St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-31
JOE CAN SLEEP NOW.
The Woman Who Shot at
Actor HaWorth Leaves
the City.
She Suffered From Hysteria
and tainted on the
Street.
DR.. David j. Burrell Makes a
Reply to Archbishop
Ireland.
Rev. M. D. Shutter breaches
on "The Bible and the Pub
lie Schools"

lie Schools"
The city Of Minneapolis was s0me-
what excited Saturday evening by the
report that Joseph Haworth, the actor,
had been shot at by woman as he was
entering the theater. There were in
Vulnerable stories of the occurrence,
and many were found who were ready
to brand it as an advertising dodge.
But it was no scheme put up by the adj
vance agent. 1t was all too true, as
after events have proven. Haworth
however. need fear no repetition
Of the scene, as the lady is now
Old her way to Chicago, where she will
arrive this morning. So much for Ha-
W, TT /. Why the shot was fired and
what the lady did afterward is now re-
veaed. About 8 o'clock Saturday even
ing, as j. ID. Mersereau, accompanied
by his wife. was returning from call
at friends house to his own home,
near the corner of Eighth street and
Sixteenth avenue south, tall, richly
dressed lady passed hurriedly by
him. gong III the opposite di-
rection. She seemed to be laboring
under some excitement, so much so that
Mr.. MerSereau remarkeditA Almost imme
diately after she had passed, Mr.. Mer-
scream heard Il half-Stitled scream, and,
turning quickly, saw the lady who had
just passed fall. He and his wife hur-
red to her and found that she had
SWOoned. Before assistance could be
oh rAf, tn
ness and begged them to be quiet and to
take her where she could lie down.
Being near their own home, she was
conducted there.
Once within the house she sWOoned
again. Mr.. Mersereau went for a
doctor, and while he was gone the
strange lady terrified his wife with
shrieks of laughter. But the husband
soon returned with physician and all
three set to work to calm tie emotions
of this strange, unbidden guest. Not
until near morning, however, could she,
through liberal Use of OpiateS, be in
duccd to sleep. Her delirium was Of a
varying character. At times she would
weep as if her heart would break, all the
time calling upon paul" and this
would again give way to bursts of
laughter.
As soon as the physician who had
been called i'll saw the morning papers
he knew, or decided to his own satiSfac-
ton that the lady whom he had been at
tending was no other than the one who
had fired upon Howarth. Through him
the news came to GLOBE reporter that
the lady had been found, and, on a
promise to not mention the physicians
name, he being averSe to being con-
nected with the affair. the lady having
offended against the law, the facts de-
tailed above were given.
a visit was paid to the Merserean
residence last evening at about g
o'clock, and what was seen there con-
firmed the physicians story. The lady
could be seen, but little good did
that do. She was not inclined to talk.
She had recovered from the excitement
of the night before, and was perfectly
cool and collected.
MADAM. are you the person who fired
at Joseph HawOrth last night as ne was
entering the stage door at the Grand?'
was asked.
What il I decline to answer your
question:
1T will simply deny me what desire
to know
There can be no harm in telling you,
since am going away. 1t was IL
why did you do it?'
81 cannot tell you that. ] scarcely
know why myself. do not like to dis
cusS the matter"
do you object TO telling your name?"
most certainly | do"
"Did you want to kill Haworth?"
''Oh, no; did not know what l was
doing!'
This last was said with such evident
feeling and emotion that Mrs. Mer
sereau interposed an objection. just at
that moment carriage drove up to the
door, the stranger arose. beckOned Mrs.
Mersereau into the hall, spoke few
earnest words to her in an undertone,
entered the carriage and was driven
rapidly away. Mrs. Mersereau returned
to the parlOr and said:
II know you will question ME about
the lady who has just gone. so | might
as we'll tell you all about it. My hus-
band and met her on the street last
evening just before 8 O'clock, saw her
faint away and brought her here. She
was delirious nearly all night. but fell
asleep just before daylight. She
aWoke to her senses a lit
tie after noon and seemed startled
by her strange surroundings. We eX-
planned to her how we had found her
and where she then was.and crying. on.
l know it all nowr she fell to crying.
But she become composed, and asking
for some paper, wrote q telegram to
some friends in Chicago, which my hus-
band took to the telegraph Office. She
said she would go to Chicago tonight,
and that is where she has gone"
Mrs. MerSereau seemed inclined to tell
as little about her late guest as possible.
"What was the lady's name, Mrs.
Mersereau?" was asked.
II do not know. She said it would do
no good to tell her name, and only dis
grace her friends"
ITO whom did you telegraph in Chi
cago?'
"That l promised not to tell, and I
will keep my word"
"What seemed to be GU the lady's
mind when she was delirious?"
"She was calling for Paul. most of
the time, and sometimes she would talk
low and sweet and use pet names. AT
other times she would cry and sob as if
her heart would break"
"Did she use no other name while
raving?"
"No, she never used any name but
Paul"
didn't she explain her conduct
when she recovered her sensesP'
Eyes, she did, and l don't suppose 1t
will do any harm to tell you what she
said, as you don't know her name. She
said that she was married, but that her
husband had left her because she had
grown cold toward him aud also
because he learned of her craze
after this actor, Haworth. She said
she first saw Hwoarth in one of the
smaller cities of the East, which she
would not mention. She and her hus-
band were at that time boarding at the
hotel. and there she saw him first. She
went to the theater that night and saw
him play Paul Kauvar, and fell desper-
ately in love with him. She continued
to see him several times that year, and
early last fall she paid visit to friend
in Baltimore. While there she wrote
the first letter to him. I have
read what Mr.. Haworth says
about 1t, and her story agrees with his.
She said that she could not explain why
she had acted as she had done III follow