St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-23
LOCAL POLITICS FORCIBLY CARTOONED
=IN THE SUNDAY GI-OBE===

case. to be excluded. but he hoped that
they would not remain in the court
room. IL would do them no good 10
hear the evidence, but be had, however,
no objection to their hearing the open
ing and closing arguments. A number
Of the attorneys remained n the court
room during the afternoon 40 the risk
Of displeasing the court. Before the
trial began the court stated privately
| to the reporters that he would not cx-
! Guide them, but he hoped they would be
discreet in reporting the case.
Mr.. Wellington outlined his case ia
the jury before the noon recess. lie
asserted that the defendant had ingra-
tiated himself into the regard OF Mrs
Mcclellan through Alrs. SheclEel,
whom he knew in Mexico and who was
a woman OF influence. That after max
ing the acquaintance Of the young and
colnely wife Of Mcclellan he had won
her affections from her husband and
| brought disgrace upon the family by
defiling her upon two occasions. On
one Of these occasions he and a man
! claimed to be tIeischnann, Mrs. Nc
! Clellan and Mrs. Sheckel had gone 10
the West hotel in Minneapolis and reg
! istered rs Dr. Bier and wife and II. G..
Brown and wife They had taken
| lunch ana drunk wine in Rooms $40 and
II last. On another occasion DR..
HOyt and Mrs. Mcclellan had oc-
cupied room at 45G ST. Peter street,
in this city. He asserted that the de-
| PENDANT was aggressive in his efforts TO
lead the woman astray. He said this
would be proven by the woman herself
| She had not been entirely lost, aud
would tell the story herself TO right the
wrong as far as possible. lie said that
in the South, where the blood is hot,
men were killed for such wrongs, but
| the husband had taken the more DELHI
crate and lawful course in this case and
begun an action for damages.
Charles A. Willis, boOkkeeper Of the
| West hotel, testified that on Nov. a last
the register showed that DR.. Bier ana
wife and II. G. Brown and wife were
names entered thereon, as assigned to
rooms SAG and 348. They were connect
| ing rooms with a bath attached. and
were fitted up as sleeping apartments.
! A party OF four occupied the rooms.
| They took lunch, for which they were
charged 81 each and 30 cents each for
!
sent to the room-the entire bill was
| $l450.
James NJ. Mcclellan testified that he
was married to Lizzie BlatZ at Middle
! town, o., in 1856, and has by her a son
two years old. He has lived in st. Paul
! five years. and is superintendent Of the
! Edison electric power. He Only knew
! DR.. lloyt by sight.
rrha V5tess Storv
Lizzie Mcclellan, the wife, came into
! the court room with Mr. Wellington,
after he had gone to his Office and noti-
| fed her that she was needed without
! delay. She was dressed i'm black, in
Guiding hat and long light veil. She is
a comely looking yourg woman. Her
! demeanor OH the witness stand iudicat-
ed self-pOssession: her voice is rather
pleaSant; her eyes are bright; her COM
pleXion clear ana her features regular.
She admitted the improper relations
with the defendant at the times charged
without q blush. She and Mrs.
Shcckel had gone to Minneapolis
on November II in accordance
with an appointment made the night
before; they met DR.. HOyt and Mr..
EleSchmann there. and took lunch and
drank champagne i'm 4 room upstairs.
She afterwards went to the house of
! Mrs. Cameron, on st. Peter street, with
the defendant. She first met DR.. HOyt
at the union depot in 1890. She met him
several times after that at his office,
where she went to ask him to 90 20 see
Mrs. Sheckel professionally. She al
ways denied to her husband and friends
that there had been improper relations
between her and DR.. Hoyt until after
her return from Ohio in January last.
She had not denied it to Mrs. Sheckel,
because she knew all about it. Her
husband had been told by their servant
of her drinking wine at her home in
company with the defendant and Mrs.
Sheckel, and he had suspected some
thing wrong. He charged her with it
the evening she went to the house on
st. Peter street, but she denied the
charge. She
Confessed Little by Little.
She SAID that she is now boarding on
College avenue, where she has been for
six weeks. After her return from Ohio
she lived at home week, she then went
to Minneapolis, where she lived for
seven weeks at 900 Third avenue south.
Her husband went to see her there
about once a week, and took her letters
that had come to her address at st. Paul.
She went to the West hotel with Mr..
Wellington, where she saw her hus-
band. She went there to be Identified
by the colored waiter who had served
them at the West when on their esea-
pade. She said she had gone to the
house on st. Peter street once since she
was there with Or. HOyt. She went
with Mr.. Forbes, trusted friend of heI
husband. She was shown into the same
room. They left suddenly when Mrs
Cameron came in in an excited man
ner and told her that her hus
band was in the house. She
SAID she had gone there tt
be identified by the woman who keeps
the house. She said this man Forbes i:
employed at the electric light work;
and now brings her letters to her, from
the electric works, where they are ad
dressed. She said that Mrs. Sheeke
had been living with her for some time
about the time of the escapades witt
the defendant. On croSS-eXaminatiOr
the defense sought to show that Mrs
Mcclellan had discharged servant CIR
because of an intimacy between her anC
Mcclellan. A detective is in close con
sultation with the defense during tn,
trial. 1t is supposed that the defense il
fortified with damaging testimony tt
answer the charges.
! Henry A. FleiSehmann, who is alleged
to be one of the men who made up thu