St. Paul daily globe., 1894-06-30

Niapp SAAortiy 0otOr0 ne w as
Killed = Saw Two Women
speak to Him = Lulu Leyde
Denies That She Was One of
+ the Women.
The grand jury put in nearly all of
Yesterday at hard work on the Allen
Clapp case, and during the day there
were rumors of newly-discovered evil
dence of sensational character. About
q score of persons were taken into the
grand jury room. They included the
Leytte woman, who was evidently ques-
TONED very closely, as she was before
the body for over all hour before'd dlnuer.
+ A. recess was taken at l2:45 until 2
o'caock, and again the woman was
4 given another long examination. NJ. A.
/ Tuttle, the man who found the knife
supposed to be- the one that cut the
throat of C!app, was in the room for a
full hour.
( Z. ID. .Brumfe'd. gauger at the South
st. Paul distillery. is new witness VINO
was called 10 tell what he knew about
the affair. The story related by him is
: to 1.-THE effect that he was with Clapp
about 10 O'Clock on this even
! ingl5 of the murder. He and
;Clapp were standing on the street
near the corner of Wabasha and Fourth
streets talking. Two women came
along, one of whom exchanged ''good
evening" with Ciapp as the two women
passed along the street. Clapp asked
Bfumiield to go with him and follow
the women. but Brumfield said that he
WAS going home and declined. Clapp
went up Fourth street in the direction
the women had taken. and Brumfield
went home, and was aStOniShed to read
in the morning papers the account Of
the tragedy which resulted in the death
of Giapp, whom he knew as an acquaint-
ance. Mr. Brumfitld said that he did
not know either of the women and
doubted his ability to recognize either
ofthem.
The other witnesses called included
those who We're before the corouer's
jury. Mrs. White. who, it is said. saw
the encounter while sitting on the por-
tco of the Fuller house, IS out of the
sSfsS WIN " oo NV bClOlC luC u duu lul
From the fact that great many wit
nesseS were examined. while but few
witnessed the tragedy, it is apparent
that the grand jury is making a very
thorough investigation of the crime and
It's surroundings. A day and half has
been put in or the case. 1t is probable
that the examination of only very few
" fN n
grand jury that Ciapp came to his death
by wound OH the throat inflicted by
knife in the hands of EhIe Allen. The
fact that other witnesses We're examined
argues the theory that the Investigation
went far enough to enable the grand
jurors to ascertain whether or not the
tragedy rises to the degree Of murder or
whether an Indictment for a lesser de-
gree Should be found
Hartly Mari, the father of the wife of
Clapp, came to the city yesterday from
his home at Cottage Grove and mad an
interview with the county attorney.
A police officer who was talking with
Ehle Allen at the fire in the Schultz
block very few minutes before the
killing was not called before the grand
jury. His testimony is to the effect that
Allen was sober then, and i; was but a
few minutes after that he heard OF the
homicide e.-,-4+
The grand jury cot through with the
witnesses in attendance at O'clock last
evening. 1t is presumed that a report
will be made today.
Late in the evening the grand jury
sent for books in the Office Of the county
auditor and called some witnesses be-
fore them, which indicate that an in.
vestigation into the methods of James
II. Burns is or the tapis.
LULU SAYS IRIS NOT so.
Lulu Leyde was seated with her
mother in the court room of the fourth
floor when GLOBE reporter dropped
in. She was shown the item which ap-
peared in an evening paper in which
G. D. Brumfield relates meeting with
Wabasha streets while in company with
John II. Clapp some time before the
murder took place.
Miss Leyde read the story to her
mother and aunt, and in their presence
said to the reporter: "lt is not true.
We never went as far down Fourth
street as Wabasha. The most easterly
point reached by US was the building
where the photograph gallery is. This
place we passed once only. aud kept on
the other side of Washington all the
rest of the evening.
Il noticed some gentlemen awhiie.ago
look at me sharply. as if trying to iden-
tify me- MIR. Brumtield saws he does
not know me. In this he is right, and I
do not believe that he can say under
oath that he saw HE at the place named
On that evening.
"iihave time and again stated that do
not know John Clapp, and it is shame
ful to constantly make all effort to con-
meet us together"
Further than thit the girl would not
talk. She is not allowed to see any one
alone. Her mother Or her auntare con-
stantly present, and cut short auy az
tempt TO question the young woman.