The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-12-26

lowing his wife to meet her. Mr.. Al
len gave him the proper cue and the
intended dinner party never took
place.
In the latter part of September, or
the early part of October, K. E. Glass
co again visited Appleton and per-
chance met the girl that was posing
as Mrs. Gleason. Mr.. Glassco had
peen put on by this time andtumbled
to Gleason's racket by keeping quiet.
Afterwards Gleason met him here and
while in the company of J. A. Beard,
after Gleason and Beard had came
out of Peterson's saloon, Gleason
threatened to exterminate Glassco if
he stated that it was him with the
woman at Appleton. Gleason claimed
that it was Fred. Gleason that was
with her. Mr.. Glassco did not take
the bluff, however, and while exercis-
ing usual discretion he is prepared to
swear to facts.
The morning following the burn
ing of the residence of A. Birum,
previously occupied by Mr.. and the
original Mrs. Gleason, Gleason and
his wife were at the residence of Cyrus
Jennings in this city. They remained
there for long time afterwards. But
on the morning in question Mrs.
Gleason remarked to Gleason:
''It is very queer, Frank, that you
should have slept up stairs as late as
you did, and come down when you
did without discovering that the house
was on fire."
"There, keep on talking about the
fire and give the whole deal away,
why don't yous" replied Gleason in a
very hot manner. "The first thing
you know you will have me in trouble
and Yourself, too"
Mrs. Gleason kept quiet just at that
time. Latter Mr.. jennings brought
home Mr.. Gleason's mail. Right
here it should be stated that Mr..
Gleason kept two boxes at the post
office, one was for the mail of Beard
& Gleason and the other was q private
call box, and the instructions he gave
the pestmaster WAS that u, lones eshould
be handed the mail from it unless it
was himself. By some chance, let
ter. from what afterwards proved to
be the St. Paul girl, got into the box
of Beard & Gleason. Mr.. Jennings
obtained it and brought it home.
Mrs. Gleason saw it and at once de-
tected that the address was in the
handwriting of woman. Preserving
the letter until Gleason came home
she asked him who the correspondent
was?
"Oh, its only a woman that Doc.
Beard and myself have some im-
portant business WITH" was the reply.
That night Gleason sat up and
answered the letter received from
the st. Paul girl. After he had fin
ished his letter he placed the one from
the st. Paul girl in a large pocket
book always kept under his pillow.
He stepped out doors for a few
minutes and during the interval Mrs.
Gleason pulled the letter from Glea-
sons pocket book. She kept it until
the next morning when she drew the
contents from the opened envelope
and read it. She caught sentences
such as '.will this interfere with our
plans" etc., all of which were written
in very affectionate tones. After the
letter had been read Mrs. Gleason ac-
costed her husband and he in the most
brazen manner imaginable, before Mr..
and Mrs. jennings, repudiated the ac-
cusation she had made. Mrs. Glea-
son broke down completely and there
was pitiful scene, scene which The
GAZETTE does not care to describe, in
the Jennings residence, for while af-
ter the breaking down.
Gleason always carried q reyoler
with him and itappears, that after this
occurrence, Mrs. Gleason was always
afraid that he might do something
desperate. In order to quiet her fears
he asked Mrs. Jennings, at one time,
to take charge OF. the revolver.
Mrs. Gleason was seen at the home
of Rev. L. L. Hanscom in Red Wing
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