St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-11
IS The TRUTH IN IT?
Widely Divergent Stories in
the Salaeious Moore Di-
voPce Case.
Evidently Some Of the Wit
nesses Have Forgotten a
Good Deal.
Ex-Gov. st. John, of Kansas,
Talks to a Crowd on Pro-
hibition.
Judge Emery Disposes Of the
Sawyer Case--General
News Of a Day.

divorce case was on hand early yeSter-
day morning. Senator Clough's appear
ance, accompanied by a strange lady,
created slight ripple of interest. The
lady turned out TO be Mrs. FreeSe, an
old friend of Mrs. Moore. The Witnesses
sworn for the plaintiff were mainly to
corroborate evidence of the former wit
nesses. Moore was put on the stand by
the defense, but was only partially eX-
amined. The only other witness sworn
by the defense was w. n. Webster,
proprietor of Webster's European hotel,
at 462 St. Peter street. st. Paul. He
was depended upon TO prove the charges
against Senator Clough and Mrs. Moore.
but he turned out to be valuable wit
ness for the plaintiff.
CLOUGH AGAIN CALLED.
Senator Clough was the first witness
on the stand. He was questioned re-
garding some points of his previous
story, particularly with reference to
the money which he paid out for the
MOoreS on the Boston trip. He had be-
fore stated that he had borne all the eX-
penses of the trip. but said yesterday
morning that Moore had paid him back.
Mrs. Moore followed Clough on the
stand. Her evidence was much the
same as given the day before, and she
was recalled yesterday for the purpose
of refreshing the points previously
made.
MRS. MoORE's CHARACTER.
Mrs. FreeSe was next called. She is
an old friend of Mrs. Moore, and has
known that lady since her childhood.
She said that, as child, Mrs. Moore
was of a particularly sensitive nature
and was always much affected by even
the slightest Scoding. Mrs. Moore's
character. she said, had always been of
the highest.
After Mrs. Freese came Mrs. Will
lam A. Shaw, who corrobOrated the teS-
timOny of Mrs. Freese relative to the
sensitive nature and good character of
Mrs. Moore. This testimony was in
troduced to show that a woman of Mrs.
Monre'S temperament would be likely
to suffer mentally from the habits to
which Moore is said to be slave.
EXPERT TESTIMONY.
DR.. G. A. McCollOm then appeared
and took the witness chair. He had
been subpenaed merely as all expert.
and claims to have known nothing about
the Moore case until he appeared in the
court room. lie said he had large
experience III dealing with men
suffering from Moore's alleged hab-
its, and had treated persons who
had become insane through over-indul-
gerce therein. He said that men sub
ject to such practices are like the wind
nothing can be told one minute as to
what they will do the next. He was
sharply questioned by Attorney Laing,
on cross examination. as to what he
would say in general of such men, and
promptly replied;
''TheY are all liars"
His examination did not consume
much time, and when he left the chair
DR." John a. Moore took his place.
MOORE'S STORY.
MOore's tsh-like expression never
changed when he went on the stand.
He continued to elevate his eyebrows
every half-minute, and an occasional
drop of water trickled from his optic.
He told his story in a subduedly melo-
dramatic manner, as one who was
utterly crushed in spirit. At times his
tone was quite low, and the GLOBE re-
porter now has cOrnS on his ear where
it was pressed against the cold, unyield-
ing wall in an effort to catch every
word. Sometimes words were lost. but
from what was heard the substance Of
Moore's testimony can be given.
After the birth of their child Lolita,
the doctor told him that another child
birth would be likely to prove fatal to
Mrs. Moore. During all the years in
the East which were inharmonious. the
ShawS always treated him finely. Mrs.
Shaw treated him better than his own
mother. He was in the habit of
furnishing the Shaws with money
in advance for board and continued
boarding with the Shaws, until GER
fai, iol1 hn he l,a RI
Mrs. Shaw. had been boarded out. he
and his wife never had any pitcher,
washbowl, towel or light In their room.
In March, 'S3, he accused her of being
pregnant, claiming to know it from GER
tain evidences. Then he accused her of
infdelity, and she cried nearly all one
night. hhiioore says he did not think her
infdelity had been with Horace
more than with two other men. He
said that Ida Mrs. Moore then con-
fesSed her guilt. Shelton was accused
by Moore, but denied it. telling Moore
''Stab me in the heart" Mrs. Moore
then resOrted to abortion, he said, and
the child was born dead. He never
talked of it to any one but Mr.. and Mrs.
Shaw, and to them only once.
Mrs. Moore refused to promise to do
better. Shelton never again admitted
his guilt. Their domestic difficulties
were usually on account Of the Shelton
matter. He used TO ask her ''How does
a man know that this is his child?"
When she, as he thought, took the $40
he told her that she must be keeping a
man. He asked her ''HO do
know that am the father of Lotta?n
and "low do ] know that Dug Cline is
not her father?" Mrs. Moore always
kissed him when he went away or come
home. Il did everything l could to
make her happy"
MOore'S answers to questions were at
times slightly contradictory. Once he
said: "lhere was no occasion for my
finding fault at Shaw's;" and again:
"Mrs. Shaw at times made it very disa-
greeable." He said that his i'm
moral practices, as alleged in the
complaint, were not of his
AS to the piano factory scan
dial. she denied the allegations regard
ing his scandalous operations with boys.
He quit work there and kept away from
the shop because of the eruptions on
his face caused by eczema, and because
he did not want TO see his own face he
put something over the mir
ror in his room. He said
he told the Shaws and friend of the
occurrences at the factory, and was adj
vised to leave town. Mrs. Moore has an
amiable disposition, except that she is
stubborn."l took pride in my wife, "and
when they had no girl he used to do the
washing, ironing and dish washing. He
did it to preserve her rosy cheeks. He
never thought of throwing Mrs. Moore
| out of the window.
When The ClOughs and Mrs. Moore
were in California he wrote her that he
was sick to see her. Everything
was all right at Clough's until after the
| trip to California. After Mrs. Moore's
return she would not talk about hel
| California trip, and she did not mani,
fest any affection for him. Shortly
after her return she and Lolita, heI
daughter, went out, he supposed
| to Clough's. He went to Clough's
| in the evening. Clough told him thar
Mrs. Moore could get divorce and
keep Lolita, too. Moore replied that he
knew things about Mrs. Moore that
would prevent it. Then he had fit,
heard roaring in his ears and screamed,
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