St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-21
A CAREER OF CRIME.
The Strange Life Of a Woman
Guilty Of a Brace Of
Murders.
Dressed in Male Attire She
Ruins the Life Of a
Farmer.
She Poisoned the Man Whose
Wife She Caused to be
Killed,
Having Previously Stabbed
to Death the Bride OF a
Day.
New York Dispatch.

mentioned, he determined to better his
surroundings, and with that object in
view remodelled his old-fashioned house
where he lived with his farm help and
an aged housekeeper. and by the aid of
paint. artificially applied, his home be-
came the envy Of the surrounding
neighborhood.s
When these improvements were COM
pleted Farmer Greene somewhat star
tied the locality by disappearing sud
denly and returning five days later with
a beautiful bride scarcely twenty years
of age. He had married her in Adrian,
and seemed to fairly idolize the new
mistress of his house.
The domestic relations of the newly
married pair were, to all appearances,
of the happiest kind for the two years
Immediately succeeding their marriage,
and but one fact seemed to mar the hap
py condition. No child had been born
to bless their union.
About the time that Mr.. and Mrs.
Green celebrated the second anniver-
sary IF their marriage an incident TOOK
place which was destined to result in a
very tragic episode.
On the 18th of May, 1883. young and
delicately handsome boy applied at the
Green household for work on the farm.
At first Farmer Green was dislncllned
to employ the youth, on the ground that
he was too delicate to perform the tasks
which wonId naturally fall to him IN
the course of farm life. but the youth
pleaded so hard, and Mrs. Green being
touched by the unhappy lot of the hand,
some boy, Mr. Green finally consented
to employ him.
The boy was assigned a room separ-
ate from the other help, over the barn,
and he had been in Farmer Green's EN-
ploy but short time before he mad, by
his bright and happy disposition ana
the zeal which he displayed in his work,
become a general favorite with all, IN
Guiding Mr.. and Mrs. Greene.
The lad, Jack Horton, seemed to eX-
ercise a strange influence over the men
who were fellOw-labOrers at the Greene
farm. particularly Mr.. Greene. 1t was
noticed that when they worked In the
field Greene and Jack were located near
each other, and on occasions when the
weather was wet Greene frequently
spent much time in the boys room over
the barn.
This condition had existed for about
seven months.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
One November day Mrs. Greene was
DESTROYS of seeing her husband, and,
going in search of him, learned from
one of the people on the farm that Mr..
Greene was in the barn. Thither she
went. and, falling to find her husband
in the barn proper, she assembled to
Jack HoItOn's room.
She opened the door gently and. utter
ing heart-rending scream. fell to the
landing on which the door opened and
down the flight of stairs.
That afternoon Jack Horton left the
employ of Mr.. Greene, and the latter
gentleman and his wife occupied dIffer-
emit rooms. 1t was now whispered that
so grave had been the course pursued
by Mr.. Greene that his wife would as
soon as possible return to Adrian, the
home of her parents, and BRING an ae-
ton for divorce against the farmer.
Five days after the affair OH the land
ing. when Mrs. Greene was so COM
pletely overcome by the shock of the
discovery she had evidently made, she
was taken suddenly ill, and before med
lcal aid could be summoned death EN-
sued.
When the country doctor arrived and
made an examination he declared that
Mrs. Greene had died of inflammation
of the bowels.
Mrs. Greene was buried in the coun-
try cemetery, mourned by the entire
neighborhood.
The holidays were hardly over when
there arrived at Atna a young and
beautiful woman, who remained two
davs at the town inn. While there she
was visited by Farmer Greene. and the
meeting was of the most cordial nature.
Gossip was Immediately set on foot. All
sorts OF rumOrS were af1oat. The quiet
country people were standardized by the
fact. as thew termed it, "Farmer Greene
counting and his wife hardly cold in her
grave"
If the good people were shocked at
counting, the feelings can hardly be I'M
agined when it was announced that
Farmer Greene was, on the 18TH of jan
uary, to marry the young woman, Jen-
ME Ashton.
The ceremony was performed at the
Green house. and the only guests pres
ent were the people Immediately con-
nected with the Greene farm.
When the carriage in which the BRIDE
elect was conveyed arrived at the
house, the head farm hand was heard
to ask one of his assistants:
.'The misses is purity. But think
Tve seen her before"
.Sure, James, | think Pve seen her
myself: but can't recall just where or
when. May be we will find out later"
AN UNHOLY MARRIAGE.
However this was, the marriage cere-
mony took place. and the new mistress
was duly installed in her position.
Among the help on the farm it seemed
that the new Mrs. Greene was al old
friend, though they. in their country
density, could not fathom the strange,
mysterious likeness that their mistress
bore to some one whom they had known
in times gone by.
The couple had been married about
three months when MIR. Greene, having
partaken of more than an ordinary
hearty supper, was seized with cramps.
The suffering man endured great tor
ture, and, as the pains in no way sub
sided, tine doctor was sent for, and he
arrived I'm time to see Mr.. Greene die in
the greatest agony.
For some moments before the unfor-
tunate man breathed his last he endeav-
Ored to make statement, but either he
had not the power to articulate or Mrs.
Greene. in her endeavOrS to minis
err to his comfort, would not permit
HIM.
However, Farmer Greene died of
what the doctor called inflammation of
the bowels, and his remains We're laid
beside those of his first wife.
On clear. fresh May day, one year
after Jack Horton had arrived in Etna,
and secured work of Farmer Greene,
stranger arrived in town, aud put up at
the town inn. Heseemed to have no
particular business in those parts, but
he had several talks with the proprietor
of the hosiery, in each of which he
would inquire in an Indifferent way con-
corning the different families in the
neighborhood. In the course of one
conversation he asked the innkeeper il
he had ever heard of lad called Jack
Horton.
"Why. yes" answered the host, ''he
was about year ago up with neighbor
Greene, who died not long ago. He
left suddenly one day, aud no one knew
where ne had gone, and for that matter
no one knew where he came from.
Shortiv after he left Mrs Greene died,