The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-08-18

person was to act as witness who
would help to place him behind bars.
The supposed husband then enter
ed upon long blood-curdling descrip-
tion of how the destroyer of his hap.
piness would look behind the bars at
Saltwater. Then he seemed to change
his mind, and decided he would kill
the poor man. Mr.. Holbrook was
stood up in the corner, his tOrmenter
took out his watch and he wasmagnani
mously given ten seconds to live. Then
J a playful mood struck Chamberlain.
and he decided that instead of killing
Mr.. HOlbrOok at once he would SIM
ply shoot the floor near his feet,
which he did, the powder infiicting
severe burns. This intimidation was
kept up until Mr.. Holbrook really be-
gan to believe his life was as good as
gone. -Four times did Chamberlain
thrust e-reyolver into his victims
mouth and declare that he was going
to blow the top of his head off.
All this time the woman, who had
been locked in the closet, was calling
out to Fred not to kill Mr.. Holbrook
and misunderstanding if there was
not some Wayin which settlement
could be made.
This seemed to put an idea into
Chamberlain's head and he finally led
the way into another room where he
wrote out several notes for $4,000
each. Mr.. Holbrook thinks there
were four of these. When he was
called upon to sign them instead of
signing his own name he affixed the
name of f. E.1Holbrook and the notes
were taken by Chamberlain.
In the meantime the man who had
been called in. as witness had been
sent out, supposedly to call the pa
troll wagon. He really went after
hack, however. A vehicle m tde it's
appearance very soon after Chamber
lain had ascertained from Holbrook
that he had 800 in the bank of Min
neapnlis. Chamberlain proposed that
they go down and get it, and allowing
his victim to dress, they entered the
vehicle together, the alleged black,
mailer keeping his revolver pressed
close against Mr.. Holbrook's side.
They drove to the bank where, it
being after banking hours, Mr.. Hol-
brook contrived to have Freeman P.
Lane called in to impersonate the
cashier.
Chamberlain and Mrs. dublin were
arrested Tuesday afternoon. The lat
ter started in her old tactics of deny
ing the affair, but upon being threat
ened with imprisonment finally caved
and made clean breast of the whole
matter. She stated that she, and
Chamberlain had never been married
and that they had agreed to enter in
to this scheme some six
weeks ago, having been planning
continuously since that time to
catch Mr.. Holbrook. They had made
themselves familiar with his habits
and the amount of property which he
possessed in various places, and it was
their intention to secure from him
$10,0 900 in cash with which to make a
tour of Europe.
When Chamberlain was arrested he
proved to be a harder customer than
the woman had been, in that he did
not admit so much. He admitted,
however, that the jewelry found upon
his person had been taken from Mr.
Holbrook. He will be charged with
three offences; assault in the first de-
gree, blackmail and robbery.
He was arraigned this afternoon in
the municipal court on the charges of
robbery and assault in the first de-
gree. a1a1
The woman in the case lives with
her sister, at sFourth avenue S. and
Sixth street, and is upwards of SO yrs.
of age, good docking, and of good ad-
dress. Sheds the mother of three
children, girls, the eldest about Is
years of age.F She has always borne
good name, 80 far as inquiries devel-
ope today. She met Holbrook at the
exposition building, two years ago, as
told above, and since that time has
had speaking acquaintance with
him. Within the past few months
she has, upon several occasions, in
vited him into her home as he went
back and forth to and from his lunch
in the middle of the day, to drink
cup Of the beef tea that first brought
them together. When the note came
that she wanted to see him he sus-
pected nothing wrong.
Mr.. Thomas Bate, editor of the
Graphic, Texarkana, Arkansas, has
found what he believes to be the best
remedy in existence for the fux. His
experience is well worth remember
ing. He says: ''Last summer l had
a very severe attack of flux. I tried
almost every known remedy, none
giving relief. Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrh9a Remedy was
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