New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-07-18

MILLIE ELLISON FROM Ell
WORTH, WIS, KILLED IN
NATIONAL HOTEL.
Nathan Riggs, q Conductor on the
Northwestern is Arrested for the
Crime and Commits Suicide at
Elroy, Wisconsin.

Minneapolis, July II. With two
gaping wounds on her head, her cloth !
ing ablaze and practlcalIy every inch
of skin on the upper part Of her body
burned away woman was found in a.
sdelirium of pain CROPPING about the
floor of her room at the National ho-
tel in this city, abou, 2:3o yesterday
afternoon. She died soon afterward
while being taken to the hospital
The police believe the waman was
Miss Nellie Ellison of Ellsworth, Wis. !,
who according to telegram from
that place, left there Mondy for Min
neapolis on business trip Miss Ell
,!ison for a number Of years bad con-
Quoted the millinery business IN Ellis
worth.
On table in the room lay hammer
stained with blood, and scattered
about the floor were the broken frag-
ments Of a bottle that had contained
wood alcohol. From the condition Of
the woman and the appearance Of the
room in which she was found the po-
lice have concluded that the woman
was assaulted with the hammer found
IN the room and that her assailant
either struck her upon the head with
the bottle, shus scattering the alcohol
over her clothing, or else poured the
liquid upon her and then ignited it
The person suspected of this cold
blooded, two-fold crime is man who
registered yesterday at the National
as M j. Wilson, Milwaukee" and
who, like the victim of. the tragedy,
was total stranger to every one at
the hotel He was seen In the woman's
room an hour or more before she was
found in her death throes and less
than half an hour before the gruesome
discovery he was seen to hurry into
into his room for his two satchels and
then leave the hotel by the side en-
trance
Since the time Of his leaving the
hotel the supposed murderer has drop
ped completely out of sight, and al
though the police have secured the city
no further trace of him has been dis
covered than that man answering his
general description purchased ticket
at the Milwaukee depot late in the
afternoon.
Robbery was the object as Miss Ell
son cashed draft for So, 746 earlier in
the day. Wilson was with her
The only gentlemen friend Miss
Ellison was known to have was Nathan
Riggs, Of Minneapolis, conductor on
the Northwestern railroad. His de-
scription Tailed SO close to Wilson he
was arrested at Elroy, Wis.
Elroy, Wis, July 12-Nathan M.
Riggs accused by the Minneapolis POI
Of numbering Miss Mile Ellsworth of
Ellsworth, WIS, for her savings of
years, committed suicide at 1918 this
morning.
After being argued and pleaded with
for hours by Chief of Police Doyle Of
Minneapolis, the police of Elroy ar
rested Riggs
Il was because Of Riggs great popu-
latity here and the general esteem in
which he was held that the local an
thorities were reluctant to place Mr..
Riggs under arrest and when be said
he wished to visit his wife and daugh-
ter on farm near the city he was per
mitted to go. An officer accompanied
him, but because of his cheerful bear
ing and absolute denial OF knowledge
of the National hotel tragedy in Min
neapolis, no fear was felt for bis safe
ty.
Riggs returned DO Etpy early in the
evening. He conyeraed with scores Of
acquaintance and seemed to be at
ease However, it was noticed that he
was very white.
Shortly after midnight the prisoner
asked the officer in charge tor permits
sion to go into the closet at the rail-
road station hotel This was readily
granted, and Riggs was alone.
Without locking the door Riggsaent
q bullet into his temple.
He was dead.
Miss Ellison's death was avenged.
and by the hand Of the slayer.
Where Riggs obtained the revolver
with which he ended his life is q mys-
terry. It is suspected that be secured
It when he went ont into the country,
ostensibly to visit his family, Tor be
carried no frearm when searched by
the local police at the time Of his an
rest yesterday.
Enraged Poles.
Winona, Mimi Five Thousand Poles
who have complained to the city cuun-
clio the hog ranch OF Teofl Pellowski,
"a garbage collector, in their section of