St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-13

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CAARA. BLAT
room door from the hall. Several of the
prisoners friends were seated directly
back of her chair. These were Pearl Will
son, principal witness for the defense;
May Horton, of Minneapolis, and
another young woman identified
with certain class ia the Sawdust city.
They were there to testify in behalf of
their friend and companion. the pris-
oDer, but the attorney for the defense
has very wisely come to the conclusion
that their presence in the court room
will do more harm than good to his case.
The prosecution, which hardly COM
menced when court adjourned on Tues
day afternoon, started the legal ball
rolling yesterday morning by swearing
fed that he had assisted in the
autopsy, and that he believed that
Doherty;s death had been caused
by bullet hole through the heart. DR..
Gillette testified that he was present at
the examination at the morgue, and be-
lieyed death had resulted from the bull
let wound. To the question, by At
torney Warner, if Doherty's death had
been partially caused by some disease,
the states counsel objected, and the
court sustained it. j. 3. johnson testi-
fed that he heard the shooting, and
saw Doherty walk eight or ten feet
after he had been shot. The prisoner
when arrested was asked if she had
done the shooting. To this she replied:
Yes, did, and / Will go with you" C.
G.. De Coster, of De Coster Il Clark, took
the stand, and testified that he had wit
messed the shooting: and recited facts
already published. Otto Nemas, a boy
fifteen years old, testified that he saw
the smoke of the shot, and to what hap
pened Immediately thereafter. Officer
Casserly, who made the arrest, gave an
interesting account of the tragedy.
Upon making the arrest the officer
asked the prisoner: ''What did you
shoot him for?" and she replied:
Il shot him for revenge"
The revolver was found concealed in
her muff. This was produced in court,
and Attorney Egan asked the court to
have it unloaded. tits an ordinary So
caliber revolver. The witness described
how Clara BlatZ was attired and dis
guised Oh the night of the murder. She
wore gray wig, and had her face
powdered very white. The bundles
which the prisoner is said to have car
ried when arrested were brought into
the room and exhibited to the court.
There is something strange and peculiar
about these bundles, which are very
a bandbox containing small
bonnet and a large bundle of clothes
wrapped in newspapers. The latter
consisted of mems collars, cuffs and
shirts, several o. pipes and box of
poker chips. Upon the shirts the name
of j. W. Doherty was stamped. The
officer said that, if not mistaken, he saw
the prisoner carry a Derby hat when
arrested. To have lugged all of these
packages, Derby hat, muff, cloaks and
DISCUSSES, would have burdened much
stronger woman, and why these do
mestc effects were taken along on such
a dreadful errand, no one seems to
know. The officer related how the
prisoner had told him that she had
lived with Doherty four years; how he
had abused her in that time, on one Oc-
caSion
BREAKING HER JAW.
The prisoner told him she had secured
liiS lCfOlFOl elG IIOt springs, Afh,. lIOui
her sister. who, in presenting it to her,
said that Clara might have trouble with
Doherty. At noon the jury was excused
with strict instructions from the court
not to allow an yone to speak to them
about the case. When the court COLI
vened in the afternoon, Louisa Lehman,
the hairdresser from whom the prisoner
procured the wig, testified that she
Identified the prisoner as the person
who purchased it. Several other wit
nesseS testified to their acquaintance
with Doherty. and identified his hand
writing. Ats O'Clock in the afternoon
the state had all its evidence
in, and the prosecution closed.
On behalf of the defense.
Attorney Warner addressed the jury
and outlined the position of the pris-
oner. ard the defense proposed. Insan-
ity would he the defense, and upon it
the life of Clara Blatz hangs. He
multitude the life and ruin of the
woman Blatz with furore loquendi
which rung through the corridors of the
new building, attracting all and every
thing. The prisoner was born at Leav-
enworth, Kan. She worked as do
nestle in various families in her native
city until she was eighteen years old,
when, under promise of marriage,
young man to whom she was greatly at
tached ruined her and fled. ''rhc only
thing left her" was to lead life of
shame for livelihood, and upon this she
entered and gided on in her vicious
avocation until the year 1884 found her
in st. Paul in house of ill-fame. Here
Doherty met and kept her company
until the two resolved to live as llus-
band and wife in suite of rooms on
East Seventh street. Dohety rented
the rooms for himself and wife and paid
the first months rent. Afterwards
Clara Blatz always paid the landlord.
While living together in these rooms
the platter of their happiness changed
to a pot of effervesceht strife and
trouble. Doherty is said to have bru-
tally beaten his paramount and inflicted
lasting marks of his violence upon her
person. When Attorney Warner closed
his address. which was notable for the
high key in which it was delivered
rather than deep thought, he pro-
posed to go on with the defense
nv iutrO6upinu ayideOoa fho