Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-24
RAMBLING BUT INTERESTING EVIDENCE
Mrs. G|ennan and SiIing Both
Give Evidence.
JUDGE MILLER'S DECISION


wife was staying. The specific charge to-
Glennan, DR.. Taylor and young Mr.. Nc
Dewitt were all named in the warrant The
case came before Judge Miller on a preiim-
mary hearing. and after about two hours
and half of very interesting testimony
the court held that case for the grand
jury had not been made out and dismissed
the complaints.
There were five lawyers i'm the bar-Messrs
Muliowney and Fulton for the prosecution.
Messrs Ralston and Siddons for DIR. Glen
nan and MIR. j. j. Johnson for the Nc
Devitts. There was quite an argument at
the start as to the exact charge. and IL was
finally decided that the case should be con-
sidered as one of forcible entry.
Testimony for the Prosecution.
Oliver Emory. living at $40 18th street.
gave testimony of the proceedings In the
house on the night the children were taken.
but could not identify any of the party of
men who took the little ones. p. II. Tow
son. also living there. gave details of the
row, but could recognize one. 1t was
sworn to by both witnesses that Mrs Glen
mans door was broken open.
Richard Scheyer, who lives next door to
SO 18th street, said that he heard the
noises and ran down stairs to the street.
He recognized young Taylor and McDevitt.
Mr.. siIlinE's Story.
The reXt witness was Albert l.. Silling.
who t. named by DIR. GleEpan as the CO.
respondent in the divorce suit that fas been
filed. His testimony vas very damaging in
general. though 1t threw little lignt on the
specific case before the court. Indeed, the
charge of forcibie entry seemed to be very
much Of a cloak under which certain facts
concerning the relations between Silling and
Mrs. Giennan We're brought out Silling told
Of the disturbance on The night of the
LIST. and said that his door was hrok IN open.
He vas sleeping with ne younger boy.
The cross-examiners were not concerned
about the matter of the forcibie entry. The
attorneys for DIR. Glennan were more in
terested in the relations between Silling
and Mrs Glennan. and so they began to
work on their joint history. Silling said
that he first met Mrs. Gennan in Edn-
burgh, Va, on the 18th of July last. lie
said he Is married man and a travelling
salesman for the Brown Shoe Company of
ST. Louis. He saw his wife four weeks ago.
He was in Edinburgh only four hours
after first meeting Mrs. Glennan. but re-
turned on the following Thursday, and re-
manned there until Saturday when he went
away again, returning the following Satur-
day, and staying over Monday He has
never been there since. He next met Mrs
Glennan some weeks afterward at Harper's
Ferry. They stopped at the same house
A Hotel Register.
At this point Lawyer Ralston sprung a
S'HHttioh ny inc or the
" hite Cottage, at Harper's Ferry. bearing
this entry on certain date: IS. r. Glen
ming and family" He showed this book 70
Mr.. Silling, ard asked if that entry were
not in his handwriting. The witness ac-
knowledged that it was in his handwriting
Siliing said that he went to Charlestown
from Harpers Ferry, and that Mrs. Glen
nan went with him. They then returned to
HaIper's Ferry and thence to this CITY
They came back together. Whey they
reached here they vent together to a house
on Grant place, where they had some
friends, but stayed Only a few hours ana
he went out of town. He afterward stop
pei at the National Hotel, but Mrs Glen
nan vas not with him then. When he came
back to Washington, Just before the first
of the month. he was met at the station by
Mrs Glennan, who showed him to her
boarding place, $40 18th street.
He denied that on the night of the dis
turbance he had tried to conceal himself un-
der the bedclothes.
Mr.. Ralston explain ed to the court that
ne was trying to show that the children
were In the house on 18th street under cor
ruptinS Influences. and that the father had
tried to rescue them. Judge Miller said
that If this could be proven he would not
hold the case for the grand jury
MIR. Ralston asked many questions bear
ing on his relations with Mrs Glennan. and
also his relations with other women
Another Woman Named.
The cross-examlnation closed with a
breeze.
DO you know woman ramed Nellie
Hermann" esked Mt Ralston.
Il know OF woman who Is said to be
named Nellie Herman. but who Is also
known as Nellie Ray" vas the answer.
did she not come near causing a d.
vorce between you and your wiie%' Mr.
Raiston asked.
Another Boardcr TcstfGes
al
street house. was the next witness, and
told i'm a dramatic fashion the events of
the night when the children were abducted.
He heard great disturbance and reached
for bis shotgun. but put 1t down when there
came sounds TO indicate that il was a fam
lily row. He heard Mrs. Glennan plead
with some one not to take her children. Al
last she exclaimed:
You are my huSbS nd, and when I was
young | loved you"
Where was Silling all this time?" asked
the court
Il don't know" was the reply. There
were no new facts developed by the exami-
nation of this witness.
An Unsatisfactory Witness.
Mr.. MCGOWAN. the joint manager with his
wife of the 18th street boarding house,
proved a very unsatisfactory witness
He told a disconnected story of the trouble
on the night the children were taken and
could give no definite information concern
ing the breaking of doors destruction of
property.
He said the house was leased by his wife
In his name. When asked by Judge Miller
who paid the rent for the Glennan- Silling
rooms. the witness said that there had been
no rent paid up to the time of the disturb
ance. The parties he said, took their meals
outside. He was closely questioned about
the affair Of the night of October 1. but
could give no positive testimony.
Judge Miller said that SO far there had
been no Identification to fasten the charge
on the defendant. Shortly after MFR. Nc
Gowan said that he thought he recognized
Mr.. McDevitt on the stairs during the trou-
BILE in disguise. Mr.. johnson asked IL Ii
was Mr.. McDeyitt. the elder, who there
upon stood up.
Mr.. MCGOWAN faltered and said he was
not sure. He was also uncertain about the
nature of the breaks made In the house.
Mrs. Glennan on the stand.
After other witnesses had been heard
Mrs. Glennan took the stand as the last
witness for the prosecution. She was
dressed in black and was very pale She
gave her testimony in a nervous, excitable
ax,a "a