St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-19

earnestly, and clicited the information
that Horton ''can swim little," hut de.
MED that he could swim hundred
feet or fifty feet. but thought he had
swum twenty-five feet. He admitted
that he had frequented the V Nj. G. A.
gymnasium and had practiced on the
rowing machines with dumb bells and
on the parallel bars. He was then sub
iected to rigid examination as to the
correspondence with his wife, sending'
her money, and his conversation with
different persons about his wife's inf.
deity.
lie could not give clear account OF
the money sent his wife or the number
of letters sent her. He admitted that
he might have written her four or more,
letters in 1856 and 1857.
Mr.. Mum introduced four more let.
ters written by him to his wife, dated
respectively Aug. 4, Aug. and Sept.
l6, 1856, and Dec. 90, 1857, in which he
referred to sending money to his wife,
in sums of $25 and $40, but in which no
reference was made to the correspond
ence alleged to have been had with ref
erence TO the Egelund trouble. This
seemed to be the point OH which Mr.
Mum was seeking to
Confuse the Witness,
but he insisted that there were at least
two other letters which had not been
introduced IN evidence, and which he
claimed referred to the trouble.
Mr.. Mum asked as to whether the
first thing his wife knew about the
charge of improper relations with Eye
lund was not first made known shortly
before the drowning, when he wrote
the letter to Hanson?
The witness emphatically denied that
lie was trying to make false charge
against his wife, and stated that she
had known of it and had admitted it
long before. He was then asked about
preparing the statement to be signed
and sworn to before a notary, and ad-
mitted that he had written the state
ment when he went to see his wife at
Trempealeau IN 1887 and left it with her
Mr.. Mum asked him if that statement
had not been drawn up by him, and he
had told his wife that it was list of
the property they had lost in Dakota,
and lie asked her to sign it and make
oath to it before notary and not to let
the notary read it? The question re-
ceived an emphatic negative.
AT this point Mr.. Mum asked Ques-
ton as to the contents of the letter
written to Hanson, and which, it ap-
pears, had been sent to Egelund.
MIR. Erwin objected on the grounds
that he had tried to get the letter before,
and when told that Egelund was in
town he asked for his address, but that
counsel refused to tell him where Eye
lund could be found.
Mr.. Mum declined to state whether
or not he had the letter in his possess
sion.
Mr., Erwin asked that Mr.. Mum be
lfxr.o 70 l,nk l,,t1
is III his possession?
Mr.. Mum declined to be sworn for
that purpose.
Mr.. Erwin notified Mr.. Mum that he
demanded the production of the letter,
so as to afford him (Erwin) an oppor-
tunlty to examine the witness upon the
letter during his direct examination.
Mr.. Mum proceeded to question Hor-
ton with reference to the Egelund mat
ter, and his motive in trying to get the
statement from his wife with reference
to the matter.
1t was during this time that the witness
voice suddenly changed to a husky, pitful
tone, his eyes filled with tears: Before God.
wanted all the time to effect reconcilia-
ton. l wanted to provide for our children;
they were fonder of me than of their mother
/ wanted to makea home for them and for
her.
Mr. Erwin interrupted the witness,
and stated that he should not give way
to his feellngS-that the inquiry was a
legal one and the witness should con-
fine himself to answering questions.
The witness said he only wanted to
state enough to explain the questions
and answers.
Mr.. Mum proceeded to ask questions
touching the relations of the witness to
Miss Van VIE, during which the court
took recess until this morning.
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