St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-18

logs OH the river and was well acquaint-
ed with small boats. He pronounced the
boat dangerous craft for two persons
and child to use in a current. On the
supposition of child falling on the
gunwale and two persons rising sud
denly, he thought the boat would tip
easily. He would not care to use such
a boat on the river. He had known
Horton for five years and had met him
frequently and had done business with
him when he was employed in the Of
fee OF the Northern Pacific.
''During that time what was his characieTg'
''He was always steady man, OF very good
habits. and good honest man. His general
character among people he knew was good. :"
Cross-eXamined by Mr.. Mum: If
he should build boat like the one in
court he would want it TO have good
deal more flare" He thought man
of experience could pull in weight of
500 pounds without upSetting it.
f. B. Boness, lumberman of Aitkin,
also depoSed that he was well acquainted
years. This boat, in his opinion. was
really not boat. He did not know
what to call it. 1t had no shape, and
he thought the man who built 1t knew
nothing of building boats. He knew
Horton, and first met him six years ago,
when he was engaged by the Northern
Pacific. From the general speech of
people his character was very good; at
all events, he had never heard word
said against him.
Horton on the Stand.
Some excitement was caused in court
when Mr.. Erwin said: 'Mr. Horton,
take the stand" Horton rose from his
seat at the end of the table, raised his
right hand, and was sworn. He then
sat down in the witness chair and
crossed his hands in front of him, first
looking at the jury. then ,glancing at the
reporters. finally bringing his range of
vision to bear on his counsel His an
SWerS were given in q clear tone of
voice, and he gave the impression of
being weli-educated man. He said:
was born in S57 at Sumner, in Fillmore
county. l lived with my father until l was
nineteen, except when | worked out We
moved to Hancock, stevens county, in July.
1876. / was there year and went back to
Frankfort to work for William Ii. Park. |
left there in November ana went to La
Crosse, where | went to a business school.
In the summer of 1873 l lived with DR.. Ball
ard. and 1 then worked on the steamboat
landing, and also as a hired man on the rail-
road: Miss Nellie Hansen (Mrs. Horton)
lived at Dr. Ballard's. In july 1879, went
back TO La Crosse. Miss Hanson soon after
went TO TrempeleaI and / followed
and she and | were married there.
We then went to Hancock. to nv fathers
house. In March, 1880. L went overland to
locate claim in Dakota. There were only
two white families ill the settlement Ny
wife went with me and we took some furni-
ture with us. l LETT my wife in the settlement
and came back to Hancock for some more
goods. Upon my return to the settlement
a small /
self, and the house / put up was the kind
that the settlers erect. My first child was
born in May. 1880. The nearest doctor was
fifty miles away. There was no railroad
then. and called in two ladies to attend my
wife. The railroad was built in August of
that year. The nearest station was Warbay;
the one in the southwest was Webster. L
worked that year for a farmer and made $40.
For the next two years | worked on my
land, and also did some WORK for the
neighbors. In 1882 | possessed nearly
seventy acres, which 1 broke and
raised quite q harvest for the first time.
mad pair of oxen which exchanged for
pair of horses, and also bought Jhresher
and reaper on shares. The crop did not turn
out rs well as L expectei and The notes on the
machines became due. | told my wife that
the best thing we could do was TO leave the
place and make q home elsewhere. | wrote
to my mother-in-law to come and take Nellie
nome, and would start out and make liy-
ing elsewhere until / could provide q new
home. l started out with 80 cents, and
worked around in different places. The
money that earned up TO September, 1882. l
sent to Dakota to my Wlfe'S brother-ln-law.
1t was between SIS and S1u0. In September,
1883. was in Trempealeau for the purpose
of making home in Minneapolis, where l
had position offered me at SS week. the
neXt May my girl was born. and we remained
III minneapolis until early in 1884, then
went to work for the Northern Pacific road
rs a cook and helper in camp. l sent
my salary always TO my wife until May, 1884,
when took my wife up 10 bra1nerd aud
rented house. Ben Shantell was one OF
my neighbors. He was very respectable,
straightforward, honest man. l rented the
house from him. l used to come home
whenever | could get away, perhaps one q
month. My duties for the Northern Pacific
consisted of taking charge of men making
timer inspections. We camped out all the
time, summer and winter The lands ex-
tended over q large area, from Lake Superior
up to This time with my wife were very low
ing. as they should be between husband aud
wife. On July 8. 1856 WAS working west
of Brainerd and went to see my wife. I
rFOund Her Very Sick
and started out to find a girl 10 help her for
couple of weeks. l did not succeed in get
ting the girl On that trip met Mr. Shanrell.
He told me that must get another house,
that my wife had let a man stay there over
night and she could not stay there. asked
him if he understood what he had said, and
that he must prove it, He told me bis
wife knew of it. and that the doctor also
knew it. asked my wife if she had seen a
doctor and went to see him. He was DR.
Paquin. who was on the stand this morning.
My wife denied to me when l asked her thai
any man had stayed there over night asked
the doctor if my wife was lit to travel. and
ne said she could. l told my wife she could
live in Brainerd or go to her home, and thai
afternoon she packed her trunks and we went
into the city and took room for her at the
hotel until she could take the train. gave
her $50 and then left her and started for
camp. Two weeks after sent her
$40, as she wrote me she had been
robbed of her money in 81. Paul. wrote tc
Dr. Paquin in July, asking him what the
trouble was with my wife. l saw him some
time after in Brainerd, and he repeated what
he had written in answer to my letter. That
was the same thing as the doctor testified this
morning A few letters passed between my
wife and myself in regard to the affair fol
some weeks"
Did YOU make further inquiries?"
Yes, l did of Charles Margrate. 1 heard
of him from Mr.. Shantell first
MY wife had denied III her letters that she
had done anything or that she had Contracted
any disease. l wrote her at one time that we
could not live together, but that would look
after her for the childeens sake and send lei
$25 month wrote her also at another
time that if she would explain the matter we
would live together. Until November. 1887
and later, 1 sent her money regularly. Ii
1887 l went to Trempealeau and met my
wife,
what was said about sworn statement
about the facts of the case?''
Il asked her to make statement before 8
notary. / would then prosecute Egelund
and we would keep house again.
''She was to send this statement to me, bu
I never received it. / only remained il
Trempealeau that day. She told me that her
brother had been using her money and never
paid it back. l continued TO send her about
SIS menth until the end OF 1883. l re-
ceiyed a letter from her brother, Louis Han
son, asking me why did not live with my
wife. | wrote him that believed the story
and he was to read the letter 10 my wife. II
December. 1888, l went again to see my w1ft
to try and obtain a reconciliation. proposed
to her that she make statement of what she
had told me and would prosecute Egelund
She promised to do as had asked her
but I never received that statement
In May, 1889, was sick in st. Luke's hos
pital, and afterwards went to work again fo
the Northern Pacific. Until May. 1883,