The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-13
NIECE OF THE DROWNED WOMAN
TELLS SIGNIFICANT IN
j.. CIDENTS
MAKES NO DIRECT CHARGES
But Recalls circumstances which
Make the Drowning of Her
"a Aunt Appear Sus.
picious, 4i.-z
nLOBE'S MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE,
u 20 WASHINGTON AV. SOUTH.

Miss Mabel Durrin, niece of the late
Mrs. Hunt, has been stopping at the home
Of Sheriff. Johnson, in Chaska, since
Thursday. She is a rather pretty girl
of the blonde type with a fearless eye,
and has a manner Of looking straight at
an interlocutor, which is extremely con-
Nncing. When seen by a reporter yes
terday morning, Miss Durrin said:
Il wish to correct a statement that ap.
peared In one of the Minneapolis even
ing papers last night, to the effect that l
exclaimed, when the telegram announce
ing my aunt's death was shown me. He
Will have to suffer for that That state
ment is absolutely false. What 1 did say
was, This seems funny
made use Of that expression because
II came to my lips naturally When
Mr.. Hunt insisted that my aunt should
accompany him on the eVentful morning.
she ald not want to go. When the couple
leIt Inc room Mr.. Hunt was in the lead
ana my aunt turned to me and shook
her mead, intimating, I thought that
she would have preferred remaining at
that she was dead, and had died a vioIent
death, l naturally thought the circum-
s 81 looked suspicious; but any idea
o. vengeance never entered my mind
III reply TO an inquiry regarding the
0omestlc relations Of the Hunt family
Miss Durrin said: --''
~ nave lived with my aunt and Mr.
MN 10, dof a number of years, but never
S Sias last February did 1 see any serious
UILllerence or opinion between them. About
lndt time my aunt noticed in fact a.
was apparent to all Of US, that Mr.. Hunt
vas paying decidedly too much attention
70 young woman who was roonoinp ~
the mouse. This girl was a Waitrese in
e restaurant, and Mr. Hunt appeared IN
~ Ue very cry, nuch taken with her. After sew
era scenes the woman left the house h1t
es Idr as L have been able to learn did
Nol sever her relations with Mr. HINT
Inc woman came very near losing her
b IoYarc "a, ana Mr.. Hunt went to her en-
k S1oSS,eG ana as volunteered to pay half her
wages II the girl would be allowed -
remain In the restaurant. "e0 u
no ~ On NJ the evenlng of my. aunt's death I
ss aM MI: hunt about 6 O'clock He had
3usS Ie1t the remains Of his wife at tbo
an TIiue I tdklhg rooms and came straight 70
wet b bUt his ID his clothes were still very
strange at the time. He apneared ~ ~ NJ
GIected by the tragedy, but not as nopcI7
SOr, as l would have expected. He de-
Of tSe d win minute details, the events
0 Sa,s t Ile. DAY, and seemed to be enttrai1
SCI possessed in doing So" cry
hegarding the financial affairs ne +ba
couple Miss Durrin said. VI the
i know that Mr.. Hunt hed 49,.
pIaung In wheat to a considerobhlas spec
en- LII LOT some time prior to his U,if.1,,
S yea whether he lost much none uie o ;
sure he en- d, dia not IT., to- say, but am very
nIiMays lived well and appeared to bnus
in enE ny OF money The day Of the Gro n%ne
the Will 6 Of mI produced his win and
M MISS Mary e. McGraft to Read s lte 70 70
fbo 5 MI. HUNT appeared anxious To ba1 w
S Sne documents read Each had m 10 i1aVe
VIZ ~ IN IaVor of the other ue q
MY aunt had not been at oil mol, o.
S ~ae time prior to her death, and ed s IOe
mas very thy much averse to taking any a tr sne
Hunt 'G Gsf fGte6tr fSat but Mr
t nun out to Lake Minnetonka nn 20 fs Ml5h
ocdnr Un the Wednesday before her Snatss
Stranr ceu 70 said the whole thing seem n "a
today" 'ile time, and 1t does