St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-11
She and Editor Moore Are
Still Under Police Sur
veillance.
Maxwell's Attorneys Make
Strong Pleas for Exeeu-
tive Clemeney.
Murderer Deacons Ornaments
a Gallows--Alice Kelly's
Tro ubles Ended.

Special to the Globe.
TOPEKA, Kan. July 1o.-Attorneys
for Henry W. Moore and Mrs. John w.
Norton this morning presented petiti-
tion to the district court for the release
of the .eloping couple on writ of
habeas corpus. The judge set
o'clock as the time for the hearing of
the application, but when that hour
arrived it was postponed until O'Clock,
at which time Moore and Mrs. Norton
appeared in court. The court room was
crowded, even ladies turning out to get
glimpse of the runaway couple.
Judge Mclaughlin. attorney for Mr..
Norton, stated to the court that
no requisition had been obtained
for Mrs. Norton, and that Mr.. Norton
would make no complaint against his
wife. He asked, however, that the mat
ter be allowed to remain in statu quo,
so that Mrs. Norton would be held in
custody until tomorrow at 10 o'clock,
to which time the judge continued the
hearing.
Judge Mclaughlin, attorney for Mr..
Norton, and Mrs. Caswell, an intimate
friend of Mrs. Norton, arrived from st.
Louis by the noon train and went di-
rectly to the Copeland hotel, where Mrs.
Caswell, after some strong and bitter
words to Mr.. Moore, made an earnest
appeal to Mrs. Norton to return to st.
Louis. She said: "If you will go back
to st. Louis with me you can return to
your home, and MI. Norton will
RECEIVE YOU WITH OPEN ARMS.
''If you don't want to live with him
you can have the old home and Mr..
Norton will stay at the hotel" At this
Mrs. Norton broke into tears, and be-
tween her sobs declared that she would
not return. He will kill me If Il go
take my life and / dare not go back.
No, will not go back. will stay with
him whom | love-" Mrs. Caswell then
threw her arms around Mrs. Norton
and again pleaded with her to return,
but she declared positively that she
would not, and Mrs. Caswel then left
her. Mrs. Norton received three tele-
grams from friends in Baltimore to-day
Offering her any assistance in their
power to give. While Moore was out OF
the hotel this morning in charge of an
officer, Mrs. Norton talked freely to a
reporter and said some things which
nave cduStu uluCu Sul pllSO uho SINSh
rise to much doubt among many OF Mr..
Norton's friends. The madame is re-
ported to have said: 81 would never
have left St. Louis with Mr.. Moore
had my husband not
THREATENED TO TAKE MY LIFE.
"When went to my home Friday they
told me that Norton would kill me, and
it was in fear of my life that left. No
other woman but myself could have
lived with him ten years, and L fairly
worShiped him, but his treatment OF me
was that of a brute. He cursed me, ne
beat me and dragged me about like a
dog, and yet lived with him because =!
loved him, because / thought his heart
would change. l don't believe there is
a man in st. Louis who has the unbear-
able and uncomfortable temper that
Norton has. At times he is like mad
man. He never had cause to think of
me as other than a loving and dutiful
wife, for l was most devoted to him in
every day of my life. When he was
sick 1 never left his bedside, but
watched him day after day and night
after night until l was almost wasted
away. Then those statements that Mr..
Moore had been visiting our house daily
are the most malicious lies. Why, he
has not, during the three months we
llNtu ltltIc, SC1 lOOO my AOooSs
Then those stories that we have stolen
Mr.. Norton's money are just simply
awful. have not cent of Norton's
money, and he knows it. He knows l
have
NEVER HAD HIS MONEY.
81 have about s3 500 of my own money,
which is all l have got, and our arrest
on the charge of grand larceny in steal
ing $4,000 is preposterous." Would
was asked of Mrs. Norton. 81 don't
want to go back if can help it, for l
am afraid of Norton, but if the officers
say so we will, of course, CO." "What
will your friends there think of this es-
capade?' 81 don't care much what
they think of me. A great many of
them have turned against me anyway.
l am not living for the world so much
now as for my own happiness. l am
sorry we are in this trouble, but it will
come out all right"