The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-21
This rlorning,s Proceedings.

This r1orning's Proceedings.
The principal work of the defense,
to which all eyes have been strained
for some time, was the rushing into
the witness box this morning of
Clearance Saulpaugh. He was placed
on oath at o'clock and remained on
the stand until the noon hour on di-
rect examination.
Mr.. Saulpaugh related the events
leading up to and including his I'M
fortunate meeting with the plaintiff
in a clear, straightforward manner
that impressed the spectators with
the truth. His answers were given
without hesitation, without STAN
mer, and his conduct on the witness
stand this morning will doubtless have
much to do with strengthening the
evidence in this case.
He stated that he had never made a
promise of marriage to the plaintiff;
that he never intended to enter into
matrimony with her, and that her
Overtures to him were met with
prompt refusal. He was questioned
about his letters to plaintiff in which
marriage was referred to, by his at
torney, and herather broadly in
timated that the proper con-
struction of them was to their
immoral asSociatiOn-in other
words that it was Well-under-
stood phrase between them, and that
the letters in which he spoke about
securing his fathers consent" meant
for his fathers permission to REIN
state the plaintiff as housekeeper.
Below will be found his own story of
the affair:
81 have lived in Mankato five years.
first met the plaintiff in Omaha in
the spring of 'SS. / was there on bust
ness and George Weber gave me a
letter of introduction to her; and the
second time | was there, that is the
spring of '8S, 1 went to see her, and /
went to her house and we talked
awhile, she giving me her name as
Alice Booth. After | had left Omaha
[ got letter from her saying that
she had sent me toy trunk, but |
| never received it. She said she sent
it as a joke, and this was the begin
ming of our correspondence. [ met
her again in Chicago during the Re-
publican convention in 'SS, in June.
We stopped at Burk's hotel on Madi-
son street. After week or so | went
to Minneapolis and she to Omaha.
She said she had some business in
Denver and expected to go there soon,
and afterwards go to Chicago and live.
[ never said to her in Chicago that
she ought to have better thing in
life, or anything of the kind. saw
her next in Denver about July 4th
She wanted me to go to Denver with
her, and she said that if she got some
money there that she was expecting
she would pay my expenses, but l
would not GO. I heard from her soon
after saying that she had given up her
Denver trip and wanted to meet me
in ST. Paul, and about two days after
she got there came up and found her
in the Nicollet hotel. We went
over to Minneapolis. She said
she was going to Chicago.
While in ST. Paul we were at the
Astoria. / paid for the rooms. I
came to see her again in two or three
weeks. She was at the United States
hotel then. She stayed there awhile
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, 80, she moved to
the corner of ST. Peter and Fourth
streets, to rooms left by Mrs. Scott
or Davis. 1t was about this time that
she spoke of coming down here. She
said she wanted to reform, and she
kept nagging me until I consented to
her coming. She was to get S25 per
month and board. She occupied the
position as housekeeper from August
18th, 1889, till May 9th, 1890. Along
in February my father came, and
wanted to know what kind of
woman she was, and as he found out
from some travelling men, 1 told her
she would have to go. She said she
wouldn't go; and if she did, she did
not know where to go. 1 told her she