St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-17
STORIES HEARD IN COURT.
A Question Of Veracity That Involves
Ten Thousand Dollars.
SENSATIONAL
TRIAL.
In Which Woman's Weakness and Mans
Perfidy Wreck Family in
High Life.
Special to the Globe.

which was to have opened last Tuesday.
was adjourned until next Monday on
account OF sickness i'll Judge Carland'S
family at Bismarck. The session will
open Monday, with over $50 cases for
trial. Among the interesting eases
to come up for trial is the $4,000
damage suit brought by U. S. G. Cherry
against Clark Coats, an alderman OF the
city. In the spring Cherry conducted
suit against Coats, in the trial of
which Coats claims Cherry called him
liar. Coats the DeXt day demanded of
Cherry that.he take this back, and, be-
ing refused. the enraged alderman in
a frenzy assaulted the young attorney.
battering him up very badly. Cherry,
therefore, sues TOR $4,000 damages.
Both of the parties to the suit are we'll
known, and considerable interest is
felt in the case.
At this term of court the case of Hat
tie Rooth VS. William RoOth will be
heard. The title of the case is not
very striking. but in those few words is
WRAPPED UP A STORY
of wOman's weakness, mans perfidy,
ruined home, and the shame of one OF
the richest families in the state of Con-
necticut. Rooth was the cashier OF
large banking institution in Norwich,
Conn. He was respected by his en-
plOyers and was receivinga magnificent
salary. by which he maintained in ele-
gance refined and cultured home. His
wife was a beautiful lady of the most
gracious manners, and stood at the head
of the brilliant society in which she
moved. But Rooth, in an unlucky hour,
was guilty of technical violation OF
the law in order to accommodate the
president Of the bank of which he was
cashier. Pay day came, and Rooth went
to the penitentiary. His friends, who
had never lost confidence in him, set
about at once to
SECURE A PARDON
and after two years ROOth was released
from the pennitentiary with full eX-
oneration for his offense, which was
more of misfortune than a crime.
Meanwhile, however, his wife had
formed intimate relations with dash
ing and smooth young Widower named
Shew-a man who had been III years
past a close friend of ROOth's. Shew
was landlord of the leading hotel at the
place. and possessed all those inSlnuat-
ing qualities which attract the opposite
sex, being polite as dancing master,
elegant as a prince. vivaciOuS and
auick-witted. During RoOth'S imprison-
ment he had fascinated the beautiful
Young wife, and her marriage vows, the
husbands entreaties and the prayers of
relatives could not induce her to leave
the man who was Turing her to ruin.
Nomina,ly consenting to go back to her
husband and to leave the associates
which were blackening her name, she
was all the time holding secret meetings
with Shew. This the husband discov-
cred, but before he could do anything
Shew and Mrs. ROOth had fled for parts
unknown, taking the little daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. ROOth with them. They
came to Sioux Falls, where they have
since lived
AS MAN AND WIFE.
Shew changing his name to Shaw. This
summer RoOtll located the guilty pair,
and with his lawyer came to Sioux
Falls to get possession OF his child
under writ of habeas corpus. This
the court denied, the child saying that
she preferred to live with her mother.
Mrs. Rooth then entered suit for di-
vorce from her husband on the ground
of neglect ard cruelty" and it is this
case which comes up here. Rooth will
be here to fight the case with all the
desperation of man who feels that he
has been
DEEPLY WRONGED.
Sensational developments are expect
ed. Rooth and his faithless wife have
met but once since she ran away. 1t
was in the reception room of Mrs. Rooth,
where the husband had come to get a
glimpse of his child before returning
to the East. Mrs. Rooth came into the
room unexpectedly. Ro0th looked up,
both gazed lntently at each other for a
minute. and then both burst into flood
of tears. All connected with the case
are highly connected.