St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-16

the sting he had heard something
fall on .he floor, but that was all. He
ran down stairs and went to the city
hall to report what had happened. The
landlady, Mrs. Harris, ran to the
room. The. door was locked. She
heard a wOman'S voice saying
''Oh, come in, come in,". Very much
frightened, she ran down stairs, and
notified Patrolman McNulty, who was
short distance up the street. The po-
liceman put his shoulder to the door
bed, as if asleep, was young
man. On the floor, lying on her left
side, with her left arm under her head,
was the woman. A revolver within
few inches of her right hand, and
the trickling blood from wound
back of her right ear, told
the story in an instant. She was UNI
conscious, but her heavy breathing told
that she was still alive. Not so with
her companion. He was asleep with
SMILE ON HIS LIPS,
but it was the sleep of death, A bullet
wound Ill the teft temple told the tale.
DR.. E. S. Kelly and Coroner Hill were
summoned as soon as possible. The
body OF the man was sent to
Gleason and Byorum's morgue and an
examination of the woman's wound was
made. The flow of blood was Staunchea
and two holes were found. one at which
the bullet had entered, the other at which
it had apparently gone out. 1t had evil
IDENTIFY impinged against the brain
tissue, and several pieces of the inner
table of the skull were abstract
ed, and finally two pieces of
the bullet, about two-thirds of
its size were taken out. The wound
is not necessarily fatal, but is a very
dangerous one. If the fragment of the
bullet remaining in took downward and
inward course death will ensue. She
did not recover consciousness and up
to midnight had not been able to talk
AT that time her recovery
was considered quite as probelmati-
cal by the surgeons as ever.
The Identity of the actors in this horri-
BILE tragedy was revealed by young
man who appeared to have been a COM
panion of the pair, and who
said the man was James Seaman.
gambler, and the woman Pearl Wilson.
who has until few weeks ago kept
bagnio at 439 Jackson street, st. Paul.
He told the truth, it appears.
and subsequent investigation re-
veals the following concerning their
IifNOs Ooll w lIoOli 1Cdl is
BERTHE Tasser, and she came to Minnie
apolis about five years ago with William
Hellwig from Hot Springs, Ark, whom
she subsequently married. She was an
inmate of several of the houses on First
street south during the next year and
finally went to st. Paul, where she
lived at Jennie Bateson's,
UNDER THE HILL"
They fitted up the Jackson street house
about three years ago, and conducted it
until last July. Seaman, her Victim.
came to Minneapolis from st. Louis
two years ago with woman
named Ida Langdon. He was born and
raised at Louisville, KY, and came
of respectable parents. His moth
er died ten years ago. He
has two brothers, Sam, who
is connected with the fire department.
and Robert, who is Pearl street saloon,
keeper. His Stepfather is Joe Brown
ing, detective. Since coming to the
Twin Cities, Scanlan has eked out
part of living by Gaping and working
for snide gambling houses. but has been
supported principally by his mistress.
His Intimate acquaintance with the
woman does not date back further than
last spring. At this time Helling, her
husband, was absent at Hot Springs.
and Seaman ingratiated himself in her
favor to such an extent that upon
HellWing's return she still chung to