The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-03

ahead And when we had $3,00009O and
| $4,00O,0OO, 5000 900 led us on If there be
such thing as luck, then luck favored
us. Everything we touched turned TO
! gold in our hands.
Eve We're as happy as could be, save
for one thing. Children We're born to us,
! but they did not live Though we both
! were vigorous our little ones pined away
and died in early life so of the twenty
three darlings 1 have borne, fourteen Of
Whom We're twins, not one is alive today
to give joy to my heart and sunshine to
my home. 1t was Gods will; let His
will be done"
In connection with the statement it IS
interesting to know that to a large ex-
tent what she said was a myth. If they
| ever possessed millions nobody knew it.
and while the property is today valued al
about 100000, Mrs Hitler made a sworn
statement few months before her death
that outside of the Wilmington house,
! she did not possess $4,000 worth of tax
| able property.
MRS. KILLERS EARLY HISTORY.
Mrs. Killers statement that she had
borne twenty three children has since
been refuted by relatives, and Mrs
Laura Mcintosh, niece, AYERS that Mrs
| Hitler was the mother OF three children
by her first husband, one of whom. a
daughter, is now living near Gloucester.
England, where, she says, Mrs Hitler
was born siXty-two years ago. For some
! reason or ether Mrs. Hitler many times
| gave her birthplace as South America
and some of her friends have claimed
! she was born in British Guiana She was
! born Elizabeth Ayers, and she is said to
! nave changed her name to Frances be-
! cause it suited her better than Elizabeth.
! Where she got the peculiar middle name
! Of BreeZiaee is not known
When comparatively a girl she was
married TO Capt. Thomas Plant, master
of a ship plying between Liverpool and
! Demerara. The couple lived in Liver
pool for a time, and after the death
of Capt Plant she came to Canada,
where, in Toronto, she met Henry Hill
Ter, German. They were married and
came to Massachusetts, where they took
up a residence in Maiden, later going
! to MelrOse, Boston and Wilmington
DR.. Hitler purchased the Wilmington
| estate about twenty years ago. The
| property improved and has been main
| tained in excellent condition. The house
/ is ornate in architecture, with spa
cious piazzas, and in the gables are plas-
! ter designs, with cherubs in relief Over
! the front porch is a representation of
! the family coat of arms, and the door
| stones bear the name Hitler chiseled
| deeply. In the rear of the house is a
peculiar looking building, with four tow
ers or spires projecting from the cor
rers of the roof. This structure was in
tended for a laboratory, but it was never
| completed within. Mrs. Hitler called IL
THE Towers" and by that name the
natives have long known it. The deco
rattons of the buildings illustrate some
| of Mrs. Miller's Whim's
| TNr.5Y, -. n.
rumor of Mrs. Killers approaching third
marriage set the town of Wilmington
crazy with excitement. It brought out
protests from her two nieces, Laura and
| Jessie Mathison, who had lived In her
! home in the capacity Of servants. One
! of them claimed to have g. prior lien
on the affections of the coachman. Peter
| Surrette, who was announced as the
groom-elect. The marriage took place
| in fact two marriages. The couple were
| to have been married in the Catholic
| church, and the church had been fres-
coed at the expense Of the bride for the
| occasion. But just before the day set
for the ceremony the church authorities
found out that the couple had already
been married by Protestant clergyman
in a lawyers Office in Boston, and for
bade the pastor to marry them. Mrs
Hitler personally called on Archbishop
| Williams and assured him that she
thought that the minister who married
them was a justice of the peace. Mat
ters were arranged, and on April 2, 1888,
they were married in the little church
that stood not far from the temb of the
second husband. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. ]. J. Ryan, the game
who read the burial service over Mrs.
Killers body this week. A special choir
rendered the music at the wedding, and
there were over 300 invited guests, who
went from Boston on special train.
The bridal carriage was a landau drawn
by six white horses. The ushers were
physicians from Boston, and wore white