St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-19
THE ALLEGED PRocUREss.
mother Side to the Sensational Story
4 Is She Saaae?


Aaother Side to the Sensational Story
rs She Sane?
Mrs Burner, the alleged procuress, was ar
raigned before Judge Bailey, yesterday, upon
the new charge referred to in yesterday GLoRE,
the old charge having been dismissed. Through
her attorney, Geo. R. Robinson, she waived her
examination and was held to await the action OF
the district court in $500 bonds. s. N. Bell, the
grocerynan at the corner of Twentieth street
and Fourth avenue, south, became her surety
Dr. Freeman, who has, for some times been
Mrs. Burner family physician was waited upon
by reporter He had little to say regarding the
case, but had never seen anything particularly
wrong in her conduct, although things had oc-
CURED which aroused his suspicion. He had
seen two letters from j. H. Mclaughlin, Fargo,
in one of which he had referred to Lottie Burner,
the daughter who is now living with Judge
Hauseras his pet. In the otherhad been endorsed
a check or draft for;$50 to pay the girls tuition
in Archibald's business college. One night he
was called upon by an elderly man from st. Panl
whose conduct was peculiar and strange. He
stated that he.was to marry the girl. Lottie, and
wanted him to come to the house at once, ex-
planning that the mother had poisoned the girl.
He went and found the girl in a stupor or sort of
somnia, which lasted three days. She is now re-
covering He had often found the mother in the
same condition He could discover no traces of
poison. and was always at q loss how to account
for her condition.
The mother had often threatened to poison
herself and the child because of some property
trouble in which Jas. H. Carr. engineer at the
West hotel, who swore out warrant for her ar
rest, was trying to get possession of the heritage
of the girl by establishing for the mother an I'M
moral character.
In an interview with Mrs. Burner, she said the
other girl in the case, Florence Nation, was the
illigitimate child of a woman who now lives In
OttumWa, Iowa. Mrs. Burner acknowledges that
he. character and conduct previous to 1882 was
questionable but since then she stoutly protests
that she has been rigidly circumpect and upright
in her every relation.
S. n. Bell the groceryman above referred to,
states that Mrs. Burner has traded with him for
over year and that she has been prompt In all
her obligations. He never said anything which
would lead him to believe the allegations made
against her were correct, or well grounded. lie
denied most emphatically that the mother had
placed unreasonable restrictions upon the child.
Lottie had frequently been at his store to get
goods, and appeared to enjoy every freedom
granted any girl Of her age. AT one time she
came to him and borrowed money for her mother,
which was paid at the time stipulated. Some
time since q stranger called upon him and said
ne had friend in Dakota named Bell, whom, he
said had been injured by Mrs. Burner. This
stranger went on to state that Bell his friend,
had been arrested and Mrs. Burner gave very
damaging testimony. He was DESTROYS of retail
ating and was in search of evidence to bring
against her. He got none at that store. In con-
clusion Mr. Bell remarked that from all indica-
tions he had been led to believe that the whole
production was nothing more than.a blackmail
scheme, concocted by Carr.
George r. Robinson the attorney for the de-
PENDANT states that he believes the action is
brought to get possession of the property.