Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-12-25

man in the world to me- We went to
ureen's and had dinner. l went back
to the house at o'clock in the morn
ing and saw light in her room and
also in the room above 1t, which was
occupied by Robert Elliott. She got
up and called to me. l said: L am
here to ask the truth l tried to get
into the house, but could not and went
away to New York.
81 returned to Philadelphia next day
and went to the house. She was not
in, so l went to the theatre and left a
note saying l wanted to see her. She
sent back note saying she would see
me at 5 o'clock. 1 met her that after
noon and we went to Green's to sup
per. She said:
What are you going to do, Barry?
Are you going to stay around and dis
grace me, as you unquestionably can?
II said: i simply want to know what
you have been doing. After all that
has passed, you cannot deceive me,
Minnie
"She replied: Barry, you are mis-
taken. Elliott and l are simply good
friends. and there is nobody in the
world like you
81 told her she was not telling the
truth"
Buys Two RevoIvers.
tombstone continued to doubt Mrs.
Beckwith, and he says she seemed
anxious to have him go. He returned
to this city and went to his boarding
house. He says he talked the entire
INC will IIN1l hr
sought to encourage him and calm
his mind. tombstone, however, went
back to Philadelphia determined to
put an end to his misery. Before he
left he says he bought two revolvers
and box of cartridges in Eighth ave-
nue..
did not wish to have it known
was in Philadelphia" he continued,
$50 registered as l. N. Barry. bided
my time and went to the theatre
where | saw her with another man at
| the matinee. l went to her room sur
1reptitiously after supper, about $3.50
entered the house by the aid of a
key l had found in her ROOM When
reached her door l found 1t locked
and wondered how l should get in.
81 went to Elliott's room, which was
| directly, over hers. The door of his
room was open. found rope there
in the bureau drawer. | tied it to the
shutter hinge and let myself down
hand over hand. In this way l en-
tered her room, pulled the shutters as
! had found them and then pulled in
the rope and cut it off.
81 lay down for time until I heard
some person in the street. I went
down to the door and she was there.
Why, Barry" she said.
81 said. 4 have found you out
"'You have not, she said, for there
is nothing
81 told her she had been false to me
and she denied it.
" Barry, you are mistaken she
said, 4 can explain it..
Then we went down to a stree
below the house." s
Describes the Shooting.
The two often quarreled.
While at Louisville tombstone say
that she induced him to drink SOM
absinthe This, he says, is the frs
time he had tastedHi On the da,
before the shooting he drank much alb
sinthe both here and in Philadelphia
The shooting was thus described b.
Johnstone: dts
"'You have often proposed that w
die together" sadie i shave moth
ing now to live for Here is your pts
toll and here is mine
Il then showed pistol into he
hand. ~
mo, won't Barry she said.
81 then replied, DO it quickly. Yo
have often dared me to commit sui
eide with you
''She then pulled the revolver out O
my hand and fred at me. The bulle
struck me in the left breast.
Il then shot at her.
Il did not plan to murder Kate Has
sett. did not have any intention t
shoot her. / loved her too much"