St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-04-03
WITH DYING LIPS
John Newman Swears He Was
Stabbed by a Woman Of
the Town.
A CASE FULL OF MYSTERY.
Reporters Believe He Inflicted
the Fatal Wound Upon
Himself.
STORY OF MINNIE SALTERS
The Woman He Says Inflicted
the Wound--No Hope Of
Recovery.
A CASE FULL OF MYSTERY.
STORY OF MINNIE SALTERS

OHe VI the most mysterious cases
of what appears to be a case of
suicide, despite dying mans state
! ment that he was murderously as
saulted, occurred yesterday after
noon when a lumberman named
| John Newman was found by Officer
| Novack, in First street alley, be-
| tween First and Second streets and
First and Second avenues south, with
| a deep, long cash in his abdomen,
| from which the inteStineS protruded.
Newman was removed to the city
| hospital, where, at 10 o'clock last
| night, it was stated that his intes-
| tines were cut in two places, and
that there was no earthly POSSIBLE
| ity of his recovery. The circum-
stances surrounding the manner in
| which Newman received his death
wound are extremely peculiar, and
| are the direct result of beer and
| abandoned women. The. city de-
| tectives, Supt. Smith and the report
ers are firmly convinced that New
man inflicted the wound himself,
and all the evidence discovered
thus far tends conclusively to prove
that theory, despite Newman's state
ment to the contrary. AT the city
hospital Newman, while lying on the
operating table. having his wound
dressed, told a GLOBE reporter his
story.
His name, he said, was John New
man, and his relatives lived at
COoperStoWn, Wis, he having worked
in the woods during the past sum-
mer. Asked where he was cut, New
man stated positively that it was at
116, and that he was cut by woman
named Minnie, who had stolen his
watch and $13. Different names were
suggested to him, and he finally
stated that the woman's name was
Hammond, Minnie Hammond, and
that she was very dark, had dark
eyes and dark hair and complexion,
and was of short stature. He said
he had met the woman about noon,
and had been drinking about town
with her during the afternoon.
Newman received his death wound
in an old clubhouse, in the rear of
116 Second avenue south, Celia Went
worth'S house. He said he had gone
into this clubhouse with Minnie,
taken off his coat and vest and re-
moved his pants. They had gotten
into quarrel over something, he did
not say what, and she had stabbed
him in the abdomen with knife and
ran out. He had managed to crawl
out to the little alley way between
the two buildings, where Officer No
vack had found him. He said she
was drunk, but did not think he was
much under the influence of liquor.
he had told it to the reporters, vary
ing but little, and swearing posi-
lively that he was cut by Minnie
Hammond, with whom he had been
out drinking during the afternoon.
The police went to work ener-
getically, and soon learned that
about noon yesterday Newman en-
tered a house of ill fame at POI
South First street, partially drunk.
There he. met a woman of the town
named Minnie Salters, well known
to the police. The evidence shows
that he spent the afternoon with her.
According to the story of other
women Newman brought some beer.
and finally wanted the landlady to
loan him $15 on his watch. The land
lady refused, and says Newman sent
his watch out by the porter of the
house to be pawned. The porter
took it to Banks pawnshop. on
Washington avenue south, between
Third and Fourth avenues, where
he pawned it for Sc
The woman claimed the money
was brought back to Newman, who
was not satisfied with it and thought
he ought to get more than Sc on the
watch, as, he said, it cost him $50.
He insisted on going to the pawn
shop, and finally, they say, cab was
called, and Newman and Minnie
Salters, both pretty drunk, went out
in it,
Minnie Salters' story is to the effect
that they went to Banks place. where
Newman asked how much had been
loaned on the watch, and finally in
duced the pawnshop-keeper to loan
him another dollar on the watch. From
the pawnshop the two went to Healev
q Salters saloon on Third avenue
south, where it is said they had some
drinks together. The Salters woman
says she began to get tired of New
mans company by this time. hut
finally accompanied him back to the
Wentworth resort
Here 1T is claimed Newman bought
two or three bottles of beer and in
dulged in considerable drunken talk
IN the course of which he threatened
to kill himself, and drew out his pocket
knife. One of the women borrowed the
knife, and afterwards returned if TO
him. He and Minnie Salters left the
house and went across the street in
front of Ill Second avenue.
Soon after Minnie had left 116. sew
eral witnesses saw Newman come out
OF the joint, go down the left hand
steps with his knife in his hand
They swear Newman turned into the
alley, known as First street allev',
and was alone. From this point trace
of the mans movements is lost until
after he was cut. No one saw him go
into the clubhouse, just in the rear of
ll6, or saw him come out. He was next
seen by various witnesses, among
them being Chandler, the cigar man.
Rubie Franklin, daughter of DOC
Franklin, of the Grand Central hotel
beside some boxes outside of the oul-
house. Chandler saw him standing
| by the boxes and did not know he was
cut, or that anything was the matter
with him. When Rubie Fra cow