St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-28

when | told him could not keep up the
house and give him money as well. he
suid: You dirty b.. what have l got
you for but to make living for me?'
Continuing, the woman stated that ON
the 10Th inst. she went to Irving E.
Atherton, general agent of the Ameri.
can Express company, and Informed
him of the disgraceful behavior, as she
expressed it, of Doherty in his treat
ment of her. Continuing her story. the
woman stated that DOherty, or "DOdO,"
that apparently being a pet name she
had for hin-came to her room on the
evening of the 10th inst. and said that
he had been discharged from his posi-
ton and that she was to blame for 1t.
This statement proved to be false, as he
was still in the employ OF the company.
The woman claims that recently
she and Doherty, in company with
the murdered mans boon COM
panion Matthews and a woman named
Nellie Smith, repaired to the Jockey
Club saloon on Seventh street and spent
several hours there, engaged in drink
ing. The men became bOisterOuS, and
his wOman-Doherty's trouble,
nd sent for hack, in which she and
the girl Smith proceeded 10 Pearl VIII
sons dive on Fifth street. DOherty
followed, and entered room al the
house and asked the woman it she
wanted to leave him. She replied that
she wanted to be left alone. he said:
Before you shall leave me
I'LL DISFIGURE YOU
so that your best friends won't know
yOu."
"What was your intention in shooting
at him? Did you mean to kill him."
NO" said the prisoner, II meant to
shoot him in the back, not to kill him,
but just to show him up and let people
know what kind of thing he was.
was taken i'll and / nursed him, paid for
all his medicine, and lent him money
time and again. / got tired of it, and
several times lately refused to give him
money. / was sick of being abused and
rOnbed. and the eur ran away from me
whenever got within a block of him."
The woman spoke rapidly, and to all
appearances had not been drinking.
Her eyes were blOodshOt, and her nat
urally sharp features somewhat drawn
and white. but otherwise she looked as
we'll as women of her class usually do.
In answer to aauestiOn as to whether
she had been drinking. she replied:
.'Not much / haven't. You need not
think Pm going to play the drunk
game.
AM AS SOBER
as the day was born. i went after
.Doao' to shoot him. but didn't mean
to kill him. That's fact. / had been
after him several times, and last night |
went to the office after him. asked
the office boy, is John in?' and he said
Yes; do you want to see him" AS
soon as DOherty saw me he ran out the
back door and l couldn't find him after
that until met him on the street. acci-
dentslly, suppose"
At this juncture a messenger arrived
with a message for the murdereSs from
Attorney Edwin 5. Thompson, who sent
word that he would defend her and that
it would not cost her cent.
Again takingu. Ne story, the woman
said: After knew couldn't get near
HIM if he saw me, made up my mind
to disguise myself, and / got white
wig, and put thick veil over. my face
before / walked down to the place
where fnret Hnr. He was Just comins {
from supper and didn't know me. l
raised the revolver and fired. / didn't
know whether he was much hurt or
not. but lie staggered about third of a
block and fell down on the sidewalk. If
Eve killed him Fm sorry, for only
meant to hurt him.