St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-26
The Morse Studio Property Trial.

A Jury was impaneled in the district court
yesterday and the trial commenced in the
suit of Samuel T. d. Morse and Frederick o.
Pease against II. Campbell Black, st. Paul
lawyer, and the wife Of the leading plaintiff,
Sadie Ten Eyck Morse. The complaint on
which this suit is brought is that the plain
tiffs as a firm were conducting a studio and
art room in Ingersoll's block last January
and were engaged in selling and dealing
in works of art, pictures, pottery.
art and artists utensils, had in all therein
about 50, 500 in property and were doing an
extensive and profitable business. That the
defendants entered into the conspiracy with
the design of converting this property TO
their personal use and causing the financial
ruin of the plaintiffs. That this the defend
ants completely effected, and wrongfuIly,
unlawfully, maliciously and oppressively
with force of arms and without permission or
license entered said studio on two occasions
and converted said property to their own
use, and by this reason the plaintiffs
business was wholly ruined and
destroyed and they demand a judgment Of
damages TO the amount OF $50, 900 therefor.
J. w. Willis, Esq, appeared for the plain
tiffs and Ex-Gov. Davis for the defendants
Gov. Davis, in stating the case for the de-
Tense, said that Morse had been furnished
with a sum of from $500 to 5000 to lit up
this studio and that he secured HIS wife for
the money lent with two bills Of sale of the
property. Mr.. Pease came along and Morse
took him into partnership, the former giving
promissory notes, Morse telling his wife that
Pease knew of her claims on the property.
a -
peared within two days and has not since
been seen in St. Paul, although bis name ap-
pears in this suit against his wife. After his
disappearance his wife went to the studio and
told Pease of her claim and insisted that
property in the studio consigned BY certain
men for sale be packed up and sent back,
and told Pease not to pay cent on his notes
as the property was hers and not her hus-
bands. Pease assented to the arrangement
and helped Mr.. Black, her lawyer, pack up
the goods. Pease's notes were worthless, ard
4 the woman's acts were characterized by in
tegrity and commercial honesty in thus wind
ing up the business. Nothing was heard BY
any one Of this suit for damages until six
months afterwards, July %.
Mrs. Morse, fine appearing and intelli-
! gent looking lady, was put upon the stand by
the defense. She furnished her husband 5000
to start this studio, and produced one Of the
bills of sale for $500, taken on security, the
other for the same amount having been mis-
laid by her; when she first went 10 the studio
after her husbands disappearance Pease told
her Morse had left the city not intending 10
return; he (Pease) recognized her right TO the
/ property and turned it over to her and said
be had been swindled by her husbsnd; he,
/ Pease, asked her to continue the business
with him, but she refused; Mr.. Black was her
lawyer and she acted under his advice;
Pease separated his personal effects from the
property, as she also did, and Pease helped
Black pack up and send back the consigned
goods to the east; she never heard of any
damages being asked until six months af-
ter the business was amieably wound up and
until the papers in this suit were served
upon her. After some crOss-questioning
the witness was dismissed and the court adj
! journed to $50 this morning.