St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-23
FLOUR CITY EVENTS.
Exact Status of the Sensa-
tional Holmes Divorces
Case.
How Minneapolis People Take
Some of Knute'S
knitting.
New Boston Excited Over a
Love Affair and It's
Sequel.
All the News From the "V"--
All the News From the "V"--
District Court
Matters.

A. D. Shaffer is still in the Hennepin
county jail, the center OF a storm which
promises to be rather more destructive
than the usual storm found expanding
its force in the district court. Shaffer
ran away from the city while under
subpoena to appear as a witness in a
sensational divorce suit, Holmes VS..
Holmes; was caught in Dodge county,
brought back and placed under bonds
OF 500 to appear at the trial and testify.
He has not yet found the bond for his
release.
When the Holmes divorce case was
called in court few DAYS ago, it will be
remembered, Shaffer, an important wit
ness, was absent. The defense charged
that he had been bribed to leave town.
Mrs. holmes attorneys returned with
the charge that Shatfer'S affidavit, upon
which the rather salaciOuS answer in
the case is based, was bought aid paid
for. Davis says he was bribed and
threatened TO leave town. He also denies
that he was paid by Defendant Holmes
10 make the serious affidavit against
Mrs. Holmes character.
When Shatfer was brought into court
on Friday he said that a prominent East
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him and told him that if he testified in
court along the line marked out by his
affidavit. he would be sent to the peni-
Tertiary for perjury. The minister
then, Shatfer says, advised him to leave
town and gave him SO. Rev. j. f.
Stout is the minister Implicated. Mr..
Stout consents to say this about his in
nOcent connection with the case:
Let me preface my remarks by stat
ing that l know nothing about the
Holmes case. Mrs. Holmes has at
tended my church occasionally and that
is all. Mr.. Holmes | do not know.
Shaffer, some time ago, applied to me
for probationary membership in the
church. When L heard of the affidavit
he had sworn to against Mrs. Holmes |
at once came to the conclusion that it
was not true. 1t could not be true,
Thought. knowing the man as | did and
having seen the woman. | went to
Shatfer and talked to him as a pastor
l told him did not believe his story,
and that he ought never to go on
the stand and perjure his soul against
an innocent woman. If he did
it, he would be surely sent to the peni-
Tertiary for perjury, for he could not, as
l believe, subStantiate his story. Shat
fer was indignant at first and stood up
for the truth of his affidavit, and | left
him. That was last Saturday evening.
Sunday night he called at my house
again and, with tears in his eyes, said
he had been thinking over what [ had
said and had came to the conclusion l
was right. Then he asked me to loan
him so. l told him did not have it,
but he pleaded so hard | went out and
borrowed the money and gave it to him.
After | had given him the money he
told me he was never going or the stand
against Mrs. Holmes, and was going to
leave town. He took his departure then
and | have not seen him since"
Shaffer is married man and lives on
the East side. He has been employed
by Nudd 81 Holmes, the firm of the
defendant in the case. in their mills on
Central avenue. also in doing odd jobs
around Holmes house. Nudd is the
man, Holmes thinks, who gave Shaffer
a ticket to leave town ON. Shaffer'S
wife has been employed by several East
side families as waSherwOmen. Many
of these families know Shaffer and
unite with Mr.. Nudd in saying that he
is of the mo good stripe. Arthur Sum-
ner and w. II. Nudd say that Shaffer
was trying to get money of them on the
Saturday and Sunday when he was seen
by Rev. j. F. Stout. These compIica-
tionS. accusations and counter-accuSa-
tons will be brought out in the trial and
will make it decidedly interesting
case,