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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
PULLED DOWN THE BLINDS
Damaging Testimony by n Servant
in the Bartlett Case.

LONDON, Feb. GA sensation has been
created by the testimony of servant in the
case of Rev. Dyson, Wesylyan clergyman,
on trial with Mrs. Adelaide Bartlett for
alleged murder New Years eve by chloro-
form. OF her husband. Edward T. Bartlett
Of Pimlico- The prosecution contend that
several years ago Bartlett, failing in health,
surrendered his wife to Dyson. who was
family pastor; that Dyson subsequently
maintained husbands relations with Mrs.
Bartlett in her house with Bartlett's approval
and encouragement, but. unknown TO other
people, that last autumn Bartlett had be-
come deSirOus TO regain the position he had
surrendered, although the lady insisted on
Keeping faith with her pastor, that Bart
let's overtureS became so persistent that
Mrs Bartlett reSorted TO the eXpedient of
overcoming him with ehlOrOform, and that
on New Years eve, when he approached
her bedside with particularly violent DEM
nStratiOnS- Mrs. Bartlett sprinkled such a
large quantity of ehlorOfOrm. which had
been procured by Dyson, in her husbands
face, he fell back unconscious and died
from its effects. The defense is the death
was accidental and that the chloroform was
used with innocent purpose, but
the prosecution intends to prove by Dyson
eAAee MO. lACll hulcu III
to remove him as an obstacle to their con-
tinued union. Dyson on his preliminary
examination swOre, while he and Mrs.
Bartlett expected TO marry in the event of
her husbands death, their relations had al
ways been of the most innocent nature.
The servant. who testified for the proSecu-
tlon, swore to the frequency and duration
OF DySOn's visits TO Mrs. Bartlett Witness
said that whenever the clergyman called in
cold weather Mrs. Bartlett warmed pair
Of slippers at the fire for him and that gen
orally she carefully pinned the blinds of the
room wherein she entertained him. The
servant swOre that she had seen Mrs. Bart
lett and the preacher sitting on the floor to-
gether, and also had seen Mr.. Dyson sitting
in low chair with Mrs. Bartlett on the
floor before him with her head in his lap. \
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Minor Mishaps.

Yesterday morning the building No. 257
First street, New York, was burned. The
first and second floors were occupied by G. d.
Demerest as q manufactory for opera chairs,
whose loss is about $4,000. The third and
fourth floors were occupied by Stephen
Symonds az a nickle-plating works. His loss
is about s5, 600. The build ing, which was de-
stroyed, was valued at $4,000.
The story that a boat-load of men had
drifted from the Idlewild. which went ashore
at Stamford, Conn, Friday, having no oars
with them, was in everybOdy's mouth in Stam-
ford. At Wescotts, settlement of factory
people, IL was reported that tug from New
York had gone in search of the missing boat
load of men, which were believed 10 have
been carried out TO sea
A street car on the Metropolitan railroad
Washington, was run into yesterday morning
at the corner of Virginia avenue and Four
and-a-half street by train on the Baltimore
& Potomac railroad. The street car was
badly wrecked and three persons injured, but
none seriously.
Freight trains on the Northern Central
railway collided at Watkins, N. Y, yesterday
morning, wrecking one engine and about
thirty cars. Engineer Joseph Boyer of FL
mira was severely hurt. Fireman Mike
Burke of Elmira had his hip broken and re-
ceived serious internal injuries.
The accident on the Northern railroad at
Thorn Hill, Ont, was more serious than at
TGpOELcu Ouc uldn was klllcu duO
twenty injured. The baggage and mail cars
were destroyed by fire. Flames broke out in
the passenger coach, but were extinguished.
Charles Mckinley of Easton. Penn, an
engineer Of Lehigh Il Susquehanna Passenger
Train No. II, was instantly killed Friday
evening. near Treichler's station. The storm
blew down a tree, which fell on the cab,
smashing il and crushing Mckinley.
The heaviest snow storm for years visited
Maine Friday and Saturday. The wind blew
almost hurricane and the snow drifted
badly. The roads are blockaded and travel is
greatly impeded.
Reeder Davis was instantly killed by the
fast express on the New York, Pennsylvania
& Ohio railroad at New Portage, o., yester-
day. He attempted 10 cross the track ahead
of the train.
A dwelling house at West Nyack. N. Y,
occupied by family named Gayneor, was
blown down yesterday. The occupants
barely escaped. The house is in ruins.
The first snow OF the season in Augusta,
Ca, fell last night. Dispatches from Cow
ington, and other places in Georgia, report q
heavy fall OF snow.
The one story frame building occupied as q
pottery of Louis Purge, in Morrisania, N. Y,
was burned IT 1:30 o'clock this morning.
Loss $35,000-
The Fort Pitt, Pa, tannery and stock were
burned last night. Lass- $4,000.
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a Greenhouse BIown 20 place,

