St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-21
IKiED III ShUUi hER.
A Jealous Husband Creates a
Sensation in a Hotel
Office.
Chose a Revolver to Settle a
Long-Standing Dis
pute.
A Leg and Arm That May Be
Costly for a Rail-
road.
Matters of Moment Mingled
Methodieally for Many
Readers.

"Take this revolver, Quickr' shrieked
a woman, as she rushed into the office
from the parlor of the Grand Central
hotel at Seventh and WabaSha streets
Yesterday afternoon, and threw a muir
demonstrating weapon upon the regis
ter. Before the startled clerk could
collect his wits man who had entered
the Office in pursuit of the frightened
woman made dash for the stairway
leading from the hotel, evidently bent
upon reaching the street in order to
avoid detention. His haste, however,
resulted disastrouSly, for at the head
cf the stairway he tripped and fell
headlong down the steep ascent, strik-
ing upon the rough stone tagging below.
A crowd of people soon gathered upon
the scene and kindly hands raised the
unfortunate victim, who was III an I'M
conscious condition, to sitting posture.
In their efforts to resuScitate him water
was thrown into his face and reStora-
tives applied, but to no avail, and 1t
was finally deemed advisable to call the
patrol wagon, which conveyed the I'M
fortunate man to the central station.
After his arrival at the station doctor
was summoned, and although he still
remained unconscious, his Injuries
were not deemed
OF A SERIOUS NATURE.
Soon alter the occurrence GLOBE
reporter called at the hotel and con-
yersed with the woman, whose strange
action had created such confusion.
Seated upon a comfortable sofa was
young woman, apparently about tWen-
tv-iive years of age, intelligent, we'll
educated. and neatly attired III gar
ment of dark gray material.
The man is George L. Graves. my
husband" she said, land he just at
tempied to shoot me. We formerly
lived in West st. Paul. where he was
engaged as brakeman on the Chicago.
St. Paul d Kansas City rail way, and
later as an operator of one of the switch
towers in the freight yards. We were
married at Pine City eight years ago,
but our union was very unhappy one,
as we have always Quarreled, ana lt mas
seemed impossible for me TO get along
with him. He is of a very jealous dis
position, and has always made lie un-
pleasant for me by accusing Inc of re-
ceIying attentions from other men. This
is the third time he has drawn re-
volVer on me in fit OF rage. Inc nfSt
time was when we were III the west,
several years ago, travelling by steamer
Oh the Columbia river. At that time the
weapon was taken from him ana thrown
into the water. The time previous to
to-day was when we were living on the
West side. got away from him and
he was arrested, and though did not
want to. appear against him, L decided
that | would never live with him again.
This was about month ago, ana ne
was taken to the wOrkhouse, where in
attempting to escape, he was
SHOT BY A GUARD.
after this ! took our little girl aud
went TO my parents, who live on a farm
near Mora. Last Monday he was dis
charged from custody. and Immediately
set about finding me. L did not want
him to come there, and by his request,
as knew he would see me any way,
came down here to meet him. When
he came to see me at the hotel told
him plainly then | would never live
with MIN again. He remained there
some time, and finally went away, re-
turning after an absence of few min
utes. He did not have much money,
and when he came back the second
time / noticed that his watch was miss
ing, and supposed he had probably
disposed of it to raise money.
After returning to the hotel
his manner seemed to have changed.
and | saw that he had been drinking.
As had decided to have nothing more
to do with him. l said that he must tell
me whatever he had to say at once, as l
would not see him after o'clock and
would leave orders at the office to that
effect. He then wanted to know why
| would not see him after that time. and
l told him that l was going out. possibly
to the theater, at any rate l would not
see him. He said i'll very threatening
manner that if L was bound TO go out
with some one else perhaps he could do
something which would prevent. Before
| knew what he was about he had
drawn revolver from his coat
pocket and pointed it at me.
As we were both sitting on sofa, L
grabbed his arm and snatched the
weapon before he could fire it. L sup
pose he sold his watch to purchase this
weapon, as l do not think he had it
when he first came to the hotel. | shall
not prosecute him for this, and hope
he is not seriously hurt. All L ask is
that he will remain away hereafter and
not trouble me, as | shall return at
once to my parents"
The injured man was taken to the
CITY hospital last evening and remained
unconscious. 1t is feared that his in
iurieS may be of a serious nature.