St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-01
HIS DOWNWARD COURSE.
A Young Society Man Drifts Into Bad
Ways and Attempts to End
His Existence.
Marriage of Zelda Garrison, Whose
Mysterious Disappearance Created
Such Furore.
Pretty Knitting Girls on Strike Again,
Starvation Wages and the Sympathy
They Excite.
The Elegant Language Used by Candidate
for Mayor Causes His Political
Death.
Correspondence of the Globe.

| ST. LOUIS, Feb. 27.-The week in St.
Louis has been simply full of news.
and the difficulty is not to find
topics for my weekly screed, but to select
those which ought to be left out.
In the first place Zerelda Garrison has
been married. OF course st. Paul remem-
bers the Zerelda Garrison casel This Young
lady, just is, granddaughter of the famous
old Commodore Garrison of New York, and
the heiress to very comfortable fortune.
disappeared one day out of Fifth street car
as she was returning to the Sacred Heart
convent from her home. As she was as
beautiful as houri, widely known and rich,
the disappearance created the most intense
excitement. The case followed closely the
Zoe Watkins disappearance, wherein a Young
girl left her home in the west end of the city,
and, eleven days later, was found in the
river at Carondelet with the evidences of
tragedy still clinging to her. The
town was startled to its very center,
large reward was offered by the family, tie
detectives, professional and amateur, were
running down every clue that appeared, and
st. Louis was eager with its sympathy. Miss
Zerelda walked into the Third district police
station one day, with story that was not as
ingenious as it might have been, and every
BODY agreed to say nothing at all about her
disappearance. There was a general con-
victon that the less said about it the better.
and everybody had forgotten the pretty little
| lady until it was announced that she had ar
rived at the Planters house here the other
!
day, with her husband, Mr.. Melville, who
had met, wooed and won the young lady in
Chicago. He had seen her passing through
a dry goods store, and was so struck with
her beauty-it is really phenomenal-that he
followed her home, discovered her name, got
an introduction with much trouble, and
asked for her hand. There were difficulties,
and Melville became sick, almost to death,
of some pulmonary trouble, and the mar
riage, it is said, was solemnized at his bed,
he believing that he would not recover. He
has recovered, however, and the honeymoon
is now in progress.
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| On the same day that Zerelda Garrison's
return to st. Louis was announced the town
was shocked to hear that young Tom Bar
tholow had attem pied to kill himself in Pearl
Clifford's house of ill-fame at II North Ninth
street. Tom Bartholow is connected with all
the old families of st. Louis, his people are
well known and he him self has been, and is.
most popular young society man. former
resident of the house has, it is alleged, en-
tangled Tom into matrimony. The woman
shows what purports to be marriage GER
tificate with Tom. He and she have,
it seems, been living together in Milwaukee
and elsewhere as iIr. and Mrs Curtis. On
Monday night he called at Clifford's house,
and while in the arms of girl named Pearl
Phelps he put u revolver to his head and fired.
The girl, whose face was turned away at the
time, heard the click Of the revolver and by
an effort Knocked the pistol up, the bullet
burying itself in bureau near by. In de-
scrbing her experience the girl was most
! graphic: 81 knew Tom was depressed and
melancholy. He had been talking to me
about Genie Chase" the name of the girl
who claims that he has married her, s'and he
told me that he was going to kill hims self. I
thought had talked him out of it, Had he
succeeded in shooting himself his brains
would have been spattered all over me-" and
the girl shuddered and turned pale. ''It is a
new experience for me-" she said, "and one
that l do not want to have repeated.
| Ii it turns out to be true that the girl is
| Barthoow's wife, which is, of course, ex-
tremely doubtful, divorce proceedings will be
instituted
M
| The female knitters of st. Louis have been
on strike for some days past and the papers
have been full Of their wrongs and their pref
tiness. Most of the girls are between 16
and 20 years of age, and they have been
supporting existence on an average salary of
$3.50 week. The girls have been visiting
the different factories and making simply
paralyZing mashes on the newspaper men
who accompanied them. Instances of great
restitution were brought out. One family of
three persons has been living on the earn
ings OF the two daughters, making an aver
age amount for the support Of each individual
something less than % cents day. The
live stock at the st. Louis workhouse costs
| just that amount, % cents, day to feed per
head, and these three women have paid for
rent, fuel and food and kept out of
debt during the winter on this average. The
manufacturers claim that the wages cannot
be advanced owing to the condition of the
| stocking trade, which is said to be at its
worst, and it is not believed that the girls
will accomplish anything. Many of them
have gone back to work at the starvation
wages paid, and more are going daily. There
are 400 knitters in the st. Louis factories.
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Judge Noonan, who occupies the bench Of
the court Of criminal correction, and who is
prominent Democratic candidate for
mayor, is conducting his campaign on novel
principles. He met deputy sheriff at Stew
arts saloon, rather shady resort at best,
| Nd nd he
| sheriff, who is also statesman,
with having sold him (Noonan) out in
the Twelfth Ward A heated dis
cussion ensued, in which the Judge called the
| deputy sheriff % q low lived Irish
--'' and the deputy thereupon struck the
judge in the mouth bruising him painfully,
and causing him much, anguish and distress
of mind and body. That, however, was not
the worst Of it by any means. Noonan him
selfis an Irishman and his support is chiefly
| Irish When it became known that his
honor Rad used the adjective 'Irish'' 70
| qualify the phrase rejecting on the deputy
| sherif's legitimacy, there was local furore,
| differing in degree but not in kind from the
| sensation which followed DR.. Burchard's
famous ALTERATION about rum, ROmanisrn
and rebellion. 1t is said that Noonan has
disappeared as candidate and will never
come to the surface again.
| #x#
Frank James, bandit, train robber, OUTLAW,
etc, is tree man. The last charges docketed
against him in Missouri have been dismissed
and the report is circulated that Gov. Marina
! duke has stated that he will not honor re-
/ QUESTIONS from Minnesota. This report, it
| Is true, has not been traced to its source,
nor have the governors words been quoted.
OF course 1t would be highly improper for the
executive to give any opinion in advance on
such subject as this. The reQuisition pro-
ceedings are closely allied to Judicial work
| and 70 give advance sheets OF opinions would