, 1888-07-11
MRS. NORTON'S STORY.
Her Husband is Willing to
Take Her Back,
But She Positively Refuses to
Return,
And Alleges That He Has
Treated Her Brutally.

ST. LOUIS, July 10,-Further kilograms
from Topeka say that Judge Laughlin,
attorney for Norton, and Mrs. Caswell, an
intimate friend of Mrs. Norton, arrived
from st, Lonis by the noon train, and
went directly to the Copeland hotel, where
Mrs. Caswell, after some strong and bitter
words to 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 Mr.. Norton will receive you
with open arms. If you don't want to
live with him you can have your own
home and Norton will stay at the hotel"
At this Mrs. Norton broke into tears,
and between her sobs declared that she
would not return.
He will kill me if L go back" she
said. He threatened to take my life,
and | cannot go back. No, l will not go
back. L 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 posi-
lively that she would not, and Mrs. Cas-
well then left her.
Mrs. Norton received three kilograms
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 a carriage with an officer, Mrs.
Norton talked freely to a Post Dispatch
reporter and said some things which have
caused much surprise and given rise to
much doubt to man. of Norton's friends.
She is reported to have said:
II would never have left st. Louis
with Mr.. Moore had my husband not
threatened to take nv life. When l went
to my home Friday they told me Norton
would kill me, and it was in fear of my
life | left. No other woman but myself
could have lived with him ten years for |
worshipped him, but his treatment of me
was that of a brute. He cursed me, he
beat me, and dragged me about like a
dog, and | lived with him because | loved
him; because | thought his heart would
change. | don't believe there is another
man in st. Louis with such an unbeara-
BILE and uncomfortable a temper as Norton
has. At times be is like a mailman. He
never had cause to think of me other
than as a loving and dutiful wife, for 1
was most devoted to him every day of
life. When he was sick | never left
his bedside but watched him day after
dav and night after night until | was
almost wasted away.
Then, those statements that Moore
had been visiting our house daily are most
malicious lies. Why, he has not during
the three months we lived there set foot
within my house. Then, those stories
that we have stolen Notions money are
Just simply awful. / have not one centof
Norton's money and he knows it. He
knows | have never held his money. |
have about SO, 500 of my own money
which is all | have got. Then, the charge
of grand larceny in stealing $40 1000 is
preposterous." g.
Would you object to return to st.
LOUISE" was asked Of Mrs. Norton.
II do not want to go back if | can help
it, for | am afraid Of Norton, butt the
officers say so we will, of course, co.
VIVA will your friends there think of
this ~escapade2"
81 don't care much what they think of
me. A great many of them have turned
against me anyway. | am not living for
the world so much now as for my own
happiness. | am sorry we are in this
trouble, but it will come out all right"
Mrs. Moore with her young son return
to St. Louis from Manitou this evening.