St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-26
Mrs. MickleS Will Probably
Recover From the Terri
BILE Wounds
Inflicted by Her Husband, ST.
las Mickles, on Christ
mas Morn.
Silas' Special to the Globe
That Was Found Upon
His Person,
Clearly Indicating the Dis
eaSed Condition of His
Mind.


Thursday mornings tragedy, who was
taken to the hospital with bullet
wound through her body and her throat
cut in frightful manner. is still alive.
In the opinions of the hospital doctors
she will recover. The bodies Of Emma
McCloud and her muir erer, Silas
MickleS. are still at the morgue. DR..
Quinn will probably order the remains
inferred this morning, as no purpose
could be served by the holding of an in
quest.
The murder is now proved beyond
doubt TO have been brought about by
the combined influences of jealousy and
religious fanaticism. The murderer.
MickleS, had been known for twenty
years i'll the Northern and Southern To-
calities he had honored with his resi-
dence as a fanatical Methodist. The
mans religious ideas sometimes threw
him into a frenzy. in the.
throes of which he was danger
Gus. Micbles' perverted idea of
the elements of goodness and his con-
victions, whether true or false, that the
woman he had married YVES unfaithful,
combined to produce the awful result
of Thursday morning. The coroner's
investigation of the dead mans effects
brought to light a lengthy letter, dated
Binghamton, July 10. which was prob
ably begun at that time and place and
finished here in ST. Paul less than a
week. The document is a sort of ram
bling diary of indiscretionS alleged to
have been committed by Emma Nc
Cloud, and of certain question: BILE ac-
tons of Mrs. Miekles. 1t appears from
what can be gathered In the nelghbor-
hood that Mickles had sworn vengeance
against colored man named Richard
Hall, whom he suspected
Of Undue Intimacy
with his wife. 1t also appears that from
the tone OF the Queerly wOrded letter
left by the murderer. he devised the
plot to kill his wife and foster daughter
several months ago. MickleS came to
st. Paul first in June, 1856. afterwards
sending for his wife and adopted
daughter. He has since been employed
i'll various capacities, and for over
year was night Waterman for the st.
Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway
| company. He left about year ago for
Binghamton, n. Y, and returned to
st. Paul only a few months ago. Eu-
gene Randolph, of the Windsor hotel,
and formerly of Hot Springs. Ark,
identifies the body of Mickles as
that of colored man he had known
while in Hot Springs. He had
known the man for over twelve years.
and stated that wherever known in Ar
kansas, Mlckles was regarded as a
thoroughly honest and extremely do
oil mi Of
les returned two months ago from
Binghampton, n. Y, he complained to
Mr.. Randolph that some other man
was living with his wife, and that
he had been thrown from his own
house into the street, and had since
Been refused admission. Mickles made
| no threats to kill any one so far as can be
| discovered.
An IncOherent EpistIe.
Following is the mass of incoherency
| left by NllcllleS in explanation of his
terrible deed:
/ Special 70 the Globe.
BINGHAMToN, n. Y, July 90
Friend relation and acquaintance:
l dlsremember the year / was married.
| was in the state of Arkansas. and
| lived with my wife between eight and
| nine years. Which, after being mar
rIed man three years, l adopted girl
| into my family, with the consent of her
father and aunt that she should live
with me and my wife until she was of
| age, as we had no children of our own.
L thought as much of her as If she had
been our own child; l was proud
| of her for company for my wife.
| When l adopted her she was naked.
She did not have shoes OF clothes
enough to cover her person. | was
working then at the Bath house, one
mile from my home. 1t was too far for
me to go to my meals, SO [ had her
bring my breakfast mornings. The first
| morning she came she was barefoot.
ask her where her shoes were and she
said she did not have any. That night
when my days work was done went to
the store and bought her pair. and said
Here, Emma, put these on, and never
bring my meals to me again barefoot [
found out when she would 60 back she
would take her shoes off and go barefoot
the balance of the day. Soon as l found
that out, when Saturday came | bought
her another pair of shoes and stockings.
then ask my wife if l should
buy her some cloth to make her
some dresses. My rife said: DO
not buy any yet. have
got couple of dresses of my own. l will
make her top dress and you can buy
some linen to make her some under
wear;' and did so, And then nv wife
made her clothing, put her in school,
and she went to school until the nth
day of September, 1889. she growed
very fast and she
| Never Was Hired Ont
TO work for nobody until the 18th day of
| December. 1899, and then my wife hired
| her out. | myself was hauling, coal
| oil barrel fell on me and crippled me.
The lSt OF August | was hauling for
| wholesale stone house and was took sick.
But the good Lord was good to me.
! did not have to beg for myself or
! family. had been in bed and out. |
was driving along the street one day
| thinking Emma was at school, but saw
ner come out of house no young girl
had business in that had been well
! brought up, and then | drives home
and asks my wife where Emma
was. She said: AT school. What do
you ask me such questions as that for?'
| Then L waits for Emma to come home
from school. and l asked her where she
had been. Then my wife got I'D. and
would not let her answer me. l said to
my wife: You are doing things here
l don't know anything about | was
arrest for assault and before Judge
Burr was dismissed. L was going to
whip the girl, but did not strike her
any. Another time l came up TO the
house and one of the boarders was shut
| in room with Emma. 1 came in one
| door and he got out the other. / walk
| into the room and asked Emma what
| this man was doing in there: the bed
| was all tumbled like somebody had been
| to bed. The girl said ne was counting
his money. l asked her if he gave her
| any and she said no. i ask the man
and he said he gave her 81 for my wife.
l then call my wife, and Emma said She
took the money for my wife. 1 was ar
rest on Sibley street. and Emma and
| my wife
Was Off Visiting
and would not bail me out. friend
pays my fine, and when | come back
from the workhouse my wife and Emma
is Off visiting, l find Letters i'm her
dress pocket that she had thrown off.
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