The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-29
MURDER Is CHARGED
A SENSATIONAL ARREST IS MADE
IN MINNEAPOLIS.

Mrs. Laura Perkins Is Arrested on
the Charge OF killing Her Sister,
Who Recently Died Presumably as
the Result OF an Accident.
Minneapolis, Aug. 25.-Mrs. Laura
Perkins, aged twenty-eight, and form
erly residing at 2017 Tenth avenue
south, was arrested by Inspectors }.
P. Hoy and Joe Lawrence on Il charge
OF murder in the first degree.
Mrs Perkins is charged with having
murdered her sister, Mrs. Louise HaW-
kinS, who died on the morning of Aug.
8, supposedly from the effects OF in
juries received by the overturning or
lamp in the house at 29l7.
The motive assigned for the murder.
is to obtain life insurance to the
amount of $1,000, which the dead Mis-.
Hawkins carried on her life, and in
which the sister, Mrs. Perkins, now
under arrest was made the sole Dcne-
fciary.
Mrs. Perkins was brought to the
central station about IL O'Clock last
night by Detective Hoy and closeted
with him in the station office until l
O'Clock, after which she was taken up
stairs and locked up in the WOman'S
ward charged with murder in the
first degree. The warrant for Mrs.
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.. +. O. Edwards, medical inspector
of the Security Mutual Life assoca
ton, in which $4,000 Of the insurance
was carried, and by DR.. Todd, of the
Fidelity and Casualty company, in
which IS 5000 of the insurance was car
ried.
At II o'clock on the morning of Aug.
9, Mrs Louise Hawkins died at the
residence Of c.. D. AXtell, 29O5 Tenth
avenue south, where Mrs. Perkins was
arrested by Inspector Hoy, from in
juricS 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, hay
ing been injured two weeks previous
ly in the same manner by the over
turning Of lamy and has been I'M
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 IL few
hours afterward. Mrs. Hawkins was
attended by Doctors Bell and Kise1er,
but was beyond medical aid when
they arrived. The house at 29l7 was
so badly damaged that Mrs. Perkins
has since then been stopping at the
AXtell residence, where she was ar
rested.
At the time Of the occurrence of the
accident every one supposed it to have
been accidental, and no one for a
minute ever thought that the sister,
still alive and a widow who resides
with her one child, was capable Of the
terrible act of W hich she now stands
accused
Superintendent Of Pc!;ce Smith,
however, looked into the case slightly
and finally consulted with County At
tOrney Nye, and, as & result Of their
lnVeStlga tons, 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 their two medical INSPECTORS
to this city, and since that time vorl,
mas been going on night and day on
the case, with the result that Mrs
Perkins was arrested on the terrible
charge
The lamp exploded" was the ante.
mortem statement made by Mrs.
hawkins, according to reputable testi-
money. and upon this statement the
friends OF the woman under arrest will
Dase their hopes to refute the charge.
MIS-. Perkins takes her arrest yerv
coolly' and has very little to say to
any one. She informed inspector How
that she did not care to see any one
at all; she had not secured an attorney
and there would be no need Of any one
TO see her. She was very self-nos.
sessed, and it is alleged that she silent
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 a woman charged
WIN the hghtest of crimes.
1t IS learned that the BODY Of Nrrs
Hawkins will be dug I'D tomorrow
ana another autopsy held by the av