St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-11
HELD in CONTEMPT.
Judge Emery Issues a Bench
Warrant for the Arrest
of Mrs. Helm.
She Is Accused Of Spiriting
Away an Important
Witness.
Fl. Colon Still in the Bas-
tile, No Bail Having Been
Furnished.
The Minneapolis Veterans
Take Steps Toward Form
ing a State League.

There were some salacious and start
ling revelations in the Helm-Clarke
adultery case in the municipal court
Yesterday. During the morning sew
eral witnesses who had lived at 7l5
First avenue e:;s soHt9 Will MI @:s x,:.
VS. i.EHp,lig Doaraers rnere testlhed.
The first of these was Miss Allen,
dressmaker, who said that Helm and
Mrs. Clarke were very intimate, and
that the former often went to Mrs.
Clarke's room. About the middle OF
Nav Mrs. Clarke went to live on Ninth
street, and soon after that, at
the request of Helm. she, Miss
Allen, went to Mrs. Clarke's and
asked the lady to come to 715 First ave-
nue. south, as ED" desired to see her.
Mrs. Clarke came, and the two occupied
a room together from s until II that
evening. She also testified tina, Eddie
used to dry the dishes for Mrs. Clarke
Sunday evenings. and she had seen Mrs.
Clarke bite him .'in fun"
Mrs. Allen. the mother of the first
witness, knew that Helm used to come
home late at night, and always went
into Mrs. Clarke's room. The two
seemed to be very warm friends.
George P. Drummond, a paper
hanger who boarded at Mrs. Clarke's,
had not only known of Helms being in
Mrs. Clarke's room, but had seen him
coming out in the morning. partially
dressed. He had also made several
key-hole examinations when Helm and
the lady of the house were together,
and had twice seen them III a very conf
irS, oft
animation it was developed that MIR.
Clarke had engaged Drummond to 90
to the house, and had paid his board
while there, in order to have him watch
the suspected couple.
The really interesting part OF the
matter was reached in the afternoon,
when Cora l.. Madison took the stand.
Cora is a pale, languid-looking girl
about eighteen years of age, who is ev-
identity we'll versed in the ways of the
world. She is the girl who had Helm
arrested week ago on charge OF Sc
duction, but she disappeared on the
eve of the hearing. Cora testified that
she was Helms cousin and that she
had lived for some time with Helm and
his mother. at their home on Nicollet
avenue, and that she and Helm had
been intimate there. She knew Mrs.
room. The first time she saw them
there Mrs. Clarke was sitting in Helms
lap, near the window. Cora pushed the
door open, saw that she had interrupted
a conference, and hastily withdrew.
Later she saw the affectionate couple
living on the bed together, and Helm
had his coat and vest off. She had also
seen them kiss each other twice while
sitting on Helms bed at another time.
The defendant was evidently sur
prised when the county attorney began
to draw from Cora the story of visit
she made to Mrs. Clarke's residence on
Thirty fourth street one evening in
May, 1883, when an abortion was per
formed on Mrs. Clarke. The girl said
Mr.. Clarke was out of town, and she
went there at the request of Helm
and his mother to help take
care of Mrs. Clarke. There
we're present at the Clarke
residence that night Ed Helm and his
mother, Mrs. DR.. Shepherd and Cora l..
Madison. the witness. After the abor-
| ton had been performed, Helm re-
| NAMED with Mrs. Clarke all night.
In cross-eXamination the attorney for
| the defense attempted to prove that
Cora was prostitute, and that she was
| testifying against Helm for the sake of
gratifying personal spite, she having a
very unfriendly feeling for him Oh ac-
count of his failure to support her lille
ultimate child, of which she claims he
was the father.
In redirect examination, Attorney
| Nye brought forward the facts in the
recent action begun by the girl against
Helm for seduction. She swore that
after Helm had been arrested, and a
date set for his hearing, his mother gave
her, Cora, money to go to Hudson, Wis,
and promised her that if she would go
away and not appear in the case Helm
would support both herself and the
child.
On hearing this testimony Judge
Emery Immediately ordered bench
warrant to be issued for the arrest OF
Mrs. George H. Helm on the charge of
contempt of court in procuring the alb
sence of witnesses. The court took ad-
iournment soon after this.
Shortly before e O'Clock Mrs. Helm
was arrested at her home, All NicOllet
avenue, and brought before Judge
Emery, where she was arraigned on the
charge of contempt of court. She
| pleaded not guilty, and was bound over
in the sum of $500 to await examination
on the 18th.