On This Date in Minnesota History: April 1

April 1, 1904 – Mrs. Annie Colton, who, it is alleged, killed her husband at Bloomington, Ill., on May 24, 1897, in a fit of jealous rage, came through St. Paul today in charge of Detective Kennedy of that city.

Since the time of the murder she has been traced through the country from city to city and was caught at Butte last Tuesday. In Butte she had married a wealthy butcher and thought she was secure from capture. She is said to have split her husband’s head open with an ax and fired two bullets into the body.

The Saint Paul Globe; “Mrs. Annie Colton Passes Through City; Woman Accused of Murdering Her Husband Is Under Arrest.”; April 2, 1904; p. 2.

Annie Colton

 The St. Louis Republic; St. Louis, Mo.; March 27, 1904; p. 35.

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