Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-29


man. One Of them was from Faribault
and the other two from st. Paul.
MR. WRIGHT.
now live in st. Paul, but was former
ly IN Minneapolis. Have been clerk in the
National hotel there for several years.
Knew Davis, an engineer, and the sigma
ture In the register before me is in his
writing.
Cross examined: Was aeoueint-
ed with Davis from Nav.
1880, am not en expert in writing or in
signatures. When you draw my attention
to it, see good deal of difference in the
writing in different places in the register.
He writes small hand.
Redirect: The letters produced are to-
the best of my belief in Davis writing.
The witne ss then gave description of the
rooms in the National hotel with their
relative position to each other. He said
the plaintiff was never in the hotel whilst
I was there.
THos. CUNNINGHAM
in rebuttal. Have rooned IN the block
spoken of, and never saw the lady until
saw her in court. Neither have seen the
children there, and was not in room No 4
with her on the Sunday testified nor at
any other time.
Gross eeen women in
the hall there, bat not the plaintiff. I am
IN my pom all night, from about TO 1880
IN the morning. Have seen women there
on Sundays. Have never seen any women
partially undressed in that room.
JAS. INQUIRE
Have been in the city over two
years. Was policeman in 1882.
Have boarded at the defendants.
never saw plaintiff come koms intoxicated
and never saw any striking between them.
Know the girl Ella Nelson, she was a hired
girl there.
Gross examined. Boarded there four
weeks. Never loaned any money to Mrs.
Allison and do not owe her nor any one
| else.
| JESSIE ALLISON.
| have heard the evidence of Mr.. and
Mrs. Regain and I never saw either of them.
before in my life, and never was in that
house and never got anything from them
to eat. Never saw any one kiss my mother
and never saw any one give
her money. Did not see,
Cook measure my mammals limbs, and
would should such have been done as was
present all the time. Never saw any one
at the house take improper liberties with
my mamma.
Cross communicative not been much
. away from home except when 1 am at
grandmamma's. When we were at Mont
rose 1 was not at school as I was there
visiting. We were visiting Mr.. Young's
folks, as he boarded at our house in this
city. Mr.. Pratt only came the day we left,
but do not know whore he came from.
Never saw him at our house after we came
back from Montrose.
MRS. WHITMAN.
The plaintiff is my daughter. Have
} known defendant fourteen years and nine
months, A year ago Paid MIN. per com
sci, $500. L have fully clothed and sup
ported my daughter and her children since
October of last year. In July Allison
wrote me that 1 SHOULD come down from
Minneapolis and take my daughter
away, as they did not live happily together.
I came down to the mill where he was at
work before went to the house, and had a
conversation with him. He said he was
tired of the way they were living I asked
him what he would do, and he
said he could not assist in any
way to support her. L asked him
if hs would contribute the wood as he was
working at the mill, and he said he would
} have nothing to do with her, as he did not
care for her or the children. / then went
and saw my daughter, and gave them
, enough to keep them for some time. Wien
the cold weather set in / went to see them
again and found her lathing the house,
! +, as he would not do it, 1 supplied them
1 with groceries and clothing, and such other
things as they needed as 1 was perfectly
, able to do so. After this he came to see
me at Minneapolis and offered to suppIy
the means to go on with the house if i
would get her to live with him again.
had taken her with me to
Minneapolis when the cold weather
came on as they could not live in the
house in its unfinished state. He was al
Il ways complaining to me, but | did not
trouble my daughter by telling her all the
little frivolous ideas that he got into his
=, head and told me, as I did not think ii
right to carry tales between them. He
never showed me letter that he said he
had taken out Of her pocket when going
up st. Anthony hill. [ always tried to
make peace between them. He never
came to see the children and did not ap-
pear to take any notice of them
He came tie my place OF
Sunday, after sending man
named John Adams first. About the first
Of January he came there again. I never
ordered HIM out of doors. When he came
to sec me in June 1 did not receive him
very graciously. I did not tell him where
Eay deug5tor and her children were, bnt
told him they were veil. 1 told him that
her attorney would give him ali the infor-
nation no wanted, and he asked who her
attorney was, L told him to ask his at
torney, a. he was quite aware as to who
ne was. Alter the fire at his place in Jan
uary 1881 till Msy of the Same year my
daughter and her children lived VIA me
and 1 supported them. He did
not contribute anything to their support
all that time. I never found
my daughter away from home when went
to see them, and never saw her intoxicated
[ furnished the 1ney for plaintiff any
time she went away from home. They
lived at Plaiuyiew and Faribault before
coming to 81. Paul. When they were liv-
ing at FaribauIt and l at Plainview, he
telsgraphed me 10 come at once to Fari-
bault. 1 replied that would, and went.
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