Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-26

81 don't Know" and fell sobbing on his
neck. He embraced her tenderly, and the
two walked back and forth, the father
supporting the daughter. AS the witness
recalled this scene tears flooded his eyes,
and Tor time he was unable to proceed
lie asked Mrs. Schroeder how long her in
tmacy with Lefeyre had continued, and
when he first came to visit her. She said
it was
THREE MONTHS AGO Or MORE.
The three sat down, and the aged minis
ter counseled his children 'Now, my
children he said, 1--WE have all suffered
a great wrong, and we must bear it as
well as we can and keep it to ourselves
| will do all in my power to bear what L
have to suffer, and to help you to bear
your own troubles. He then asked them
if they owed this man anything for pro-
fessional services, and Edward said he
thought they did. ''Allhis relations with
this family" said Dr. Stebbins, "must be
at once cut off, and with the purpose of
doing this he and Schroeder went to Lee
fevre's office to settle all his claims against
Schroeder and end all relations there.
The story OF what happened in Lefevre's
office when DR.. Stebbins and Schroeder
went to visit him after this consultation
was given by the witness briefly 'sIn
company with Edward he said, II went
to the office, and called Lefevre out. AS
he came through the door and closed it
or as closed 1.-THE approached me as if
to accost me. In courteous way | with
drew, refusing to give him my hand l
asked him if he had an account with Mr..
Schroeder l told him to produce it at
once He stepped at once to the desk and
began to open the books. He seemed to
handle them indifferently In his neg
lect to respond to my demand, l struck
him on the shoulder, saying, Why don't
you furnish your account, STRIP He kept
on turning over the book, looking at the
| index for names. He found no account.
l struck him again, exclaiming, You
have no account. Have you been using
your professional service to seduce my
daughter? To all this he made no reply.
lie did not look at me. l struck him
again, saying, Give me bill, receipted
in full, for all services rendered Mr..
Schroder's family He did not at once
write the bill. L told Edward to take a
billhead and write receipt in full Ed
ward did SO, and Lefevre signed it. [
told him never to look upon me or my
daughter or any of my family. l think
| lOIu Hill IL uc ulO
WOULD BLOW HIS GRAINS OUT.
l then beckoned Edward and said, Let
US leave at once Edward made some
remark to him; asked him some cues
tions: he asked him if he was at No
1l64 Alice street last night and Lee
fevre, after hesitation, answered NO
Edward replied, You were,' and gave
some title of rascal or scoundrel. He
told him never to look upon him or his
wife again. Lefevre's manner was cow
ed and abject; he did not look me in
| the face. was not armed. | struck
him with my fist Witness indicated
how hard he struck him, and it was a
pretty stiff blow This was June 10.
Edward and went back to the house on
Alice street. My daughter told me that
Lefevre had been there the night before.
She said there had been an act of adul-
| terry between Lefevre and herself.
From this time to the killing of Lefevre
| DR.. Stebbins saw Schroeder almost daily.
He was very much depressed in spirits,
| and at times acted like a mailman. The
doctor advised him to take his wife and
| go into the country for short time. They
went to Napa about the 18th of June
| and were away two or three days. Then
| they made trip to Humboldt, and were
gone three days. On the 9Th or 7th of
July DR.. Stebbins accompanied Schroeder
from his house, in Oakland, to the cars on
the way to San Francisco. GAS we were
walking down Broadway" said the wit
ness, 81 had my arm in his. He suddenly
| dashed away from me, and ran. He went
out of my sight. Presently he returned
and said, 4 thought saw that man, but
| it was not him. | said, what man?' and
he answered, Lefevre' | asked him if
he was armed, and he said that he was.
[ told him that he should not go armed,
and if he had pistol he should lay it
| away. urged that upon him. My infiu-
ence with him was to sustain him in
| affection. never said anything to him
| about avenging his wrongs. always tried
| to influence him
AGAINST MAKING THEM PUBLIC.
induced him to put away his pistol. He
seemed so much comforted after doing so
that l went to the bank and applied for
| a leave of absence for him, which the
manager granted This was on Friday,
July 9, and Dr. Stebbins at once started
on a trip with Schroeder, thinking to di-
vert his mind from his troubles This
expedition lasted for six days, but result
ed in very little good Schroeder was
depressed and sulky during the entire
trip. To all questions he would answer
| simply yes or no, and he often broke out
in CALCULATIONS, such as ooh! my wife
my home!' In the meantime Schroeder
| treated his wife at times with every ex-
preston of love and kindness, and at
| other times abused her violently The
! doctor first heard of his ill-treatment of
Mrs. Schroeder on Monday, July 5, when
he went to the house to visit her
She came to the door, and
he saw that her countenance
| was covered with extravasated
blood. Upon being asked what was the
matter, she replied, Nothing, papa, he
din not know what he did" The wit
ness saw Schroeder, and he appeared to
be utterly oblivious to the fact that he
had abused his wife. He took Minnie in
his arms and soothed and caressed her
| and!kissed her wounds. A week later
the doctor took his daughter to his own
house in San Francisco because he feared
her husbands fits of rage and violence.
He would treat her tenderly for three or
four days, then he would break out in
violence. The doctor demonstrated with