St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-12
She GETS ONE CENT.
Catharine Johnson Will Get
That Amount From
Mrs. Harris.
But the Anarchists 0rganiZa-
ton is Still Covered
From View.
Baron Nils Posse Tells About
Athletics From a Seien-
tif1c Basis.
War on an Eighth Street Ed
itOP--Real Estate Men
Organize.

The famous anarchist servant girl spy
case came to an end yesterday. AT 1:S0
in the afternoon the evidence was all in
ard the case given TO the jury. which
returned half an hour later verdict of
damages to the sum Of one cent for
Catharine johnson. When the case
opened yesterday morning Mr.. Harris
took the stand again and gave in detail
the conversation he had with Catherine
regarding the anarchist society to which
she belonged. 1t was repetition of
what Mr.. Harris testified to Tuesday
afternoon. Catharine had told him pos
ltively that she belonged to secret So
ciety, and was acting in the capacity of
a spy. She told him that she was the
agent in this city, and that there were
other agents in st. Paul, Duluth and
Chicago. In the crOss-eXaminatiOn At
torney Selever asked Mr.. Harris:
did Rena tell you anything about
the SOciety?'
"She said it was the same one TO
which Eva McDOnald-Valesh belonged.
She called it the Junior Alliance
Are you sure she did not say it was
female Knights of Labor society?'
Il am. as | asked her particularly in
regard 10 that"
s'Or the Farmers Alliance?"
''She said it was not, but distinctly
called it the Junior Alliance"
did she tell you nothing about who
were the officers, or where the head
quarters OF the society were?"
"She did not tell me who the officers
were, but said there was an agent of
the society in ST. Paul: that she was the
agent in Minneapolis; that there were
agents in Duluth. Minneapolis and other
cities. The object of the society was TO
make reports regarding their employees.
She said that as far as my place was
concerned she would have very favor
able report TO make except that the
work was a little hard. She said the
wages were paid promptly and were
good; the food was all right; she had
good place to sleep; we were pleasant
persons to work for, and that she was
well satisfied with her position with US.
After she joined the society she said
that she did not stay in one place longer
than three weeks, as that was the limit
which the society placed upon the men,
bers staying with one family. She said
that she had been to Duluth and that
she was going back there again in the
interest of the society,""
This was practically all the evidence
introduced on the anarchist spy ques-
ton, the other witnesses teStifying to
what they had heard Mr.. Harris say in
the way of defaming GATHERINGS char
acter. Catharine when placed on the
stand took up a great deal of the time
by blubbering. She said that she knew
nothing about the society, and after
wards said she did. The counsel for
the defense mixed her up considerably
ana the girl scarcely knew whether she
was sitting in the witness chair or stand
ing on her head. She said she told Mr..
Harris that she belonged to the Junior
Alliance" society, merely as an excuse
to get away from the place, as she was
doing two girls work at the time. She
denied point blank having said any
thing about the wages she received
from the society, or what her du-
ties as spy were, nor had she
told him the society had branches
in the cities previously mentioned.
The man VINO came after her on the
night she left the Harris house so sud-
denly was not an agent of the society,
as she told Nj. Harris at the time, but
member of the st. Paul department. His
reasons for coming after her she de-
clined to tell.
when The case was concluded, Judge
Elliot instructed the jury not to con-
slider the anarchist spy evidence at all,
but to render a verdict on the evidence
given On the question of defamation of
character. The jury, as stated above,
brought in a verdict of one cent dam
ages TO Catharine.
Miss JOhnson's denial of any knowl-
edge of the anarchist spy society does
not by any means set aside the facts
already published concerning such an
organization. The GLOBE did not state
that she was member of it, and knew
nothing about her until she made the
statements to Mr.. Harris, which cor
robOrated the whole stony. The society
does exist. whether Miss johnson is a
member of it or not, and it is hoped
that IN a short time the GLOBE will
be able to furnish its readers with list
Of In