St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-29

lently in love with her. He threw him
self in her way on all possible occasions,
ana MADE love to her whenever he
dared. he begged her to elOpe with
hlm, 1T is alleged, and she would not
listen to him. Everything he could do
to win her affection and to create
trouble between husband and wife was
resOrted to, but Mrs. Hegener
turned on him scornfully. He
boldly alleged to his companions
that he had had improper relations with
Mrs. Hegener, and once walked into the
room where she was sleeping and then
walked out again, in order to be seen
by the husband. In Mrs. Hegener's
own words at the time of the shooting,
Murphy was jealous of Mr.. He gener's
happiness and said he had often lain
awake at nights meditating how to
secure her as his own. God knows that
remained faithful and true to my hus-
band. My husband has terribly jeal-
Gus disposition, and for that reason 1
feared to tell him all that had occurred.
he was playing a bold, treacherous
game and followed me everywhere with
MS repugnant attentions and was try
ing to rouse my husbands suspicious
In order to have me turned from home.
He Slandered me to his comrades and
finally wrote foul. black, slanderous,
lying letter to my husband from St.
Paul after he had been discharged. My
husband read the letter and handing it to
me, SAID: You see these letters con-
tanning these charges against YOUR
character. There is but one way in
which you can prove your innocence.
Either you must kill that man or | will
cut you to pieces knew must either
compel him to retract his ISLANDERS or
Kill him. My husband provided me
with 32-caliber revolver and 1 came to
st. Paul"
SHOT HIM IN ST. PAUL.
Mrs. Hegener came to st. Paul on the
morning of April 6 last, and started on
hunt for Murphy. She found him at
o'clock at restaurant on the corner
OF Fourth and Sibley streets. They
walked together down Sibley toward
Third, and Mrs. Hegener asked him to
retract the charges he had made against
aer, put he refused. He remained OBJ
durate and then she pulled her
revolver and fired. Without speaking
he fell on the pavement, shot through
the head. Mrs. Hegener was at once
arrested and taken to the Jail. The
wounded man was carried to st. JOS
eph'S hospital and died at II o'clock
that night. Mr.. Hegener was arrested
as he alighted from the Minneapolis
train. Murphy, in making his ante
mortem statement, stuck to the state
mentS he had made.
Mrs. Hegener is but twenty-four years
of age, and is quite intelligent. Her
maiden name was Bertha Augusta
Thorn, and she was born in Bernstein,
Prussia, Oct. 26, 1868. Charles Gotthelf
Hegener was born in the same place,
Oct. 25. 1861. The parents of both emf
grated to New York city in June, 1865.
Mir. Thorn remained in Hoboken, n. J..
until 1913, in which year he
removed to Watertown, Wis.
on advice of Hegener. Mr. Hegener
went to Chicago, lived there two months
and then moved to Watertown. Wis.
where he now resides. Charles and
Bertha married in Milwaukee, at Ber-
tha's sisters house, Aug. IS, 1882. and
five days afterwards Hegener left for
Minneapolis to work. The children
are, Louisa, born May 9, 1888, and
Charles, born April 6, 1885. The an
niversary of Charles birth was the day
OF the homicide of Murphy. Murphy
was twenty-five years old, playmate
of Charles G. Hegener, and also knew
Bertha Thorn. He came to Minneapo-
lis June, 1886.