St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-28
GRAVE ALLEGATIONS.
Prominent Citizens Stand Their
Trial on a Charge of Fraud.

There is very interesting trial in
progress in the district court before
Judge Kelly. 1t is a suit that involves
considerable sum of money-a whole
fortune, in fact-and besides, the CEN
trail figures are of prominence in the
city. 1t is that of Annice G. Barteau
against her former husband, William L.
Bafteau, the gentleman who is erecting
the Hotel Barteau, his present wife.
Mary Barteau nee Miss Mary Baily(.
and Josiah Fairchild, the weiI-known
real estate dealer. The trial began yes
terday morning. and was continued over
last evening until Wednesday. The.at-
tOrneyS for the defense are E.. F. Lane.
Williams & GoOdnow and Thompson d
Taylor; for the plaintiff, Charles n.
Bell and Harvey Officer are looking
after the legal details. 1t was quite an
Interesting sight to witness the group of
htlgants III the court room. On one
side, IN the shadow of the Judges
bench, sat pleaSant-faced and we'll
dressed lady OF middle age. She was
the divorced wife of Barteau. and the
one who was bringing the action. On the
other side OF the room. seated inside the
railing, sat another lady, wholly unlike
the first in appearance and everything
else. She was handsome woman,
with cheeks of the brightest red, fash
ionably dressed and inclined toward
embonpoint to quite degree. This
was the present wife; and in the center
of the room sat Barteau himself, SEEM
ingly oblivious of the fact that ON either
side of him sat women who bore his
name with the added prefix of Mrs"
In her allegations Mrs. Annice Bar
teau says that she was married to Will
lam Barteau at Beford, n. H., on Oct.
Is, 1878. In 1874 they removed to this
city. At this time she possessed about
S20,0 in money and property in her
own right. Naturally she made the
man she loved her agent and from 1877
to 1885 he invested her money and trans
acted all of the business, and did it SO
successfully that in 1855 the principal
had swelled to $4,000. In June, 1884,
they mutually agreed upon separa-
ton, she going to Europe for her health
and he as her husband and agent send
ing her 500 monthly for expenses. But
as she now states he fell in love with a
woman named Mary Bailey (Mrs. Will
lam Barteau now and lived with her
while she was still his rightful wife,
The two then conspiFed with Mr.. Fair
child to defraud her out of her posses
siOns. Through misrepresentation and
without her knowledge-she having in
the meantime given Fairchild right of
attorney-they managed to secure
divorce from her. The decree was
granted March II, 1886, and On March
Barteau married Mary Bailey. The
greater portion of all her MARY Bar
teau's) property was transferred by a
series of fraudulent maneuvers to her
rival, which. by this time, had aeeu-
INFLATED so as to represent about $780,
coo. Then Barteau began to diSeOn-
tinue the TemittaneeS: and, besides, she
received no share i'll the property
which was rightfuily her own. She
was in Europe all this time, and could
not look after her own affairs, as it was
impossible for her to come to this coun-
try on account of her ill-health. Failing,
however. to get any satisfaction from
Fairehiid she employed another attorney
who secured note of $4,000 for her,
executed by Mary Bailey or Mrs. Bar
teau. The uote bore per cent interest
! per annum, and was payable monthly.
In March of this year she returned to
this county and resolved to look after
her own affairs. She asks the court to
grant judgment making the defend
ants to account for everything, and an
Injunction restraining them from trans
ferring or disposing of any of the prop
erty involved. She also asks the court
| to compel them to transfer all of the
property to her, the rightful owner.
The defense is a general and sweep
ing denial of all allegations, and claim
that the plaintiff was party to and
agreed to everything involving the
divorce and division of property.
Yesterday a number of pathetic let
tiers written 10y the plaintiff to various
parties, were read, and Mr. Barteau ex-
amined.