St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-25
ALL THREE WE'RE FAILURES
Mrs. Meckie L.. Rawson Gives a
Running Account of.Her Various
Matrimonial Ventures.


CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-The trial of Mrs.
Mec1ie L. Rawson for the shooting of
Lawyer Whitney few months ago. was
continued to-day. Mrs. Rawson was
cross examined by Mr.. Elliott. attorney
for the state. She controlled herself, as
a rule, but, occasionally, when she
thought unnecessary questions were
being insisted on, she gave the attorney
"a piece of her mind" in a short, in
cisive way, with the result, as rule,
that that particular line of inquiry was
abandoned. The lady gave, in response
to questions, running account of her
life, telling how, at the age of thirteen
years, she became teacher in New
Orleans, of which city her father was
an old resident At fifteen years she
was married to John Slaymaker, a Red
river pilot, to whom she had been en-
gagged since she was eleven years old.
Slaymaker, who was engaged in the
cotton trade, was paid $1,000 per month.
The witness described him as "a gener-
Gus, goOd-hearted, worthless man." who
spent his money for drink. She lived
with him six years. At this point the
court interrupted this line of question
ing and Mr.. Elliott took up Mrs. Raw
sons experience with Charles G. Lee,
her second husband. She said he was
a wealthy young man of good family.
She married him at the age of twenty
three years. She said she livei with
him very happily part of the time, as he
was the
ONLY MAN SHE EVER LOVED;
but he was disSipated, and once had
delirium tremens. He was very higli-
tempered, and once, on railroad train.
he fired revolver bullet through the
door of the sleeper because it did not
open readily when he wanted to get
into it, he having left her there, going
the conductor growing out of the fact
that that official had complied with her
request for glass of water. This in
cident was magnified into great shoot
ing ARRAY, involving the question of
witnesses chastity. After living with
him year and half, she secured
divorce from him. Her next matri-
moniaI venture was with Banker Raw
son, of Chicago. She said she was not
desperately in love with him, but tried
to make him happy. The examination
continued: do you think Mr.. Rawson
loved you?H Il don't think SO. If he
had he never would have preferred
servant to his wife. He never would
have told me to go while the servant
staid. One trouble between us was the
question of religion. l am sorry 1 am
not Christian, but l am no hypocrite.
Mr.. RawSon wanted me to teach Sunday
school and lead the sewing circle. and l
would not do it. He used to pay his son
Fred 10 cents hymn for reading to
him." You said yesterday, Mrs. Raw
son, that you would attend to Matt
Hogan later. What did you mean by
that?" ''I'll tell you what | meant, Mr..
Elliott. intend to have Matt Hogan,
Mrs Hamilton and l.. I'll. Bisbee ar
rested for conspiracy in going before
the grand jury and swearing as they
did, for it was conspiracy. You will
have the
PLEASURE OF PROSECUTING THEM,
Mr.. Elliott These are the persons
| who testified against Mrs. Rawson, and
whose evidence before that body was
read in court on the day before yester-
day. Mrs. Rawson declared that at one
time, while married to MIR. Rawson, she
became so desperate that she had de-