JERSEY CITY, Feb. e7.-The blizzard
caused great destruction of property In the
northern part of Hudson county. Early
this morning the gale scattered the glass
easements of Rupert's greenhouse in every
direction, and the buildings, which are
nearly new, are nearly a total loss.
Many of the plants were frozen.
The loss is placed at $50 In Union
Hill a number of trees were uprooted and
the streets made impossible Numerous
chimneys were blown down. The tin root
ing of an entire row of brown stone build
ings on Summit avenue was blown off.
The water supply of Bergen and Greenville,
which was cut off this morning by the
screen pipes becoming choked with ice, was
opened this afternoon.
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Reticenr a,to Himself.

DIR. Gale was very cool last night after he
recovered from the first shock of the dis
covery. lie talked readily and was par
ticularly anxious TO give the reporters a
clear story. In an hour. however, he be-
came much excited. He seemed averse 10
giving much of his own personal history.
liz was stated that he had been married and
divorced, and that his former wife and some
children were living. This he would
neither affirm nor deny. lie was
seen by GLOBE reporter i'm his
room to which he had been assigned after
the shooting. Don't say anything about
me- said he. ''Say that didn't want TO
talk about myself"
Are you married?n asked the reporter.
''0h. that don't make any difference. Ii
is hard enough any way. Make it as easy
for me as YOU can. 1 meant 10 be square
about this thing. i introduced her as my
wife. Oh, how she loved me- She
wouldn't let me 20 out of her sight since
we have been in st. Paul"
DR.. Gale said he believed Rich was in
sane. He was a physician, and while he
had not made this a specially he had knowl-
edge enough on the subject 10 know that
he was insane. He had wild look. and
was violent in his actions. Said DIR. Gale.
II ilCA OiilA dONlNC-
have often said he would hurt somebody. L
told them in Cobleskil that he was insane. -
Gale said that Rich was not legally the hus-
band of the murdered woman. Owing 10
the flaw in the divorce and that the woman
had taunted him in the evening when they
came into the room. with the fact that he
had no rights over her, as the divorce from
Trimble was not legal. Trimble, so DR..
Gale said. is the manager of an opera house
of the same name in Cobleskill. AS he
talked he frequently made passionate and
despairing eXclamatiOnS, such as: "Oh. il
could only undo itr' If l could be
set back one day?" ''Why did he come
here?" and the like. He was very much
excited in All hour after the occurrence. He
said that since he had been in st. Paul he
had been studying with one or two local
physicians. and proposed to make speciality
of throat diseases Mr.. Baugh, proprietor of
the hotel, said that he had not known much
about the couple. There had been such a
crowd during the carnival that he had paid
them little attention; he had seen them oc-
casionaiIy in the dining-room and that
was all
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Rich followed and reached st. Paul
yesterday morning. He had not seen his
wife until an hour before the shooting.
The story is long one. On Jan. 26 last
DR.. Gale and Mrs. Rich left Cobleskill at 2
o'clock in the afternoon for New York and
thence they came direct to Chicago. She
was a pretty woman of 3S years with a
petite form and pleasant face. Her hair
was brown, thickly silvered with grey,
which had been so since she was Is years
old when she ran away from school for a
clandestine marriage with Frank Trimble,
who now lives in the town from which the
pair fed last month. She was unusually
bright, fine scholar and of good par
entage, being daughter of
Hon. Henry Smith of Albany, a
prominent attorney and well-known
all over New York state Her marriage
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A TERRIBLE END.
The Daughter of EXsCOngressmnn
small Dies of Neglect.


