St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-13

Yes: L think he was with her every
night"
~ hat became of his wifes effects?"
II ne policemen came and took charge of
them"
Letters and kilograms.
Eric Van RoeSlin is employed in the
Northern Pacific land office, where Hor-
ton was also an empioye. He knew the
defendants handwriting, and identified
the letters sent to his wife and wife'S
brother. The letters referred to his
wife returning to live with hlm. G. E.
hughes. manager of the Western Union
I'D st. Paul, was also put forward to
produce kilograms sent by defendant to
his wife at Trempealeau. He was some
what wary i'll turning over the tele-
grams: 1t was the rule of the telegraph
company not to divuIge the contents
Judge Kelly ruled that the kilograms
must be produced, and MIR Hughes ac-
cordingly did SO. They were then COM
pared with the messages received by the
wife. MIR. Mum read the letters and
kilograms i'll their chronological order.
They were all sent from st. Paul, as
follows:
Telegram, July IS, asking his wife to meet
him at Wlnona the next day.
Letter. July Ii, repeating the request to
meet MIN some day at AinOna.
Letter, written upon Cha enGon hotel note
PAPER. dated July 20, reading: "NeIIie-I
wrote yon few days ago skiing you to me t
me Ill Nlhoua, and also sent telegram and
neither has been answered. l want to see
you TO make some arrangements with YOU
about the children. You have had them to
now. ana | think il is oniv fair take Them
myself, and have them where can see them
once in while. The purpose of this letter
is 10 tell you If you don't write and tell me
what You are willing to do, or agree to let me
ia will hrf.,r Co.,
apply for the custody of the children. |
would rather you gave them up without any
such trouble. l must have your answer to
this at once. Walter f. Horton
Telegram. July 70 saying ne would be
down on the morrow.
Letter. Aug. l.saying he would not be down
on The following Sunday until the afternoon
Letter, Aug. 3,reading: Nellie: As soon as
L can find boarding place for you. will
send for YOU to come up. / was too sick to
come down to see you. and SO write you i'll
stead. We will board for a month or two,
until we can find good house. Let Walter
stay at AIMS until school begins. which will
be LIST of September; but want you to bring
Mabel. If you nave any furniture or such
stuff don't bring it with you. Leave it until
we go 10 keep house. as have no place to
put 1t now. Don't bring anything more than
a trunk or valise. We will say no more about
the past on either side and forget it. Walter
t. Horton
Telegram, Aug. 5. saying he was ready for
Der.
Letter. Aug. 6, starting out with my Dear
Nellie" and enclosing SlO to pay her fare to
st. Paul, with instructions how to act upon
reaching the city if he was not at the union
depot. She was not to come to the Office,
and again instructed not to bring more than
few clothes"
Telegram, Aug. 6. saying that money had
been sent by registered mail.
Telegram, Aug. &: will you answer this
and tell me when you are coming. Have
and ont
away"
Letter. Aug. s, addressed: Louis Hanson
Dear Sir: Will you please write me and
tell me what is the matter with Nellie that l
don I hear from her? Isent money to come
up and rented rooms. and it seems to me she
ought to write and tell me when she is COM
ing. Either write yourself or tell her to.and
let me know what day she is coming. 'Wal-
ter f. Horton
Letter, Aug. ! l. addressed to Hanson. say
ing his wife and child had arrived, aud that
when they got into house, IF you come
this way come and see u.s.
Wheat and Beans.
Louis f. Hanson, brother of Mrs. Hor-
ton, said his sister would weigh no
pounds. The little girl was seven years
old last May. His sister was born in
Norway. and was between forty and
fortv-tnree years of age. Horton and
his wife met in La Crosse in 1879. She
was a domestic. They were married
the summer of that year. He did not
see Horton until 1856. but saw his sis
ter in the spring of 1883. In 1880 they
had located a claim in Day county,
North Dakota. In 1883 he found his
sister living in log house, two or three
miles from any house and five. or six
miles from any store. There was only
one room, ground floor and mud on the
roof. His sister was alone with her lit
tie boy. There was little food in the
place.
'.W hat had she been living on?,
She had been living that winter on wheat
and beans.''
He had his sister sent home to Trem-
pealeau, Wis.,, and a mouth after she
gave birth to the little girl. Horton
came to see his wife in August of that
year, and they went to live at Mime
apolis, then Brainerd. He next saw
his sister in July. 1886.
''When did Horton leave his wife alone ON
the Dakota claim?'
Late in the fall of 1892
Mrs. Horton returned to Trempealeau
with her children in 1886. and lived at
home eight or ten months, then rented
a house near by. She would be here
about two years and then went back
into her mothers house.
WHAT did your sister do for a living for
year up to last July?''
Whatever domestic work she could get
around town"
Terrible Charge.
Horton received letters from his wife
up to a year and half ago prior to
those of last July, and that was the rea-
son why she had to give up her little
house. Horton visited him at Trempeal-
eau the last Sunday in July.
WAS your sister at homer
Mo-
Was she out of town.
No; she went ont about noon and re-
turned about 6. Horton came about 2"
'State your conversation with him.
''He asked if Nellie was there and
said no. He said he would like to see
her. [ asked him in, aud he STAYED a
half hour, when said he must go. He
called me out with him and said he
would like to see Nellie very much.
Horton said:
4 want to part with Nellie, and want to
do II peaceably. We cannot live together,
and If she is not willing 10 part peaceably, 1
will sue for divorce on the ground of de-
| sertion.' asked him: Did she leave Won
| at Brainerd, or did you send her DOWN. and
| he replied: I sent her down. The he said
! she committed adultery I asked him:
| How do you known and he replied that he
had witnesses. asked him who the man