St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
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brought upon her the rage of her father,
but he relented and spared no wealth to
make her life pleasant. But after a short
honeymoon her love for Trimble died out
and the two parted. and for three years
they did not meet. Then out of spite she
went back TO HIM and for a while seemed
happy. But trouble came again and di-
yOrce resulted. This. it is said. was not
executed in legal form, and that this is so.
it is said, was the work of the man who last
night held the fatal revolver. But it passed
for divorce. Ten years ago the woman,
who retained her beauty in spite of her
troubles, became the wife of Theodore
Rich. For a time both were apparently
happy. and then there was more trouble.
The woman was still the object of her
fathers affection, and through money that
he gave her she owned two farms i'm COhle-
skill one said to be worth $50 600 and the
other trifie less. On each was home.
One of these has been occupied by tue hus-
band and one by the wife for some time.
for they have not been able to live to-
getheT, so il is said. Less than a year ago
Dr. Gale became acquainted with Miss
Smith. He Is a well-appearing man. thick
set, with a grayish brown mustache. and
with well-bred air about him. He dresses
well, and is apparently a man of
education and standing. When he
first saw the woman who was
killed last night, he was struck
with her beauty, and as he said with feel
ing of pity that her lot with her husband
was so hard. for lie said Rich used to abuse
and annoy her in every possible way. He
would come to houses where she was
making calls, and in harsh tones demand
her return, and if she refused he would use
violence. This is the story of the man who
ran away from her home with her. The
FEELINGS OF PITY
for her lot and admiration for her beauty
soon grew into love, which he says was re-
turned, for. said he, ''She thought the
world of me, and often she told her hus-
band that she would leave him." Finally
they decided to leave the place together,
and as soon as divorce could be had they
would marry. They left CobleskilI on Jan.
%, going To New York and from thence TO
Chicago. After short stop they went to
Bismarck, arriving there on Friday.
the 29th, where they stopped at
the Sherman house. Securing attorneys
they began proceedings for divorce From
this point the story was told by DIR. Gale to
a GLOBE reporter last night: "On Satur-
day after arriving i'm Bismarck we went to
Mandan and stayed there that night. and
We reached here the day the winter car
nival opened. Feb. l. and registered at the
Merchants hotel. In the afternoon we
looked about the city, and at night came
to the Astoria. We took rooms together
and the next day our baggage was
brought up from the Merchants. We had
left directions with an uncle of Fannie in
CObleskiil, Mr.. j. 5. Smith, to keep US in
formed upon the movements of Mr.. Rich.
He was on one of the farms owned by
Fannie, and did not know we were going
away. From time to time we heard that
everything was moving along quietly, but
this very afternoon we got a letter from
him saying that Rich had discovered
where we were and was in a terrible rage
During the four weeks we have been i'm St.
Paul we have been very much together.
We visited the carnival and have been very
quiet. We have heard from our attorneys
at Bismarck several times and i'm three
weeks the divorce would have been ex-
ecuted and then we would have been mar
ried at once. / meant to be all square and
even called ourselves man and wife OH
my God! if l had only been there 10 have
pulled away that revolver"