indeed. for
while everything pointed to this conclusion.
Yet her youth, beauty and many accom-