St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-26
MAY RESULT IN MURDER.
Mrs. Alexis Gillard Seriously Assaulted
by Neighbors.
SHE MAY NOT RECOVER
Being in a Delicate Condition It Il
Feared That Blood Poisoning y =,
Will Set In. u

| yet develop something AKIN TO muir
| der, was brought to the attention pf
| the authorities yesterday, when "a
| man named Alexis Gillard appeared
in the municipal court and sWore outs5a
warrant against John and Walter
Doherty, charging them with assault
and battery. The story told by Gillard
to the police justice was substantially
as follows: GiIIard is superintendent of
the New York Life Insurance companys
building, now in process of construction,
and is necessarily away from home a
greater portion Of each day. His resi-
dence adjoins that of the DohertyS on
Forbes street. Mr. Gillard claims that
on Tuesday evening the Doherty boys
came into his yard and applied some
epithetS to his wife. merely because
some of her clothes were hanging on a
line that extended into the Doherty
yard. They also complained that Mrs.
Gillard's two small children were too
mischievous, by half, ending with a
string of oaths and more abuse. Mrs.
Gillard replied in diplomatic way,
their anger more. Frightened, she
started to go in the house and the
DoEertys followed. John Doherty,
Gillard claims, knocked Mrs. Gillard
down and kicked her in the back sew
eral times. Walter aided by striking
and bruising her face with bag of
sand. Leaving her there they departed,
and neighbors carried her into the house
and summoned DR.. HI. S. Walrath. 1t
was found that she had suffered serious
internal injuries and was greatly eX-
hausted by internal hemorrhage. An
other physician was called and upon con-
sultation both gave it as their opinion
that, Mrs. Gillard being enceinte,
premature birth, if not death, must
necessarily result. MI. Gillardesaid 10
the justice that he had little hope Of his
Wlfe's recovery.
The warrant was issued and was
pla ced in the hands of Patrolman'
HOenck, who
ARRESTED THE DOHERTYS,
John and Walter, last evening at their
home, 10Y Forbes street. Subsequently
they were release d on their own recOg
nizance to appear in the municipal court
this morning. To reporter for the
GLOBE John Doherty made the follow
ing statement:
''The trouble which resulted in our
arrest at the instance OF Gillard oc-
Cured last Monday noon. At that time
my brother Walter went out into the
back yard to get all empty sack. On
the steps in rear of our house he saw
some hoops placed there by the Gill
lard children, and promptly kicked them
into that part of the yard where the
Billiards rule. Mrs. Gillard was there
and objected to the proceeding. She
and Walter engaged in an alteration,
and left the dinner table and went out
to see what was going ON. AS | opened
the door, Mrs. Gillard picked up
handful of dirt and threw it over my
brother, accompanying the action with a
vOlley of abuse directed at both of us.
Walter Haunted the empty sack he had
in his haIld and it struck Mrs. Gillard in
the chest. At this juncture my sister
came running to the door. Mrs. Gil,
lard at once attacked her, striking her
in the face with the broom she had i'll
her hand. Then she made q dash for
her side of the yard. The attack upon
my sister made me mad and l followed
Mrs. Glllard. struck her couple of
times, but not hard enough to hurt her.
Soon after, [ am told, she went to a
neighbours and telephOned to her hus-
band to come home at once. Since then
she has been up and around. and appar--
emily none the worse of the trou Die.
The fact is, she has quarreled with
everyone Ill Tie neISlDOfu0Otl, stllu VII
that account was ordered by her land
lord to vacate the house. Subsequently
he relented and allowed her to continue
her residence there. That is my side of
the story, and it will be substantiated
by competent witnesses at the examina-
ton tomorrow morning"
MRS. GILLARD MAY DIE.
A representative of the GLOBE called
last night at the home of the BILLIARDS,
109 Forbes street. Mrs. Gillard was. as
her husband had stated to the police
justice yesterday morning, confined to
her bed, presumably on account of the
rough treatment she received
at the hands of the Dohertys.
The unfortunate woman was in
great agony Oh account of her
delicate condition, and fears were EN-
tertained that she would not live
through the night. Gillard's grief at
the condition of his wife was pitiful to
witness. He paced up and down the
room, his hands elenched. and stated in
his broken English that should his wife
die of her injuries, he would avenge
her death by converting the Dohertys
into material fit for a funeral.
The internal hemorrhage, together
with the delicate condition Mrs. Gillard
is in, it is feared will develop blood
poisoning, which is almost certain to
result fatally. The case will come up
II, tha mn pieina1 court tl,ic, m