St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-30
MINNEAPOLIS MENTION
An Indiscreet Lover Whose Letters to
His Old Sweetheart Prove a
Boomerang.
The Rumor That Jack Keefe Was a
Fighter Proves to Be Without
Foundation.
The Ministers Talk About Marriage
and Divorce Discussing the
Conduit System.
Shutting Down on the W1de-Ope en-
PoIicy--ChiefO of Police Chase
Knocked Out.

The district court was crowded yesterday
morning. when the breach of promise sun
of Emma c. Sandell against John A. Nor
deem was called. The plaintiff resided IN
Burlington. Ia. on Dec. Is, 1882. when
MIR. Nordeen proposed to her. Some time
after Nordeen removed to Minneapolis and
here married. on Oct. 10, 1885, one Ida u
Peterson. Miss Sandell, who is very
ordinary looking young woman. lad hei
damages at So, 600. The trial was an In
tereSting one. and the reading OF some OF
the letters that passed between the pair was
marked with laughter, which at times the
court was powerieSS TO suppress. Inc 1ol-
lowing one is a fair sample:
CHICAGO, Sept. D, ISS1.-My Dearly BE-
loved Emma: Receive my cordial than & =
dear friend, for your letter. which l mao tue
honor to receive the same day leit ST. faul'
and was not little surprised. nud 10 ihy
iov that YOU would be willing to JOIN your
fafe with mine IN the bonds of love and
wedlock That we should become uniteo
upon tue changefu path of life by the most
beautiful and delightful of all bonds that
humanity knows. the indissoiuoIe Dohos Oh
faithful and pure love. / hope you have not
taken this step without carefully considering
it with yourself so that you will not regret IL
or be displedsed wi; your resolution. VIII
cheerfulv give you how long time you mS7
desire for thorough seif-invesugatlon Defore
I breach the subject to your parents, tor &c
not want TO say an. ting 10 them before am
assured of your love and faithfulness- he
assured that I truly aud sincerely love you
in a way that only the first pure ana uh-
stained love can! Hence l can say without
being false in American:
Here. take nv heart;
1t will be safe thy keeping
while ] co. wandering land and sea;
Smiling or sorroWing, waking or sleep ng,
What need care if my heart is with tnee,
II in the race We are destined to run.
Love, they that have light heart the happiest be-
Happier still q ( they be who have none, love-
And that will. ne my case when my heart is with
thee,
No matter where now be a rover,
No matter how many bright eyes see,
Should Venus herself come and ask me TO love
her.
should tell her L could not. my heart is with
thee.
There let it lie. growing fonder and fOnder,
And should fortune truant r. me-
WHY, let her go, have trr irer beyond her'
So long as my he IT IS at m rest with YOU
HE LIKED CHICAGO.
In closing. let me inform you that / arrived
in Chicago on "Wednesday afternoon, and per-
haps [ shall remain in Chicago over winter
for l prefer living in city tn living IN the
country. If | live and have my health L VIII
make a visit to Burlington very soon, to see
when it will be. ] must now close my letter
to you for this time. with many loving greet
ings. Write soon to me and think OFTEN OF
your eternally loving JOHN A N.
P. S.-Greeting to your parents and your
brothers.
There were two or three hundred letters
like this, some of them pouring out burning
words of lurid love. The engagement was
dissolved by mutual consent. the defendant
claimed, but the letters did not show this.
After while Nordeen'S letters begun to
grow perceetiblY cooler. and he wrote to
the woman that the Lord was interpreting
and would prevent their marriage. Finally.
when she demanded that he make good his
promise and marry her, he refused, saying
that she was not good enough for him, as
he knew something about her that took
place when she was living in Burlington.
Before NordeeB broke off the engagement
he sent for her and had her leave her home
in Burlington and come to st. Paul, where
she has resided since, supporting herself by
doing Homework. NOrdeen occupied a
seat inside railing and during the trial
kept his face we'll hidden. His wife.
handsome little woman, wearing plush
cloak. sat beside him and paid close atten-
ton to all that went on.
Messrs. Shores & Holt defended Nordeen,
while j. w. Arctander was the lady'S at
tOrney. His argument was great one.
and. as he worked in all the latest sayings.
it struck the audience just right. He
jumped on poor NOrdeen and tramped all
over him rough-shOd. His defense was
torn into small pieces and scattered TO the
winds. He was characterized as snake
in the grass. - IAN internal hypocrlte, IAN
inhuman monster, "and other things equally
pleasant.