St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-27
THE GAY Mr.. NICkE[Ls.
HOW he MAIDS HIMSELF At HOME At
CRAHaM'S HOUSE
WHEN HUBEY WAS AWAY.
Examination of the Kansas City
Druggist on the Charge of
Adultery in the Police Court
Pretty Servant Girls and an
eX Coachman-Racy Testimony
The Grand Jury.

adultery IN the ROl1ce court
Pretty Servant Girls and an
Coachman-Racy Testimony
The Grand Jury.
Clinton q. Nickells, the Kansas City
druggist, was arraigned i'll the police
court before Judge Mahoney yesterday
mornlng to answer to the charge of
adultery with Mrs. Maud Davenporte
Graham, preferred by the injured nus
band. The examination took all day.
and the result was that when court adj
journed the case was dismissed, but
Mr.. Nickells was held TO the grand
jury in 81 900 bail on the charge i'll the
second warrant. There were two war
rants and separate complaints. alleging
the act of adultery on different occa-
siOns. The one Mr.. Nickells was eX-
amined on yesterday alleged the act TO
have taken place Sept. %, 1898. inas-
much as the evidence III the second case
Will be much the same as that adduced
yesterday, the court decided that as
there was not time te go over 1t all
again, he would dismiss on the first
charge and bind over TO the grand jury
on the other.
Mr.. NickellsWas in court. we'll dressed
and good looking. Mrs. Graham was
not present. Size is in WahpetOa, n. d.,
whittier she went the morning after
Mr.. Nickell'S arrest. 1t is there she
VIII establish residence and sue for
divorce. Mr.. Graham, the husband. was
present, thin, dark and studious look
ing. Assistant County Attorney Hall
represented the prosecutions and Messrs.
Larrabee and Gammons looked after the
interests of the accused. The loafers
ana court habitues were not allowed
the privilege of listening to the evil
dence. Judge Mahoney ordered the
court officers to keep them out.
There was row of pretty girls inside
the railing. They were the servants
who had been employed by Mrs. Ora
ham. and Witnessed the acts of endear-
ment that were alleged to have taken
place between the lady and the defend
ant. The ex-coachman was also present,
and, from the manner of their testify
ing, it appeared that one and all had
some sort Of grievance against Mrs.
Graham. 1t must be admitted, however,
that she displayed excellent taste in
picking out her servant girls, for they
were all of them pretty, from the cook
to the chambermaid, whose bearing and
languiShing chances toward the eX-
cOachman demonstrated that her regard
for him was more than a friendly one.
In truth. the evidence as whole showed
that the Graham household was quite a
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and that the servants emulated their
mistress in love affairs.
Mr.. Graham was the first witness.
He told of his marriage to his wife on
Jan. Z, 1885. He proved the occurrence
by w. II. Updengraft, who was present
in court aud had been witness to the
ceremony. Mir. Graham then went over
his domestic relations ana the events
which led up to his removal from Kan
sas City in September. 1891, to this city
with his wife and the two children. The
family residence is situated. he said. at
2122 Aldrich avenue south. Last Au-
gust he said he went TO Kansas City and
was gone week. Returning, he left
again for Chicago. 1t was during his
absence on these two occasions that. it
is charged in the complaints. the acts of
indiScretion between Mrs. Graham and
Mr.. NicKells took place.
The eX-coachman, Robert BrySOn,
with determined look, a long mus
tache and an evident foudnesS for one
of the servant girls, was next called to
the stand. He said he had frequently
seen NickellS about the Graham mouse,
and had seen him drive out with her.
One night i'll last August ne drove MI.
aud Mrs. Graham to the Great West
ern depot. She kissed her husband
good bye and he went away on the train.
| Then she ordered him to drive to Tenth
avenue south and Washington where
| thew met NickelIs. He got into the
| carriage and the coachman drove the
| couple TO the Graham residence.
The witness then said: when any
| one called and wanted to see Mrs.
| Graham when Mr.. Nickels was there, |
| told the caller Mrs. Graham was sick
with cold. ! had instructions from
| her to do this"
The eX-coachman then related the
t circumstances OF Mrs. Graham leaving
! the CITY on Nov. 4. He said: ''NIckells
| came to the house in the afternoon. he
| went to the house from the McPhearson
residence on Hawthorn where they met.
| He drove the defendant to the Graham
house. NickellS went in and packed
| the silverware A trunk was also
| packed and Nickells sent it out by an
| pXprpssman. Witness drove the horses
| to Haukins' farm on Mrs. Graham's
| order. and Nickells said to witness that
| he was going to Wahpeton. Mrs.
| Graham left the city that afternoon.
| He saw NickellS at the union depot
late tAat afternoon, and that gentleman
| was getting some trunks checked. Wit
! pocc oDd NiolyaliS want on fO WalnptOu
together and Mrs. Graham and family
| arrived about IL o'clock that night.
Minnie Morton, the chambermaid of
| the Graham honSe, was the next witness.
| She told of Mr.. Nickells' visits to her
mistress and how lie acted as though he
was the master. He had the freedom of
the house, and ordered his meals sent
| around to any room of the house he
| desired. The night Mr.. Graham went
to Chicago Nickells called and remained
| in the house all night, occupying spare
bedroom She made up Mrs. Graham'S
bed the next morning. but she could not
tell whether it had boon occupied by
more than one person or not. She
blushed as she told of the making of the
bed and glanced tenderly at the eX-
cCachman. The spare room occupied
by MIR. Nickells. she said, COM
| munIcated with Mrs. Graham's bed
| CUdHlDeT anu lIC OOOl OCIhCCH was
! never locked. Sometimes one room
would have the appearance of not being
occupied and sometimes the other.
Usually, Mrs. Graham's room had the
| appearance of not having been occupied.
| Nickells appeared to have fondnesS
for the room adjoining that of her mis-
| tress. There were other spare rooms in
| the house, but he never occupied them.
| When the pair left for Wahpeton she
(the chambermaid) went with them.
"They used to hug and kiss one an
other a great deal. They would then
go into the parlor, and, after remaining
there awhile. would go up stairs. They
went to all parts of the house together"
The witness further stated that she
saw the couple together in bed at Wah-
| petOn.
Miss Minnie Johnson. slender, dark
eyed miss, who at one time was the cook
of the Graham house, testified that she