St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-25

cannot realize that a woman would
murder her own sister in the fiend-
ism manner charged by the prose-
cution. And right here they come to
the fact that County Attorney Frank
Nye is behind the prosecution, and
knowing his record in the past and
the fact that he has never made
such a break before as that which
they hope he has made now, for the
majority of the people honestly hope
that Mrs. Perkins is not guilty, they
are forced to refrain from declaring
her not guilty, and are patiently and
eXpectantly waiting for the time
when the whole mysterious case will
be cleared up one way or another.
In this connection it is we'll to re-
fer to one feature of the gossip. that
is floating around, which, if true,
would make the alleged crime de-
gree less fiendish, and that is the
assertion that the women are
NOT SISTERS.
There is a general disposition to
persistently cling to this theory, and
things which would indicate that it
may be so. The women had no par
ticularly striking resemblance to
each other except that they were
blondes, and one was taller than the
other. Mrs. Perkins, so far as known,
still insists that they were twin sis
ters, and if this were so it would be
likely that they would be nearer of
size and have more general features
in common. Then, again, J. F. Haw-
kinS, a brother of the Hawkins who
was married to the deceased, and
Who knew both women we'll, says
that they both claimed to be Span
1Sh, and he never heard Mrs. Per-
kins speak a word of Spanish. If
they were twin sisters, and grew up
together so affectionately, it might
seem strange to some people that
one woman was so much inclined to
her native language while the other
did not appear to know it,
If one wanted to let his imagina-
ton run riot and dwell on the
future he could easily conclude that
the half has not yet been told, and
there is enough of a sensational char
acter behind it to place it away
ahead of the Hayward case in point
OF human depravity and sensational
ism. This he would do from what he
heard drop in conversations with peo-
pie engaged in working up evidence
In the case and from the theories that
nave arisen out of the devlopments
as to the past life of the women.
In justice to the women, and par
tlcuiarly the one who is now behind
| prison bars weighted down with as
| terrible a charge as one can con-
ceive, it should be said that I'D to
GATE, with the exception of some past
| history, there have been no public
| ueVeiopments directly connecting the
| oe1endant with the crime. The pros
ecution is keeping it's evidence to
ITSELF and there is nothing that the
pubic has possession of that is suffi
cient to find a person guilty. of the
charge even if it were undisputed.
| There is
NO END TO THE GOSSIP
and rumors which are heard on the
street corners and which of necessity
find some place in the public press.
| but no direct evidence has yet been
made public and probably won't be,
unless tremendous leak is discovered
| in the county attorneys office
Enough developed yesterday to show
that the two women have certainly
acted in peculiar manner, and
| enough is known of them that would
stamp some women as adventuresses
1t is not denied that they made the
acquaintance of strangers while living
IN Des Moines, and practically follow
ed them to Minneapolis, and further
that they lived in a hotel or lodging