St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-28
MISS HALLS DEATH
Pathetic Letter From the
Betrayed Young
Woman.
HEARTBROKEN CONFESSION.
Preacher Bells Whereabouts
Unknown--Suieide Sug-
gested.
"A LETTER FROM DETROIT
Gives a History of the Girls
Experience in That
City.
A LETTER FROM DETROIT

OLDBURY, England, April 81
Rev. Jonathan Bell came to Black
heath from Bradford fifteen months
ago. His pastorate embraced the
three hamlets of Blackheath. Rowley
and Rlalesowen. Emma Hall, the
young woman for whose death Mr..
Bell is said to be responsible, is a
daughter of John Hall, a day laborer
employed in the chemical works at
Oldbury. Miss Hall was engaged %
nurse the wife of Rev. Mr.. Bell, and
when the latter recovered she Wis
tied her mother, Emma remaining
with the family. Emma went to
Leeds on Oct. 81 last, and wrote from
there on Dec. II to a cousin. Joseph
Hall, living at Spark Brook, near
Birmingham. as follows: II am now
sitting at very hard task, one that
breaks my heart, to write you sad
communication to deliver to my ia
Their and mother. ] have sinned, and
God knows but one day, nay one hour
before it was done 1 could not have
believed that l should have given
way. l held out until every hit of
strength seemed gone. Ever since I
have been here 1 have buoyed myself
and my parents up with thoughts of
soon coming home, but l find it is
not so. First of all left home preg-
nant l know this sounds awful, but
1t is sadly true, and when / left to
come here it was with the notion to
soon be rid of my trouble. I drew
my first months salary and spent it
in stuff to put me right, but it failed,
and the chemist finally wrote me
that he had done the utmost the law
would allow"
Emma Halls parents received
letter from her on Jan. 16, and heard
nothing else from her until the
NEWS OF HER DEATH.
The Hall family is in very poor cir
cumstances. The members live in
small, neat whitewashed cottage at
Blackheath. The mother is an hon
est, Industrious woman, but she is
unable to read or write. She says
that Emma was good girl, was ed
ucated, and was always her favorite.
The girl also liked her home. Mrs.
Hall is completely crushed at the
news received from Detroit.
Rev. Mr.. Bell lived at Primrose
Villa, Blackheath. His wife is a
plain, Woodworking woman, with a
small child. She said today: 81
| don't know where my husband is.
He left here Tuesday, after seeing
the papers. / fear he has committed
suicide, as he had no friends in Eng
land to whom he could fly" Mrs.
Bell also said that she did not know
what money her husband had with
him. She admitted he had confessed
| his guilt to her Monday, and Tues
! Gay she found in his desk a letter
| addressed to him at Boston, Mass,
| and coming from Emma Hall, who
| wrote from. Leeds. Miss Hall, in
this letter. said:
Dear Friend: If you are still In
Boston, you will have mine of the 24th,
telling what 1 have done. Had I been
well, there would have been no need
| of it, but the doctor, who told me what
| was the matter in a minute, vowed
he would write to my parents If I did
| not. When 1 wrote my mother,
/ through my Cousin Joe, your name
never crossed my lips, and never
shall. I know have thrown them off
| the scent from you altogether. 1 do
not think now that anybody will think
| of you in connection with me, unless
| it is your wife: but I hope not. feel
| sure you, until now, have done the
| best for me; but, If you think 1 have
forfeited every right to your help and
| sympathy, am sorry. You will never
need to lie or fight battle if my con-
dition ever gets known. You will
never be betrayed by me. Don't
| trouble to write to me again. Don't,
dear, be angry with me. The part I
| played with you was pleasant, but it
| left a bitterness beyond endurance.
WE WE'RE BOTH WEAK.
| I cannot look back without a shudder.
but 1 know the Lord has forgiven me.
| Do exactly what you like; but come
| back, and do good with your work
| with fresh help from on high. I will
| do my best to get well, and will be
| brave. Yours ever, EMMA"
Mrs. Bell also found in her hus-
bands desk a letter from Mrs Lane,
who kept the lying-in hospital in
which Emma Hall died. 1t is dated
Detroit, Mich, April Is, 1885, $50 Lin
coin avenue, and is addressed to Rev.
| Jonathan Bell. at Blackheath, and
reads: Sir: received letter from
England from somebody who seems
| curious to know Miss Halls business.
| Now, this young woman whom you sent
| only remained long enough to get her
| money. She seemed displeased with
/ the place, or with us. I cannot COM
pei any one to stay against their will;
the only thing was to Let her go. She
had a New York paper, in which were
advertisements of several hospitals
of this nature. She cut those out, say
ing that If she did not find them to her
liking she would return to some place
she was at previous to coming here
She promised me on leaving the depot
that she would wire you at some point
on her journey. Did she do so? She
told me she had been forbidden to
write letters, on account of her fam
lily and position. She also told me to
/ be careful. For that reason, left 1t
to her to wire you. instead of doing so
myself. She left here on the 6th or 7th
of February. I saw her take train
on the Michigan Central, via the Mag
ara Falls route. Although she prom
ised to write me wherever she stopped,
she has not done so. Probably she
does not care to write. I do not see
why she did not care to remain here.
1 wish to
SCREEN YOU BOTH
so far as can, and Miss Hall may be
on her guard and know who suspects
her. You may know these people and
know If they are watching her or not
/ am sure she does not want the people
1 lOf her OWN town to know Of har ttosI.