St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-07
SMACKEO THEIR CHOPS.
The COURT LOUNcERS ENTERTAINED
BY THE CHAMBERLAIN TRIAL.
THE DEFENSE HAS OPENED
Attorney Rees Speaks to the Jury
and Scares the Venerable
Plaintiff = Mrs. ChamberIain's
Daughters and Her Sister,: Mrs.
HELEN, on the Stand AoI-
brook Was Persistent.


Yesterdays session of the Chamber
/ lain-Holbronk case proved very inter
esting to the crowd of court loungers.
The defense began it's fusilade, and as
a consequence the moral character of
the venerable plaintiff suffered to no
small extent. He was held up in an
unenviable light, and according to GER
tain witnesses has at divers times and
places conducted himself very much
after the manner of LIE Sage's advent
urOuS hero, Gil Bias. Mr.. ReeS, at the
opening of the session yesterday morn
ing, delivered himself of forcible and
lucid address to the jury. in which
he scored Plaintiff Holbrook in no
mild terms. Mr.. Chamberlain. it wasas-
serted had acted as an honorable man,
inasmuch as he had but attempted to
vindicate his honor and that of his wife.
On the other hand. Mr.. Holbrook had
bounded the wife for years and en-
deavored i'll every way to cause her to
commit indiscretions. The stories he
had told on the stand and to the jury
were dangerous, from the fact that they
were but half true. They were either
the product of brain crazed by fright
or Of mind qualified for writing cheap
and sensational novels. Mr.. Rees did
not spare the plaintiff nor mince mat
tiers, and the audience smacked their
chops as they listened to his eloquence.
Three witnesses were put in by the
defense, Mrs. Chamberlain'S two daugh-
tiers, Luella and Ruby. and Mrs. Berth
HELEN. 1t was II o'clock when the
direct examination was finished, and
then the court adjourned until tomorrow
morning. nuby, who is thirteen, and
Luella. who is pretty miss of seven
teen. testified to the number of times
Mr.. HolbroOk had called at their moth
er'S house. Ruby maintained she had
seen the plaintiff eight times when he
called at the house, and each time he
asked for her mother 1t was very
rare occasion when her mother would
see him. The old gentleman was re-
peatedly told that she was out of the
mouse or away from the city. He was
persistent, however, il his endeavOrS to
see h9r.
Luella'S testimony was practically a
confederation of her sisters testimony
She had seen Mr.. HolbroOk at the house
as many as six times, and on each oc-
L.
She did not suspect there was anything
wrong between them.
If Mrs. HELEN had been allowed to
testify 10 everything she had stored up
in her mind, the audience would have
been treated to something salacious.
The state, however. objected to certain
parts of her testimony and the court
ruled it out. An attempt was made by
the defense to show that Holbrook had
made improper proposals to Mrs. Hell
len, but the court declared it irrelevant.
1t was brought, however, that HOl-
| brook had inflicted himself upon the
| two ladies-MrS. Chamberlain and Mrs.
Hellen-in street cars and at Lake Har-
| riet. In referring to meeting him at
Lake Harriet, Mrs. HELEN said:
when l saw him | was so mad l
! made face at MIN. | told my sister if
ne spoke to US again | would knock him
down. She told Inc if 1 didn't she
| would"
Mrs. HELEN then went over at length
| the incidents occurring previous and
| just after the alleged robbery was re-
, ported by MIR. Holbrook. 1t was merely
| a repetition of what had already been
/ heard, though. of course, The plaintiff
was;-nOt- shown to be- very white
| sheep.