St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-16

by the man Horton, now under arrest,
of his wife's appearance. Coroner
Quinn at once notified the police, and
the description of the woman's dress
and facial marks was read to Horton,
who said at once: "Yes, that is the
woman. She is my wife, | am certain.S
The body was taken charge of by Dr.W
r. Coates, of Newport, and will b(
brought to this city for absolute identi.
fication this morning. DR.. Coates had
just notified Coroner T. G. Clarke, OF
Saltwater, of the finding of fioater,
and was instructed by him to take a
description of the body and bury it al
once. Word was wired from st. Paul
which prevented the interment pending
an examination by Coroner Quinn.
There were no marks of violence on the
body. A large scar diSfgureS the left
side OF the face, and wart of unusual
size is another mark which makes it al
most certain that the body is that Of
Mrs. Horton.
A GLOBE representative visited Hor-
ton i'll his cell at the Ducas street police
station last evening. When seen Hor-
ton was lying on his back on the prison
cot sleeping soundly. He arose
after being called to several
times, and learning that his visitor
was connected with paper said: II
suppose shall have to stand trial for
this, and propose to tell what have ia
tell in court. have talked already too
much TO the papers, and false impress
sion has been created"
''ln what?' was asked.
"Why," he replied, ''they say that
went to bed without telling any one OF
the accident. and it can easily be dis
covered that | told the people at South
st. Paul all about the affair right after
it occurred"
''How did your wife come to fall out
of the boat?
'Why, she was standing half upright
and suppose she lost her balance and
fell over'
''DId the baby go with her?"
Yes. she had the child in her arms"
"Did you jump over after them, or
did the boat capsize?'
II can't remember. All know is
that we were all three in the water and
my wife had hold of me, with the child
still in her arms. Pretty soon she let
go and went down. | saw her rise
again, but was so tired with swimming
that couldn't do anything"
Ibid you see the boat near you when
you were in the wateI?'
mo, never saw the boat after /
went over, and don't know whether il
was upset or not, nor whether | jumped
out or was thrown out"
did your wife cry 'Helpp in loud
voice as she fell?" "Of course she cried
out and screamed, because she was
frightened"
All Horizons answers to the questions
put him regarding his wife were given
In manner of seeming indifference,
and voice which betrayed not the
faintest evidence OF feeling. 1t was moi
until the baby was spoken of that the
man gave any indication of sorrow al
his bereavement. HAS the baby been
found?" he asked. Being answered in
the negative he said in broken voice,
''lt was four years since | seen her, and
now -"
Horizons story about the drowning
shows several startling discrepancies.
He states that he swan with the drown
Ing woman and her child until SO ex-
hauSted that he was compelled to let
them gO-that he saw them sink twice
and was unable to help them. At the
place pointed out by him as the
scene of the occurrence there are
but four feet of water. Hor-
ton is a more than usually
tall man; he could have stood breast
high above the water level. These mat
ters the prisoner refuses to discuss,
being, as he says, prepared to explain
everything to the best of his ability iN
court.