St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-29
DEED OF A CRANK.
Autopsy Plainly Shows That
Amy Thill's Murderer Was
Insane.
AMY FEARED HER LOVER.
1t Develops She Had Tried to
Get Rid of Him Before
the Tragedy.
AMY. FEARED HER LOVER.
INTERMENT IN MINNEAPOLIS
Sister Of the Dead Girl Ac-
companying the Remains
to the Mill City.

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topsy on the remains of John E. Big
Glow, the man who shot Amy Thrill.
the actress, and then committed sui
eide, showed that he must have been
insane when he committed the deed.
A clot of blood was found between
the skull and the scalp on the OBJ
poslte side of the head from where
the bullet entered, and it had been
there some time. The autopsy on
the body of Miss Thill showed that
there had been no improper relations
between her and Bigelow.
The statement that a trunk found
in Miss ThilPs room belonged to
Bigelow was denied today by Miss
Leonora Bradley, an actress now
playing in a company through the
smaller cities of the state, and who
came to the city when she read the
report of the murder. She said the
trunk belonged to her. Miss Brad
ley said she advised Amy to get rid
OF Bigelow, as she was afraid he
might do something rash. Amy, she
said, told her that she, too, was
AFRAID OF BIGELOW,
neapolis as soon as she could ar
range her affairs.
Miss Marie Thrill, a sister of the
murdered girl, arrived today from
Erie, Pa. She found awaiting her a
number of letters of coincidence from
artists for whom she and her sister
had posed. Miss Thrill said that she
would take the body of her sister to
Minneapolis tonight. 1t was learned
that friend had gone to one of the
family of the murdered girl and told
of BigeloW'S mental condition and
his Incorporate habits, and urged
that Amy be warned against him.
When Amy was told of this her SYM
pathies were aroused. Bigelow was
without employment, and she said
she could not drive him away.
Bigelow's attentions to Miss Thill
had for some time been a cause of an
noyance to her. On several occa-
sence and took possession of it,
Finally, to prevent his coming and
going as he saw fit, the girl adopted
the practice of locking her room
whenever she went out, and gave
the housekeeper orders that Bigelow
was not to be allowed to enter the
room unless she was there.
THE BODY OF AMY THILL
was placed in a black cloth casket
with silver trimmings today, and
preparations were made for it's ship
ment to Minneapolis. 1t was taken
| to the Grand Central depot in time
to catch the o'clock train for the
| West. Marie Thill, one of the sis
| tiers of the dead girl, accompanied
the body. The departure was made
| quietly, and few persons knew the
casket containing the remains of the
dead girl was on the train.
The body of the other principal in
| the tragedy, John Bigelow, has beer
embalmed and placed in a receiving
vault. Up to o'clock tonight nc
communication had been received
from any member of the dead actors
family regarding the disposition OF
the body.
That the murder of Amy Thill and
the suicide of her slayer, John Bige
low, were the
WORK OF A MADMAN
is made more certain by the state
ments today of John Holden, an in
innate friend of the Bigelows. Hol
den says that Bigelow has been in
sane at least five times within thu
past ten years. The last time Bige
low was in lunatic asylum was il
the fall of 1892, when he spent SOM
time in an asylum at Hartford. H
has also been several times in Bloom
ingdale. His insanity, in the belle
of Holden, is the result of sever
attack of Roman fever, which h
contracted when two-year-ol,
baby in Rome. This fever is Otter
followed by weakening of the brain
which brings on periodical attack
Of insanity. In Bigelow's case thes
attacks were usually FASTENED b,
the free use of tobacco and stimu
J lants.
In a note found on his person
there was pass for the Harlem
opera house, made out in the mann
of Miss Thill. 1t was dated Marcel
20. There was also an Identification
card, which read: Going to New
York, March, 1887; height, feet 1Oh
inches; weight, 16O pounds; hat, IN
notify A. M. Bigelow, IL Pine street
There was also a note, which read:
MY Darling Sweetheart Jack AT
revoir. AMY"
A number of pawn tickets were
found in his pockets. Photographer
Faux said this morning that he had
received kilograms from the two sis
ters of the dead girl, who played al
Erie last night, stating that they
were starting for this city, and that
they would be here this evening.