St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-25
An Unusually Brutal Case of Assault
Brought to Light, and the Alleged
Criminal Taken.
Chief of Police West Returns From the
South and Gives an Account Of
Himself
Several Legal Lights Tell Ed Steve ms
What They Think of His
Defense.
Keene at the Grand--In the Courts.
Woods Nemesis--Notable We'd
dings-- Briefs.
ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT.
Julia Peterson, II Pretty Girl OF
Years. the Victim.

OF rape, Julla peterson, d girl III Jo'io oiO''
beng the victim of his lechery, and she Is
now at Bethany home in a critical condl-
ton. Teipner, who is apparently about 30
years of age, is Of fairly good address and
has a penchant for talkatlyenesS. lie mas
been a successful solicitor Tor one OF the
Washington avenue safe houses. lie came
to Minneapolis about three montnS ago
from an interior village in Wisconsin, and
has in his possession papers indicating that
he is an attorney and that he occupied a
Justice bench i'll his native town. He is of
medium stature and somewhat corpulent.
The affair first came to light upon an eX-
posure being made by young man named
Christ Lundgren, who reported the case to
the police several days ago. He stated that
he had given Mrs. Teipner S. for the privi-
lege of occupying room with the girl at
the home of the TeipnerS, No. 213 Second
avenue south. He was shown up stairs to
Julia PeterSon'S room, and securely locked
III from the outside. Mrs. Teipner blew
out the lamp and left him in total darkness.
The girl was in bed, and he soon ascertained
that she was seriously ILL., and it afterwards
developed that she had been drugged with
whisky and morphine. In conversation
with her, he learned that she was quite i'll,
and being pressed told the reason. She re-
lated pitiful tale of bestial outrage, and
so enlisted the sympathy of the young man
that he sat by her bedside the entire night
caring for her. Her story moved him to
tears. and i'll the morning. without limiting
anything of the kind to the Teipners, he
went straight to the.police headquarters and
DIvULGED THE GIRLS STORY.
Clerk Stevens took the matter in charge.
He first sent Officer Coffin around to the
house with Lundgren to locate the place
and then visited the place himself. He
found the girl very i'll. She cOrroborated
the young mans statements. Mr.. Stevens
then enlisted the services of the superin-
tendent of poor and the city physician and
the girl was removed to Bethany home for
better treatment and care, but not without
protest from Teipner, who claimed that
the girl had good home and ought not to
be removed. He said DIR. Moore was
treating the case but the officers were not
to be turned aside from their purpose.
With that the case was for some uneX-
planned reason dropped until yesterday,
when the girl. having sufficiently recovered
to visit the city hall, made new complaint.
Her story is sufficient to fire any man with
a soul or conscience with indignation, and
is as follows in substance:
About two months ago or less she came
Mimi, about siXty-eight miles distant. for
employment About three weeks ago she was
sent to E. j. Teipners by E. Danglars,
where she readily secured work as a do
nestle at S1.50 week. Mr.. Teipner
seemed quite attentive to her and on the
evening of Nov. z he said to her: Julia
want you to come with me to the store to
bring back some groceries," SuSpecting
nothing wrong, she asSented. On reaching
the safe store, where he was employed,
Tepner unlocked the door and told her to
come in. There was no light. He then
seized her, placing his hand over her mouth
and committed a felonious assault. She
was ignorant of the ways of a wicked city
and said nothing about the outrage to any
one. Afterwards she was drugged at the
house and men were sent to her room. She
remembers three occasions when men were
locked in her room with her. At an
other time the lecherous Teipner com
mitted an assault upon her in
the sitting-room and in the presence of Mrs.
Teipner. The girl struggled desperately,
and Mrs. T. said she had best give up to
him." She also claimed that when she
went to the TeipnerS she had an amount of
money which was taken from her. A
GLOBE reporter called upon Teipner at the
first precinct station for the purpose of an
interview.
''What has brought you here?" asked
the reporter.
''You are reporter; know you"
''No doubt you do"
'Well, l don't want this thing published.
am all right"
''What is your business?"
Il have no business"
Are you going to fight the case?"
''You may depend that 1 will fight the
case. l have got lots of money, and can
show up as good record as any man in
Minneapolis | am innocent But | will
not be interviewed"
''You have got where you belong at last, :"
remarked Detective Gleason who had just
entered the lookup.
''Why SOP"
''You are United States detective, eh?"
4 have given your people pointers many
times, and this is the thanks | get for it. "
Detective Gleason then told the reporter
that he first became acquainted with the
prisoner about three months ago, when he
represented himself to Gleason as a
UNITED STATES DETECTIVE,
stating that he had been on the bench and
was then engaged in ferreting out certain
pine land steals from the government.
The reporter called upon Mrs. Teipner at
her home last evening. She was found in
her sitting groom with her two little chill
dren. She talked glibly. but evidently was
ignorant of the fact that she was talking to
a newspaper man. She stated that she had
been married six years. She corroborated
in the most essential points the particulars
of the girls story. She said the assault had
been committed before her eyes in the sitting
room. She found remonstrance in vain.
The girl seemed willing to remain, even
after 1 wanted her to leave" she said.
Did she not complain of the treatment
she received at the hands of your husbands"
Not word. She seemed to be crazy
after him. I'm of a jealous disposition and
wanted her to leave the house."
s. " You could not be of very jealous dis
position and permit outrages before your
very eyes, Mrs. Teipner?"
But l couldn't help myself"
Did you ever accept So from young
man to allow him to occupy the girls
room?"
Yes, took the money but assure YOU
that L did not approve of such doings.''
''How about the claim that the girl was
drugged and locked in the house?''
I ''That is not so. She was always allowed
to go out. In fact frequently sent her to
the store on errandS. and she seemed per-
fectly contented and anxious to remain
here"
WAS she drugged?"
''She was given whisky one night and
morphine in the morning. 1t was given as
medicine. The girl was ill and my hus-
band went to saloon and got glass of
whisky, and 1 made hot sling. She
seemed to be suffering great pain nd the
whisky relieved her."
Julia Peterson is an unusually pretty girl.
She is rather slight, has plump and SYM
metrcal form. and other than her ailments,