St. Paul daily globe., 1892-04-28
HOT FOR MCCLELLAN.
The Plaintiff in the Hoyt Case
Shown in q Bad
Light.
His Conduct. in Disreputable
Houses Laid Before the
Jury.
DR.. Hoyt's Side Growing
Brighter as the Trial
Progresses.
The Defense Will Make 1t
/ Very Interesting for
Mcclellan.


aud Severance are picking up every in
| cident brought into the case, anu are
! tiapking them seyeraiiy with evidence
tending to leave no doubt that DR.. Hoyt
is not guilty OF the charge OF alternating
the affections or Mrs. Mcclellan. The Y
are making strong effort 10 establish
| the claim made by Mr.. Severance in
! his opening speech TO the Jury to the
effect that they would 90 farther than
| required and show by not only "A pre-
! ponderance. but by evidence beyond
reasonable doubt, that their client is in-
n0eent OF the charge made by
| Mcclellan. The feature OF vest err
| days evidence was the admission of
| Mcclellan, upon cross-eXamination that
| he had made the rounds OF several houses
| Of prostitution, and had conducted him
| self while there in manner that would
| outrage the feelings of men OF even
1 small degrees OF m0desty. Evidence was
| also introduced to show that he had
! been Oh familiar terms with his servant
| girl.
At the opening OF court yesterday
morning, Dr. A. j. Stone was called 10
| the witness stand. The counsel for the
defense offered TO show by him and sew
| eral other physicians that Mrs. Sheckels
had been an invalid for several years.
and that her condition mad been such
/ that such charge as was impated 10
| her was an absolute absurdity. Judge
| Otis decided that such evidence was not
! admissible. because Mrs. Sheckels was
not upon trial.
FavOrs Azoyt. 81
Mrs. Julia S. See. of Minneapolis. said
that Mrs Mcclellan boarded at her
place several weeks. She was known
as Mrs. Hardy, aud her husband paid
the first weeks board himself.
\. f. Shinn testified that Mrs Nc
! Clellan aud Mrs Sheckels were at G..
! w. Martins store shortly after noon on
| Nov. Il.
ID. w. Lawler was not able to say that
| DR.. Hoyt was at council the evening of
| Nov. "A, but he remembered that he had
| promised him during the day 10 be there.
j. j. McCatferty remembered that the
| doctor was there that evening. lie al
ways had something TO say TO Dr. Hoyt
| at council meetings, and he remembered
| of pointing his finger at hin and aliud-
| ing TO him tnat night.
James G. Donnelly remembered OF
| seeing the doctor ut the council meet
| Ing in the neighbOrbood of 8 o'clock
Charles b. Jacobs. room clerk at the
| West hotel, said DIR. Hoyt was not one
! OF the men who registered and were as
| signed To rooms BAG and 3+S on Nov. IA
over an hour was taken ap in reading
| the deposition of Henry A. Fieiseh-
mann. taken April Il at Milwaukee,
The deposition has been heretofore
given in substance. 1t EMBRACES an
absolute denial OF the West hotel Scene,
as well as any other knowledge OF i'm
proper conduct between Mrs. McClellan
| and DR.. Hoyt. ,s.s.s..e1
George Bunch, one of the waters at
the West hotel, waited OH a party in
rooms 346 and 348 Of the hotel on Nov
IA. He was assisted by Matt v English.
There were four persons. two men and
two women, i'll the party. DR.. Hoyt was
not one of the men.
K. Scagalia, head waiter Of the West
hotel, remembered party OF two gen
tlemen and two women being in rooms
$40 and 348 Of the hotel Nov IA last
DR.. lIOyt was not one OF the men.
Nj. V. HaineS, one of the attorneys for
DR.. iioyt, Identified a photograph OF
Col. West. The photograph was offered
IN evidence TO show how much hair the
colonel has on the top OF his head Mr.
Halnes testified to Matt V. English not
identifying DR.. Hoyt the evening he
took dinner with MIR. Wheeler Eng
lish told him that Mr.. and Mrs. McClel
Ian had been 10 his house and worked
OH his sympathy, and that he was going
to say that it was Dir. Hoyt who was i'll
the room whether it was SO or not. On
cross-examinatlon Mr.. Hanes said that
he is acting as attorney for Dr.. Hoyt and
for the West hotel.
Bad for Mcclellan.
Mcclellan was called TO the stand and
crosS-eXamined by MIR. Severance. He
was asked ii he knew Mr. McGinnis
He said he knew him, and visited four
or five houses Of prostitution with him
five years ago. He acted as jddge in
a bet at a house of prostitution.
McGinhis and he had bet on the last
presidential election. The bet involved
expenses at disreputabe house. He
knew stationary engineer named Joe
Morrison. lie had no conversation with
him last summer 10 the effect that he
had been intimate with the hired girl
He did not tell him that he had got tired
of his wife. He knew John Frame
Did not agree with him to bring noin-
an from MaukatO and he would hire her
as a servant. He did not tell him that
he had been intimate with girl near
the high school building. He admitted
being ia cellar OH Seventh street with
Minnie Smiling. bat they had ot kissed
each other there. While his wife was
away Tie girl went several times 10 his
rooms on East Ninth street. He met
her several times oil the street. He
went with party TO show gentleman.
from New York, through the houses of
prostitution in the city. This man was
connected with the electric light corr
pany. The scenes that he participated
IN were too disreputabie 10 be even re-
ferred 10 in print. ~
Mrs. Huber testified that she had seen
Mcclellan and Minnie Shilling in the
cellar OF his house on Ninth street. Tie
girl had her arms around his neck, and
they were kissing each other. The wit
ness declined, OH eT0SS-eXamination, to
state where she lived prior 10 her mar
| rage. Judge Otis decided she would
have to answer or 20 10 jail. After
some further refusal she answered that
she lived at the corner OF Cedar and
Seventh streets. ~
Mrs. Maggie Swartz testified that she
saw Minnie Shilling go to McClellan's
rooms while Mrs. Mcclellan was away
last summer. 81
Moliie Graham, a hat trimmer, said
she loomed at McCiellan's last year
until week before Christmas This
was while Minnie Shilling lived there.
She testified as 10 the rooms occupied
by the inmates of the house at night. ~
f. A. Frame stated he told Mcclellan
that he was going TO Mankato and would
bring a grass widow back Mcclellan
intinated that he would like to know
the woman after being told she was of
shady reputation. Mcclellan told him
once he had criminal relations with
a woman near the high school building
The testimony of this witness made the
jury and even the reporters blush with
shame. it being given in manner of
utter abandon of deeency.
Valentine SwartZ testified to seeing
Mcclellan and Minnie Smiling together
on the street about The night the Harris
theater burned in 1891.
Marian Cauchois stated that on Now
l2 Mrs. Mcclellan said she had been TO
Minneapolis that day.
Louisa Sloan, stenographer, said she
had seen Mr.. Mcclellan and Minnie
Shilling together many times. She saH
him hugging her once and taking liz
critics with her person at another tSne