The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-01-13
KILLED HER OWN CHILD.
TERRIBLE MURDER DOME BY A
CRAZY WOMAN IN MINNIE
APOLIS YESTERDAY
BEATEN WITH HEAVY BOTTLE
Sleeping Girl Was Awakened From
Her S1umbers by the MURDER
GUS Assault and Died
An u Short Time.

Alice Helstrom, aged 1s, was killed yes
terday at her home, 914 East Nineteenth
street, Minneapolis, by her mother, while
the latter was In g. state Of acute mania
the deed being committed with a heavy
bottle, which terribly mangled the girls
face and head.
Louis Helstrom, the husband and faith
er. is janitor of the Lincoln Court apart
ment house at that number.
The mother and her daughter had been
sleeping together. The father was in the
furnace room. The mother awoke to
find her daughter still sleeping. Securing
the bottle, she dealt the sleeping child
frtghtful blow. It was not a fatal
blow, however, but only served to awak-
en- the child, who began a struggle for
lie. She succeeded in wrestling the bot
tie from her mother, but the mother
quickly recovered it and continued to rain
oloW after blow upon the girls head In
most horrible manner
Thinking she had accomplished her
purpose when the girl sank down on
the floor unable longer to resist, the
insane mother went into the kitchen,
where she met Mr.. Helstrom. The lat
ter saw that something was wrong, and
rushed to the bed chamber
There he saw his daughter, apparent
~ nfeless upon the floor, but the girl
was reused enough to tell, before she
died. the story Of her struggle.
The mother is evidently insane, for,
according to the dying statement of the
girl, she had attempted to kill her daugh-
ter two or three times before, and re-
Gently her actions generally have indi-
Gated that her mind was unbalanced
AFTER these unsuccessful attempts, she
persuaded the girl to say nothing, prom
Using not to repeat them. So the girl
said nothing.
AIi0a Wpa Sf.15aoA Az. c,o.Al
nlgn school, where she was much liked
by her companions as bright and pre-
possessing girl.
Mrs. Helstrom is sister of ex-Sherifr
Aolmberg, of Hennepin county. A teIe-
gram has been sent to Mr. Holmberg at
Denver notifying him Of the tragedy.
Inc coroner was called upon the death
or the girl and her mother was locked I'D
in the county fail.
MRS. Helstrom, to a reporter later. said
ner reason for killing her daughter was
that she wanted to help her to heaven
that she was too good a girl for this
world,
me woman talks freely about her act.
All ner thoughts are on the girl and for
nerselr sne mas no concern whatever and
II mas not entered her mind that the law
Will seek to hold her accountable. She
regrets having committed the deed. but
apparently not for fear of punishment
nor because any realizat ton of crime
mas come to her, but rather her regrets
seem to be based on personal SORROW
IN oeing deprived Of the girls conanan-
ionsh1p. She partially consoles herself
however. by saying that God would soon
nave taken Alice away.
she recognized Matron WOODBURY.. al
though the two had not met for several
years and an old friend who called at
ene jail was received most cordially. The
first question Mrs HeIstrom aslre5 I, &c
friend was If she had seen Alica's fl, M
eral. @Aiioe lui-
The woman's face is bruised. Mrs
delstrom says that the bottle which she
used flew back and hit her in the head
This seems improbable, and it is be-
neveo that she tried to beat out her own
she had committed. 0ou