St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-27

a little boy came rushing into my
Office and stated that there were
half a dozen persons dying at Mr..
Zuretski's house. | went there at once,
and found things as they were de
Scribed in the papers this morning. All
of the persons had been poisoned by
Rough on Rats and. as near as Po-
lice Surgeon Kelly, and | could make
out. the poison had been placed in some
little dumplings. which were used in
the soup. which formed the main article
about the case which has bad look"
DARK SCENES ON TIE FLATS.
Late in the evening it was reported
that Mrs. Zuretski and Lizzie Hlavach,
Mrs. Martins cousin, were much worse.
A GLOBE reporter Immediately started
out for The place. The electric lamps
in the street only served to make the
shadows on the flats darker, and the
sound of the river, as it rushed
past, was mournful enough. The
paths which ran among the houses
were dark and treacherOus, and the
visitor did not know what moment he
might go plunging into some pit, OF
feel knife thrust into him from be-
hind. From the windows of some of the
houses dim lights ShOne. but they did
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residence. The house was finally
reached. and knock at the door was
answered by a decidedly gruff Come
in" When the door was pushed open,
the dingy light i'll the room revealed
half a dozen OF more Hungarian work
men sitting around the room, talking in
low tones i'm their native tongue. AS
the stranger entered the room he was
greeted with ugly frOwnS and surly
looks. I'm this room Mrs. Zuretski
was lying on a bed in
a half unconscious state. Passing
into the other room. Mrs. Martin was
found lying in one bed, her husband
and her father and mother, who had
come in from New Prague, sitting be-
side her. IN the other bed were Vic
tOria Lalla and Lizzie Hlavach, both suf-
fering considerably. The IIlavach girl
had high fever. and began to say
something to the visitor, when she was
promptly suppressed by Victoria Lalla
and George Martin. The visitor next
turned his attention to Martin, who was
not looking at all friendly.
Don't say word about it any
more" said Victoria, turning to him
with fierce look upon her face. The
papers have got enough lies about this
business already. Did not they bring
my father and mother here from New
Prague, with their stories about us?7
keep quiet. Victoria" said the
Hlayach girl, turning toward her com
paniOn and trying to pull her back
upon the pillow.
George Martin now answered few
questions in an ugly tone of voice, and
then said:
Il don't know much about the case,
pNceOt that the nOiSon whatever IL WAS
was in the dumplings which were in the
soup we had for supper last night. oh,
yes: there is one thing l will say. Anna
Smeashek was very much in love with
me, but / did not like her at all. When
| married Julia Lalla the girl was very
jealous of me, as was the whole Smea-
shek family" Martin told this while
Victoria was ScOlding him all the time.
Finally he broke out with
''I'll be damned ii | will tell you any
more. You can't get any more here
here. and yOu might as well go away
now. We don't want you here any
mOre''
At this juncture the men in the other
room began to move up to the door,
talking to themselves in their native
tongue as to the object of the
close questioning. They cast ugly
glanceS at the visitor. and
only returned to their seats
sharply. Things began to look decid-
eddy sultry around the Zuretski resi-
dence about that time. and as soon as
possible the visitor took his departure
and congratulated himself, on reaching
the main street again, that he had come
out with an unbrOhen neck and a whole
body.