St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-08
FLOYD MERE TEsTIFIES.
she TELLS WHAT SHE KNOWS ABOUT
ScHsij'S fFFAIR.
MR.. BxnNEs GOT ANGRY.
The Chances Are That tho Famous
Trial Will Re Concluded To.
day-Arguments This After.
Good Witness-A Shot at De-
tcctive Hoy.

tcctive Hoy.
The matinee at the court house yes
terday afternoon was large one, SO far
as the audience was concerned. The
Floyds gave diverting entertainment,
and everybody went away satisfied that
they had received their moneys worth.
Lou Floyd held the boards until nearly
o'clock, when MS mother was called
to the stand. LOUIS testimony was no
great departure from what has been
heard for the past week, and on cross
examination he held his own. There is
more business about him than his dark.
skinned brother demonstrates he is
possessed of, and for that reason he
made better witness. When Mrs.
Floyd took the stand there was muir
nur of expectation from the women
who crowded the court room. They no
doubt expected she would faint, but the
lady held her head as high as any of
them, and went through the ordeal of
being fired at point blank by the county
attorney without tiinching. She was
attired as Oh previous days, entirely in
l.
kind, with high heels, and during the
Examination she tapped the floor wit h
hem continually.
In spite of her tifty-three years she
lad something of jaunty appearance,
and her voice is exceedingly deep and
we'll modulated. There was no difficulty
IN understanding her answers, for her
enunciation was good and her English
the best. She maintained that she did
not know of Scheig's affair with the
bank until after the party had left the
city. She imagined all the time that
Scheig intended to leave the city for the
purpose Of getting away from his wife,
or whom he appeared to have sort of
Tread and reDugnance. During the
lime she was testifying Mrs. Floyd
watched the eX-bank teller, who sat
lear the prosecuting attorneys chair,
:overtly. He never met her gaze, for
lie kept his eyes fastened upon the 4 cor,
apparently ashamed OF himself.
In speaking of the interview she had
With Detective Hoy, and the manner in
which he used her Information, she
nade remark that caused a smile to
.ipple over the audience at the expense
If the police Inspector. She said:
II thought him gentleman at least
Ie said he was"
Then she went on to say that the in
terview demonstrated differently, for he
had never returned her the letters nor
lad he made any ate mpt to keep her
ioys out of the mess, as he promised
when she gave him the Information he
ought. During the ross-eXamination
lr. Nye, in his eXasperating way, kept
,reaking in on the witness before she
lad concluded her answer to the previ-
Ius question. Mr.. Byrnes got mad,
md with face that famed red pound
loud voice:
Let her answer! Don't go brea king
I with your old tricks"
1t is thought the case will go to the
Try this afternoon before court adj.
nurns. The croSs-eXamnation of Mrs.
lloyd will conclude this morning. and
ne states rebuttal will not take up
much time. In the afternoon il is eX-
pected the arguments Will be made, and
Mr.. Byrnes stated last night that it
would not take him more than fifteen
minutes to say what he desired to the
jury. Mr.. Nye will have 10 review the
entire case, but he anticipates to finish
before time for adjournment.
In asking Lou what ne wanted to go
TO Brazil for, Mr.. Nye, during the cross
examination, said:
What did you expect to do in South
America?''
Il expected to go to Rio, go out on
some of the new railroads and go to con-
uactlng or keeping store. had made
considerable study Of the country III
years past"
what amount did you expect to have
when you got there?"
well. Phil had five certificates and l
thought he had $4,000 beside. l believe
he has plant there.''
You do! WHEREOF
II don't know. Pve thought so lately.
don't see where we could have spent
all that money"
what made you choose Brazil in
stead of your own country?'
'Well, that was a new country with
new money and this country was in
pretty bad shape"
Were you Intending to 60 to South
America all the while?''
Yes. sir. 1t was the plan for them
to &c. to Europe and then join me in
Brazil"
"Oh." said Mr.. Nye. 'they were to
join you there! Then there was
plan"
Il supposed they would join me there;
hey knew | was going there"
What did you expect from the trip"
II expected to make Il stake and make
some money. That's always been INV
determination"
did you want his mother and his
friends to think that he was dead and
TO mourn for hm?''
We'll, it wasn't any affair of mine.
He was a friend OF mine. | didn't
think much about it,
Did 1t ever occur to you that some
times when men run away from their
wives they are not traced?'
mo, sir"
''Did you ever think that if there was
a hell in Phil's family, that there would
be mighty little effort made to find
him?'
when a man disappears there's
usually search made for him.
The witness took particular pains to
impress the jury with the idea that he
did not drink while on the trip. He had
been hard drlnker b ut had sworn OFF.
lie also denied having written Phil.
Bring all the money you can" and
We must ali stick by each other.v
Lou Floyd was excused from the
tand at 3:45, and Mrs. FLOYD was
sworn in.
She was dressed in black clothes, and
wore sealskin cloak. She stated that
she was one OF the defendants indicted.
Mrs. Floyd, do you remember when
Frank talked with you about going win
Phil gu the trip" asked Mr.. Byrnes.
Yes. He said that Phil was going
away on account of domestic trouble,
They were going South. Frank sid