St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-09-26
SIZE LOVED ANOTHER.
At Least the NeighbOrs Say So and
Tell of Strange Scenes.

The domestic troubles of John Streeter
and his wife, in which DR.. Fr;edlander
figured so conspicuously some time ago. are
brought to notice again by papers flied in
the district court. Some weeks ago Mrs.
Streeter brought an action for divorce
against her husband. alleging drunkenness
and deSertion, and yesterday she put in
petition asking that Mr.. Streeter be COM
PEELED to pay her $50 as, counsel fees, S15i of
which she has incurred as expenses, and So
per week with which to pay her board dur
ing the pending of the trial. Mr.. Streeter
comes back" at the plaintiff i'll a vigorous
manner, and his reply will undoubtedly
cause sensation. He denies that he has
been under the influence of liquor at any
time since his marriage, or that he ever
treated his wife in cruel or inhuman man
ner He alleges that during the winter of
1885 he went to Michigan for short time.
leaving his wife in Minneapolis. and that
while he was gone Samuel Friedlander
stole away her affections and Seduced her,
and that she ana DE-. FrIedlander
have continued in their illicit
love up to the present time. He
further says that he believes the action for
divorce was brought by his wife for the
sole purpose that she might marry Fried
lander. According to his statement he has
no property from which he can pay the
money she asks for.
Attached to the affidavit of Mr.. Streeter
are sworn statements by John Schell, Mar
tin Schnell and Others which place Mrs.
Streeter and the gay doctor in very bad
light. The former SwearS that for some
time he lived in the same house with Mrs.
Streeter and that he had seen DIR. Fried
lander enter her room many times late at
night. Here he would remain some time,
and then leave the house by the back door,
In regard to Mrs. Streeter'S statement that
she was sick when the row occurred be-
tween her husband and DR.. Friedlander, he
says that Mrs. Streeter was not sick. as she
had been up all day and remained up until
DR.. Friedlander entered her room. The
statement of Martin Friedlander is to the
effect that he frequently saw DR.. Fried
lander and Mrs. Streeter together in the
hall of the house where Mrs. Streeter
lived, and that the doctor was in the habit
of putting his arms around Mrs. Streeter's
waist and accompanying her to her room.
Margaret Berg JeStifieS that she frequently
saw Dr.. Friedlander and Mrs. Streeter hug
gng one another in the hall, and that Oh
one occasion, when passing Mrs. Streeter's
room, she looked in through the open door,
she saw DR.. Friedlander hugging Mrs
Streeter with one arm, while with the other
he was engaged in scientific researches. as
a consequence of which Mrs. Streeter's
clothing became very much diSarranged.
Mrs Catherine Sterling, who resided at
the same house with her daughter, tells a
story that lends a peculiar interest to the
case. She swears that she and her daugh
ter occupied room adjoining that OF Mrs.
Streeter This room she had frequently
seen DR.. Friedlander enter at all times OF
the day and night. About the 1st of May
she saw the doctor enter this room and re-
main there until about II o'clock at night
About IL o'clock the light was eXtinguished
and she heard DR.. Friedander say to Mrs.
Streeter, kiss me, darling" From sounds
she then heard she judged that the request
had been complied with. About II O'Clock
the doctor left the room and Mrs. Streeter
arose and lighted the lamp again. Mrs.
Sterling says that frequently, when Mr..
Streeter was away from home, she heard
a mans voice in Mrs. StreeterS room
as late as o'clock i'll the morning.
By reason of this disgraceful conduct, she
says, both she and her daughter were OBJ
liged to leave the house. A sister or Mrs.
Streeter testifes that the charge that Mr..
Streeter was addicted to drinking and
treating his wife with cruelty is untrue.
She says that in 1885 she first noticed the
intimacy between DR.. Friedlander and her
sister, and that short time later the doctor
had told her he and Mrs. Streeter were
going TO be married just as soon as she
(AITs. Streeter) could get free from her huS-
band. and that she need not be surprised
if he came to see her often and remained
late at night. DR.. Friedlander and Mrs.
Streeter often went riding and to the thea
tiers together and acted in many ways as
though they were husband and wife. She
states that DR.. Friedlander rented room for
Mrs. Streeter and supported her there tell
ing the landlady that he was her husband.
In this room the witness states that she
found her sister, sick in bed. and asked
her to call Mr.. Friedlander Mr.. Streeter,"
as he was known by that name there. She
also thinks that Mrs. Streeter is trying to
get divorce in order that she may marry
Dr. Friedlander.
The affidavits were heard at the special
term and the motion of Mrs. Streeter for
temporary allmony and counsel fees
denied.