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

| defendants testimony. he testified
as follows: Il received that letter
[exhibit 3 in February, '93. The let
ter was dated at Chicago February
10Th, '93, In which plaintiff said she
was lonely and run down. She was
going to Chicago and wanted defend
ant to come and see her before she
left. [ always advised her when L
was coming ITO see her. Sometimes
telegraphed. She always knew
whensto expect me. We always
lnDched and drank beer when we
were together in ST. Paul. | some
times took liquor to the room at her
request; she said she always liked to
keep flask or so around.
''In the letter in which / said Il
| could not come, but Glib would enter
tain her instead [ meant Gibson
whlskey. When l wrote that [ was
sore on Glib because ne got me into
trouble before, [ referred to the last
time visited her on which occasion
drank more of that brand of liquor
THAN / should have done. | did not
refer TO d man.
My letter in reference to the prices
Of furniture, bedding, ETC., was about
the fat she was going to rent in Cali
fornia. She wanted me to find out
what | had paid for the furniture in
the hotel. l looked up the bills and
wrote her. Elk % identified by wit
ness, who read from the letter the
prices he had given her. This is the
letter | refer to.
exhibit 40 and 81, more letters.
were SHOWN. The expression did
you ind out who the people were who
were run in the other night meant
that l asked her when in ST. Paul who
the people were in the patrol wagon
when it passed the house. / referred
to confectionery, ETC., when | told her
goodies since she left" (EXhibiJ IA
shown, containing slip cut from news
paper.) Received this in August,
'94. Can't swear to the handwriting.
Believe it is disguised" Handed to
plaintiff for Identification, who did
not have an opportunity to Identify
it on account Of objection. Exhibit
u prOduced.) "This is the letter
| III WulCu ICI0IIcu w OlUS cuUcI-
tanning her. Exhibit 7, an unsigned
letter, shown "She was ordered out
of town and she telegraphed me. /
went to St. Paul, and she told me
about it. l told her to see Mark
Hayne. She left and didn't dare go
back. She thought | was to blame
for it. She said policeman accused
her Of being a Street-walkeI and
would have to leave This was Oct.
%, '92. She went to the coast in
February.
Il never agreed to go to Hudson
with her and get married. l never
knew and she never said anything
about making wedding clothes while
she first lived here. My reference to
my dress suit was about attending
theater parties. She always wanted
me to wear it when [ was out
with her IN ST. Paul. This was in
the spring of 1891. Never took
my dress suit there. [ didn't wan
be seen at a boXparty or anywhere
else in public with her in Miuneapo-
lis because [ was well acquainted
there.
"She wrote me [Deft's Elk. n that
the police had ordered her out of ST.
Paul because she was street-walker,
and when went up to see her in re-
Spouse to her telegram she affirmed
her declaration about the police but
Indignantly denied that ishe was gull
ty of the accusation. Then | told her
to see Mark Hayne. Her coast trip
was not mentioned until after the
trouble with the police. She went to
California about sixty days afterward.
s"Asked me about my financial con-
dition while | was in 'S8. | told her
about $4,000 or $4,000 to swell her
up
INSTRUMENTATION.
| / weigh $50. Haven't lost any since
Oct. '93. Have gained. Weighed 260
then. [ did not register her name in
the register of the NicOllet house
when she arrived from Omaha. [ did
not drive her to Rush street depot
to meet her husband before she was
divorced. / did not pay Baxter any
fees for getting her divorce. l did
not give her the money for that pur-
pase. She might have drawn it at the
office. She suggested the lake trip.
| couldn't 90. On her return she
didn't come here. She left the
Ethiopia in ST. Paul because the land
lady wouldn't keep her any longer be-
cause she wasn't married woman.
I was there while she had those
rooms. [ didn't take her to Mrs.
| McKerchie's. | hired the rooms at
Ethiopia. Made the bargain. Said
| wanted them for Mrs. Booth, and
that l expected her from Chicago.
"She proposed the California trips.
| We agreed before she went to quit.
[ never spoke OF marriage to her and
she understood it. Didn't
stop anywhere when | first
went to Omaha. Was on the
go nearly all the time. Slept in same
room, same bed with plaintiff. Reg
istered in ST. Paul and Grand Rapids
as man and wife. Was buying furni-
ture in Grand Rapids for the hotel.
She was with me, but did not GO with
me when / bought the furniture.
Finally bought it in Grand Rapids.
Cant say 1 ever loved this woman.
Have been very foolish, and would
like to apologize to everybody for it.
event to the junction with her
when she went away. Did it because
could as we'll do it. Slept in Room
GA the Monday evening succeeding
the day of her arrival. didn't always
say Just like getting married. /