The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-08-16
THE RARTHOL|N MYSTERY.
Milton L. R. Edwards, Who For
merly Roomed at the Bartholin
Home, in Chicago. Located.
he ARRIVED IN DENVER SUNDAY klsHT.
He Declares lie Left Chicago Be-
csus. He was Afraid OF william
BRrthoIin. Hut That HE Has New
.er Attempted 90 Make a secret of
Hts Identity.

Denver Col. Aug. 11.-Milton l.. r
Edwards. who formerly roomed at tho
home of Mrs. Anna Bartholin. in Chi
eago, and for whom the police Of that
city have been looking in order tc
learn what he may have known con
cerning the murders of Mrs. Bartho
| lin and Miss Minnie Mitchell. is now
in Denver. He arrived here at Il
o'clock Sunday night over the Union
Pacific railroad, and registered at
the BelYidere house under his cor
rect name.
To representative of the press he
made the following statement: "Ths
reason that you are able to find me Is
that | wrote to Robert Mitchell, the
brother of Minnie Mitchell. and told
him why ] had left Chicago so sud
denly. l related to him the fact that
] had become suspicious Of the ac'
tions of William Bartholin and decid.
ed that it would be unsafe for me &c
remain longer in Chicago. As soon
as | read in an Omaha paper the
story of the girls murder | comuni-
Gated with her brother. who was a
personal friend of mine.
"The reason | went TO Omaha was
to secure employment. l had for
some time been working in Chicago
for the Chicago Junction Railway
Co. which Is connected with the Tn
ion stock yards. was about to go
on my vacation when the untoward
actions of William Bartholin hastened
my departure.
Why lie Left Mrs. BarthoIin's House,
81 left the home of Mrs. Bartholin
on the night of the 31st of July. On
the first of August | slept in a hotel
downtown. fearing that my life was
in jeopardy. and. as | remember it
left on the 2nd of August. On the
31st of July l had gone to room
not my own, where 1t was cooler
About two or three o'clock in ths
morning ! was awakened by a ca
jumping on the window sill. This in
cident called my attention to the fac
that the screen had been taken out
and on lighting the gas and making
a further mination ] discovered
that the screen in that window was
the only one missing. As the next day
was payday, / was fearful all the rest
of the night. and I am now fully con.
WINGED that had | slept there another
night | should have been murdered
I'm cold blood.
william BarthoIin's Actions
Mrs. Bartholin had not been at
the house for perhaps 10 days before
l left. William Bartholin, contrary 10
his custom, stayed about the house
most of his time, and whenever
broached the subject of the welfare
of his mother or her whereabouts he
would Immediately change the sub
iect. OF course, / had no specific
grounds on which to base any in.
formation for the police, but on the
night of the 3lst, as | remember ii
/ spoke to several of the neighbors
of my suspicious. Among these
friends was a Mr.. Purd, who was an
intimate friend of mine. Mr.. Hunter
who was rooming at the house, also
left, and he went to Toledo, o.
Didn't Know BartboIin Very Well
81 did not know Bartholin very
well, because ne was rather uncom
municatiye He was. in fact, more
repellant than anything else, and
so far ] know, haa no large follow
ing of friends. / know of no motive
that could have prompted the com
mission of the crime.
II have made no e.-ort to conceal
my identity, and I have uniformly
since ! left Chicago, registered my
correct name wherever | have
stopped If the police of Chicago de
sire my return, ! am perfectly will
ing to go back. Since / have left Chi
cago / have been more or less i'll, and
this was one of the reasons why
left Omaha. am now in Denver foI
the purpose of securing employment
Since have heard Of the denoune
ment of the mystery ! have suffered
no little from mental anguish.
II have letters here from seme o.
the influential men ol Chicago an.
other credentials showing my charac
ter. / served in the Spanish-Ameri
can war and am a member of the In
dependent Order OF Odd Fellows
Lakeside Lodge No. 450."