The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-09-10

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dence.
There were no new developments in
the Middleton murder mystery yester-
day, although the detectives engaged
on the case are working hard along
several lines. Mrs. Yarnell was ar
raigned in the police court yesterday
morning on the charge Of murder, the
complaint, sworn to by Detective Muir
name, alleging that Middleton came to
his death by pistol shot fired by her
hands.
The theory of the detectives that
Mrs. Yarnell committed the murder
seems to need several supporting props
In addition to the evidence on which
County Attorney Anderson directed
that the woman be taken in custody,
and to make the charge stick the Of
flcers are now bending their energies.
There was quite q delegation of the
female residents and neighbors In the
immediate vicinity of the Yarnell resi-
dence in the court room yesterday
morning when Mrs. Yarnell was for
mally arraigned.
Judge Orr was on the bench, and,
when Mrs. Yarnel walked to the desk,
she was asked by the court if she had
an attorney and was ready for hear
ing.
Mrs. Yarnell looked anxiously around
the court room and said: Il don't
know. Mr.. Clarke is to appear for me-"
Mr.. Clarke stepped up to the side
of his client and was handed the COM
plant in the case which charges the
prisoner with murder in the first de-
gree. After reading 1t, the attorney
informed the court that reading of
the complaint was waived, and a plea
of not guilty entered.
Mr.. Clarke said he did this because
1t was a practice of the court, al
though he did not believe such course
was necessary at the presnt time.
Judge Orr informed the attorney
that, If the prisoner did not enter
plea, the court would order that the
records show a plea Of not guilty was
made.
Attorney Clarke informed the court
that the prisoner was ready for an
Immediate hearing, and he hoped the
wishes of the defense in this matter
would be granted.
Assistant County Attorney Zollman,
who appeared for the state, said he
did not know much about the case, as
Mr.. Anderson had had charge Of 1t. He
had been told that it would require a
week to prepare for the hearing.
ment of the hearing, saying that the
defendant should not have been ar
rested, and that she should not be
longer detained.
eff" he continued, 1.-The police have
other evidence than that mentioned IN
the public press upon which they base
the charge, they should be compelled
to produce it in court, as there Is GER
tainly nothing up to this time known
- ha Of
to charge the defendant with the
crime"
Judge Orr said he knew nothing
about the case, having purposely re-
Trained from reading any reference to
1t In the public prints, knowing that he
would sit as the examining magistrate
at the hearing.
The state had applied for a contin-
uance, and according to the practice
In the court time should be given the
county attorney to prepare for the
hearing.
Assistant County Attorney Zollman
asked for a postponement for one week,
and the court ordered the case set for
Friday next, at o'clock. The attor-
ney for the defendant wanted it clearly
understood that he was ready and will
ing to proceed at once, and he objected
to so long a delay. Judge Orr, how
ever, stated the case had been disposed
of for the present, and Mrs. Yarnell
was taken back to the county Jail by
deputy sheriff, her daughter and son
pressing forward to speak to her as
she passed out The deputy, how
ever, hurried the prisoner on, and
neither of her children was allowed to
converse with her except for a mo-
ment.
Mrs. Yarnell certainly looks much
worried, and her face showed that she
was suffering severely, although she
endeavored to wear an air Of COM
posture. She said she was perfectly
willing to talk about the case, but her
attorney had advised her not to, and
she really knew nothing more than she
had testified to at the inquest and re-
peated to the police, the county attor-
ney, and the newspaper reporters. She
had last seen Middleton at a few min
utes before midnight Monday night,
and did not hear Of the shooting until
o'clock Tuesday morning.
Attorney Clarke and James Cormi-
can, who is assisting Mr.. Clarke in the
defense, visited the store In which Mid
dleton was murdered yesterday after
noon, and put in several hours in pre-
pairing sketches of the building and the
territory in the immediate vicinity.
The attorneys claim that the defense
will be an alibi, and that so far as they
have been able to learn as to the evil
dence Of the prosecution, they have
evidence which will completely riddle
the testimony offered by the state
The theory that the murder was COM
mitted by burglars was given a lift
again yesterday by the discovery that
one Of the rear windows of Morel's tai
Tor shop, at 271 West Seventh street.
adjoining Middleton's
store, bore marks as If an attempt had
been made to pry it up with some in
strument.
The two windows In the rear Of Mid
dleton's store also have similar marks.
and the argument is made that this is
convincing proof that burglars at
tempted first to break into the tailor
shop, and afterward turned their at
tention to the store occupied by Mid
dleton.
Both of the windows Of Middletcn's
store and one window Of the tailor
shop bear marks such as would be
MADE by some one endeaVoring tn
raise the sash with an instrument, buf
Detective Murnane, who examined the
marks on the windows of Middleton's
store on the night of the murder, stat
ed they were not new ones.
Laundryman Bragg, who conducts a
laundry at 267 West Seventh street
states that one Of the rear windows of
the store occupied by Middleton has
Deen opened for several weeks, and
mat he has frequently noticed it.
several Of the persons who visited
the store while Middleton was having
ms wound dressed previous to his re-
moVal to the hospital noticed the win
dow was up about eight or fen incbos
Patrolmen Fillingim and Mccormick
also say that they noticed the window
was up, but both the officers and he.
tective Murnane, who examined the
window, claim the the accurnN
lation Of dust and cobwebs on the