St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-15
MRS. FLOYD IS INDICTED
AN0 LOCKED UP m THE COUNTY JAIL
WITH HER BOYS.
THE TRIO PLEAD MONDAY.

CAtiR MOhOay - LON AOWTyS
Tips to the Police.
Mrs. Floyd can talk to her bows now
without encountering the winter air.
| The grand jury indicted her yesterday,
and her sons, too. Mrs. Floyd and Lou
Floyd were sitting In the corridor on
the ground floor of the Jail between 10
and o'clock yesterday, when Deputy
Sheriff Frank Lane entered and ap-
preached them. The deputy held a
paper in his hand. 1t was a warrant for
the arrest of Mrs. Floyd upon an in
dictment charging her with completely
in the crime. The deputy sheriff read
the warrant to Mrs. Floyd and informed
her that she was under arrest. Mrs.
Floyd was surprised. She looked at
Frank, then at Lou. Frank put his arm
around her, and she leaned upon him
and said: Every WE'LL"
| An hour and half later Mrs. Floyd
and her boys were conducted from the
| Jail across the alley to the court house
and up stairs to the criminal court room,
where Judge Jamison presided. There
were several spectators present, but not
| the indictment of Mrs. Floyd been an
ticipated. AS the mother and her sons
entered the court room every eye was
| fastened upon them. They took seats
and remained seated until the clerk of
| the court arose to read the Indictment
against them. Mrs. Floyd was appar-
emily too weak to stand up. Frank and
Lou assisted her to her feet. and the
three stood before the bar of justice.
| Mrs. Floyd tottered, but her sons suS-
tanned her while the clerk read the in
| dictment. 1t charged all three with
aiding, abetting, counselng and con-
trolling Philip Scheig in stealing $4,000
| from the Bank of Minneapolis. They
| pleaded not guilty, but withdrew the
| plea upon the suggestion of Marcas P.
Hayne, their attorney, who asked the
| court to grant an extension of time to
| plead, as he desired to withdraw from
the case until further arrangements to
retain him were made. The court
granted the request. and the Floyds
| will plead Monday afternoon.
Mr.. Hayne Withdrew, it is understood,
because he saw no probability of being
compensated for his services. and had
| already made some disbursements in
the case out of his own pocket.
Mrs. Floyd aid her sons were then
conducted back to the Jail, the boys
supporting their mother on the way.
| Mrs. Floyd appeared greatly distressed.
| They spent the rest of the afternoon to-
! gether in the lower corridor. The
| GLOBE reporter saw them at 5 O'clock,
| seated at the north end of the corridor
Frank sat beside his mother with his
| arm about her waist. On her right was
gray haired gentleman, an old friend
| of the family, and in front OF them sat
Lou Floyd. Mrs. Floyd had partially
recovered from the shock. but still
| looked Respondent. The surroundings
| were not calculated to relieve the
gloom. The prisoners shut with
in the upper corridors paced
| up and down, cracked coarse jokes, sang
and "hallOoed," and otherwise re-
minded the Floyds that they were
| among criminals. Mrs. Floyd was al
lowed to remain with her sons until z
p. m.-two hours after the usual time
| as the Woman's quarters in the Jail were
occupied by an insane woman-Mrs.
Leabbens-who was taken away at that
hour. Mrs. Floyd was then conducted
upstairs, and her boys were shown their
cells. Lou Floyd's $1,000 bond, signed
by Simon Wolverton, expired as soon as
the Indictment against him was re-
| turned, and it was not renewed. Bail
| in each case was fixed at $1,000, but no
| suretieS appeared. @
A great many people, relying upon
| the statements of the local papers that
| Scheig would be sentenced yesterday,
| fiocked to the criminal court room
| to hear the sentence pronounced. They
were disappointed. The GLOBE said
| yesterday that Scheig would not be
| sentenced today. and he was not. The
officials of the Bank of Minneapolis
| know why. Scheig was taken down to
| the court house about 2:30 p. M. and
upon the motion Of the county attorney
sentence was once more deferred, this
| time until Monday forenoon. Scheig
police station. The Floyds will also
appear in court on Monday to plead to
| the Indictment against them.
| Phil Scheig's behavior since his re-
| turn to Minneapolis has surprised The
| public. Many condemn him for giving
| states evidence before the grand jury,
| but the case is peculiar. 1t was this
| evidence that caused the indictment of
| the Floyds. But the evidence consisted
Of more than Scheig's verbal state
| ments. 1T was documentary. Letters
were produced which convinced the
| jury that the Floyds were accessories to
| the crime. Some of these letters were
| in Scheig's possession, but more of them
| were obtained by the police from Mrs.
| Floyd herself, when she returned from
| New York. These letters showed that
Mrs. Floyd had made arrangements to
| 60 to Paris, while Scheig and the FLOYD
| boys would 90 to Brazil. Afterwards
Mrs. Floyd would join them, or they
! would proceed to Paris.
1t was also shown to the satisfaction
of the grand jury that Mrs. Floyd had
confided her troubles to well known
| physician. She told him that Nil. Scheig
| had offered to provide for her support in
| Paris for one year, at the rate of SIS a
| month, and wanted to know If that
would be enough to keep her. The
| physician said yes. and in response to
Mrs. Floyd's inquiry whether she ought
to accept the offer the physician also
| answered yes. The letters are said to
contain undoubted proof that Mrs. Floyd
| knew Of Scheig's defalcatiOn when she
left Minneapolis for New York, and it
is because of this that the grand jury
indicted her as an accessory after the
fact. 1t was also revealed that on the
| Saturday Scheig left Minneapolis he
| gave Mrs. Floyd $3.50 in response to her
demand. Scheig admitted this when
| questioned yesterday.
| An evening paper pretends to disclose
the exact nature of the baneful influ-
ence which the Floyds exerted over
Scheig. 1t states that, over game of
cards with the Floyds, Scheig, in an I'M
| guarded moment, admitted that he was
short at the bank. This knowledge, it
is claimed, the Floyds held over his
head and blackmailed him. This solu-
ton of their peculiar relations is false
O its face. Scheig confessed to a short
age nearly two years ago, and the mat
ter was patched up. He did not fear
the Floyds on that account. But he did
fear them for another reason. They
knew something about Scheig that was
in no way connected with his duties as
paying teller of the Bank of MInneapo-
lis, and that knowledge was power TO
them and they used it.
Scheig's disclosures before the grand
Jury did not end here. He went into