St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-07
A TILLWATER SENSATION.
Cole Younger Says he Never Was Belle
Starr's Husband,
OR ANY OTHER W0MAN'S,
The Love of the Adventures for No
toriety Prompted Her, He
Thinks.

prison library yesterday, Librarian Cole
Younger was in the act of replacing a
copy of Tasso upon the freshly-dusted
shelf, and his brother Bob, the stewards
clerk, who is suffering from a cough
and stomach troubles, was taking
moments respite in seat by the radl-
ator. He looked paler and more worn
than usual, while Coles bright eyes.
benignant face and great waste Of bald
head all shone with healthful radiance.
The canary birds in their four cages at
the east end of the room Saluted cheer-
fully as the. librarian went to and fro
arranging the books and billeting those
needed for delivery along the corridors.
Coleman paused to say; "Well, Pm
glad you've come. You can condOle
with me on my bereavement. so am
widower! Now," he continued, after
the report had been read from the
GLOBE telegram of the killing OF te oGle
YoungerS wife, that's an entire
fabrication from beginning 20 end.
It is so strained that l am
almost justified in thinking that
the writer of it and the management OF
Minneapolis theater are in colluslon,
and that this yarn is magnified to eX-
cite interest in new blood-and-thun-
der Cole Younger or Younger boys play
that l read was soon to be dished up
over there. In the first place, have
never been blessed with a wife, and
was never so depraved as to keep
mistress. like some honorable men.
Besides, with all my faults, there
never was a time in my lite
should not have chosen for my wife a
woman with Christian virtues, who
would be able to make a better man of
me and be the right kind of mother to
my children. But / never had. as !
said, wife nor mistress. | think, put
ting this and that together. that the
woman Starr, reported in the GLOBE to-
day as killed, must be the widow of one
Jim Reed, who was killed at Whites
bOro, Tex. about two years after saw
him. The first and about the last
time l saw her was when we
boys were IN camp with our
cattle at Scyene, Dallas county, Texas,
and she suddenly appeared with her
man Shirley and his wife, who lived in
the village. Reed was always going
about the country with quarter horses
and mixing up in the races. He mar
ried the Shirley girl when she was but
sixteen. l think she must be the
woman now killed, as [ read once
that Reeds widow married Starr, and
] know that she was before the federal
court at Fort Worth for violations of
law. | read that not very long ago.
never had five minutes conversation
with her in my life, and never saw her
after we left Scyene in 1872 with our
herds. Like the woman Starr, Mrs.
Reed was daring horsewOman, and
Oh Il 4l,n fnnf
of riding pony over the hog wallOWS
of the Texas prairie in way few men
could do. ] DON'T know that Bob and !
ever spoke to her but once. 1t is true
that there is such place as Younger's
Bend, on the Canadian river, in Mis-
souri,, though | don't know the place,
nor that the woman ever lived there.
When she came to Scyene, when Bob
and were there. she had two daugh-
terS, one OF whom was named
Pearl Reed. This woman loved
nOtoriety. and was daredevil,
and would be very likely to invent sto-
ries about herself that she imagined
would add to her notoriety. She was
educated and could play the piano. and
was handsome, a sort of Egyptian
beauty; and so, from corresponding
points in the newspaper description, l
think have seen the woman now re-
ported killed, and that she is the widow
of Jim Reed. | never knew Starr. l
was mad when | read that. Bob, Tve
good notion to send this newspaper to
Aunt Fanny, at Blue Mills, Mo-, only
the stuff would disgust and anger her"
By decision just filed the long-stand-
ing difficulty known as the Burkleo
road case has been adjusted, and the
county commissioners can now go ahead
and give the desired highway to the
public. The projected road leads from
South Saltwater to Lakeland and
through the farm of Mr.. Burkleo. who
resisted on account of alleged
insufficient remuneration awarded
him for damages, and also claimed
the the matter were Irregular. The
higher court sustains Judge Nc
Cluer, who affirmed the validity of the
commissioners proceedings.
The retiring surveyor general. A. G.
Hospes, expects to have everything in
readiness to turn the office over next
week to Mr.. Bean. The latter has not
yet called at the Office since his appoint
ment, and has given no intimation there
as to whom he will appoint as his chief
subordinates. However there seems
no doubt that Aid. F. B. Yates will be
retained as clerk and deputy should he
desire the position, which he has so
thoroughly filled for the last ten years
under the successive administrations
of Surveyors Chase, Proctor and Hos
pes.
DR.. William Jenner went yesterday
to locate permanently at st. Paul.
A Bible school institute will be held
tomorrow afternoon and evening under
the conduct of G.. NJ. Stocking. Rev. j.
W. Luke, e. E. Clark, Mrs. Stella Ba-
ker and Miss NJ. Gaylord represent Still
water in its programme.
Mrs. S. Lamphear most happily COM
memOrated her siXtieth birthday ami
versary Tuesday evening by entertain
ing large party of friends at her home
on South Second street.
1t is expected that the gas we'll will
be cleaned out and other preliminaries
arranged so that drilling may be re-
Sumed to-day or tomorrow. The land
lord of the Keystone house. across the
way from the well, thinks the discovery
of gas so probable that he has just
placed in his house insurance in $1,000
to cover the period of gas hunting.
Mrs. j. S. Anderson went yesterday
to Washington, d. c., where she will
remain with her daughter Ella, who is
attending school there.
The drama "Mr. Barnes of New
York" as dramatized by the author of
the story, was yesterday booked for
Feb. IA at the opera house.