St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-06
A POT POURRI.
The Strange Case Of Annie Bruder
and Edward Porter.

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and Edward Porter.
There was strange case in the police
court yesterday. 1t was a physiolog-
ical and psychological pot pourri. Ed
ward Porter. the colOred man whose
duty it was to answer bell calls at the
West hotel, was arraigned on the
charge of arson in the second degree.
He was arrested on Wednesday last by
Officer John MckenDon on warrant
sworn out by q. n. Lyman (also col
Ored), whose dwelling, at GLIB First ave-
nue. north, was set fire. Tuesday night.
Lyman charged the crime to the ac-
count of Porter and presented sufficient
| cOrroborative evidence to warrant the
issuance of papers for his arrest. Ly-
man claimed that Porter was in love
with girl who stopped at his house,
and because she refused te leave and
| come with him, he set fire to the place
out of desire for vengeance.
Porter was found by the police
rags and shavings in the rear
| of the West hotel, snoring as only
carky can snore. His arraignment in
| court yesterday afternoon brought out
| large number of the cOlOred aristoc-
racy. Seated alone on the inside of the
railing was handsomely dressed white
woman apparently about twenty-five
years of aye. She kent her handker-
| chief to her eyes, and big tears trickIed
| down her face and fell with an aqueous
thud on the floor. When the dirty-look-
| ing prisoner was brought in she hur-
riedly left her seat and located herself
close beside him.
She was Porter'S sweetheart.
| She addressed him in the most endear-
| ing tones, and became so demonstrative
that Court Officer Erlichman was forced
to take her by the arm and lead her
| away. As soon as the trial commenced,
however, the woman made her way back
| to Porter's side. When the court officer
to her seat she clung to her black amoor
lover. crying:
she is my sweetheart: he is my
| sweetheart"
Porter denied point blank that he set
fire TO Lyman's dwelling, though he adj
United he was anxious to have his
| sweetheart leave it. She was living
there with colored man named Clack,
who is also West hotel bell boy. Por-
ter was jealous, of course, but had not
set fire to the dwelling. Clack was
present in the court room and was one
of the witnesses who testified against
the unfortunate Porter. The rivals
met face TO face when Clack took the
witness stand. AT the conclusion of
the evidence Judge Elliot bound Porter
over to the grand jury, fixing the bail at
$500. lie could not furnish it, so was
taken to the county Jail in the patrol
wagon, while his sweetheart walked
away with Clack.
This woman, it seems, has remark
able history. She is pretty, has an in
teiligent face and speaks like an edu-
Gated woman, She goes by the name of
Minnie Stewart, though her true name
is Annie Bruder. Her father was au
Englishman and her mother an edu-
Gated New Orleans creole. Her home
is in Detroit. Mich. where her uncle
and brother. Walter Bruder, conduct an
extensive plumbing establishment. Ac.
cording to Porter, she has lived with
him as his mistress for the past two
years. Two weeks ago she deserted him
and took UP with Clack. This much
she admitted herself to a GLOBE re-
porter. 1t is evident, however, tina,
her heart is still true to Porter, in spite
of her desertIon of him. Porter is a
lanky, uncouth negro. Nature was moi
kind to him, for she gave him a dis
joinied frame, long arms. genuine Ala
| hama feet and a bullet head. Wher