St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-15
CLARENCE ATE NOT,
But He Spent Much Time EX-
epciSing His Great Think
Tank.
TOMORROW WAS HIS DAY.
But, Like the TomoprowS Of
History, 1t Came Not for
"TootS."
TOMORROW WAS HIS DAY.
HER BRIDAL TROUSSEAU
Ready for the Event; but,
ToptoiSe-Like, Clarence
Ppoerastinated.
Special to the Globe

MANKATO, Mimi, Dec. II. - Miss
Victoria a. Stein, plaintiff III the breach
OF promise suit for $4,000, gave testi-
mODy on crOSs-eXamination this after
noon which will injure her chances be-
fore the jury. By carefully questioning
Miss Stein, Attorney Welch got into the
evidence statement from her own lips
that Saulpaugh met her first in 'scar-
let" house, but She said she had since
lived straightforward and honorable
life. She was now keeping a boarding
house IN Chicago and had given up her
life of shame; that Saulpaugh knew her
faults, but fOrgaVe her and promised to
marry her with full knowledge of her
character. While in st. Paul Miss
Stein says she had rooms with Mr..
and Mrs. WinolOw, on st. Peter street;
afterwards with Mr.. aud Mrs. LOOmis,
who are witnesses to Saulpaugh'S prom
lSeS OF marriage, and over Haas, corner
Fourth and st. Peter streets. Some
questions refiecting on her character
caused much bluShing and Stamnering,
when her attorney told her she must
speak louder. The defense Will en-
deavOr to show that she was ever ask
ing for money from Clarence, and many
of his letters show enclosures Of from
So to $50; and still, Oliver Twist-like,
she wanted more. Plaintiffs testimony
will likely consume tomorrow. In the
direct examination Miss Stein said:
Direct Testimony.
81 came 10 MankatO for the first time
about the middle OF August. 1889, at
Clarence SauIpaugh's request, and
stayed till the following May. We
stopped at the Mankat0 house for
while, and went TO the Saulpaugh
bOuse, and l became housekeeper. Mr..
Saulpaugh said TO ne: After you OBJ
tain your divorce, we will get ready to
be married. and that he was going to
see his father and mother and get their
consent, but soon afterward he said he
could not nerve himself up, and put it
off till the next day. We talked about
the decorations and flowers, and con-
cluded to have a quiet marriage"
The plaintiff here, at request of coun-
sci, stated that she is thirty nine years
old, ana that Mr.. Saulpaugh at the time
of their engagement told her he was
thirty -One years old; that is, in 1889.
81 kept hurryiRg him up to ask his
fathers consent, but each time he asked
for more time. till at last he said that
somebody had told his father OF our en-
gagement, and that his father objected
to the marriage. and so he wanted more
time in which to win his father over.
This condition of affairs continued till
went to Chicago in the spring, and he
said he would come there in two or
three weeks and we would get married.
He said he would sell the hotel. The
ceremony was to be performed at the
Palmer house. and Mr.. Webber, Mr..
Saulpaugh's friend, was to be there. l
stayed in Chicago three weeks, but
Saulpaugh Did Not Come,
and then l went, at his request, to st.
Paul. l saw him the day | got there
and asked him why he did not come to
Chicago. He said he could not get his
fathers consent and that he had not
yet been able to sell the hotel | sug-
gested for him to keep the hotel and
live in it, and | would be housekeeper.
To this he agreed, but said he could not
marry me yet. This was in June, 1890.
! next talked to him about the marriage
i'll the fall of 1890. He said that we
would get marie on my birthday, that
is, on the 1lth of September. He came
to St. Paul a few days before this
tl1th of September) and said again that
on account of his fathers displeasure
he could not marry me yet. | got angry
at this and scoIded him. but he begged
off and said that it was not altogether
his fault. He told me to keep my cour-
age up and it would be all right vet.
Then, in week after this, he came up
again and asked ii L was willing to
marry him, and L SAID: Yes; think so
much of you that will trust you once
more There was no time set, for his
mother was very i'll. He wanted a long
time, but finally we set it for some time
in April or May, 1891. At this time |
was living with Mr.. and Mrs. LoOmis in
st. Paul. [ stayed with them from the
fall of 1890 till May of 1891. Then again
We were talking about the marriage in
the parlOr. Mr.. and Mrs. Loomis were
there. He proposed
To Go to Hudson, Wis.
with Mr.. and Mrs. Dennis as witnesses,
and 20 to the minister's house a have
the ceremony performed and then to
take the night train and come back here
again, but before we started he again
changed his mind and said he was afraid
of his father and might be disinherited.
Our next arrangement was made week
afterwards, and then l was very angry
at him. / told him that he had broken
his promise so MANY times that l could
not believe him any more. He said he
would see his father immediately. and
he came up again in two days, but in-
stead Of marrying me. he proposed that
| take trip on the lakes to amuse nv
| self until he had won his father over.
and he promised to rect me at Buffalo
| or Detroit or SauIt Ste. Marie or Duluth.
wherever | wanted and to have the
ceremony performed. SO i went, be-
| lieving him again, but he never showed
| up, although l waited, for him at all
| these places. so | came back to st. Pa;ii
in July, 1891 / saw him the aay got
| back. / SO lded him again, and he said
| he could not help it. and asked that the
marriages be Cropped. at least for the
| present. told him he was not treating
| m6 right and used me like dog. He
cried and SAID it was not his fault and