St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-08
The Story of the Interest Of Minister
Winston in the Late Jennie
Woods.
He Made Her Many Gifts and Constantly
Urged Her to Lead Bet
ter Life.
An Iowa Couple Murder an Old Man
for a Mere Pittance
of Pelf.
His Body Is Found Naked and Horrf.
bly, Mamgled at the Door
OfHis House.
winston's Interest in Jennie Woods.

Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO, April 7.-When United States
Minister to Persia f. II. Winston went
away to Europe last spring he left in the
care OF Charles Kern, in whose hands he
placed considerable sum of money for
her benefit. handsome young woman in
whom he had taken great interest. This
girl was Jennie Woods, who died from the
effects OF opium smoking on West Madison
street Monday. Mr.. Winston first met the
girl in Kingsley's restaurant. She came
originally from Cleveland, where her family
lives IN wealthy circumstances. She was
betrayed by one of her admirers. Then
she went on the stage and remained there
until November, 1884, when she took up
her residence in Chicago with gambler,
After Mr.. Winston's introduction to her by
friend of both he gradually became very
anectlonate to her. She wanted to improve
herselt, and he paid her tuition at West
side business college. Before he went
away 10 Persia he sent her the following
letter, which was found among her effects:
THE LETTER:
Chicago, H., Dec. 26, 1SS5.-My dear Jennie:
have your letter, and am glad to hear from
you again. am surprised to learn that you
have left Chicago. have been absent nv
self for some weeks iE Washington and New
York, so that did not know that YOU had
gone. You are mistaken in limiting was
angry with you when / last saw you I was
not angry, but sorry that you had allowed a
pad habit TO control you even for time.
Now, Jennie,I believe you will credit me with
being friend of yours, I have thought
and do think, and shall always think, great
deal OF you-more than ever thought of a
girl in your station-and I have hoped that
you might rise in life and become q good
woman. You have some noble traits of char
acter, and under different circumstances you
would have done much better than you have
still hope and pray that you may yet become
useful, happy woman. 1t is useless to go
the ground that have so often go over with
you, but ask you to sometimes think of me
and my advice to you, and as
YOU KNOW AN SINCERE
and advice you for your own good, follow nv
advice. Be true to yourself and try to raise
yourself, and believe that you will always
nave my sympathy and good wishes. / may
never see you again, Jennie, in this world,
but do hope to hear good accounts of YOU
shall be in the city until Jan. u, and then
start on my long journey. Goodbye, may
God bless you. Yours, F.
The girls acquaintances say Mr. Winston
was lavish with his gifts to her. At one
| time he presented her with horse. Jennie
told her landlady that Mr.. Winston wanted
her to take rooms on the North side, but
she refused. She said she didn't love him;
but after he went away, and when she
heard of his contemplated marriage with
Miss Calhoun, she became greatly de-
| pressed. Il could have married him my
self, and gone to Europe she said. 'Why
didn't 1 do it?" Mr.. Winston sent her a
pug dog from Europe, saying he hoped it
might remind her of him. He called the
dog ''MnemOsyne, F" the goddess of memory.