CHARLESTON, S. C., Feb. 27.-The Pal
mettO Post published at Beaufort, s. c.,
contains the following: Charlotte Williams
step-daughter Of Congressman Small, wa
found dead in her bed ON Monday mOrnin <
in Beaufort, under circumstances of the
greatest poverty and neglect. When her
two little children woke up they found thei I
mother stiff and cold beside them. The
damp apartment in which she was foun u
was in the basement of an old, neglecteo
house with no window panes / Il
the sashes, and the fireplace wlthOu
spark of fire or cinder, and her only
covering was thin quilt upon a rickety
bedstead and some meager furniture and
tinware about the dirty floor. A bottle of
gin with light wood chips stepped in it, was
at the bedside. The spectacle of poverty
and squalOr as presented to the jury of in
quest was sickening. The colored men
composing the jury were loud in their con-
demnatiOn of Small for his neglect OF her.
A verdict was rendered that she came to
her death from want of attention.
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Burned TO Death.
Special to the Globe.

Special 10 the GiObe.
ALEXANDRIA, Feb. 27.-At 1 o'clock
this morning flames broke out in the frame
factory of Wagnius Il SOde~gren at Holmes
City, containing stock of general mer-
chandise valued at -, 900; the pOstOffice,
with a registered letter containg S115;
the town clerks Office, records mortgages,
ETC., were totally destroyed. In less than
two hours the flames had licked up the en-
tire contents to the very foundation and
roasted to charred cinder the body of Ole
.. SOdergren. partner of the firm, prom
ising young man, % years of age. The
corpse was raked from the ashes in the
cellar Immediately under the writing desk.
He stood where his partner had left him at
10 o'clock writing TO friends in Sweden.
whom he had left three years ago. De
ceased was supposed TO have been stunned
by the explosion of a lamp and stifed in
the flames before regaining consciousness.
He was great fayOrite, and the calamity
appalls the town. The insurance on the
merchandise in the store was $1,000.
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He is POintediy Referred TO by
otter Tail Farmers.

Speclal 10 Tue dlODt
FERGUS FALLS, Feb. 27.-At meeting
of the Buse Alliance here to-day the follow
NJ resolution was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That certain resolution OF the
Famers' State Alliance of Minnesota, to-wit:
That we set forth the declaration OF princi-
plies. not as supplicants at the feet or power.
but as free men demanding their rights, We
ask justice not charity. Ii is adding insult
10 injury TO plumber a community of millions
of dollars annually and then seek 10 balance
the account with few beggarly pigs and
hornless bulls" is undgnified, uncalled for.
and beneath the spirit of any intelli-
gent body of representative farmers
of this state; that, while We are
subjected to grieviOus burdens and unjust
determinations, and have wrongs that should
and must he rlghted, yet we are OF the Opin-
ion that no good can be accomplished by pam
dering 10 the prejudices of others or by max
ing our resolutions n vehicle 10 convey the
political spleen of a disappointed politician
and demagogue and we further add that IL is
the sense OF this alliance that j. j. Hill. in
distributing superior grades of stock through
out the state at his own expense. performed
the greatest OF benevclence and kindness ever
done the farmers of this locality, for which
generosity we heartily thank him.
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Scene nj the lIorgue.

Two hours after the repor. OF the pistol
that had sent the souls of the man and
woman into eternity was heard their bodies
law stretched ont in the rear room of the
undertaking establishment Of Mccarthy IL
DOnnelly. They were laid side by side. but
few feet separating them The features
of the woman looked as though nodded in
wax and there was nothing to indicate that
she was not buried in peaceful and
dreamless slumber, excepting the little
stream of blood that still trickled from her
left ear and dropped to the floor. She was
handsome in life, but beautiful in death.
Above her marble brow clustered the wayy
hair thickly threaded with silver, dressed
in a style that indicated it had been her
pride while living. The winding sheet that
was thrown back revealed two shoulders of
alabaster whiteness and faultlesS mold to
the morbid gaze Of the curious crowd IN at
gathered around the bier. The man looked
like giant as he lay beside the petite body
Of the victim OF his raShneSS. He was up
wards of six feet in height and fully de-
yelOped. His face. covered with beard of
but few days growth, wore look of deter
minatiOn that had not been dissi-
pated by the bullet that crashed through
his brain. A low-burning lamp
nlled the room with black shadows that
seemed TO spring from among the long
-ows OF ominous looking collins standing
along the walls like grim sentinels ZealOusly
guarding their treasures. Awed into
silence. the visitors looked down upon the
silent faces and sadly shaking their heads
withdrew
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-28
DIR. II. s. GALE.

