The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-17
ETTU BRUTE AFFAIR
WEALTH SOUTHERNER MURDER
OUSLY ASSAULTED n ROBBED
BY AN OLD FRIEND.
MARTIN ENSLEY ARRESTED.
HIS STORY Is THAT A THIRD MAN
is UILTY OF THE
CRIME.
WAS STRUCK DOWN FROM BEHIND.
Hammer Used to Pound Him Into In
sensibiIity-Six Thousand Dol
lars Taken From Him.

ST. LOUIS, June 16.-C. B. Collins. a
wealthy TenneSseean, was lured to his
possible death Tuesday night by a man
he had known since ~bOyhoOd, and with
whom he had been on terms of intimate
friendship for six years. His aSsailant
is Martin Ensley, of Memphis, whose
father, Col. Enoch Ensley. was one
of the most prominent mine owners
II planters of the South.
EnSley induced his companion to Wis
1t Meramec Highlands, a summer re-
sort fifteen miles from here. On the
plea of illness, he led him to a clump
Of bushes about seventy-five yards
from the hotel. There, stepping be-
III his victim, he dealt him blow
after blow on the hea with a hammer
he had purchased presumably for the
purpose of committing the murder.
When the pounding with the piece Of
steel had reduced Collins to a state
of insensibility, Ensley stopped over
the PROSTATE body, and tore from a
vest pocket a roll Of bills that amount
ed to $1,000. He darted up the hill and
passed the money to an accomplish.
Two men saw the terrible assault and
the robbery, and witnessed the trans
fer Of the money, and the escape Of
the principal and his accOmplice. They
ran and notified Night Watchman
Busch and told him the story.
Ensley, after leaving his victim, had
run to the fence that skirts the Kirk
wood track. and hen he passed the
money to his confederate. Ensley did
not try to board the car. Instead, he
ran along the fence and darted down
the hill leading to the river. Arriving
there, he followed the stream for near
ly a mile, until he reached a shanty
occupied by a boatman. He pounded
vigorously upon the door. and, when
the old man opened it, he exclaimed:
I've been robbed, and my friend
has been murdered. Help; look, I am
covered with blood"
The old mar hastily dressed, and,
answering to the strangers appeal for
assistance, he accompanied him up the
river and then up the hill toward the
inn. Ensley evidently expected to find
the body where he had left it, II
evfnced great surprise when he saw
people running around.
Here is a man o want to tell
you story to-" the old boatman said
as some n came up. The arrival was
Night Watchman Busch. To him Ems
ley repeated the story he had told on
the river bank
Whats your name?" asked Busch.
Martin Ensley," was the reply.
'YOu are the man I am looking for
said Busch. II want you for murder
and he seized his prisoner. +.
Ensley protested his Innocence, but
was taken. to- the inn. and placed un--
der guard. ,esr
AT daybreak Ensley was, driven v
to Kirlw0cd and-ft was broad daylight
when the prisoner was taken to the
room on the third floor of the north
side inn and brought face to face with
the wounded man, who was tossing on
the bed.
rs this the man who struck you?"
asked a deputy.
Collins looked at him steadily.
Yes" said he. "Ensley, how could
you do it?' he added. . 3.
The prisoner looked down, muttered.
something bout having been assaulted
as we'll, and was led away. He was
then driven over to Clayton.
DR.. Pitman, who attended Mr.. Col
Fins, aid his wounds, which are ten
in number, will not prove fatal unless
blood poisoning follows.