The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-19
FILED FOR HER LIFB.
Minnie Palmer, tho Actress,
Tells the Thrilling Story
OF HER HUSBANDS ACTION.
She Charges Him With un Attempt
TO Murder Her With n Knife.
Part of tho Story Confirmed
by Several Witnesses.

New YoRx, Nov. 1S.-Miss Minnie
Palmer, tho actress known in private liic
as Mrs. John r. Rogers, still lies in bed
in the apartments Of her mother at the
Aberdeen Hotel, recovering from the
effects Of the shock which she suffered
last Saturday hight. Sho says that the
statement printed in this mornings pa.
pers that Mr.. Rogers-tspk her by tho
shoulders and turned her out Of their
apartment in the big G Gralnersy hat.honse
is not true. She says that she ran away
from her hueband in fear OF her life after
he had slashel at her and tried to kill
her with a carving.knile fourteen inches
long.
!. "Nfr. Rogers has acted in the most in.
explicaba way for some time past. l
have no doubt he is devoted to me-
loves mo very much; but his causeless
aversion to my mother has led him on
by degrees to pitch where can only
hope he is not responsible for his deeds.
My mother and Papa Joe asked il |
would like to go to the horse show. l
said would, and so We went up there.
The high jumping was late, and we
stayed longer i.an We had intended, 30
that it was fifteen minutes or hali.past
twelve when they brought me down to
the Gramercy. When l went into
our apartment I found Mr.. Rogers
partly undressed and waiting for
me. He complained Of my being
out so late. .Ho had evidently been
drinking. I Was tired, and had
become 80 used to his talk that I aimply
prepared to 10 to bed and did 30. Mr.
Rogers still kept walking up and down,
abusing my family aud occasionally
stopping to assure mo OF his love ior me
amt to caress me. He came and sat
down on the bed. His right arm was
out over and around my head.
A big cheval glass hangs in frame so
that it flashed the gaslight in my eyes.
Ieried to avoid it and saw his left
hand rs it came up beside the bed. Oh,
he had horrible knife in it, and he
raised it up over my face and shook it.
Ohw .a,s iiIl..
Here Miss Palmer broke down and
covered her face with her hands. After
a few minutes she went on: II scream.
ed My God, Johnnie! what are you
going to do? Do you want to kill me p"
Eyes he eaid, didn't tell you that
il you went over there tonight it would
lie the end p"
II snutched at the knife as it fell and
it only scratched me. Ipushed it away
with my hand and ran screaming into
my maids room, across the passage.
| heard him running after me"-and
Mics Palmer broke down again. After
@ while she went on to say that she and
the maid, Bertha Harrison, locked the
door OF the maids room Just as Rogers
came up demanding and entreating
"hinnie" to admit him. The two
women threw up the window and
screamed "murder." The engineer
and night watchman in the
Gramercy, Thomas Thomas, heard the
cries, and so did Policeman Far
rell. They both rushed up to the apart
ment while the elevator boy rushed to
call Mr.. NIichale, tho superintendent
of the flat. When Mr.. Michale reached
the apartment, he found the policeman
in possession OF the knife. The latter
said, confirming Nliss Palmer's story,
that when he came in, he found Rogers
etanaing with the knife in his hand,
battering at the door and calling bis
wife. Niles Palmer said she made haste
10 dress herself and seek refuge in her
uonthprta annrfp@nnt or thn hs~Ann,,
Bertha, the maid, and she got over
there about 2 a. NJ, and were admitted
by Mr.. Stearrs. The knife is now in
the possession OF hlr. Michale, who
positively refuses to show it.