that he was an embezzler. Going back to
police headquarters he waited for Rich
to return. He came in little
before o'clock and O'COnnor told
him that he would send a telegram to the
district attorney at Cobbleskill for authority
to arrest Gale. AS he started to write the
message. Rich said he didn't believe il
would do any good, as the district attorney
might be in New York on business, and
assured the detective that what he had told
him was true and he could prove it. He
then left the station, promising 10 return
later with the proof. Subsequent develop
ments indicate that during the afternoon
Rich found out where Gale and the woman
were stopping, as the next the detectives
heard of him was that he was dead.
THEY MEET.
The first that the runaway couple saw of
Mr.. Rich was at supper in the dining-room
of the Astoria. 1t was somewhere near s
o'clock. DR.. Gale and Fannie Rich. or
Smith, as the doctor called her, had lust
begun their meal, when Rich came in and
walked directly to the table and said to his
wife: Il want TO speak to you. 1 have
found you" The woman made
no reply, and turned her head away,
refusing eyen to look at him. Dr. Gale
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6Oreas Continues to Make It Interesting
for the People on the Atlantic
Coast.
Considerable Damage to Shipping Re.
ported Along the Connecticut and
Long Island Shores.
y Jersey City Greenhouse Worth
$4,000 Ruined-- and
Canadian Roads Blocked.
holnnes City, Minn., Scorched and a
Citizen Perishes In the Flames
--Other Casualties.
New England a GAea. su,,.r..

BOSTON, Feb. 27.-In Boston yesterdav
the lowest point indicated by the mercnrv
was Sc above zero. and the greatest 'veloc-
ity reached by the wind was fiftv-ons miIss
an hour. The gale has generally pre, allied
Nith even greater tierceness throughout
New England and along the Canadian
coast Ielegraphc communication in
some directions has been uspended.
II mas been next to impossible to
get messages through from this city TO New
YORK. Signs, show cases, chimnuys and
awnings nave suffered considerably. Many
vessels dragged their anchors in the harbor
last night and Others at the wharyes were
oadly listed by the wind and the accumula-
lions OF Ice. Local lOngshoremen unite in
arhrmlng this gale to be the worst in their
experience. This morning Cornelius
Goughiln, brakeman on the Boston 8
Lo"eh railroad, was blown from the
TOP OF A CAR
INTO the Charles river and drowned. At
lawrence, Mass, Edward Luscomb died
TINS morning from injuries received by be-
lps olown from milk wagon. At Cape
Ann the gale has been the worst known for
years ana Is still blowing at the rate of a
mile minute. The vessels anchored
IN Gloucester harbor have so far
outridden the storm, but at Lanes
Vile two fishing boats were sunk.
without however, any loss of life. At
Newouryport many chimneys have been
blown down, skylights and roofs blown off
and windows blown in. At Nashua, N. H.,
this morning large number of female en-
ployeS In Moody, EstabrOok & Anderson's
shoe shop LETT their work because the
building, large four story one. rocked so
learfuily. AT st. JOhnsbury, Springfield
ana other points in Vermont nearly two
1eet OF snow has fallen and has drifted
badly, blocking highways and railroads.
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POSTPONED NUPTIALS.
Strange Proceedings OF Young
Man on MatrimonY's Brink.
Snecial tO the Glohe-

Special to the Globe
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 27.-A great
deal of gossip has been caused in down
town circles by the strange conduct of
Matte Butler. pretty girl of Is. who dis
appeared with William Ray Of Sixth and
Broadway. Miss Rutler was waif, who
was adopted dozen years ago by Mrs.
Margaret Sewell. venerable and benevO-
lent lady living at 7S5 Fifth street. The
girl was educated and treated in a kind and
motherly way, and when she concluded to
marry Ray. Mrs. Sewel gave her trousSeau
and $500 in money. The wedding was set for
Wednesday afternoon and the church was
crowded with friends. but Ray did not
come for his bride. At last the girl went
TO seek him and met him a short distance
away. They had an earnest conference,
fearful on her side, and she went to Mrs.
SewelI, telling her that Ray had lost the
marriage license and they could not get
married, but that she loved him so well she
intended TO 20 with him. Mrs SewelPs
entreaties could not move her, and Miss
Butler went out and got into q carriage
with Ray, since which time they have not
haan seen Mrs. Sewell thinks Ray wss.sd
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The Cine.

