St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-14
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the two Arctanders, the pretty stenog-
rapher, Mr.. and Mrs. Clementson,
Howard Kicker. his wife, his wife's
parents and room full of spectators
were all in Judge Hicks court again
yesterday. and Howard Ricker's trial
was on in earnest. Mrs. Clementson
was the first witness on the stand, and
about all that she testified to was that
she knew Mr.. Kicker, and that the name
signed to a certain contract between
herself and Kicker was her own sigma
ture. This last fact was ELECTED on
cross examination, with good deal of
difficulty. Mrs. Clementson seemingly
not DESTROYS to admit any que stiOn put
TO her by Ricker's attorney.
her husband, P. j. E. Clementson,
followed her, and swOre to certain sales
which Kicker had made and then failed
to turn over all the money. One was to
a person named Jackson and another to
Adolf Olander, clerk for Peterson,
Nordstrom & Nicholson. Arctander
asked CiementSon if he did not spend
most of his time in saloons. explaining
to the court, under an objection, that he
wished to show that Clementsop was
under the influence of liquor the greater
part of last summer. This made Mr..
Clementson very mad, which intensified
the force of his denial. 1t was brought
out during his testimony that Olander
had been used as a decoy to catch
Kicker iii trap.
Adolf Olander, Emile Nicholson and
c. w. Hegg were then put upon the
stand to prove that sales had been made,
all of the proceeds from which had not
been accounted for. Hegg is employed
n Nlatf nR,fA md rntn of
tempted to bring out the fact that there
was ill-feeling between Hegg and
Kicker, and that Hegg had once said:
I'll be id if l don't get even with
YOU" Hegg denied it.
Then came j. j. Smith, private de-
tective who had been employed by
Clementson on this case. Smith gave
his evidence in very positive manner,
sometimes becoming even dramat tic.
Being told to go on with his story, he
told how he had been employed by
Ciementson, how he had purchased
shoes of Kicker and how he went back
there the next day to tax Kicker with
his crime and the ensuing converse
ton:
"You may 90 on and state what that
conversation related to-"
81 met HIM at the door and asked
him to come into the back room and he
sat down on the boxes there, and said,
Mr.. Kicker. Mr.. Clementson accuses
you of Incorporating his funds /
stated that l was a private detective in
the employ of Mr.. ClementsOn. He got
nervous at first and afterward got his
second courage and says, You can't
prove anything And I says, we
CAM and he says, How? and says,
by the purchases you have not marked
down. For instance, if you sold two
pairs of shoes you marked down the
price of one and put the rest in your
pocket He ASKED me how we could
prove it, and | said by different people
who had purchased from him, and he
says, 4 want to talk to Mr.. Clement
son about this We then went into the
store and waited for Mr.. Clementson.
He asked me to show him in the book
what items lie had not put down and
showed him. Olander and myself"
The book was produced, Smith point
ed out the item again and the book was
admitted in evidence.
Smith then was examined relative to
the item under the sale made to him
and he also testified that he knew the
item in question was his purchase be-
cause he had been SO informed by the
people in the store. Smith said Kicker
promised to talk to Clementson about
the matter and then being requested to
go on with his story resumed:
1--WE talked there, sitting back of the
desk, and l said repeatedly, make no
statements, for they may be used
against YOU He says, if you use me
as man l will use you as man. |
telephoned to Peterson, NOrdstrom
81 Nicholson's store and Mr..
Olander and Mr.. Sundine came
over and Kicker said when he
saw Olander. For Gods sake send that
man away and l will tell you all about
it, / told Clementson that the matter
had better be settled. and, going up to
Kicker. he said: Friend Kicker, you
have been in my employ for several
months, and always had the best of
confidence in you; and man, for Gods
sake, have you robbed mel? Kicker
says, Il have wronged you, and l am
willing to make it right.'''
Smith said that he walked away then,
to permit Kicker to talk to Clementson.
He said that Rickeradmitted having sold
goods to one Jackson and never having
made any return of the money. All
this time, and subsequently, according
Smith. Kicker was crying. Kicker and
Clementson, Smith SAID, agreed to settle
the matter by Kicker paying his en-
ployer $50 for Smiths services.
On cross-eXamination Arctander bad
gered the witness necessarily, but failed
to rattle him, or to materially affect his
testimony.
Ricker7s defense is that there is a con-
spiracy against him, and that the matter
was brought up to bleed him. He was
to be married few days after Smith
and Clementson accused him of theft,
and of course did not want any such
story to go out about him. He agreed
to pay Smith SO for his services, and to
give Clementson receipt for the wages
due him in settlement of the matter. He
alleges that this was done and that re-
ceipts to that effect were exchanged be-
tween the three.