St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-28

Union messenger boy left telegram at
the hotel office, addressed to married
lady of great beauty and att activeness,
who, with her husband, makes that
hosiery her home. The telegram lay
there some little time. the lady i'll Ques-
ton being out. Her husband returned
first, and as he stopped at the office to
inquire for letters. the electrical
message was handed him. He was i'm
mediately all suspicion, but did not open
it until he had reached his room. When
he read these few words and realized
their meaning his rage knew no bounds.
lie stamped, he swore. he raved, he
cursed, With his heel he ground that
little piece of yellow paper, such as
Jay Gould uses in his telegraph bust
ness. into the carpet. He fairly frOthed
at the mouth in his fury. This is what
the telegram said:
st. Paul, Mimi, 4-26-'9O.-Meet me in the
Ryan parlors tonight at 8.
The telegram had come while madame
was out. Her husbands business is
such that he is kept out quite late on
Saturday evening, which would have
made it easy for her to have responded
to the invitation without his knowledge
had it not been for the chance which
threw the message into his hands.
The wife returned shortly after her
husband bad gone up stairs. She was
expecting telegram and inquired at
the office for it. She was told that her
husband had taken it. She paled Wis
IDLY, but became paler when, few
minutes later, she met her husband.
His passion had not abated. If he had
been angry when he read the tele-
gram, he was insane when he
saw his wife. She no sooner
put her head inside the door than
he launched a torrent of invective
upon her that caused her to tremble in
every limb. He accused her of her in
fidelity, and would listen to no word
from her in defense. He tainted her
with her ingratitude for all the love, the
care, and the money he had lavished
upon her. He excitedly babe her go to
her paramOur, and with difficulty re-
strained himself from laying violent
hands upon her.
The first wave of passion having sub
sided. he commanded her to accompany
him to st. Paul in response to the tele-
gram. His avowed object was to get
sight of the other fellow, and SHOOT him
on the spot. When she refused
he became more enraged than
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threatened to riddle her with bullets.
His violence became SO great that
Officer Schroeder was summoned. The
appearance of police officer acted as a
sedative OH the enraged husband, and
prevented any blood-letting just then,
but he still declares that he will have
the life of the man who sent the tele-
gram, The affair occurred at an hour
when many of those who make the
hotel their home were out, but the story
has been circulated until nearly all the
guests of the house are acquainted with
the facts.
The husband is employed in one of
the largest retail empOriums on Nicollet
avenue and holds high position in the
house at the head of a department.
His devotion to his wife has been sub
ject of remark among those who knew
him. He has always been completely
bound up III his beautiful wife, and has
lavished upon her all the good things of
life, seeming TO think that his whole
object in life was to provide her
with all the luxuries and fine raj
ment that money could buy. That
he was unnerved and rendered violent
by the evidence of her wrongdoing is
not strange. The wife is woman who
would attract attention anywhere by
her rare beauty, and has always been
looked upon as paragon OF virtue and
wifely devotion. Ghe trouble will be
settled in the divorce court, as the hus-
band will be satisfied with nothing but
a legal separation. The affair has
created 10 end of surprised comment
among those conversant with the facts.