St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-14

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against the charge OF criminal libel
brought by his wife, Freiderika. The
trial which followed Will long be re-
memberrd by the Judge and jury from
point OF uuiqueness and ludlcrOus tes-
timOny. Eycrt acted as his own attor-
ney lie invoked the aid Of his muse
Parnassus. and looked very much the
poet with his classic brow and golden
whiskers. A. II. Hall was counsel for
Mrs. NymanOyer. and from the satlrical
smile that constantly lowered about
his mouth it was evident that he
enjoyed Inc proceedings hugely.
Mrs. NymanOyer was the first
witness. She told of the libelous letters
sent 10 Mrs. Mayo. and upon being
cross-eXamlned by her husband adj
United that she had gone into Rev. w.
A. Allcyn's room. IL was merely for
consolation. however. for she looked
upon the reverend as great cOusola-
ton giyer. She also admitted that he
had kissed her but il was on the cheek,
and was merely one OF the ways char
acterisuc OF Methodist clergymen. Mrs.
Mayt. who is president OF the Ladies'
Aid Society Of Pilgrim Chu ch, identi-
fed the Letters sent her by Evert, in
which he made the lIbeOus statements
concerning his wife. Next came Rev.
Alleyn himself, tall, angular man,
with a frightened look about his face
and very weak minded whiskers. lie
told the jury that he was pastor of
church at Forest City, and then pro-
ceedtd to relate what he Knew about
the Nymanovers and how he came 10
be mixed up in the muddle.
The reverend, il seems. was person
ally acquainted with both the litterateur
and his wife, and whenever he came to
the city he made visits TO their house.
On a certain night he slept in the house
and Mrs. NymanOver. who was very
nervous and hystercal, came to him
while he was in bed, 10 receive minis
terial comfort and consolation. He gave
her both, though at the time lie had
some computations of conscience about
so doing, for he thought it just Il trfle
improper. But that Mrs NymanoYer
came to his room for anything aside
from comfort ana consolation. as hiEted
at in Everts letter, was false. Evert
took the stand himself when the pastor
had finished, and told in a graphic man
ner how his wife had msuscd him. On
the night the clergyman was there she
had gone to his room and remained
there until after l o'clock. That did
not deter him from inviting the
pious man to his home again, however
On March ID he came, and Mr.. Evert
determined upon great stroke OF di-
plomacy. lie slept with the clergyman
and acted as sort Of detective, pump
ing the pious man of everything lie
wanted TO know. Rev. Aleyn CON
feSsed that Mrs. Nyman0ver had come
into his room. and with arms twned
about each others necks they had re-
ciined on the bed for several hours.
"Of course" said Evert, dat max
me feel bad, for ct not ban very nice for
my wife to act like dat"
Evert said he sent the letter TO Mrs.
Mayo so that she might enhghten the
ladies' of the church of just what kind
of woman Freiderka was. These
ladies were poor and his wife was rich:
they looked upon her as great woman,
aud he proposed to show them that she
was not. She made him dreadfully un-
happy. and besides, it was not proper
for wife to allow even clergyman to
take liberties with her. While she was
up stairs in Rev. Alleyn's room, he, the
poetaster, philosopher and classic
scholar, lay in his own bed down stairs
in perfect agony of doubt and sus-
piclon. lie did not dare 90 up stairs,
for his wife was master Of the house
and he only a common servant.
lie admitted that his wife had
been in paroXysm of tears that night,
but he said that he Gid hot throw her
into that condition. The tears, at any
rate, were only crocodile tears, and,
though he could not hear them trickle
down stairs, he felt sure she was drop
ping them, TO show the clergyman how
she had been abused. When his wife
confessed to him that Rev. Alleyn had
kissed her, or attempted to- his brain
did not fully grasp the horrible truth.
1t took. sometimes, he said, ten or fifteen
days for brain TO grasp anything of
that nature. TO crown his story, Evert
said that Rev. Alleyn made horrible
proposition to him. 1t was That he
should bring his wife up stairs to him
and then get out himself. Evert said
he knew the proposition was improper
and all that but he treated him like a
friend Just the same. He was showing
his Christian spirit in doing so, and, be-
sides, it would not have been gentle
manly TO flourish revOlYerS and kick q
man out of the house.
When he had concluded his tale of
woe Evert called his sister, Mrs. Frett-
ponS, 10 the stand, and asked her if she
would not consider herself doing some
thing improper in going to a strange
mans room in the middle OF the night.
LAY bet l WOULD" was Mrs. Frett-
ponS' reply.
Rev. Alleyn was then given an oppor-
tunity to deny the statements made by
EVert concerning him, and he did so in
q
cnces 10 Il note book filled with data.
Attorney Hall, in summing up the case
before the jury, roasted Nymanover TO /
q turn, and took pains 10 throw his en-
tire vocabulary of hard names at the
poor scholar. The jury felt enter
tanned accordingly. but not nearly as
much SO as when Evert himself got up
to make his final pleadines. Evert said
his honor was at stake, ADD it was left
to the jury whether his name was
to come out unspotted or he
was to 90 to the workhouse.
His wife, her lawyer and ali the wit
nesses, he said, were liars. and domi-
mated over 10y lying spirit. TO eXem-
pity 10 the jury what terrible liars his
enemies were, Evert ran up and down
in front Of the box, making the widest
kind Of motions with his arms. Then
ne told OF lie terrible life his wife had
led him. Eo stood helole. the jury, he
said, nm "ouirag eous" man. and from
the way everybody smiled. 1t was evil
dent they c0.nciieG wta him. Contn-
;,'n-, lie said us wife had never given
HIM IS cells GSTrng ;l.eir year OF mar
I:ed life, ba' Size h&d tahel all his
oic:hrs away, nlSa his watch and rings.
@: course. size hal given them to him
In lie ErSi place, hu: .iaT made no diff
ference The sher;ii's depGties patrolled
ABOUT the house, and he could not get