St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-17

| was taken sick half an hour after l
had eaten supper. We had beef soup
with dumplings in, for supper. When
Victoria and l went up to North Mime
apolis Julia'S husband went with us as
far as First avenue south" ~
Didn't Julia go with you?'
"No, sir. she did not leave the house
while / was there.''
"How did you sit coming down on the
train?''
"Victoria and l sat together and Julia
and her husband were in another seat.
There was no trouble of any kind. and
could be-"
ibid you know of any trouble be-
tween Jnlia and her husbands"
II did not. They seemed to be per-
fectly happy. When Victoria and [
came home we found the Zufetskls eat
ing supper. Pretty soon Julia and her
husband came in and sat down with us.
Julia did not cat supper, because she
had eaten over to her cousins, so her
husband, who went over to get her,
said.''
sWhile coming down from New
Prague did not Julia and her husband
and you have quarrel?'
I'VE did not have a quarrel OF any
kind. / am positive of that.''
THE POISON FINDER.
Frank Scholu, youthful resident of
the flats, next took the stand. On be-
ing shown the box of poison he said he
had found it Oil Friday, after the poison
ing, between two houses. about three
fourths of block from where the poi
soning took place. He had found it. he
continued. about twenty feet from Ka-
hanofsky's house near well, from
which the family got all the water that
was used. He had seen no one around
when he found the box.
'IS there fence around KahanOf-
sky's house?" asked Mr.. O'Brien, the
attorney for the prisoner.
Yes, SIR" replied the boy in q
whisper. when. l found the box 1
gave it to boy who was with me. He
gave it to some girls, and he gave it to
man. The morning | found the box L
had read in the papers that some peo-
pie had been poisoned"
James Smeashek, the boy who figured
so prominently as the boy who had
been bribed to ''put poison in the -four"
was next called. He had seen Mrs.
Martin on Washington avenue Thurs
day about noon. She was with two
other girls and man. They all talked
as though theS were mad, Mrs. Martin
especially. She was talking to the
girls. but he could not hear what was
said.
THE CASE ARGUED.
Mr.. O'Brien, at the conclusion of
the Smeashek boys testimony, asked
that the defendant be discharged on
the ground that it had not been fully
proved that there had been any poison
administered by any one. Then there
was no evidence that Mrs. Martin had
made any attempt TO poison any one.
She would be the last one i'll the world
to do anything like that, having
been married but two days. She had
not been identified as the woman
who had bought the poison. Even if
or her cousin and her sister. her Oppor-
tunity would have been at dinner. when
she was present, and not in the even
ing, when she was not present a nd did
not know who would get hold of the
stuff.
mir. Nye followed with q short adj
dress. in which he said that all the tes
timony the state had had been produced.
He held that the state had shown that
a crime had been committed, and it was
probable that Mrs. Martin had commit
ted it.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Nye's adj
dress. Judge Bailey stated that the evil
dence in the case was entirely circum-
stantial. and that motive and Opportu-
nifty must be proven in order to make
case. This had not been proven, and
no motive was shown at all, There has
been no evidence t. show that there was
any ill feeling between the parties.
Nov. | can see no reason for binding
this party over" continued the judge,
land Mrs. Martin is discharged"
Mrs Martin was at once surrounded
by her friends, and all left the court
room laughing and crying by turns.