St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-19

often talked with HIM at length
about her troubles. and had
told him that MIR. Warner
had not been true to her, but had
guilty relations with Mrs. Cunning. a
former sweetheart. She Mrs. Dunning)
was as much his wife as she was. There
was much of this talk on many occa-
slons. Mrs. Warner found fault with
Mrs. Dunning because she was in the
house. After the scene of July 3. 1888,
with his wife-the cane incident-he
was very i'll. On some of the occasions
when witness testified that Mr.. War
ner was seriously Ill, Mrs. War
ner would come in and worry HIM and
urge him to allow her to sign checks
and have more control in money mat
tiers. Witness was afraid to leave Mr..
Warner in the presence of Mrs. Warner,
such was the bad effects of her visits.
Some of the dates of the alleged as
suits on Mrs. Warner were. from wit
ness testimony, times when Mr.. War
ner was i'll in bed.
Former Sweetheart.
Mrs. Lorenda Dunning was called to
the stand at the afte rnoOn session. She
lived at the Warner mansion for eight
months. She was not permitted to teS-
tify as to Mrs. Warmers accusing her of
adultery with Mr.. Warner. She tes-
titled, in response to questions by Mr..
White, that she heard no fuss in the
bed room at the time Mrs. Warner
claimed her nose was skinned. and said
she did not know that it was skinned,
and she would have seen 1t had that
been true. She did not see Mr.. Warner
strike his wife at that time or at
any other time while In the house
hold. Mrs. Warner had been in the
Of Mr. oh hn1f
hour on the occasion spoken of and had
come cut smiling. At the time of the
Gaming incident of July ,, 1888, she was
up stairs directly over the bedroom of
Mr.. Warner. She heard loud talking.
Alice and Minnie were with her, and
went down stairs Immediately, and she
followed shortly afterwards. When she
got down, Mis-. Warner was trying to
get hold of Alice's hair and Minnie
was trying to prevent her. Mrs.
Warner threw herself on the
floor and pulled her own hair
down. The girls did not try to drag
Mrs. Warner out of the room. Mr..
Warner was sitting OH the bed. The
girls did not use violence toward Mrs.
Warner and did not pull her hair. Mr..
Warner could not use his hands well
for three weeks after that incident, and
was i'll from the effects of the in
cident. She was up stairs the even
ing of Sept. s, 1888. She heard
loud talk in the room below.
Mr.. Warner told Mrs. Warner to leave
the room. She went down stairs and
called Mr.. Blackman from the barn.
Mrs. Warner told Josie to go and call
Mrs. May, who lived near by. Mr.. and
she had no knowledge of Mr.. Warner
CHI oking his wife. She would have seen
it if it had occurred. She never saw
Mr.. Warner use violence toward
his wife while there and had not head
him Use vile epithets towards her.
Upon cross-eXamination by MIR. Well
ington, Mrs. Dunning made several
statements contradicting her former
statements. She said Mr.. Warner had
spoken i'll a loud voice on the two occa-
siohs mentioned, and was not very an
cry: She did not hear what MrsWarner
said, but heard her scream. When
she cried for help she did
not go to the room, as she
did not think there was any trouble.
When asked if Mrs. Warner did not ask
her TO leave the house SheanSWered that
she asked her when she was going to
leave. She said Mrs. Warner gave her to
understand that she was an unwelcome
guest, but Mr.. Warner asked her to stay.
lSOme woman in the audience remarked
in an audible voice at this juncture,
That is her. She said Mrs. Warner
had made the accusations referred to as
to her relations with MIR. Warner. She
said she did not hear Mr.. Warner order
his wife out of the bed room, but that
Alice had ordered her out.
The Defendant Talks.
Lucien Warner took the stand in his
his own defense, looking considerably
worn and worried. He often heSitated
in testifying. He was married to his
first wife at CRANKY, Mass. in 1858. In
1865 he moved to Chaska. Mimi, and
engaged in general merchandising there
until 1874, when he came 10 st. Paul.
His first wife died July "a. 1884. He had
six children by his first wife. He met
the present Mrs. Warner at sociable
at Plymouth church in March, 1886:
was engaged to her June 2, and