Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-03-03
APPEARS LIKE INTIMIDATION.

Nellie II. Goodrich. No,U Mayo, interviewed
by Globe Reporter--She Alleges That the
Af9dac4t Denying the Ortn,tssdIity of G.
w. Goodrich and Liszie HerricIs Was Es-
t0rted by Dire Threats.
Yesterday the GLOBE reporter, ascertaining that
Mrs. Nellie E. Mayo whose name has recently been
frequently before the readers of the daily press as
one of the principals In very peculiar and highly
sensation divorce suit, and always on the alert for
news al interview secured Let us parenthet-
csly re mark that after the divorce granted Mrs.
Goodrich, taking her maiden name, Parker, she was
married to Chas. Mayo Of Wright Co. The reporter
Intercepted Mrs Mayo, who is quite young, mere
girl in fact, as to the strange affidavit which is
printed below, and which has been published in
nearly all the daily papers of the dual cities:
STATE OF MINNESOTA, 10.
COUNTY OF ANoKA, e''
Nellie Z. Goodrich, now Parker, first being duly
sworn, Opposes and says that she obtained divorce
from her husband, Charles W. Goo 1rlch, In the
county of Hennepn, and State of Minnesota, In the
month OF February, D. 1882, and among the
charges named as grou .ds for said divorce al
legged criminal intercourse between her husband,
Charles W Goodrich, and Lizzie Herrick on the
twentieth day of March, A. d 1881, and repeatedly
thereafter. She admits that she was over per-
suadsd by oilers in making said charges against
Ches ". Goodrich and Lizzie Herrics aforesaid,
and upon N ature ref sction is now fully convinced
that the aforesaid charge was faise, she being q
you1s girl and not acquainted with law matters,
havi K acted upon the vague advice, and not upon
NEELrE Z. PARKER.
Now] NELLIE MAYO.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this fourteenth
dag Of February, A D. 1882.
City Justice of the City OF Anoka, MINI.
STATE OF MINNESOTA
Comfy OF ANoKA, So.
February IA, 1882.
T harehy cartfy thu above true copy of the orig
inal. E. S. TSLLER, City Justice.
Mrs Mayo replied, In substance as follows:
On or about the 18th Of February have been in
formed by him, that E. Teller, Justice of the
peace of Anoka. in c1m 1any with one Elder Talbot,
called at my fathers house in Brook yn and in
quired for They were informed that
I was at tas home of the father of my present
husband near Monticello, in Wright county. These
women came to my father-in-law's house on the
14th. The house was full of company at the time
and we were just about to set down to
took from his pocket a written docu.
ment, nd then with stern voice, began by saying
he had painful duty to perform. he said that Mr.;
Herrick had begun legal measures against me, and
that was to be arrested and thirst into the peni
Tertiary for period of years. he knew not how long
was exc sslvely frightened and knowing Ittls OF
nothing about law, was foolish enough to suppose
he could arr st me IS he said. My husband also
frightened and very much excited. The justice
then said a compromise could be accomplished.
There was one condition and only one, on which ]
could be permitted ID retain my personal liberty. II
would sign a certain paper the actior
which had been begun against me would be forth
with suspended. eagerly asked what 1t was saii
was wiling to do anything in my power If the!
would not arrest me. He then took paper from
his pocket and read it to me. It related to my di
worse suit with Chss. Goodrich; don't think hi
read all the affidavit contains if he did don't re-
member it; in fact so Thoroughly frightened
that could not remsmber the wording of the pa
per; only have vague idea of the substance, Ht
then insisted upon my signing it,: He
ga Ii would forever end all trouble il
the matter. / hesitatei but my husband advised
ms to sigu it aud prevent the arrest then signed
it. and ths next thing knew of it read the afida-
Wit IL the newspapers and was Mortified at the false
statements therei6.
As to the truth of the statements made by Mrs
Goodrich, of coucse thu GLOBE has postiv,
Knowledge Yet she has every appearances of can
dor aud truthfulnsss She is young, aud seem
quite uusophistcated, and her story has, truly
sembance of veracity. II 1t be true the perpetra
tors of the Rarily piece of Intimidation should b
speedily punished ID the fullest extent of the Law.
It will be noticed that the affidavit purports to b
drawn up and sworn to in Anoka. when q
matter of fact it sworn to in Wright county
At all events, the affidavit lsgal instrument,
absOlutaly worthless,