St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-09
case opened with the reading of

the complaint, which alleged cruelty
and thurman treatment by the defend
ant to the plaintiff, and that the defend
ant Moore mad been guilty of most vile
habits with regard to his person, and
that he was addicted to crimes against
nature. Attorney Laing, for the de
PENDANT, moved to strike out that part
of the complaint alleging cruel and in
human treatment, but it was not al
lowed. T. p. Lane, for Mrs Moore, con-
tended that Mrs. Moore was subjected
to cruel treatment mentally, and that
the allegation of cruel treatment did
not, necessarily, pre-SuppoSe that the
person treated had been kicked and
beaten. Lane was also allowed to
amend Mrs. Moore's complaint,
Moore had suffered illness because
of her husbands treatment of her, and
that at one time it was feared that she
would become insane. Then the defense
wanted continuance to secure an inn
pOrtant witness from the East. Lane
agreed to admit that the Eastern witness
would swear so and so were he here, and
the judge ordered the trial to proceed.
Free Lane seemed to have everything
his own way. Then the answer of Moore
was read. Moore admits the charges
brought against him by his wife. but
files counter charges, in which he asserts
that his habits were brought about by
his wife's actions toward him, and also
accuses her of adultery as far back as
1883.
Mrs. Moore then went on the stand
and testified as to her life with Moore.
She first met Moore when she was six
teen years old and married him two
years later. They went to board with
her parents in Cambridgeport, Mass,
where Moore worked in a piano factory.
She soon became aware of Mo0re's dis
gushing habits and was, of course, much
mortified and shocked thereat. Her
married life with Moore. she testified
was anything but pleasant. Moore
used frequently to express the wish
that he had never married. Whenever
she went out of the house, shopping or
calling, she said that she was met on
her return with some such question as:
"Well, where have you been now?
What man have you been to see this
time? Why can't you find some work
to do at home, without gadding about
all over?''
Her life with him, she said. had been
a continual round of disagreeabilty.
AS to the allegations concerning herself
and Senator Clough, she entered an en-
phatic denial. The question as to her
visit to California with the Cloughs was
brought up. Moore's claim is that he
was continually writing her to come
home, as he was ill. Mrs. Moore denies
this, and her attorneys are said to have
letter written by Moore to her in
which he says that he never felt better
in his life, and that he wanted her TO
leave him alone for three years.
The croSS-eXamination began in the
afternoon, and Attorney LANG. for the
defense, brought up the name of
Horace Shelton, with whom Moore ac-
cuses his wife Of having been intimate.
Shelton boarded at the same house with
the Moores.
"Did nou not. on or about Jan. /
1884, have talk with your husband re-
garding your relations with Shelton, ;,
asked Laing?
81 do not remember"
"In March of 1884 did not Mr.. Moore
accuse you of being pregnant, and of
having committed adultery?
mo, sir, he did nOt''
"Do you deny that he talked of your
infdelity to your father and mOther?'
II dO.n
There was some more regarding
Shelton, and then the defense attempt
ed to show that witness had been prod
| igal with money. The examination
then went on to another boarding house
where was man named Slower, with
whom Moore charged witness with
being guilty of intidelity. Then came
the case of the piano factory where
| Moore worked and from where he
was driven for indulging in I'M