St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-24

veil, was taken to the county Jail In |
hack by Police Officer Isaac Martin, |
the officer and prisoner being accom-
panied by Attorney Hall. Mrs. Per-
kins was but just able to walk and was
supported to the carriage by Matron
Paine and Attorney Hall. She carried
in her hand small bouquet sent by
kind friends and said not word all
the way to the Jail, where she was
duly registered as any common prison.
er and given an apartment in the wom-
ems ward, where she will remain until
next Thursday, when she will again
be brought to the police court.
DR.. T. o. Edwards, medical inspec-
ter of the Security Mutual Life asso-
citation, and w. M. Todd, of the Fidel-
ity and Casualty company, with De-
tectives Hoy and Lawrence, spent con-
siderable of the day closeted with
County Attorney Nye, but none of
them would talk about the case.
HEAVILY INSURED.
The 5000 accident policy in the FL
deity and Casualty company, taken
out by Mrs. Hawkins and in which
Mrs. Perkins was made the sole bene-
hclary, was issued on July g. but
short time before the first accident
The $1,000 policy i'll the Security COM
pany was issued in the latter part of
June and was straight life insurance
An application for the payment of the
insurance has already been made. Both
insurance companies at once, upon re-
ce1v1ng a report of the affair, deemed
it worthy of investigation and Messrs.
Edwards and Todd were sent to this
city and have been hard at work for
ten days on the case in conjunction
with the county attorney and Detec-
tives Hoy and Lawrence.
The defense to be made by Mrs. Per-
k1ns will rest almost entirely upon the
ante-mortem statement made by the
DEAD woman, which was to the effect
that the lamp exploded. This ante
mortem statement was made to Mrs.
Z. d. AXtell and to DR.. Charles M.
kister, brother of Coroner Kistler.
DR.. c. M. Kistler was on quite friend
ly terms with the two sisters and i'm
mediately upon the occurrence of the
accident on the morning of Aug. was
summoned with DR.. Bell to attend the
injured woman. The first words Mrs
Hawkins said upon the arrival of DR.
kistler were:
Charley, I'm burned to DEATH
IL you think l can get over it, I'll
make the battle; if not, let it co.
MRS. AXTELL TALKS.
Mrs. Axtell was seen yesterday con-
corning this alleged statement, and to
reporter said:
Lola was brought into my house
burned horribly. She was conscious
and perfectly rational, and was SO un-
TIL ten minutes before her death.
applied some oil to her wounds and
then L asked her how it happened.
She was in awful pain and all the
answer she gave was that the lamp
exploded and that it's contents were
scattered all over. A few minutes after
she said this DR.. Kistler, who had
been sent for, came in with two or
three others and told him what Lola
had told me and he went and asked
her how it happened. She told him
just what she had told me and there
can be no doubt as to her knowing,
what she was talking about. She knew
US all and seemed to know everything,
that was going on in the room. smoke
TO her again about ten minutes before
her death, but she was unconscious.
tnen. Upon being arrested last night
eThursday night Mrs. Perkins said to
me: ON, l know 1 will be able to
clear myself, but the disgrace of it is
something almost too heavy for me to
bear. l am innocent Mrs. Perkins
was always kind and loving to her
sister and the charge is an outrage
having a poor, lone woman for it's
victim, and she almost powerless to
retaliate.''
TWO LAMP EXPLOSIONS.
AS VIII be remembered, Mrs. Hawk
ms, the deceased, was injured on two
inherent occasions by lamp explosions.
In some of the papers it has been
stated that she was confined to her
bed from the time of the first explo-
sion, owing to the injuries then re-
ceived. This is an error. The first all
legged explosion simply burned her
nands In quite serious manner. For
the three months previous to her
death, however, Mrs. Hawkins had
been confined to her bed, suffering
from insomnia. The effects of the first
alleged explosion had nothing to do
with her being confined to her bed,
which she had not left but once. On
this occasion she got I'D out of her
bed in the night, in her sleep. and
walked out into the kitchen. The noise
aroused Mrs. Perkins, VINO got I'D and
went to the kitchen after her, and who
says she had to shake her quite Sc
Verely before she could arouse her.
The occasion Of the second alleged
lamp explosion of Aug. is the one
about which interest entirely centers.
The defense will claim that either the
lamp exploded or else was accidental
ly overturned by Mrs. Hawkins in her
sleep. The lamp stood on a small stand.
at the head Of Mrs. Hawkins bed.
and on 1t were some medicines. The
ante-mortem statement made by the
deceased will be the strongest point
of all.
The states case has, however, been
very carefully put together by Detec-
tives Hoy and Lawrence, with the
county attorney and the insurance de-
tectiyes. 1t is understood to include
certain writings of Mrs. Perkins, which
letters or memoranda could not be
learned, of a very damaging charac-
ter, and will include different contra
dictory stories told by the defendant
to different parties. The state has,
also, it is understood, secured evil
dence showing that the bed clothing
had been completely
SATURATED WITH OIL.
far more being used than was con-
tanned in the lamp, the test made by
Oil Inspector F'oote showing it to have
been an absolutely impossible thing
for the lamp to have exploded.
The theory of the state is that while
the deceased slept, Mrs. Perkins sat
urated her sisters clothing with kero-
sene Oil and set fire to- it with matches;
that then she herself unset the light