The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21
Plaintiffs Continued Testimony

PLAINTIFFS Continued testimony.
II received from Mr.. Saulpaugh,
she said. ''my will before l received
his marriage notice, which l received
along the last of December. 1t wa
the first notification l received from
him: | made a mistake when | sait
that demanded my will when | re
ceiyed word from him of his marriage
| received my will first and before
received word of his marriage direc
from him.
II tore part of my will off when
heard of his marriage. l was yer,
angry at him"
Here was offered in evidence lettel
written in Chicago by plaintiff to Mr.
Saulpaugh in Feb'y 1S94-siX weeks
after she received notification of hi;
marriage.
81 don't know whether this is the
envelope in which l sent it or not
The post mark is Chicago, Feb'y. 1898
l was not in Chicago in February, 1893
/ wrote it to Saulpaugh-don't know
where l was or when it was. The
reading of the letter was objected tc
by plaintiff as not being in the proper
order of evidence and the reading was
therefore postponed.
REDIRECT.
eyes, said that in 'S4, in St. Paul
/ was known as and was mistress OF
one Louis Harrison. He is in Mime.
apolis now"
"While was in ST. Paul and during
our engagement, Mr.. Saulpaugh came
to see me almost every day-that is in
'S8 and in $50 and 80. He was there
once or twice a week and also in '92
and '93.
"We went out together to theatres
and restaurants, and to wine saloons.
We drank beer and wine as other peO-
pie did. | was called Mrs. Saulpaugh
while in St. Paul, and Mr.. Saulpaugh
knew | was so called; l know he did
for Mr. and Mrs. LOOMS always called
us Mr.. and Mrs. Saulpaugh and we
were called so before friends; he was
present and / was always addressed as
Mrs. Saulpaugh."
''Mr. Saulpaugh became proprietor
of the hotel in August, 'S9. He was
living with his father there; the hotel
was the only first class one here then.
In October, '93, was in the city and
remained here three days. After |
had my conversation with Mr.. Smith,
which was Sunday evening, l staid
until Wednesday afternoon. | spent
nearly all of Monday and all Monday
night and in fact nearly all the time L
was here with Mr.. Saulpaugh.
We talked about our marriage
and he promised to marry
me. He said, 'Toetsie', go to
Chicago, and get house; I'll sell
the hotel to Mr.. Root and I'll come to
Chicago and marry you! I spoke to
him about sending Mr.. Smith to me,
and when he came to see me Monday
morning | was in bed and he came in
and 1 put my arms around his neck
and asked why he sent Mr.. Smith to
me and he said / am sorry; and he
said he was going to marry me yet.
He said: IT was in such an excite
ment; had to have $4,000 and was in
a bad state of mind over the loan
which l made from Mr.. Shoemaker.
This was Oct Is. Is and II, 1893"
RE-CRoss EXAMINATION
''This Monday was the day after l
came. was with him all of Monday
night and occupied the same apart
ments with him."
The plaintiff then put on the stand
W. R. GEDDEs.
81 live in Mankato; am a lawyer,
have been here for over three years.
In 1892, in this city l had a collection
business, helped organize an agency,
At the time of the death of Thomas
Saulpaugh, in 1892, the reputation of
Clarence Saulpaugh as to his financial
standing was that he was wealthy,
and was reported to be worth from
$4,000 to S150,000. This reputation
continued till October 1893.