St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-23

the city morgue and the central patrol
wagon was called into reQuisition to
convey it.
Alien and his companion in the mean
time were safely Housed at police head
quarters. and all admission to them was
positively denied. Both young Allen
and the Leyde girl were under the linz
preston that Clapp had only been
slightly hurt. and when they were in
formed that lie was dead the serious
ness OF the situation dawned upon
them.
The girl went into paroxysm ofhys-
terics and. when finally Gained after
strenuous efforts ON the part of the
matron. willingly told Chief Clark all
she knew of the affair.
LULU LEYDE TALKS.
Lulu Leyde, in company with girl
named Matilda Schicker. were walk
ing Oh the street when John Clapp
passed them. Clapp made some trifling
remark to them. which angered the
Leyde woman. who called out across
the street that she had been
lnsulted. Ehle Alien. who was
on the opposite side Of the
street, tcame running over and engaged
in an alteration with Clapp. He had
been whiting a stick, and the open
knife was still in mis- hand when ne
approached his victim. The alteration
became hot, and tAe men backed into
the alley. 1t was at this point that the
fatal blow was struck. Immediately
afterward both Allen and the Leyde
girl ran across the street into her house,
in the hope that Clapp was not badly
hurt, and that no one knew Of their
connection with the affair.
The Schicker girl was taken in charge
by the police officers first, and she gave
the information which enabled them to
so quickly find Allen and the Leyde
woman.
At the police station Allen admitted
having struck Clapp with knife, but
could hardly realize the fact that he had
committed murder. The weapon with
which the deed was committed had been
thrown away in his flight. and despite
dligent search. could not be found last
night owing to the darkness. Search
will be renewed for it this morning.
CROWDS GATHER.
The news flashed about the neigh
borhood like wildfire. and in moment
the sidewalk in front of the hotel as
we'll as the lobby were thronged with
large crowd of people. both men and
women, all anXi0us to see the CHASTITY
sight and hear all the details.
There OIL the f1oOr. of stone thing lay
John Clapp ina pool of blood. cold in
death. the open eyes still staring into
vacancy. Three doctors were bending
over him, but all that they could do was
to say that the man was dead. Despite
the large crowd which had assembled in
81 short time there were no other eye
witnesses to the affair than those di-
rectly interested in it.
A THEORY FOR THE CRIME.
From those who knew both men we'll
the only reasonable solut on of the
cause for the homicide was ascertained
short time after its commission. 1t
appears that Ehle Allen had been
lover of the Leyde woman for some
time. This is said to account for his
proximity to the scene at the time of
the murder and his prompt response TO
the call. At any rate Allen was not
under the influence of liquor at the time
of the alteration, while Clapp was
somewhat drunk.
1t is said by some of the friendsof
the unfortunate young man that he had
been whiting, and must have forgot
ten the presence of the weapon while in
tit of anger, and struck the blow with
out thinking. intending only to knock
his adversary down.