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

Miss Marrinan Received All Her
Mothers Property, While His
Wife Got NOthing--A Money Set
tIement Was Not satisfactory
Discovery of the bodies.
Blind as to sight but with murderous
hate and rage in his. heart. making sure
Of his aim, Daniel j. Cougllin yester,
day noon shot and instantly killed his
sister-in-law, Kittie MarTinan, and then
with the same weapon shot the top OF
his head off.
The murder and suicide occurred in
the rear rooms on the second floor Of
the dwelling house at 537 Broadway,
occupied by Coughlin, his wife and
thirteen-year-old son. No one but
Coughlin and his sister-in-law were
present so the details are matter OF
conjecture.
1t was q grewsone sight which met
the gaze of Mrs ELLEN Coughlin as she
entered the room used as a, kitchen at
2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. On the
floor lay the dead body of her husband,
his head in a pool Of blood and with q
revolver clenched in his right hand.
Shrieking with fright Mrs. Coughlin
stood for an instant and then ran down
stairs. A small boy ran to Patrolman
Hosch, a block away, and the officer.
with Mrs. Coughlin, returned to the
room. The apartment is a small one
and as Mrs. Coughlin stepped back
from the body Of her husband into a
room used as dining room, she
stumbled over the body Of her sister,
which lay in a pool Of blood just in.
side the door and about ten feet from
the body of the murderer and suicide
CRAZED BY THE SHOCK.
Mrs. COughlin, although a strong
woman, was SO overcome by the ter,
rtble sight and shock that she became
for the time partially insane, and it
was necessary to use force to take her
from the rooms in which the bodies of
her husband and sister lay.
Coroner Nelson was notified and
previous to his arrival several physi,
clans visited the house, but their serv-
ices were not needed, both Coughlin and
Miss Marrinan having died almost in.
stantly.
The bodies were removed to the
morgue, the coroner on making a super,
f1cial examination of the body of Miss
Marrinan finding that she had been
shot in the right breast and had never
moved after failing to the floor.
The appearance of the rooms, other
than the two in which the murder and
suicide were committed, showed thai
Coughlin had prepared for the doubla
crime and that the murder was not the
result of a sudden quarrel or an out,
burst Of passing rage.
The family occupy five rooms ON tha
second floor Of the dwelling, and when
Mrs. Coughlin arrived at the rooms ev-
cry door was locked. Bursting open the
door of the room occupied as a bed.
room by herself and husband, Mrs.
Coughlin found a key which opened the
kitchen door. and then discovered the
body of her husband.
I'he window curtains IN the dinIna
room and kitchen had been carefully
drawn, evidently by Coughlin after ha
he'd fired the shot which made him a
murderer. The table in the dining room
was arranged as if Coughlin and Miss
Marrinan had been at lunch when the
murder was committed.
The body of the nluTderers victim
lay face down to the left Of the table.
and by her side was teapot as though
she had just entered the room from
the kitchen when the fatal shot was
fired. Coughlin was so blind that he
could not distinguish daylight from
dark, and for this reason he must have
had his victim within a foot or less
of him when he fired.
SHE GOT THE MONEY.
The motive for the murder was the
disposition of property belonging to
Mrs. Margaret Marrinan, mother OF
Mrs. Coughlin and Miss Marrinan,
whose death occurred last Wednesday.
For the past ten years Miss Marrinan
has cared for her mother her father
dying some years ago. At the time of
her fathers death the property consist
ing of lot and two small houses, at
Duke and James streets, was left to
the widow, and when Mrs. Marrinan
passed away the property was given to
Miss Marrinan.
Last Friday Mrs. Marrinan was bur-
led, and Mrs. Coughlin, who had re-
mained at the house until after the
funeral, returned to her husband at