The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-29

Minneapolis, Aug. 25.-Mrs. r.r..
Perkins, aged twenty-eight, and forr,
erly residing at 2917 Tenth avonn.
south, was arrested by inspectors
Z. Hoy and Joe Lawrence on q cbarc.
of murder in the first degree.
Mrs. Perkins is charged with bavir,
murdered her sister, Mrs. Louise Hav
kins, who died on the morning of ,ro
y, supposedly from the effects Of IL
juries received by the oyerturnipp .,
a lamp in the house at 29lT.
The motive assigned for the murdo.
is TO obtain life insurance ia ~,
amount of 5000, which the dead Mrs
Hawkins carried on her life, and H.
which the sister, Mrs. Perkins, now
under arrest, was made the sole heno
ticiary.
Mrs. Perkins was brought 10 II,
central station about IL O'Clock las,
night by Detective Hoy and closetaS
with him in the station office until ,
o'clock, after which she was taken m
stairs and locked up in the womapsS
ward charged with murder in Tho
first degree. The warrant for Mrs.
Perkins arrest was issued from ths
county attorneys office yesterday fora.
noon and turned over to Detecti,s |
Hoy, who had been instrumental IN
working up the case with the Aid -
DR.. +. O.. Edwards, medical inspector |
II the Security Mutual Life assoc,.
ion, in which $1,000 of the i~nsuranr.
a carried, and by DR.. Todd. of ths
Fidelity and Casualty COMPANY IN
which $1,000 of the insurance was car.
ried.
At IL O'Clock on the morning of Auc
}, Mrs. Louise Hawkins died AZ tho
residence of c. ID. Axtell. 1905 Tenth
avenue south, where Mrs. Perkins was
arrested by Inspector Hoy. from IN.
iuries received about 4 o'clock on The
same morning, by the overturning d
a lamp at the head Of the bed in Mrs.
Hawkins bed room.
Mrs. Hawkins was an invalid. har.
ing been injured two weeks previous
ly in the same manner by the over.
turning Of a lamy. and has been IN.
able TO leave her bed. On the morn.
ing in question the lamp was
Again Overturned,
at that time ii was supposed acc.
lentally, and Mrs. Hawkins received
injuries from which she died a few
hours afterward. Mrs. Hawkins was
attended by Doctors Bell and KaSes
but was beyond medical aid when
they arrived. The house at 29l7 vas
SO badly damaged that Mrs. Perkins 81
has since then been stopping al the
AXtell residence, where she was ar "
rested. 81
AT the time of the occurrence Of the
accident every n supposed it TO haye Z;
been accidental, and no one for .
minute ever thought that the siSg
still alive and a widow who res
with her n child, was capable dae
terrible act of Which she now stsls
accused.
Superintendent Of Police Snih,
however, looked into the case slightly
and finally consulted with County AZ
tOrney Nye, and. as q result Of thet
Investigations, inspectors Lawrence
and Hoy We're detailed TO work on me
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 wcis
has been going on night and day Oh
the case, with the result that MIS-
Perkins was arrested on the terrips
charge.
The lamp exploded" was the anN
mortem statement made by Ms
Hawkins, according to reputable tesr
money, and upon this statement ts
friends of the woman under arrest VIII
base their hopes to refute the charge
Mrs. Perkins takes her arrest Va!
coolly, and has very little to say "
any one. She informed inspector DO!
that she did not care TO see any os
at all: she had not secured an attorhe
and there would be no need OF any Vs
10 see her. She was very self-ps
sessed, and it is alleged that she'str i
well on her hard bed. This morhlDs
she partook of a light repast as
talked to the jailor in a manner WIZ
would be used by a woman chais"
with the lightest Of crimes.
1t is learned that the body OF NJ,
Hawkins will be dug up to-mOrv'
and another autopsy held by the ~
thorities.