St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-28


insurance company. Mr.. Nye re-
piled that he thought 1 ought to
swear it out, and I then did so. l
went with Inspector Hoy to the
house when the arrest was made at
the detectives request, Hoy stating
he knew this woman better than I
did, and would feel safer if there
was witness to all that transpired.
Since that night I have obtained all
my information concerning the case
from the newspapers as any other
private citizen
the Security Mutual, however, the
state claims to have important dam
aging evidence and to be able to prove
that she impersonated her sister in
securing this insurance policy. The
signatures of Mrs. Lola Hawkins to
the application and policy are claimed
to be forgeries, and it is believed that
the reason why Mrs. Perkins did not
take out policy on the life of Mrs.
Hawkins for more than $1,000 was be-
cause she could not raise money to
pay the premium. Mrs. Hawkins
knew nothing at all about this s.. 600
straight life policy upon her life. 1t
was taken out but a short time after
the Fidelity accident policy. The
state believes that the circumstances
surrounding the securing of these pol
1cies-the failure of Mrs. Perkins to
pay any more attention to her own
accident policy and to hasten to Sc
cure a straight life policy upon Mrs.
HaWklns-a1 go to show a premedi-
tated design on the part of the ac-
cused woman.
The above facts the state will pre-
sent to the court along with the cir
cumstantia1 evidence surrounding the
events Of the night previous to the
fire. AS to any insurance upon the
life of Mrs. Perkins boy Frank, while
there has been a number Of rumors
concerning it, the state knows moth.
ing definite about it and does not care
particularly whether the boys life was
insured or not. AS to the past charac-
ter and life of Mrs. Perkins, Mr.. Nye
does not expect to be able to present
the facts in court, as they will not be
admissible unless the defense under
takes to establish the woman's good
character. If put upon the stand.
however, Mrs. Perkins will be rigid
~ cross-examined as to the minutest
details of her past life, the court per-
hitting.
MRS. PERKINS PAST.
When the authorities began inves-
ugatlng the case they first looked up
on Mrs. Perkins past life. They
claim to have found many blemishes
coupled with the fact that Mrs. Per
kins and Mrs. Hawkins were not Sis
tiers, as they claimed to be, and hav-
ing Mrs. Perkins own admission of
this fact. The state learned of the in
timacy which existed between the
kistler family and the two girls Had
1t not been for this an inquest over
the remains would have been ordered
previous to the arrest Of Mrs. Per-
k1ns. On account of that fact, the DO
lice deemed that Mrs. Perkins would
at once learn of the suspicion against
her and, from her past reputation,
feared that she would suddenly come
up missing. The officers then deemed
that, in the light of the evidence they
had secured, the only safe way to hold
the woman would be to arrest her at
once and hold the inquest afterward.
A woman with a clear past would not
have been arrested until after the in
quest, but would have been Subpoe-
naed and given a chance to explain
certain things. The police feared that
if they were to order the coroner to
hold an inquest and We're to subpoena
Mrs. Perkins she would learn what
was in the wind and run away.
County Attorney Frank Nye when
seen by the G | O last night. said
that for her own sake he would like
to see Mrs. Perkins clear herself. But
he firmly believed she was guilty. and
believing that as county attorney, he
would prosecute the case to the yerv
end. Mr.. Nye thinks Mrs. Perkins a
remarkable woman in many ways. He
has learned to his own satisfaction
that the two women are not sisters
and the dozens of suspicious circum-
stances which he has in his possession
have led Mr. Nye to conclude beyond
all doubt that Mrs. Perkins is guilty.
He wanted to treat the case fairly in
every way and wanted to give Mrs.
Perkins every chance'in the world to
prove her innocence. With the evil
dence before him, however. he felt
compelled to put her on trial for her
life.
Thsre are peculiar features con-
nected with the case, besides the cir.
cumstantia1 evidence against Mrs. Per.
kins, which have yet to be more fully
investigated. These particular feat.
ures throw suspicion toward second
parties, and the state is somewhat
mystified by them and is waiting to SEE
what new turn will be taken.
Since the investigation in the causes
of Mrs. Hawkins began the police have
seen hit to maintain a guard over the
grave at Lakewood cemetery. This
officer was on duty the night wher
Mrs. Perkins was arrested and a very
peculiar thing happened. Mrs. Per
kins was arrested about 10 o'clock
Shortly after midnight Inspector Hoy
called upon a man whose name ha.
frequently been mentioned with the
case and had a talk with him. At
O'Clock on that same morning the mar
on duty at the grave saw four mer
come there and, going to Mrs. Haw
kins' grave, they took the tags off tn,
bouquets of flowers on the grave. Twt
members of this party the man ha.
identified and the other two he canno
identify. The tags in each instance
bore the name of the friend who haC
sent it. What the object of the fou
men in removing these tags was no on,
knows. Stranger still, it seems tina
the doctor whom Detective Hoy called
upon was member of this party. TIL,
matter puzzled the police not a little
While not fearing anything in particu
lar, they had thought it best to hav
the grave watched. Why the partie
desired to remove the tags from thu
flowers is a mystery which they canno
solve, neither can they solve the inter
est of the same doctors connection
with Mrs. Perkins or the case.
DOSE OF MORPHINE.
The story has been going the round.
that Mrs. Hawkins was given a heav,
dose of morphine the night of Aug.
and it has been learned where Mrs
Perkins purchased morphine tablet.
from Horns drug store on Aug. z
| County Attorney Nye says he takes M