St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-27
Nothing Approaching Evil
Dreamt Of by the Woman
and Two Men.
Grace Ellis Was Told to Be
Good and Always Rernem-
Der Her Mother.
Sergeant Kirkham's Explana-
ton of His Peculiar Smell
ing Propensities.

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DemarS, testified in their own behalf.
They denied in toto the serious charges
made against them, as well as many of
| the lesser connecting circum stances,
and severally insisted that they neither
intended nor did any fragrant wrong to
the little girl.
At the opening of court yesterday
morning the case rested. Attorney
McGhee made motion to dismiss the
case and argued it at some length. This
motion was promptly denied by Judge
Otis. Attorney McGhee then outlined
the defense to the jury in a protracted
speech, into which he injected his usual
eloquence CT delivery. He asserted the
| innocence of his clients on the charges
of abduction and attempt to take Grim
! inal liberties with the child.
The testimony for the defense was be-
| gun and continued on the theory of CON
tradicting the essential points of the
story told by Grace May Ellis and the
| supplements thereto by her mother and
stepfather, the SheehanS.
Police Sergeant Samuel J. Kirkham.
| of Minneapolis, was the first witness
for the defense. He had known the
| child and her mother since 1889. The
| attempt to prove by him that Mrs. Shee-
han had been arrested was IepulSed by
the court upon objection being made.
but copy of the record Of her arrest
| and conviction was admitted. Tie
offer to show by this witness
that Grace attended balls lacking
in responsibility was also rejected
| by the court. On the subject of propo-
| sitions TO effect a compromise or stop
| the prosecution after the preliminary
| investigation in the municipal court.
Sergeant Kirkham testified to the effect
| that he went to see Mrs. Sheehan after
| receiving letter from her. She told
him that she had understood he intend
| ed To go to St. Paul to. testify as TO her
past history. He denied having advised
her to settle the matter or having offered
to give her $50 with that end in view.
| Mrs. Sbeehan had told him that she was
| offered $1,000 to drop the prosecution.
| He declared his disbelief III the state
ment, and she then asked him to bring
| the men to see her in case he
| ran across them. He asserted that the
| defendants had made no proposition to
| him to try and effect & settlement. He
| characterized the prosecution as black
| mailing scheme, but admitted on cross
! examination that he had looked up the
| Minneapolis end of the matter for the
| defendants. He had not. however, re-
| ceived compensation therefor. He made
| the acquaintance of Watson after the
arrest. He some times did work in the
way of looking up the facts for the de-
| Tense Of persons outside of the state.
and even in the state. After some hes
| ltatlon he admitted that he might have
said to Mrs. Sheehan, in the presence
| OF Officer Rutledge, that she ought to
Accept the Honey
offered her, but denied Offering to leave
| $50 for her at drug store in case she
would stop the prosecution. or to take
| the child to his aunt'S in the country.
| He had looked up evidence for the de-
| Tense at the request of Detective Laugh
rem, of Minneapolis.
Mary Hogan was put i'll the witness
| box and stated that Mrs. Sheehan asked
| her to testify that she had gone home
with Grace the night of the escapade in
| st. Paul, and. upon her refusal to do
| so. had threatened to have her put in
| jail until the time of the trial. She de-
| MED having been offered money to teS-
| tify for the defendants.
! Ida Il. Shenk was called to the stand
| after the noon recess, and denied any
| intention on her part to do wrong. Her
story was fat contradiction of the evil
| dence-by the child and her mother Her
| testimony in chief made connected
| story, but upon crOSS-eXamination as to
| her acquaintance with her cO-defend-
ants, and upon unimportant points, was
! little conflicting. On the eYentful day
| she lived with her sister at 494 Broad
| way. She started to go to Minneapolis
| Sunday evening, Aug. 2, to tell Grace
that she saw an advertisement
for girl wanted to stand in candy
! store on NabaSha street. Size met De
mars and Watson at the corner of Roj-
| ert and Seventh street, and spoke to
| them. They said they were going to
Minneapolis and so they went over to-
gether, starting about S p. III. On reach
| ing Minneapolis she told them she
| wanted to call to see friend. They had
| all agreed to go TO Lake Harriet, and
| they walked out Nicollet to Seventh
street. The men waited there for her.
She went to Mrs. Sheehan's, and short
time after joined the men and they
| went to the lake. After staying
| there while they returned and got off
near the place they started from. She
| again went 20 Mrs. Sheehan'S, and the
men walked on, but she made no ar
| engagements to join them, as size was not
| decided as to going to st. Paul again
that night. She went to Mrs. Shee-
hans and told Ida of the chance for a
| position, and, declining to stay over
night. they started 10 go to st. Paul.
When they got to Washington ave
nue. they found Demars and Wat
son. 1t was then few min
utes after midnight. They bought
some fruit at a store on Washington
avenue and then boarded an electric
car Tor st. Paul. Grace sat in the seat
with Watson and she with Demars.
After reaching st. Paul they took lunch
at the Market restaurant. The fruit
and the lunch were procured at the
Request of Grace.
When they lett the restaurant it was
a few minutes after 2 a. m They
started down Seventh street, she in
tending to go to her sisters. but realiz-
ing it was late said she did not like
to go home at that hour. Grace said
it would not do to go to her aunt's at
that hour. The men then proposed to
pay for the lodging of herself and
Grace and they would go home. Grace
spoke up and said that would do. They
were then near the Carlysle and went
up to the office. The men engaged
Room 10 and they went there. A bottle
| of blackberry brandy was bought for
Grace, who had severe cold and could
not speak loud. Grace had asked
| for hot whisky, but said the
brandy would do when the
night clerk said the whisky
could not be procured. They all went
to the room, and Grace and she drank
some of the brandy. The men went
out and got cigars and returned to the
ROOM While they were out she took of
| her outside skirt and waist. Grace re.
moved her overdresS and the lace bodice
! she had on, but neither of them I'M
dressed. The room was very warm,
and this was done to cool off. Watson
was sitting down and Grace went and
sat on his lap. They wrote poetry and
she put her address in his memoran.
dunn. After sitting there awhile
and talking pleasantly to him she said
she was tired and sleepy and went
to the lounge to lay down, and was
given bedspread and a pillow. The
witness asserted that Ida did not cry