The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-08-15
THE BARTHOL|N MYSTERY.
Milton L. R. Edwards, Who For
merly Roomed at the Bartholin
Home, in Chicago, Located.
He ARRIVED IN DENVER SUNDAY NIGHT.
He Declares He Left Chicago Be-
cause He was Afraid of William
BarthOIin, But That He Has New
err Attempted to Make Secret of
His Identity.

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Denver, Col, Aug. 11.-Milton L. R.
Edwards. who formerly roomed at the
home of Mrs. Anna BarthOlin, in Chi
cago, and for whom the police of that
city have been looking in order to
learn what he may have KNOWN con-
corning 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 Belvidere house under his cor
rect name.
TO representative of the press he
made the following statement: 1.-The
reason that you are able to find me is
that l wrote to Robert Mitchell, the
brother of Minnie Mitchell, and told
him why | had left Chicago so sud-
denly. I related to him the fact that
l had become suspicious of the &C
lions of William Bartholin and decid-
ed that it would be unsafe for me to
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 I'm
ion stock yards. l was about to go
on nv vacation when the untOward
actions of William Bartholin FASTENED
my departure.
why He Left Mrs. BarthoIfn's House.
81 left the home of Mrs. Bartholin
on the night of the 31st of July. On
| the first of August L 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 | had gone to a room
| not my own, where it was cooler.
! About two or three o'clock in the
morning | was awakened by a cat
| jumping on the window sill. This in
| cident called my attention to the fact
| that the screen had been taken out,
and on lighting the gas and making
| a further examination | 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 l am now fully con-
WINGED that had l slept there another
night | should have been murdered
in cold blood.
william BarthOlfn's Actions
'sNIrs. Bartholin had not been at
| the house for perhaps Is days before
I left, William BarthOlin, contrary to
! his custom. stayed about the house
most of his time, and whenever
! preached the subject of the welfare
| of his mother or her whereabouts he
| would Immediately change the sub
| iect Of course, L had no specific
grounds on which to base any in
| formation for the police, but on the
| night of the 31st, as L remember it
/ spoke to several of the neighbOrs
OF nv 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 BarthOIin Very Well
Il did not know BarthOlin very
| well. because ne was rather uncom'
municative. He was, in fact, more
repellant than anything else, and
so far L know, hau no large follow
ing of friends. / know of no motive
that could have prompted the com
mission of the crime.
Il have made no e--0rt to conceal
my identity, and 1 have uniformly
since 1 left Chicago, registered my
| correct name wherever have
stopped. If the police of Chicago de
sire my return, 1 am perfectly will
| ing to go back. Since L have left Chi
cago L have been more or less i'll, anc
| this was one of the reasons why
left Omaha. L am now in Denver fol
the purpose of securing employment
Since 1 have heard of the denoune
ment of the mystery L have suffered
no little from mental anguish.
Il have letters here from some o.
the influential men Oh Chicago an
other credentials showing my charac
ter. l served in the SPanlsh-Amerl
can war and am member of the In
dependent Order OF Odd Fellows
Lakeside Lodge No. 49,