St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-17
WAS HIDING zN THE yyooss.

WAS HIDING IN THE yyO0Es.
Charles Walton. Charged With AS
sault, Arrested Yesterday.
The police have captured Charles o.
Walton, the lumber scaler, accused of out
raging and communicating disease to the
little five-year old daughter of the woman,
Mrs. DeMary, who, deserted by her hus-
band, abandoned her children and took
refuge in Duluth house of prostitution.
The circumstances of the crime attributed
to Walton were recently fully published.
Since then he has been cOncealing himself
in the woods near the river, sometimes
close to Edwards & HoultonS saw mill. and
frequently not far from Mendoza. subsist-
ing by various methods. Twice, when sure
of not being seen, he visited his home, never
being very far away. Most Of the daytime
he concealed himself by lying down among
the bushes, stealthily moving about by
crawling or STOPPING whenever he changed
locations; at night he went foraging to
sustain life, Frequent attempts by the
police to catch him at his home or near
there failed, and it was coming to be re-
garded as fruitless task until yesterday
afternoon at o'clock. Officer lsrlgWald
was going along Oakdale avenue when he
was met by Miss Emma II. Reimers, daugh-
ter of j. II. ReimerS. She told the officer
she saw man whom she believed to be
Walton proving around. Ringwald started
to look him up He soon heard that Wal
ton had been at one saloon and had gone to
another. Going to SiebertS saloon, he
learned that Walton had stepped into an
clubhouse which the officer found securely
locked. Very reluctantly Walton unlocked
the door, Shaking with fear. he was
dragged from the clubhouse.
Al ain not guilty; have done nothing" he
reconstructed.
Come along" sternly demanded the officer.
81 will treat you all right as a prisoner, but
so help me God, if you try to make any
trouble, look out.
I'm afraid" begged the prisoner with a
shudder. ''What do you think they will do
with me, anyway?'5
His captor assured him that he need not
be alarmed, but to come along to Tracy
Bros. so that the patrol could be called by
telephone. for the prisoner had said, ''Tm
afraid to go to the station" and repeatedly
asked, what do you think they will do
with me anyway" He asked if he could
s'lie down in
THE PATROL WAGON"
so that nobody could see him. Before
Ringwald turned him over to the patrol, he
searched him, discovering in his pockets
Chicago 81 Rock Island railway map
and time table, and bottle
of medicine for private use. On the way
in, Walton exhibited much apprehensive-
ness, and inquired Of Patrol Officer Phil
Gibbons:
do you think it will go very hard with
me?''
Several questions of like nature he asked.
lie lay down upon seat most of the way,
covering his face either to shade or hide it,
but he made no attempt to get away At
the station he jumped out of the wagon
and ran into the station quickly, trembling
with excitement and fear. He was con-
signed to new cell No. /. Not long after
ward the jailer found upon his person a
bottle of medicine for treating foul dis
ease, it was said.
He is a squarely-built man. His face is
covered with short growth of whiskers,
showing that he has not shaved for some
time. He says he is 90 years old, has a
wife. has been married eleven years. has
two children-one years old, the other 6.
He wassvery .slovenly- dressed in a striped
shirt and gfay-check trousers.
wALToN'S SIDE OF THE CASE.
To GLOBE reporter he said:
81 did not know anything about it. was
working up on the street car grade on Sew
enth street when first heard of 1t. looked
at paper and saw what it said, but l am
innocent"
''Where have you been SINGER
81 have been hiding around the bushes
''This woman says she saw you in the act. -
''That is not true; the papers say trying
o. But this much L will acknowledge:
That day went to Mrs. Wiley's. You see.
ny wife is q cripple and I waute
% get somebody to help her.
went to this womans for l had heard of the
older girl. Mrs. Wiley told me where she
was, and l had to go up the steps to Third
street after her When l got to her place
told her what | wanted, but she said she bad
good enough place. That's all there is
to it,
''Who is this Mrs. Wley?'
Il don't know; l never saw her before
SIT is said you were seen with the little
GIRL
ut is not so: I don't remember ever seeing
TIE Iittlest one. / saw some children out
there playing on the bank. l wanted to come
Gud give myself up. I was trying all day to
come over here. i saw the officers at one
time in the bushes within foot of where !
was lying down.
when did you go to Mrs. Wiley's?"
sit was week ago last Tuesday"
Ibid you not leave home Sunday?''
Eyes, it was Sunday evening was afraid;
did not know what to do. You see, / was
tewildered.
Very few knew that Walton had been
captured. and that he was locked in the
police station last night. There were slight
fears that if it was known there might be
an attempt to harm the prisoner. He was
very uneasy in his cell during the night.