The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-02-11
SOutl Dalata'S Foremost ugSloIg
A Sherlock ETotnes Is Needed at Miller, to Clear
Up the Strange and Fascinating Criminal RazsLs.

vous condition that her attorney oil
vised her not to attempt it. Miss piiet s
er sat quietly through the hearing. oJEs
casionally consulting with her a~ttornsS
She Wore az ugly brown veil whsy
effectually concealed her features.
jaunty brown hat, black coat and erassas
dress, fur boa and muff completed Ms
attire. Her right arm useless on at
count of her wound, hung Imply in ttssss
lap and her face twitched with pab8
whenever she moved her body. tn
she suffered intensely was apparent
everybody who watched her. Occe sim
ally. especially when her lover was a.
the stand, she became almost hyste,S
ical but her nerve held out to the em
When she practically collapsed. 81
l. She is "a years Old and moved fross
Marion. Ind, her birthplace. to HanE
county in 1882. She has lived at HoWaTs2
st. Lawrence and Miller all her ,if:Ms
practically, and moved in the best esEa
ciety up to within the past two month.ks
In appearance she Is rrepossessing, VIII
dark grey eyes, an erect well-formsS
figure and regular features. In repose be
face would, We're it not for her expresslN
eyes, appear dull. When in conversa,,E@5
her eyes fash. her smile Is winning an
possessing considerable personal magned%s
ism she is undoubtedly an attractive WOE
an. At the trial her hollow cheeks ar
eyes and haggard features. the result s
her suffering, made a profound ilnprsyH
sion. But she occasionally laughed aN
1olted with her attorney and to some eIsS
tent appeared rather amused at the rMs
torlety. After Mrs. Sedan had relatsA
the confession as told her by Miss Pilchs#
the prisoner was asked to tell The Tai
Dune the story of that fateful night. SsSs
consented willingly. IS
What Mother Sedan has said IS truf@
It's what I told her at the jail" she SAID.
her eyes filling with tears, Il love Dds
Romig and when he went away from Mn
Ter last fall we were engaged. He Is LID
tensely jealous and upon his return tss
Miller about December 20. he heard | hs4,
| gone to dances with other young me-
and he took me 10 task about it. Well, wSlill
quarreled violeutly-I thought he had "a
right to upbraid me as he did-and VIII
hadn't made up when I decided to MI;
myself. u.
you see papa and mamma died m I,
past two years II brother Ed dled-bo,kh e
you mustn't ask me, but l can onty sal y
that they claimed he committed suiclSs s:
or rather took laudanum by accident-b1
Iii not talk more of that. Anyhow, wi5ss
ali my folks gon and only a little Nj
from the estate, | had no one but DHaol
to live for. When he went back on r{ti
and said all was over. l first tried 10 wsaoi
him back and failing apparently. tcs
c!ded TO die by my own hand. Besides Ia
was penniless and out of employment N es
body seerEe& TO care for me. on Monfs al
afternoon, January II, | called on Mn5oi
Clinton Crahtrae. an old sirlhcod ~frierS5opf
and after talking with me she @steppsI f
from the room. In her absence | stols sc
loaded revolver which lay on the buresI OF
That night | went out toward the censfr
terry where my folks are buried. intendfy 81
to kill myself. Dick followed me and S;
came back with aim. didn't tell him NV
purpose but hoped he would make I'D. ! ri
stead he again coded me and we partsga
In anger. arranging. however. to ma ey
next evening at s o'clock. All that d ~
| thought over the matter and decided bsst
reconciliation Would be effected as Dim
seemed so cross. At z o'clock TuesdgsuE
evening, January 70, / again went dos tn
the railroad track toward the cemetath
On the way | tested the revolver twice lal
see il it worked. It did. When I vi 81
about a half mile east of town I s~teppyIs1
down from the railroad track. stripped INC
coat off my right arm, placed the revolafrs
to my breast and fired. / am left haaaSJo
and my hard was thrust through my nut
The shock when the bullet hit me whlrk tel
me about and ] dropped the revolver. Stei
couldn't find 1t again. My right 81 es'
seemed paralyzed. I felt awfully Gu lis
and sick but finally / came to myself az
started back to the hotel" de
Picking her muff from her lap. NTH
Pitcher held 1t up for inspection.
You can see there where the gun.ag Oh
singed the muh.I' she said, pointing To- ;sus
spot of fur about an inch in diameter ii !
had been burned away. ''Well, when tin
ROT hack 70 TN. hawai- II NO.. 1,r,,o5 49,
some. ] went to the south entrance a w
started upstairs. l saw people In the bill
Hce but met no one on the stairs. excepst65
dog which was at the top of the staf@ tre
| patted him on the head and went DO
room 1S-my room-and closed the dome
lit a lamp and sat down to think. ItgpoI
lived in Miller most of my life and i SIa4
ured that l had dlsgraced myself by u tof
ing to commit suicide. So l planned sbe,
tell a story that my sister-in-!aw vf
hates me had shot me. I wrote a lettS J,
ostensibly from her. saying Hattls PiS,t
e had been shot and would bleed TO dess4Msa
before morning. J thought then ] Nog..iass
he dead by morning. Then l lay down gs s. !
the bed. but the pain made me nerY0ssssxlSs
! went out III the hall and met MI. FletSss4As
er, the clerk, neal the head of the sta49a 49,
/ asked him where Dick was and then fS Ssa
turned to my room. 7 lay there until 49,.
morning, when Al Delart, q boaTder, R5ssssSs
by my door. I called to him and asiskas
him TO tell Dick / had been shot, He 49,
his roommate, Frank Webner, ca1ae &C.
called the doctor. That's all there y sssMss
my story 49,
But how do you explain the 'noisaTgfs
gun expression1'' Ifsa
It'll tell you. When Mr.. Henshaw alEXt
Sheriff Abbott were in my room, ! hasssssa
them speak Of the drug store holdup 5Esagsa
sheriff said, wheE Mr.. Henshaw, TepgEnss
ing my story, declared i had been shoi asstf
1870 the night before, that the Wopisea.
probably used al air gun on me the sgIats2
as the robbers had at the drug store. xlEsH
i incorporated that in my story. I laasss
DR.. Wallis the same thing" Sskss
When you are cleared what VIII 3lsA8SA
and Dick do? Marry?n &stsg
That's for him to say A woman Mspxa
mains faithful, but a man, you're 1AssA
y~ourself-what would you doFs Wolild lB3sSs
desert q woman because she was 3is laRssss
pie? You needn't answer. for your ssASs
ably wouldn't tell me the truth. sas&A.
When Judge Pusey rose to make saSNSsz
is admitted to be one of the most poWg2zfSz
appeals ever heard In tho Hand EeonEssAS
court room, the prisoner listened aassSSsSf
lively. When he referred to herasag#saf
With Dick Ro1nig and especially sfaspssssS
pillorieds the church members back 81 .SSSSSS
prosecution the giri wept- But Ras s sAs,ss