St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-27
TOLD IT BADLY.
Mrs. Daniel Leapy, Of White
Bear Lake. Publicly Con-
feSseS
HER ACTS OF UNCHASTITY
And Denounces Marshal Reu-
ben CleWett as Her
Betrayep.
Her ACTS OF UNCHAsTITY
VERY SENSATIONAL SCENE.
Clewett Bound Over to the
Grand Jury on the Charge
Of Adultery.

Wife-publicly admitting her own IN
chastity and calmly designating the
author of her disgrace was present
ed Yesterday in the municipal court,
and created a decided sensation,
while the trial of the State VS.. Reu-
ben Clewett, on charge OF adult
cry, was in progress.
In the presence of many intensely
interested spectators this remarka-
BILE admission was vouchsafed by
Mrs. Henrietta Leary, of White
Bear Lake, wife Of Daniel j. Leary,
station agent near that village for
the ST Paul & Duluth and 500 rail-
ways.
With but the slightest visible en-
barrassment Mrs. Leary related the
particulars of her fall from grace.
Her admission was explicit, the oc-
casions when she submitted to the
embraces of the despoiler of her pur-
ity being designated. Herrecital occa-
stoned much genuine surprise, but
the prisoner received the damaging
accusations of his paramour with
the greatest Indifference.
Attired in his official uniform the
ex-deputy sheriff Of Ramsey county,
seated by his counsel, T. d. O'Brien,
stoically listened to Mrs. Leary as
she coolly related the circumstances.
The intimacy between Mrs. Hen
rietta Leary and Marshal Cleweti
appears to have been no secret in the
beautiful summer resort where both
dWelt, and long since occasioned the
GREATEST SCANDAL
in White Bear Lake. AS is frequent
ly the case, the deluded husband
was practically the last one to learn
of his wife perfdy. The revelation
was a painful one which Leary could
not well brook. Taxing his wife with
frailty and receiving a fearful con-
firmatiOn Of his suspicious, the out
ragged husband suggested that his
guilty wife vanish temporarily. She
complied, going to Odessa, Pine
county, where she remained several
months.
AS Leary's conduct toward the de-
spoiler of his home savored of violence
the big official resented by attempting
forcible legal measures on the hus-
band. Rumors of Leary's unsound
mental condition We're circulated. and
the unfortunate station agent, bereft
of the company Of his wife, and ha-
raised by the knowledge of her un-
faithfulness, was compelled 10 under
90 int Ell
Leary some weeks ago was tried in
the probate court on a charge of in
sanity, but was acquitted. Then he set
in motion the machinery of the law
against his enemy, and with good
effect.
When Mrs. Henrietta Leary occupied
the witness chair yesterday before
Judge TWohy, although Informed By
County Attorney Butler that she need
not testify if she did not desire so to
do, she seemed eager to relate the de-
tails of her downfall
Meeting the curious gaze of the spec-
tators unllinchingly, Mrs Leary, turn
ing toward her former admirer,
CONFESSED HER FRAILTY,.
and in unmeasured tones denounced
her paramour. She prefaced her adj
mission by alleging that it was made
In the interest OF her sex. She had
been cruelty wronged, and willingly
admitted it. that other women might
escape her deplorable fate
In contrite tones she admitted having
had trouble with her husband over
money matters, and that Clewett had
offered her assistance and sympathy.
After referring to three different occa-
sions when she had yielded herself to
him she spoke of the correspondence
between them after her enforced exile.
Terms of consolation and encourage
ment were contained in his epistles,
while hers expressed her deep graft
tude for his sympathy. After testifying
Mrs. Leary's exit from the court was
hasty.
When Emma Flynn, a pretty little
girl of eleven, testified, she drove a few
more nails in Marshal Clewett'S
casket. On one occasion, she said
while playing near the Leary resi-
dence, through an open door she saw
the buXom partner of Daniel j. Sc
renely seated in perfect content on
the commodious lap Of Reuben.
Mrs. Mary Vincent a neighbor of
Mrs. Leary, averred that during last
August, September and October, Clew-
EFT was a constant visitor of Mrs.
Leary, calling about every other day.
Attorney O'Brien regarded 1t ad-
visable for his client not to testify, so
the marshal was mum. Yet others
| came to his rescue.
Thomas SeacriSt,' hack driver, teS-
| tilted that on one particular occasion
designated by Mrs. Leary as an cpl
sode Of her guilt. Clewett only re-
manned in the LeaTy mansion a few
minutes-fve perhaps.
In appealing for the discharge Of his
| client Attorney O'Brien referred to
the remarkable conduct of Mrs. Leary,
characterizing her damning admis-
| sions as almost unparalleled in a
court of justice, intimating too, that
they were unworthy of belief. With
considerable feeling he called the
courts attention to the excellent
MORAL CHARACTER
and reputation Clewett enjoyed prior
to the scandal of White Bear lake.
In resisting the motion of counsel
to dismiss the accused, County Attor-
ney Butler alleged that there was
nothing in the character or life OF
Mrs. Leary to stamp her as an adj
venturess, but, on the contrary, she
| appeared to be a credible person
whose statements were entitled tC
beliefs. According to the testimony
produced, Clewett had invaded Lea
rvs home day after day, week after
week, and month after month. While
expressing regret at Clewett's con
duct, Mr.. Butler expressed himself as
thoroughly convinced Of the marsharS
guilt.
When Judge Twohy rendered his de
cision the silence in the court room
was almost painful. The case was
one more than ordinarily difficult tc
dispose of. he declared. especially as
it affected q close acquaintanceshir
which, however. would not deter hin
in the performance of his duty. In his
! opinion, Judge Twohy said, that to dis
charge the prisoner would SAVIOR OF