St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-29
TODAY WILL END ALL
Testimony All in in the Un-
savory Mcclellan Damage
Action.
Mcclellan and Hoyt Both Deny
Having Done any Bad
Kissing.
Experts Disagree Whether
the Writing Was Fleisch-
mann'S Fist.
Denial OF the Kissing Scene
in the Dark in the Low
Cellar.

| VIE, Is ali IN, Inc arguments OF coun-
sci to the jury will begin this morning
and will take up most of the day
The arguments are Limited to two hours
a side. Mr.. Kellogg will address the
| jGry this morning on behalf OF the de-
Tense. Mr.. Wellington will follow
| after dinner with a presentation of the
| plaintiffs side of the case. The evil
dence Is characterized by many fiat
! contradictions of witnesses Oh the re-
| spectiye sides. The evidence of the
| experts as to the handwriting on the
| register of the West hotel was like
many other statements fatty contradic-
| tory. During the trial yesterday the
| principals to the suit were on the stand
| and renewed certain fiat contradictions
| Oh several points. The defense pro-
ceeded with its side of the case at the
| opening OF court yesterday morning.
Joe Morrison said that Mcclellan told
| him last fall that he had been unduly
| familiar with his servant girl and that
| his affection for his wife had waned.
| He denied that Mcclellan had dis
charged him from the electric station.
| because lie ran after women during the
| been taken at her residence early yes
terday morning. She stated that she
had seen Mcclellan and Minnie Sehll-
| ling in the cellar. She had her arms
| around his neck and they were kissing.
DIR. Hoyt was called to the stand to
| say that lie had not been to Dunno
| beck's restaurant with William III.
| Hoyt. Mrs Mcclellan and Mrs. Bosher.
| He also asserted that he had not taken
| Mrs. MeClellan'S face in his hands 10
| kiss her Oh the Sunday that he was at
| the Mcclellan house
| The, plaintiff then took turn at.evi-
| dence. Mcclellan was put OH the
stand. and testified that the testimony
| of Morrison was false in respect 10 his
! having admitted improper relations
with Minnie. Shilling, He had
10 r2 Never Kissed the Girl.
| nor sustained improper relations with
with lfer. He had gone to the cellar
with her TO get washtub, to get kind
| ling and coal, on several occasions, but
| had not kissed her there or elsewhere.
| He also c6ntradcted Jacobs. the room
clerk at the West hotel OH the point of
his. denying that he told Mcclellan that
he could give no description of tue men
| who registered. Torrance Kinney said
l
| Clellan at the council chamber, and
that the former scolded him for doing
so. and asked if he wanted to get him
| into trouble, or to. have Mcclellan shoot
| him. ~
A. IL Hughet, of the West hotel, Con
! tradieted Jacobs. the room clerk. He
| heard him say that le.couId not identify
! the men who were assigned to the rooms
spoken of: that he was inst going off
| watch at the time. and did not notice
| them. II
| Molfie Graham said that when at. the
| Mcclellan house she saw DR.. Hoyt drive
up in cutter. Mrs. Mcclellan was in
the room occupied by the witness at the
time. She said, There is the DOCTOR"
and went down stairs and let him in.
The witness looked over the balustrade
and saw DIR. H0yt take Mrs. McClellan's
face in his hands and kiss her. They
then sat down ind hall for while.
Mr.. Severance. on croSs-eXamination
wanted 10 know why she had not told
his when i'll his office OH Sunday. This
| brought out the conversation in the
office, in which the witness said she
| told Mr.. Severance that she knew a
good Deal about the actions of Mrs.
Sheekels that she did not like. Mr..
Severance told her he did not want that
evidence. She also asserted that Mr..
Mcclellan lad been deceived, and she
blamed Mrs. SheekelS and Mrs. Nc
| Clellan.
Matt Y. English was recalled. and
contradicted George Bunch, the colored
boy who helped 10 wait on the quartette.
He said Bunch had given description
of the men to blr. Mcclellan.
Minnie Shilling admitted that she
went to McCleltan's house last summer
several times when Mrs. Mcclellan was
| away. She never walked on the street
with Mcclellan. She went into the cell
lar with him, but -.
Never Rugged or Kissed Him,
nor he her. She denied the story of
Louise Sloane relative to liberties being
taken with Mcclellan. On the evening
of Nov. "a Mrs. 7Sheckels called her up
stairs and told her to tell Mcclellan to
90 over to the station and to tell Mrs.
Mcclellan 10 come up stairs. The next
morning Mrs. Sheckels asked her If she
had told Mcclellan what she had seen
or heard, and said: ''For Gods sake
don't tell him anything"
Saturday, Nov. IA, Mrs. Mcclellan
and Mrs. Sheckels left the house be-
| tween and 10 a. M, ard did not return
until evening. This was tue day after
1 DE-. Hoyt and Fleishrnann were at the
house. She contradicted Mrs. Sheckels
on the point OF taking dinner home that
day. ta 1es
Mrs. Mcclellan was recalled and tes-
titled that she talked all night with
Mrs. Sheckles at the time OF the quar-
rel with her husband. She told her that
she had been out with DR.. Hoyt, and
| that her husband had accused her OF it.
She said to deny it and she would see
the doctor and the BurdOcks and fix uD
story as to going to Burdock's togget
| papers. When the letter came to her
from Mrs. Sheckles it contained a.slip
of paper that Mrs. Dunn said must be
destroyed before her eyes. The slip
was i'll the handwriting of DR.. Hoyt,and
stated that MACS scheme was % all
right DR.. Hoyt always called me Mac.
/ destroyed the slip and also the letter
from Mrs. Sheckles which proposed a
scheme to deny the charge of the hus-
band, and to claim that the wife had
been sent to Burdock's to get papers for
Mrs. Sheckles."
The Cameron Room.
At the opening of court in the after
nohn Mrs. Mcclellan stated that DR..
| Hoyt gave her box of candy before,
she went to Ohio, and identified the
pink box. Mrs. B0Sher was with. her
when he gave her the candy. When,
/ she went to 456 st. Peter street &ith
| Forbes she asked for the same room she
had "a week ago Tuesday," Mrs. Cam
eron said she did not know her. Mrs.
Mcclellan then said she wanted the
room she had been in with DIR. Hoyt.
Mrs. Cameron said. ''Oh, yes,n and
| then showed them to the same room,
| telling them they could have it a little
while. She said DR.. Hoyt embraced
and kissed her on Sunday when he
went to her house.
Thomas Forbes said that Mrs. Cam
eron and Mrs. Mcclellan held the con-
versation detailed relative to secur-
| ing the same room that DIR.
Hoyt and Mrs. Mcclellan had had.
! +. r. Cameron, who works ar Dunno
backs restaurant, said that he had seen
| Mr.. Hoyt. Mrs. Mcclellan and another
gentleman and lady at the restaurant
together, and he waited upon them.
He served them with quart bottle of