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

mad anyone entered or gone out the
| window there would certainly have
peen some disturbance Of the dirt and
| cobWebs. To satisfy himself on this
ne drew one one OF his fingers across
the Sill, and it left a deep mark in the
dust
This and the statements Of the off,
GERS would make 1t almost a certainty
that the person who did the shooting
neither entered the window or left
by 1t.
AS to the rear door, by which 1t is ad-
mitted by all who have made any in
Veshgations the person who did the
shooting left the store, the police off,
GERS say that 1t was shut and locked
when they examined the premises after
Middleton had been removed to the
hospital. There was no key in the door
and none could be found which would
open it, either on Middleton's key-ring
or anywhere in the store.
This, the detectives claim, would In
dictate that the person who did the
! shooting was not a burglar, as, If this
was the case, the burglar or burglars
would not stop to lock the door after
the shooting, but would get away as
fast as possible.
One Of the strongest points made by
those who advance the theory of burg
largs doing the shooting Is that the
watch and money which Mrs. Yarnell
saw Middleton have an hour before the
shooting cannot be found
Mrs. Gallagher, of Carlton, a sister
of Mrs. Yarnell, who was escorted to
the Duluth train by Middleton and
Mrs. Yarnell Monday night at II
o'clock, returned to ST. Paul yesterday.
She called at the office Of the county
attorney with Mark Yarnell, and was
| DESTROYS Of visiting her sister in the
| Jail.
County Attorney Anderson, however
refused to allow Mrs. Yarnell to be
seen by any one except her attorney.
Mrs. Gallagher, seen last evening at
the residence of her sister, at 344 Sher-
man street, said
''It Is an awful thing to charge my
sister with such thing. I feel that
| If I had not gone home to Carlton
| Monday night my sister would not now
be in jail charged with such a crime
Yes, 1 wrote the letter published in The
| G e and signed Laplander Luke
1 was very much mortified to read it
| in the paper, but the letter was writ
ten only for my sister, and I had no
idea that 1t would become public. Some
years ago while my sister was visiting
me, I called to my husband and told
him not to forget to bring back to the
house when he returned salts and car
| bolic acid. Since then it has been the
| practice for both my sister and my
self to add as a postscript to our let
ters some allusion to the order I gave
| my husband"
Mrs. Gallagher said she arrived in
st. Paul Saturday night, and was with
| Mrs. Yarnell from that time until Mon
day evening at IL o'clock constantly.
.''It would have been impossible"
said Mrs. Gallagher, "fOr my sister to
have had any dispute or row with Mr.
| Middleton Sunday evening, as was
stated in The G o be yesterday. I
was with her all day Sunday, all the
evening on that day, and slept with her
that night. She was not away from me
more than a few minutes during the
| evening.
Saturday evening Mr.. Middleton
called and remained at the house until
about o'clock. Sunday evening he
was also there, but only for a short
| time. Monday evening he called about
o'clock, and when the proposition
was made that Mrs. YarnelI and he
| should go to the depot with me, Mr..
| Middleton left the house and went to
| put on collar and necktie. 1t is my
| impression that he went to his store
| by the rear way, as he came back to
the house from that direction.
Miss May Yarnell, who was present
during the interview with Mrs Gala
| CHER, also expressed the opinion that
| Middleton went to his store for the col
lar and neektie by the rear entrance
1T was about 10:30," continued Mrs.
| Gallagher, when we left the house to
| go to the depot. We walked out to the
| corner and down the street. 1t COM
menced to rain slightly and my sister
| suggested that we had better go back
and get umbrellas Mr.. Middleton, we
| having by this time reached and pass
| ed his store, said he had a couple in the
| store, and he went in and got them
while we walked along.
we took the car at the Seven cor
ners, and L did not see Mr.. Middleton
have any money, as he sat in the seat
ahead of my sister and myself. He
paid the car fares
Arriving at the depot, we went TO
the cars, ana, While we were seated
in the car, 1 looked at my watch and
said, You have just fifteen minutes be-
fore the car starts Mr.. Middleton, at
the same time, pulled out his watch
and said, We have eighteen minutes
L am positive that he had a watch. al
though l did not see what kind Of
one 1t was. My sister and Mr.. Mid
dleton left me few minutes after
ward. The first l knew Of the muir
der was Wednesday afternoon. when
I read it in the papers at Carlton"
Mrs. Gallagher said she would remain
in ST. Paul for day or so, and hoped
to be able to have talk with her sis
ter today.
Inc statement or Mrs. Gallagher
shows that Middleton had a key to the
rear door of his store, and evidently
used it to enter the place early in the
evening. That the key should be miss
ing after the shooting is one Of the
features Of the case which causes the
police to advance the theory that the
person who did the shooting left the
store by the rear door and locked II
after him or her.
Frank Middleton, a brother of the
murdered man, accompanied nv As
sistant City Attorney Witte, Of Mil
Waukee, left for home last evening
The body of Middleton was removed
from the morgue to Dampier's UNDER
taking rooms yesterday afternoon. and
at O'Clock was taken to Forest ceme-
terry for internent
On the petition of Frank Middleton.
Coroner Nelson was yesterday after,
noon appointed administrator of the
estate Of the murdered man.
Before leaving for Milwaukee, Mr..
Middleton expressed himself as IN
clined to thef theory that the killing
Of his brother was not done by bur
glars. AS to the guilt or innocence of
Mrs. Yarnell, he said he had formed
no conclusions, and did not care TO dis
cuss the matter. His brother. he said.
certainly hadi money and watch
which had disappeared between the
time he left Mrs. Yarnell and when
the shooting occurred.
It was decided, after a consultation
with County Attorney Anderson and
Mr.. Middleton, that there was no ne
cessity to make further search for the
bullet which caused his brothers
death.
The county attorney said there was