The circumstance that gave Rich the
clue 10 where Gale and his wife were was
rather peculiar. About two weeks ago
Gale and Mrs. Rich went 10 Swem's photo
graph gallery for the purpose OF getting
photographs 10 be placed in small lOcket
worn by the woman. While there they saw
a young woman By the name of Blanch
Sharer of CObleskiil. who was here
attending the carnival. Gale and the
woman refused to recognize Miss Sharer at
first. but she would not have it 90 this way
and brought herself face TO face with the
pair and compelled them TO speak to her.
During the conversation Gale introduced
Mrs. Rich as his wife and they Oinvited
Miss ShaTer 10 take supper with them at
the Astoria. She refused the invitation on the
plea that she had secured tickets for home
and was 10 leave on the early afternoon
train that day. When she reached COble-
skill, she told the circumstances of her hay-
ing met DIR. Gall and Mrs. Rich and a local
paper published a paragraph to that effect.
This came 10 the notice OF Rich and few
days later he started tor ST. Paul.
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The Husbands Movements.

Rich arrived in the city yesterday morn
ing. and proceeding to Swem's photograph
gallery on WabaSha street secured proof
of photograph of Gale that was taken
several days ago and went to the police
station. AT the station he gave the proof
to Detective John O'ConnOr and told him
that he wanted him to find Dale.
as he was a defaulter to the amount
of $500. ZOO and was wanted in
Cobbleskill, n. Y. He told him he
knew Gale was in the city. for he had ascer-
tanned at the postoffice that he had called
for mail nearly every day, but couldn't
find out where he was stopping. Detective
OConnor soon found him at the Astoria.
but had no authority for arresting him, as
he simply had the statement of tbA man
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The Mystery Cleared.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb. 27.-Mrs. Ma
lOney. the midwife, arrested with Mrs.
Meyers on a charge of perjury. in the
Meyers-Bauers baby case, in which both
women claimed the same child as their Off
spring, made confession tonight in Jail
acknowledging that Mrs. Bauers was the
mother Of the child. The baby was given
to Mrs. Meyers on the testimony of the
midwife, Mrs. MalOney, who says she got
500 as her reward. A writ of habeas cor
pus will be issued on Monday. and the little
one will be returned to Mrs. Bauers.
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She Had Money.

Mrs. Rich possessed considerable prop
erty, owning two large farms near Coble-
skill. According 10 the statement of DIR.
Gale she had practically supported Rich
on one of her farms. and had given him
considerable money, which he had squan-
dered. Some time ago she made will,
giving all her property to her uncle, j. S.
Smith, living at CobleskiIl, in event of her
death. She has a brother. II. j. Smith,
living at jamestown, y. Y, and a sister,
Mrs. Pierson. Cobleskil. with whom she
was very intimate.
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suggested that II an interview was 10 be had
it had better be up stairs. and the three
went to room No. 20. Here Rich became
very much excited. he said: 81 have got
detectives after you all over the country. i
have passes on every road in the country
and L would have followed you all over the
earth but would have run you down"
At the request of Rich. DR.. Gale
left the room and man and wife
were left alone for a time. Shortly after
ward DR.. Gale returned. and was again re-
qnested TO leave. Again, and the third
time, he visited the room. and at the third
time the woman said: 1T is all settled.
have agreed 10 give him S5. 900 TO go away
and not molest US any more
$50 that settles it?" said DIR. Gale.
1T does" said the woman.
Then l will see If 1 can get room for
you for tonight, and will learn when the
train leaves Tomorrow" said DIR. Gale
and he left the room. He went
to the Office and was told that
the man could have a room, and No. was
checked off for him. DIR. Gale was then
looking at a time table, TO find when the
trains east left, and had not finished when
the boy came into the Office and made the
remark quoted at the beginning of this
article. The last words known 10 have
been spoken by the dead woman were 10
the effect that everything was fixed and
il would be all right
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aCourressm.n,. Brother.

DENVER. Col. Feb. 2T.-The mangled
body of man was found on the railroad
track near Albuquerque, y. NJ, this morn
ing His watch was stopped at $50
a. H., indicating that he had been run
over by the morning freight train
AT the inquest the man proved to be a
brother OF Congressman Baird of Ne
braska. who has been visiting friends near
Albuquerque for some time past. Last
night, il is said, he was intoxicated, and il
Is supposed wandered off and went TO sleep
on the track