St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-13

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up trouble. The motive. am sure, Is
usually envy. l think you know who
mean. am sorry to hear that Jennie
iSsick. l hope she has not eaten too
much, or taken cold. Poor girl. am
sorry for her, and sorry that l have ever
been unkind to her. When get home
must take care of herr
Holmes Himself Testif1es.
Mr.. Holmes was placed on the stand
in his own behalf at tine conclusion Of
the reading of the letters, which was
done by Mr.. Holmes himself. as the at
torney could not decipher the handwrit-
ing. The husband took the stand quiet
ly and gave his evidence in mild, self
possessed manner. He began with an
extended description Of his East side
office and the furniture therein, as we'll
as the location Of the windows. In the
letter he said there were no shades, and
person standing on the sidewalk
could look all over the interior of the
Office. AT the time Dwyer had stated that
he had seen Holmes and the girl near
the office the witness told the circum-
stances, saying that it was in the early
evening and that DWyer had come with
lantern and appeared to he watching
the Office. Holmes SAID that he stepped
to the office door and turned the key,
anG then DWyer came to the window
and looked in. He then went to the
back window and looked in, when he
saw the witness. Then Holmes says he
stepped up To the window and spoke to
the man, who told him he thought there
was somebody in the office, and then
went away. He said the circumstances
annoyed him.
He Was Watched.
Holmes stated that he began to think
he was watched, and he asked DWyer il
anybody had asked him to watch him.
DWyer had answered that nobody had
asked him to do so, but because some
one had told him that the matter was
the other way. and that Holmes was
watching Dwyer. During the CONVEX
satiOn Dwyer had STAGED that Stewart.
the teamSter, had got it Into his head
that there was some woman il the case.
He said that Dwyer had told am before
the trial that MIR. Nudd had come to
him and asked him what he knew about
the case. Holmes insisted that he had
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testify against himself, if he told no
more than the truth.
He said that Jennie had worked for
his family from 1887 to September, 1891.
He had first seen her on his brothers.
front steps, when he had gone there to
bring her to his house. His wife had
seen her at BicknellS on Calhoun boule-
ward, and wanted to hire her. In re-
gard to what Mrs. George Huey said of
the back fence conversation, Holmes
said he had gone to Huey's house, and
the girl was hanging clothes Oh the line.
He came across lots, and
Leaned Over the Fence
to say something, and at that moment
Mrs. Huey appeared. He had gone
didn't want Mrs. Huey to hear what he
had said to Jennie. He said that he
had been for months logged by detect
ives on account of gossip about the girl,
and he had come to talk with her about
it. He had asked the girl if his wife
had been to call on Mrs. Huey, to have
her look out for him. He admitted
driving with the girl, but explained that
he was going to the mill and he saw the
girl come out Of house, and he had
taken her ia 10 give her ride down
town. as she was going that way. None
of their drives had been prearranged
In relation to the statement of Mrs.
Gee to the effect that she had seen
Holmes and the girl standing in the
woodshed with his arms about her, he
said it was totally untrue. He explained
away several of the atfectionate Incl
dents in the house between himself and
the girl, testified to by the wife. by
showing that he was in all cases either
taking something from or giving some
thing to the girl. Once Mrs. Holmes
had appeared suddenly in her night
dress and bare feet when one of these
presto changes was taking place. and
The Girl Had BIushed
and the wife ragged. The witness adj
mitted that he had assisted the girl in
the household duties, so far as CARRYING
dishes about and pumping water for the
girl, but that was all. He explained
that he had always been in the habit of
assisting in the kitchen. He denied
taking any stock in the girls wardrobe
at his expense, with one or two eXcep-
lions, when he had puI chased clothes
for Mrs. Holmes which she did not like,
and she had sold them to the girl. He
admitted buying shoes for the girl, but
Ills WllS was Will IIILl dL IllG Time.
Mr.. Holmes very forcibly denied the
majority OF the statements made by his
wife, except as 10 minor details. He
admitted giving the girl medicine, with
his Wife'S knowledge, however but
said he never tried on any shoes for
Jennie" though once he had found
her trying on pair in the kitchen, and
she asked him to look and see how they
fitted. He had never crawled under the
girls bed to listen at the register, and
stated that in that Mrs. Holmes had
placed him in her own place, for he had
caught her crawling from under the
bed, and the carpet had marked her
cheek when she had pressed it against
the floor to listen.
Holmes Broke Down.
At the close of the morning testi-
mOny, Holmes broke down completely.
1t was when he was explaining the cpl
sode of decorating the girls room with
flowers. He said that the boy had ar
ranged them and taken them to the
girls room, when the wife appeared on
the scene. She ScOlded, and he retired
to the library, when she kept at him.
He said:
II will not stand this any longer"
Neither will l." she replied. You
dare not strike me, for my father told me
if you ever did was to come home to
him."
Then 1 slapped her, the first and
only time in my life" cried he. and. with
look at his wife, he broke down. a
sob shook his frame and for time his
voice was choked and husky.
He denied buying the girl a watch
with his own money, but said he did
buy one for her, she paying him what
he paid for the watch. In regard to
the earring episode, he stated that he
had only one repaired for the girl, at
cost of 70 cents, she paying for it.
Into the Brush.
In the afternoon Holmes was deliv-
cred over to the tender mercies of Bob
Jamlson for croSs-questioning, and the
whole ground was gone over again.
The most damaging evidence brought
out was that he had driven Jennie out
to North Minneapolis, and they had
gone into the brush together. He ex-
planned this afterWard on redirect. by