The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-27
EUSTlS' ROCKY ROAD.

| know what disposition had been made
| Of the property, and, when informed
| that Miss Marrinan was the sole bene-
ficiary, to the exclusion of his wife, he
| was wild with rage.
He threatened to see a lawyer and
make a fight in the courts, but Mrs.
| Coughlin refused to have anything to
| do with such q scheme, and argued
with her husband that her sister, by
| reason of caring for her father and
| mother for years, was entitled to the
| homestead.
This did not suit Coughlin, and Sat
| urday night when Miss Marrinan
| called at the Coughhn home, the mat
| ter was discussed by Coughlin and
| his victim. 1t ended in Miss Marrinan
| giving Coughlin small sum of money
at his request, and both Mrs. Coughlin
and her sister supposed the matter was
settled.
A HARD WORKING WOMAN.
Miss Marrinan for the past ten years
had been employed in the stitching
department of Foot, Schulze & Co, and
with what she earned for her labor
had maintained herself and her par
provided for the funeral and expended
money in purchasing lot in the GEM
etery.
Yesterday Mrs Coughiin visited the
home of her sister on James street and
cleaned the house, and Miss Marrinan
left the factory where she was en-
ployed, at noon going to the Coughlin
rooms for her lunch. She had pre-
pared the meal and was partaking of
it when she was murdered by Cough
lin
The shooting was done with Smfth
&Wesson revolver, and but two shots
were fred. Although persons werss IL
the confectionery store on the ground
floor Of the building kept by E. H. Ssas
ter at the time the murder and Sktk
occurred, no sounds were heard, and
the first known of the double crime
was when Mrs. Coughlin returned to
her home.
WAS A DRUNKARD.
Coughlin was fifty years Of age and
was married to his wife at Rochester
n. Y, in 1881. He was a railroad en-
gineer by trade and shortly after his
marriage came to ST. Paul. He work
ed as fireman on the Omaha road, but
lost his position, owing to indulgence
in intoxicating drink. At the time of
the Burlington strike he secured a po-
sftion as engineer on that road and
moved. with his wife and child, to
Aurora, Ill.
Here he again allowed liquor to get
the better Of him, and, at a sacrifice
of their homestead Mrs. Coughlin
raised enough money for her husband
to take the Kelley cure. Shortly after
this his eye sight began to fail, and
two years ago he became blind. Since
that time Mrs. Coughlin has supported
herself and the family by taking board
ers and renting rooms.
The family returned to st. Paul last
May, and Mrs Coughlin rented a part
OF a house on East Ninth street and
rented rooms Coughlin was dissatis-
fed with the frugal way the family
were obliged to live, and his temper
was such that 1t was hard to get along
with him.
Speaking of her married life last
evening, Mrs. Coughlin said she had
hardly enjoyed a moments happiness
since her marriage. Frequently she
ndu DeeH driven IrO4n ner mouse Dy
her husband, who had fits of rage, and
often she had been obliged to live
with neighbors for days. She was wild
with grief at the death of her sister,
and a physician had TO be called In
last evening to administer a sleeping
potion.
Coughlin had no relatives except a
couple of nephews living at Burling-
ton. His life was insured for $1,000
in the Burlington Railroad Insurance
company, and Mrs. Coughlin last even
ing was anxious that the officers of the
insurance company be notified of his
death.
Coroner Nelson, after an investiga-