St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-29
TI1E SOCIAIIIST GOT THEFtE.
The European Correspondence
Meets It's Reward

Meets Its Reward.
The few people who were brave
enough to face yesterdays fog and mist
at the early hour Of 8 o'clock and attend
the district court, were witnesses to a
singular and amusing case, being an
action brought by one Evert Nyman-
over, proprietor of boarding house on
Eighth avenue south, to recover 500
for services he alleged he performed
for the DAILY GLOBE.
Evert Nymanover, once socialist, then
Democrat and now Prohibitionist. has
long been character in Minneapolis.
He is a Swede by birth, and had a
longing 10 revisit the scenes of his
youth. In connection with this longing
came another, which was to indulge
the passion he had for seeing the prod
uct Of his fancy and pen embalmed in
print. This satisfaction, it appeared,
had sufficiently compensated him
for the midnight Oil he had consumed
in copying history and political econo-
my. an, on the same terms he set sail
for Scandinavia. Armed with a letter
OF introduction from the GLOBE, he
found every door open to him, and
for months he reveled in the society OF
Scandinavian nobility. He discussed
finance with the minister, and dOgmas
with archbishops. and even got so far
as to be admitted to the royal presence
of the king himself, and to astound his
majesty with his peculiar views ON
social economy. Later, he baSked in
the sunlight of a select newspaper
coterie, and finally entered diplomatic
life in Denmark and learned the true
inwardness Of the difficulty between
Minister Anderson and Envoy Ellison,
sent out by the exposition. Much OF
this. with an injudiciOus admiXture OF
Nymanoyer, he posted across the waters
to the GLOBE, and then returned to
multitude. Then he demanded a sum
of money for his services, to the aston
ishment Of all concerned, and set up the
claim that he had been employed to do
the work. Tcnderly the news was
broken to him that he was in error.
though he was made welcome to the adj
vertising he had given himself. His
socialisric blood was aroused, and he
began an action to recover 500. The
trial came on yesterday, and Nymanover,
with blush and 4 bright lavender neck
tie, appeared to assert his claims through
the medium of Young Mr.. Arctander.
That saturnine and acute limb OF the
law, Freeman ?. Lane. represented the
defense, and with Judge Lochren as
referee the contest began. Nymanover
told his woeful tale and admitted, in a
general way, that he had filled many
columns to praise himself and filled
more waste baskets to please an arbi-
trary editor. But he had written ten
letters from Europe, and he wanted for
each column IS in current coin. 1t was
shown, on the contrary. that he was
not employed and knew he was not.
when, he went, but he was obviously
insensible to the distinguished consider
alton paid him in admitting his
writing to print. The argument was a
breezy one. Attorney Lane seemed to
have acquired an intimate knowledge of
characterization he called Needem-
yer and apologized for not being able to
remember his name-and sized HIM up
before jury to the amusement of every
body. He showed how the eX-socialist
had the cacoethes scribendi, or
frenzy for writing, and how
he besieged the newspaper Of
fees with his manuscript, only too
glad to write forever if Only his name
could be seen in print. But it was re-
served to Ludwig Alexander, the Ny
hanover lawyer, to paralyze the jury.
Young Mr.. Arctander has great future
before him in the forensic line, and he
knows it. He cut loose. With one foot
on the steps of the jury box and one
hand gracefully reposing beneath the
tails of his coat. he began. Ills
blonde hair, cut a la Pompadour,
stood erect like furze hedge, and each
individual hair quivered with excite
ment. The jury first looked, then
stared, and then yawned. For an hour,
while Nymanover supplied him with
water, he harangued the jury. and only
the arrival of the noon hour finally cut
him off.
Judge Lochren charged the jury after
dinner, his instructions being decidedly
favorable to Nymenover. Young Mr.:
Arctander, who was very respondent
over the testimony, frightened up on
the charge and took winning smile.
The court instructed the july that it
was all matter of contract; it one had
been made the verdict should be
for the plaintiff for S72.20, but
il there had been no contract,
the verdict should be for the
defendant. The jury retired at p. m.
and for four hours wrestled on tic,
standing six each way. At 6 o'clock the
court said he would keep them until
Friday unless they agreed, in which
case a sealed verdict should be re-
turned. At 7o'clock five of the half
dozen Nymanover alherents agreed to
go to the defendant, but man named
Marsh stood out, leaving the ballot II to
1 against the famous correspondent.
The five then went back, and turn the
other way was tried. One man said he
would give a verdict if Nymanover was
not such a BANKED BANKED, but he
would like to get home for Thanksgiv-
ing. At last, at late hour. with
Thanksgiving in view, this one man
consented, and verdict for the plain
tiff for S72.20 was returned.
Nymanover sat in the solitude of his
boarding house. wondering what the
verdict would be. He did not know,
last night, but it is said he had made up
his mind, it he won this case, to bring
suit against the Pioneer Press and Jour
nal for $4,000 libel.
HE KNOWS BETTER.
City Attorney Smith Gives the