Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-08-29
MURDER CHARGED
~ SENSATTONAL ARREST Is MADE
IN MINNEAPOLIS.t
rs Laura Perkins II Arrested ON
the Charge Of Killtng Her Sister,
who Recently Died Fresum-
ably ~ the Result OF
AN Accident.
sHn HAD HER LIFE INSURED.
MES. Perkins Was the Only Hence
ilcinry OF $1,000 Policy on Fl
Her Slster's Life.

Ne A4lAucApOuS, aug sO.--NlrS. sLAuE0
Perkins, aged twenty-eight, and form
erly residing ut 29l7 Tenth avenue
/ south, was arrested by Inspectors ).
.. Hoy and Joe Lawrence on charge
ggof murder in the first degree.
/ Mrs. Perkins is charged with aving
!, murdered her sister, Mrs. Louise Haw-
kins, who died on the morning Of Aug.
!. 3, supposedly from the effects of In
juries received by the overturning Of
Z q lamp in the house ut 2917.
The motive assigned for the murder
lis to obtain life insurance to the
amount Of $1,000, which the dead Mrs.
Hawkins carried on her life, and In
which the sister, Mrs. Perkins, now
I under arrest, was made the sole bene-
Il ficiary.
n Mrs. Perkins was brought to the
central station about IL o'clock last
night by Detective Hoy and closeted
4 with him In the station office until /
4 o'clock, after which She was taken up
stairs and locked up in the woman's
ward charged with murder in the
6 first degree. The warrant for Mrs.
e Perkins arrest was issued from the
county attorneys office yesterday fore
noon and turned over to Detective
Hoy, who had been instrumental in
! working up the case with the aid Of.
DR.. II. O. Edwards, medical inspector
3.of the Security Mutual Life associa-
tion, in which $1,000 of the insurance
was carried, and by DIR. Todd, of the
Fidelity and Casualty company, in
which $4,000 of the insurance was car
ried.
9 At IL o'clock on the morning of Aug.
8, Mrs. Louise Hawkins died at the
residence of c. D. Axtefl, 29O5 Tenth
avenue south, where Mrs. Perkins was
arrested by Inspector Hoy, from in
juries received about O'clock on the
same morning, by the overturning Of
( a lamp at the head of the bed in Mrs.
Hawkins bed room.
Mrs. Hawkins was an invalid, hav-
ing been injured two weeks previous
ly in the same manner by the over
turning Of lamy. and has been un-
able to leave her bed. On the morn
Ing in question the lamp was
Again Overturned,
at that time it was supposed acct
dentally, and Mrs. Hawkins received
injuries from which she died few
hours afterward. Mrs. Hawkins was
attended by Doctors Bell and Keller,
but was beyond medical aid when
3 they arrived. The house at 2917 was
80 badly damaged that Mrs. Perkins
4 has since then been stopping at the
Axtell residence, where she was ar
y rested.
At the time of the occurrence Of the
n accident every one supposed it to haye
+ been accidental, and no one for q
minute ever thought that the sister,
1 still alive and widow who resides
with her one child, was capable of the
terrible act Of which she now stands
accused.
Superintendent of Police Smith,
however, looked into the case slightly
and finally consulted with County At
\ tOrney Nye, and, as result Of their
Investigations, Inspectors Lawrence
and Hoy were detailed to work on the
case, and the insurance companies,
too, asked to do some investigating
before paying the $1,000 insurance.
They sent theirtwo medical inspectors
to this city, and since that time work
has been going on night and day on
the case, with the result that Mrs.
Perkins was arrested on the terrible
Z charge.
1.-The lamp exploded" was the ante
norton statement made by Mrs.
Hawkins, according to reputable testi-
money, and upon this statement the
friends Of the woman under arrest will
base their hopes to refute the charge.
Mrs. Perkins takes her arrest very
coolly, and shas very little to say to
any one. She informed inspector Hoy
that she did not care to see any one
at all; she had not secured an attorney
4 and there would be no need Of any one
to see her. She was very self-pos-
sessed, and 1t is alleged that she slept
well on her hard bed. This morning
she partook of light repast and
talked to the jailor in a manner which
would be used by woman charged
with the lightest of crimes.
1t is learned that the body of Mrs.
Hawkins will be dug up tomorrow
!. and another autopsy held by the au-
thorities.
AVARICIOUS LAW.BREAkERs.