St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-13
DIR. GLIDDEN EXPLAINS WHY HE
DID NOT NOTIFY THE AU-
THORITIES.
DYING GIRL ASKED SECRECY.
Clara Bergh's Mother and DIR.
johnson, of Wisconsin, Tell
Their Stories.


! death, was convicted on his own re-
| luctant admissions of having taken
! from the girls body the gold watch
| and chain and diamond ring which
several had testified she had worn
| in their presence.
Several witnesses testified that
| Clara Bergh had worn a diamond
ring and gold watch and chain.
They had seen the jewelry before
She was confined to her room. After
the door closed on her that fateful
day no one entered the room but
this person Lowe. When the body
of Clara Bergh was laid out at the
undertaker's the
JEWELRY WAS MISSING.
Where" cried County Attorney
! Butler, lis that gold watch and
chain which was taken from the
body of Clara Bergh?"
Lowe shifted in his chair and
looked uneasily around the room.
There was no sympathy for him
anywhere. Finally, in a low voice,
he admitted that he had them in
his pocket
Turn them over to the coroner"
commanded the county attorney, in
a stern voice mixed with rising in
| dignation. Lowe obeyed tremblingly,
looking out under his eyelids to see
| what the crowd thought of it.
And where" cried the county at
torney again, sis that diamond
ring?"
The previous performance was re-
peated. Lowe admitted that he had
it in his pocket.
Turn it over to the coroner"
again commanded the county attor-
ney sternly, and Lowe obeyed.
There was an instant of silence
as Pierce Butler contemplated the
person before him. Then, with a
voice of thunder, he exclaimed:
when did you fall into the habit
of robbing dead bodies?''
/ Lowe shivered as if he had been
stabbed. The expression of cunning
on his face did not change. There
| was no reply to the question The
| county attorney led him a merry
dance during the examination, in
which it was developed that Lowe
was trying to testify to things which
never happened. He said he had first
heard from Clara through a note
sent by her on June IS requesting
him to come to the corner of Fifth
and Robert, as she wanted to see
| him. "She said she had
SLIPPED FROM A CAR"
said the witness, land 1 asked her to
| go to her home. She said she did not
want to do that, but did want to go to
| the Globe hotel. ] said it would not
look well but she insisted and l took
her there. [ signed the name Rich
ards on the register but did not say
Clara was my wife. When we reached
the room she handed me a card bear
ing the name of DR.. Sigler and asked
me to call him at once. l did so, but
1t was noon before he reached the
| hotel"
Lowe said he did not know that she
was in such a condition. He said he
mad nursed her during her subsequent
illness and did not call a nurse because
Clara had forbidden it and did not
want her family to know what was the
| loves
was often conflicting and confused. He
tried to tell that DR.. Sigler had forsak-
en- the girl, when in reality he himself
had discharged DR.. Sigler for reasons
| best known to himself.
| Then Lowe attempted to explain why
he nursed Clara Bergh.
For two weeks" said the county at
torney, you lived with and cared for
TINS dying woman under an assumed
name. Why did you 90 this?"
She called me her friend and said
she would pay me we'll"
Did you do this as a business invest.
ment?'
Yes"
"And what percentage did you ex.
pect to have?" sarcastically asked the
county attorney. How much were
you to get?"
well, we had talked of that, but
thought Of charging her $780,
We'll, was this nursing a better bust.
ness than you were engaged in?"
Well there is little being done in
my business just now"
why did you not tell your wife YOU
were doing this?'
"Manfully as I might have performed
this work she would not have liked
l. L
fool to have done it"
Now, don't you know it won't de
for you to say you did this for the rea.
sons given when she informed you she
| had only sprained foot?'
well, she wanted me to take hel
there"
CLARA'S MOTHER TESTIFIES.
The first witness called in the morn.
ing was the aged and feeble mother
of Clara Bergh, who in a. low voice tol6
what she knew Of the events iust
prior to her daughters death, an6
what she knew of the people who were
connected with the sad affair She
had last seen Clara on the 18th OF
June, when the girl said she was goine
to Martelle to undergo a surgical OPP.
Grafton. She had said that DR.. John.
son had been attending her profession.
ally. He had sent prescriptions to hes
by mail and had attended her once
personally. She further testified tina,
her daughter had received presents
from the man Kaye, although Kaye
called afterwards and told her that he
had never given her daughter any.
thing. He was ACCOMPANIED bv q
stenographer, who took down ali he
said.
She last saw DR.. Johnson on july
6. He called at the house and asked
for Clara. The mother told him that
the girl was dead. He appeared ex.
cited. He said at the time that he had
not seen the girl at Martelle, as he was
in Superior at the time. The mothe,
testified that her daughter had gone
to Martelle in May and had returned
the first Monday In June. She had
said she was at Dr. Johnson's office.
DIR. GLIDDEN'S STORY.
DR.. Glidden testified that he had been
called to the Globe hotel on the night
of July and found Clara Berg in a
dying condition.
She asked me if could do anything
for her" said the doctor, land L told
her l would see. 1 found blood po:s-
oning in the last stages. L told the