The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-12
SHE Was on DOWNWARD PATH
HE BELIEVED, AND HE SOUGHT
TO END HER LIFE AND
HER CONsORT,s
SENSATION IN A RESTAURANT
FRED Lilley, of Minneapolis, Fires
Four WeII-AImed Shots at His
Wife and Dell FIege,
Her Friend.

ou at what ne DeneVed to be tho
certainty Of the loss of his wife through
the influence exerted over her by another
woman whom he believed had long ago
formed vicious habits, Fred Llley. a
cook yesterday took his wife and Dell
F1ege, her companion, into the Canfor-
MIA restaurant. Seventh and Cedar
streets, and while there attempted TO
murder them both. Fortunately, or 9TH
erwise, as the half-crazed man after
wards expressed himself, he was unsuc-
cessful, but both women received two
bullet wounds and had remarkably mar
row escapes from death.
Fred Lilley. the would-be murderer, IS
thirty-six years old, has been married
twice, and has one child by the second
wife whom he tried to kill yesterday. The
name of mis- second wife was Hannah
Hendrickson. She and her companion
were born of respectable parents and old
residents Of Eau Claire Wis. Mrs. Lii
ley is twenty-six years old and her COM
panion Is twenty-three. Lilley was born
and raised In the town OF Alton, Iowa
Lilley was arrested before he could
make his escape from the building, and
tion at the restaurant where the TRACE
dy occurred, the two women were remov-
ed to the city hospital. The physicians
there stated that their wounds were not
dangerous.
Preacher or moralist might well pause
moment and draw aside the social
screen that conceals from public view the
conditions that make such tragedies as
that Of yesterday Of almost every day oc-
currence in the large eenters of popula-
ton. Standing In the shadows Of a dark
cell at the central police station last
night, LiIley. the husband. said:
81 was not drunk, and am not sorry
so far as myself is concerned Ny wife
has always been all in the world to me.
But when I saw her slipping away from
me through the evil influence Of an evil
woman-when l found that her final de-
struction could not be made surer by a
bullet than If left to follow in the path
she was In. I made up my mind that
1t would be no more than mercy to take
her life and at the same time the life of
of the woman who wrought the ruin. 1
am only sorry that 1 am here to tell
about 1t. l do not iemember the details
of the shooting. l only know that she
had been decelving me in associating
with a married libertlne, and that
through the influence of her woman com
panion she had become callous to re-
proach as well as shame.
According to Lilleys statement, trouble
between himself and wife started about
u year ago, when she first eVlnced "a dis
position to run about town and have what
she called good time with men friends.
aud TO drink beer and other liquors. too
freely. sometimes coming home palpably
under the influence OF liquor. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lilley lived most Of their married
life In Minneapolis and the woman AMI
her female companion were rOoming at
No. 81 Sixth street south, Minneapolis.
at the time of the shooting and for "A
period of several weeks previous During
this time Lilley was working as cook In
hotel at st. Cloud, Mimi.
The two women had rented a room OF
Mrs. Griswald who lives up stairs at 81
Sixth street south. Minneapolis Before
moving into that address Mrs. and MI.
Lilly resided at 315 Sixth street south,
end there, according to the occupants Of
the house, they had trouble several times.
According TO Mrs. Griswald, Lilley ar
rived from st. Cloud yesterday morning,
where he had been cooking for some tim0
past. Previous to this he was employed
as a cook at the soldiers home.
Lilley arrived yesterday morning about
10 o'clock, and ne and his wife immedl-
ately made up past differences and be-
came very affectionate, so much 80 that,
Mrs. Griswald says, she requested them
to go into back room. They left the
house about noon, and that was the last
econ of them In that uefUbhorbooJ
Mrs. Lilley came from her home in Eau
Claire last Monday and rented q room OF
Mrs Griswald for herself and another
lady who gave her name as Foster The
Foster girl claimed Eau Claire as her
home, saying that her father was a ciear
manufacturer there. Mrs Griswald said
that she did not think that Foster was the
name of the girl
According to the occupants OF the house,
while there Mrs. Lilley or the Foster girl
received no company, and their conduct
was exemplary In every respect. No per-
son had called at the house yesterday
morning before Lilley arrived. and, 50
far as can he learned, both had made up
their troubles Immediately after he ar
rived.
During the time Lilley and his wife lived
at 3l5 Sixth street they are said 10 have
had frequent quarrels, and II was inti-
volved. They had one quarrel there. and
Lilley quit cooking at the soldiers homo
and went to St. Cloud. where he has been
ever since The stories given out by the
neighbors conflict In many details, ex-
cept as to the fact that the couple quar-
relied frequently.
On account of the condition OF hts mind
at the time, Lilley is unable to tell ex-
actly what time the shooting took place,
except to say that it was a few minutes
before 5 o'clock. This statement Is broad
of the mark. according to other state
ments. which Place the time Of the trag-
edy all the way from to $50 For some
inexplainable reason the police authori-
ties seem to be at sea on the matter OF
witnesses. Early last evening Chief
O'Connor said the names OF a long list
of witnesses to the shooting had been se-
cured, and within a few hours afterward
Capt Hanft said the police had been un-
able to find any witnesses. Attaches OF
the resort say there was only one other
party occupying one Of the private din
ing rooms at the time. and their names
were not learned.
The police did not find 1t necessary to