St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-20
CLARENCE A JOKER.
'he Rotund and J0cund Man
kato Hotel Man Goes on
the Stand.
lis FUN CAME VERY HIGH,
Sut He Had to Have the Side
Splitting Merriment Just
the Same.
AIS LETTERS WERE JOKES.
Miss Stein Dreamed of Find
ing Her joker on a
Christmas Tree.
ais LETTERS WERE JOKES.
lrecIal 10 the Globe.

epecIal 10 the Globe.
MANkAro, Mimi, Dec. 19.-The SEN
Iatlon OF the eighth day of the Stein
Saulpaugh trial was the appearance on
the stand of Clarence II. Saulpaugh, the
defendant, who took the oath at 9 a. m,
and. without the least excitement or
embarrassment, recited the events lead
ing up to the initial meeting with Miss
Stein in Omaha. He had never made
promise Of marriage, and never intended
to enter matrimOpy with the woman,
and that her OvertureS to him were met
with blank refusals in every instance
He further said: Il have lived in Man
kato five years. l first met the plaintiff
in Omaha in the spring of 1883. Was
there on business, and George Webber
gave ne letter of introduction to her.
The second time | was there. that is,
the spring of 1888. went to see her at
her house and talked a while, she Civ
Ing me her name as
Alice Booth.
"The beginning of our correspondence
was a letter she wrote saying a toy
trunk had been sent me as joke.
met her again in Chicago during the
Republican convention in 1883. |
stopped at Burk's hotel on Madison
street. After a week | went 10 Min
neaDOlls and she to Omaha. She said
lD l,ol hr,c nd
expected 10 90 there soon, and after
wards to go to Chicago and live. While
In ST. Paul we rOomed at the Astoria.
Size was at the United Stated hotel
when l came again. She stayed there
a while and then removed to 451 St.
Peter street. / went to see her about
every week during this time. for lived
In Minneapolis then and paid all her
expenses. In May, 1889, she moved to
the corner of st. Peter and Fourth
streets to room. 1t was about this time
she spoke OF coming down here. She
said she wanted to reform, and she kept
begging me until | consented TO her
coming. She was to get $50 per month
and board. She occupied the position
OF HOu&ekeeper
from Aug. Is. 80. till May 9, go. Along
in February my father came and wanted
to know what kind of woman she was,
and, as he found out from some travel
Ing men, told her she would have TO
60. She said she wouldn't go: and, if
she did, she didn't know where to 90.
l told her she had always intended to
60 to Chicago, and why not go there,
and meanwhile Pll try and get Inv
fathers consent to her coming back
again. She felt sore, and said it was
not right thing to do. as she was try
Ing to reform. / did not know until a
little while before she came that she
had a husband living. She said to me
one day: i am going to get divorce
from my husband, and | want to get it
In Minneapolis, so no one here will hear
about it, In about four or five weeks
she
Received Her Divorce
and gave it to Inc to keep. l never
asked her to get this divorce so l could
marry her. She left the hotel in Nav.
'90, with the intention : going to Chi.
cago. She said she wanted to rent
rooms there, but failed to find any, and
along the last of June or the first of July
she came back to st. Paul. Did not
suggest to her to go to Chicago. She
went of her own free will. Before Ieay-
ing | never said would come to Chica-
60 and marry her or anything of the
kind. She stayed in St. Paul until the
following spring, renting rooms from
Mrs. WinslOw at 80 st. Peter street.
She renamed there until some time in
November, go. She soon remOvrd to
place kept by Mrs. Loomis. In the
spring or summer of '91 she wanted me
to take
A Trip with Her
on the lakes, starting at Duluth and
taking In Niagara Falls. When she re-
turned she came back to Mrs. Loomis'
and stayed until the 1St of August. '9I.
secured her some rooms at the Utopia.
where she stayed until April or NAV.
'92. During all this time | gave her
money enough to pay all expenses. |
paid her from 1925 to $50 month. and
even then she was complaining. She
wanted to 90 into the ladies' furnishing
goods business, and, If not, she would
rent fiat and have furnished rooms.
At this time she had two certificates of
deposit, one for 81, 500 and the other for
$1,000. She didn't want to break into
these certificates, and asked me to nav
her expenses. She went to Los An
geIes and San Diego, and from there to
Portland, Or. received this letter from
her:
''TOOts'' a Letter Writer.
San Diego, Cal, April 3, 90. Nv Dear
Saul: Letter received this morning: also
draft for $50 Many thanks for same. Am
afraid I'll not have enough money to settle
down with in case find suitable location
In case don't Iii telegraph. If you will
only hold me up till l get settled, I'll never
ask you for more money. ] know you have
been good and kind to me, and I'll never ask
you for more money. III try soon and make
expenses and so make it easier for you. How
is your mother now. Lots of love and kisses
God bless you. Forgive me for writing that
letter. "TooTs ;,
There Were Others.
Saulpaugh said other letters of a sim
liar nature were received. in which she
asked for money. A later letter was
written in which she asks Saulpaugh
for hor Wb;Io