St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-03
YOUNG HAZELTON'S CASE.
Beginning of the Trial Which viii

Beginning of the Trial Which Will
The criminal court room was thronged
almost all day yesterday with the own
ers of ''sweet little bangs" young men
who wear long oyercOats, russell leather
shoes and spats. The cause of this col
lection in the criminal court room was
the trial of one of their number for the
unique and novel charge of seduction.
The case was that of Frank Hazeton.
who is charged with the seduction of
Celia RivetZ. HaZelton sat behind his
attorney. A. H. Hall. just across the
table sat the complaining witness,
Celia Rivetz, slightly pale, perhaps,
from long illness; dressed i'll
somDer black, with just dainty white
bow at her throat, and a rather sweet
face that looked anything but what the
defense In the case will try to make her
out to be. Back of Celia sat her mother
and her sister. a pretty little creature of
seventeen, who manifested a deep in
tereSt in all that was going on around
her. The principal part of the day was
spent in securing jury, and 1t was 8
o'clock in the afternoon when the last
man had taken his seat in the box, the
scheme appearing TO be, on the part OF
the defense, to get men on the jury who
had a family of boys, while the state
wanted men on the jury who had a
family of girls.
When the jury was finally settled
satisfactorily, County Attorney Frank
Nye presented the case on behalf Of the
state. He told in simple, pathetic
style the story of the young girls life
and of her ruin, and closed by calling
the attention of the jury to the gravity
of the case before them.
The first witness called for the state
was the complainant herself. She told
her story in a brief manner, with a
womanly shrinking from repeating
such language as tue case called for in
room full of men. The witness had
first met HaZeltOn in August, 1890, when
an attachment immediately sprung up
between them which lasted for two
years, during which time Hazelton had
repeatedly asked the witness TO marry
him, and to which request she had
finally consented as soon as he should
have become enabled to take care of a
wife. In response to questions by Mir.
Nye she told the story of the fatal night
in brief as follows:
work in the book bindery of Harrison Il
Smith in company with young lady,
named Lily Michaelson when they met
Frank and another fellow who invited
them to supper and to go to the opera in
the evening. Celia declined on~account
of her dress, and then an invitation to
supper was extended and pressed 80
hard that the two girls finally con-
scented. The young men took them to
the restaurant over the Monaco saloon,
where supper was ordered and Celia
was induced to drink glass Of
wine. From thence to the end
the story is ali old one. She
drank the wine and it made her
dizzy and gave her headache. She
stepped out into the hall to get some
fresh air. Hazelton followed her and
advised her to go up stairs, where she
could get more air. He took her up to
the head of the stairs into small
room and advised her to lie down
on the bed, saying that she
would then feel better soon.
Again she obeyed his wishes. He sat
down on the edge Of the bed and began
to coax and plead with her to remain all
night. Tie whole world knows the
rest.
The trial will be taken up again this
morning, and will probably be con-
tinued for several days. Some wit
nesses have been summoned whose
names will create a sensation when
thew are printed.