St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-16
A $4,000 Fipe--Mrs. Walkers
Talk for q Women'S
Refopmatory.

! VI JIc act anu Iiidb Il CIiIllndI operation
| was performed upon her. Ibid you
| consent 10 the operation,' asked Mr..
Lane. Il never did," replied Moore.
He then said Mr.. and Mrs. Shaw knew
| about it, and that Mrs. Shaw was pres
ent. but went away just before it was
| performed. Questions were asked as to
| whether Moore did lot agree to settle
the trouble. and Moore said that "Ihey
| fixed it in that way"
DO / understand you to say" ones
| toned Mr.. Lane. that after you learned
| that your wife had committed the act,
| you offered to accept an amount of
money of Horace Shelton to compensate
| you"
mo. did not say that. l said" re-
! tOrted Moore, ''that Shelton paid me
| $3.50 for actual expenses incurred"
| "What expenses"
| "FOr the doctor and nurses bills"
Moore then recited his story of the
| operation, which is unfit for publica-
| ton.
! did Mrs Moore ever commit adultery
! previous to thiS." asked the attorney.
| Not that | know Of"
''She never confessed to any init
macy?"
"No, SIR"
lyon charged her with other offenses.
Didn't she say to you that she would
never do that again?'
No. She never did,
"NoY, wasn't that very odd to you?'
eyes. thoughtit strange
Mr.. Lane closely questioned the doc
| tor about his finances and the expenses
of the trip TO California.
"Now, isn't it fact she took in 800
TO your SIP
Il can; tanswer that question. ] keep
the books and take charge of the CORE
spondence, and so keep no track of how
| much each made"
Nov. then, from the letters that she
wrote To you when she was in CaifOr-
! mia you concluded that she was untrue
| to your
81 suspected that there was some
| trouble"
''If you thought that she was untrue
| to you and that Clough was her be-
trayer. why did you go with her, In re-
| Spouse TO an invitation from MI.
Clough, to his residence for dinner the
very next Sunday, and spend the night
there, not returning to your office till
Monday morning?'
Il had q reason for going'
GU never mentioned this doubt to
Clongh OF your wife?''
"Nu"
You always treated Mr.. Clough
| niceIy?"
Yes
''1o on have sworn in your answer that
she committed adultery at several
| places in California with Clough. Do
you know anything about it in the wide
wOrld?''
YES, sir. do.''
more than just suspicious, then?''
eyes"
Moore answered questions about writ
ing to his mother, telling her that he
| feared that his wife was going crazy.
Then Mr.. Lane spoke of other visits
of himself and Mrs. Moore to Senator
Clough's house. 1t was at one of these
visits that DIR. Moore had fit.
ut was then you discussed your abuse
of Mrs. MOore?''
II can't remember ANYTHING she
said''
"Then you had the fit?''
81 know the cause of that-''
at was the sudden blow when you
learned that you were to lose your
wife?"
at might have happened to you, Mr..
Lane, the same way.'
You said you did not know anything
| for three or four hours?'
"NO. / knew what was going on.''
''When Mr.. Clough took you up stairs
you could hear everything that was
going on, could yOu?'
Eyes, sir
"1ou were in trance. perhaps!"
To this Dr. Moore did not repiy.
'All this time you were staying at
Mr.. ClOugh'S house you felt that he was
| intimate with your wife, and yet you
| peacefully remained a member of his
| hOuse?" asked Mr.. Lane, incredulously.
81 stayed there from compulsion."
"Who compelled your"
'Mrs. Mo0re.''
''Now, Mr.. Moore, during all this
| time your wife was always amiable and
! kind to you, as wife should be?'
"Yes, she was kind when we were
| alone, but when we were down to sup
per she would not speak. She simply
| nodded her head"
"This was another reason for beliey-
ing she was not true to you?"
"Ycs."
"Well, there was another reason,
! wasn't there?''
Yes"
Snow. / won't go into particulars,
| but it was the same reason for which
you suspected her intimacy with Skel-
| ton?"
"Yes. 1t was.'
"You had noted the similarity. hadn't
you?"
At this point Mrs. Moore rose and
| left the room. 1t was the signal that
| the court was TO be treated to more I'M
! punishable testimony, and that was the
kind that came.
Moore was questioned about the dis
| gushing mode of practicing to which old
| man POmpier testified. He denied the
| charges.
Mrs. Sutton. who is Christian Sci
| enlist and pupil of MOore'S, was next
placed on the stand.
''Do you know anything concerning
| the relations of Mr.. Clough and Mrs.
| Moore?''
mo, l do'not. Saw them once at the
house and thought it very friendly Mrs.
| Sutton testified to the good character of
| Moore, and that she had taken course
of lectures of three weeks duration.
Mary JelSett's testimony was excluded
| by the court on the motion of Mr.. Lane.
S. E. Loyelace testified to being resi-
| dent Of Minneapolis for twenty years.
and a half. He occupied the same
room. Never saw anything out Of the
way in Moore.
Attorney Laing then took the stand,
and related the conversation he had
| with Webster, the hotel man. He said
! Webster had seen Ciough at bis hotel
frequently with women. Detective
| Cloudy was next called to the stand. He
| was in Laing's office about Nov. /.
| asked Webster If he recognized Mr..
| Clough. He said be did. and saw him
| often at his place. Showed him 4 pho
graph vi Mrs MGar, ie said that lie
| knew party who looked like that, with
the exception OF the hair.