Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-27
THREE MONTHS AGO OR MORE.

it was
THREE MONTHS AGO OR MORE.
The three sat down, and the aged minis
ter comseled his children. "Now, my
children he said, 1--WE have all suffered
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 |
have to suffer, and to help you to bear
if they owed this man anything for pro-
thought they did ''All his relations with
this family" said DR.. Stebbins, ''must be
at once cut of, - 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. 'In
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. | 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, | struck
him on the shoulder, saying, why don't
you furnish your account, sir?' 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.
He did not look at me- I 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
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. think
told him if he did
I WOULD BLOW HIS BRAINS OUT.
then beckoned Edward and said, Let
us leave at once Edward made some
remark to him; asked him some ques-
tiOnS: he asked him if he was at No.
1164 Alice street last night and Lee
fevre, after hesitation, answered Mo-
Ou WCIC, anu gave
some title of rascal or scoundrel. He
wife again. Lefevre's manner was cow
ed and abiect; he did not look me in
the face. was not armed. | struck
him with my fist. Witness indicated
how hard he struck him. and il was a
pretty stiff blow. This was June 13.
Edward and ] went back to the house on
Alice street. My daughter told me that
Lefcvrc had been there the night before.
She said there had been an act of adul-
terry between Lefevrc and herself.
From this time to the killing of Lefcvre
DR.. Stebbins saw Schroeder almost daily
He was very much depressed in spirits,
and at times acted like Il mailman. The
doctor advised. him to take his wife and
go into the country for short time. They
went to Napa about the 14th of June,
and were away two or three days. Then
they made trip to Humboldt, and were
gone three days. On the 9th or It'll 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, II had my arm in his. lie suddenly
dashed away from me, and ran. He went
out of my sight. Presently he returned
and said, Il thought saw that man, but
it was not him. | said, what MANI 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 a pistol he should lay it
away urged that upon him. Ny influ-
cncC with him was to sustain him in
affliction | 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 | went to the bank and applied for
leave of absence for him, which the
manager granted" This was on Friday,
July 9, and DR.. Stebbins at once started
on 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 ''Oh. 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 ll-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
him, and he would express great wonder
at what he had done. DR.. Stebbins said
that he had had great experience with
persons suffering from diseases of the
mind, and he was satisfied that from the
| 18th of June to the Goth of July Schro-
| der was
| THOROUGHLY IRRESPONSIBLE FOR HIS
He had almost determined to send his