St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-26

old launts in the city. He still loved
far ,,"sephine, and took no pains to
hide his teei,..gs. Every day he called
at The rooms occupie... Ivy Mr., and Mrs.
Klack, and. no matter whether the ny
band was in or not, he made love to his
wife. She ordered him to remain away,
but it did no good. He threatened to
g be revenged OH Klack, and to carry OFF
his wife. Klack merely laughed at him
and Porter sW0re he would get even.
lie decided that yesterday morning was
good time for him to get even; 81, long
before it was day, and before the gray
dawn broke through the dingy sky
light Of the Hennepin block, he crept
up the rickety stairway to the top floor.
He climbed upon the railing and lifted
himself into the room adjoining the
one occupied by MIR. and Mrs. klack as
sleeping quarters.
He kicked off his shoes, and. drawing
himself within the shadow of the wall.
waited with an open knife in his hand
for his rival to appear.
Klack was a bell boy at the West. and
il was his duty to make his appearance
at the hotel by 6 O'clock. Porter knew
this, and SO he waited. When klack
finally made his appearance he stepped
into the room where Porter was con-
cealed. He walked directly into the
shadow, and as he aid so, Porter leaped
upon him. He plunged his knife INTO
klack's abdomen. and when his victim
fell to the floor he plunged the dripping
blade into the CHASTITY wound again:
Mrs. Klack, hearing the noise, rushed
out of the bed room and screamed at the
top of her voice for the police. Porter
picked up the body of Klack and car
ried 1t into the bedroom, where he threw
it across the bed. Then he leaped upon
the unconscious form of his rival. and
like wild beast gnaWed at his neck and
ears with his teeth. snarIing and
shouting. He was mad at the sight OF
blood and stabbed Klack while lying on
the bed, in the head. face and breast.
The whole flat was awakened by this
time, and Porter, realizing his danger,
ran out of the bedroom and down the
stairs. On his way down he was stopped
by Mrs. Rymer, who lives OH the upper
floor He brushed her aside, however,
and hurled the dripping bloody knife to
the floor, and disappeared down the
hall.
There was blood all the way from the
foot of the stairs on the third floor to
the ceiling of the bedroom where the
wounded Klack lay. There the sight
was sickening. The room reSenbled a
slaughter pen. 1t was one mass OF
blood, and the floor was slippery with
it. When the patrol wagon took klack
to the st. Anthony hospital 1t was
thought he would die almost every
minute. He held out, however, and at
late hour last night the physicians at
the hospital reported him as resting
easily.
Porter was also at large up to late
hour last night, and there is no telling
when he will be captured. He man
aged to Slip away in the shadow OF the
streets, it being such all early hour that
the pedestrians were few and FAR be-
tween. Mrs. Klack is at the bedside OF
her husband.
This Young woman has quite re-
markable history. She is the daughter
of respectable parents, and has father
and brother living in Detroit, Mich.
Her brother is member of firm or
plum berS and gasfitterS doing business
on big scale in the city of the straits.
Josephine was given fair educa-
ton, but she was blind to her adj
vantage5 and went TO the bad. She
was the acknowledged mistress OF Por-
ter for nearly two years, when she
threw him over for klack. 1t appears
she still loved Porter, for when his trial
for arson was in session in the munlc-
ipal court she threw her arms about bis
neck and insisted she was his sweet
heart. and as such had right to remain
by his side. The court officer had to re-
move her from Porter'S side bv main
force. When he went to the workhouse,
however, she married Klack. Porter is
Dad-l1oking "nigger." He has re-
markablv large feet, and shuffies about
like the stage darby. He dresses i'll a
slipshod fashion and has bullet head
nd a mnnknV face.