The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-11-06
THE rlADlSON LAKE SCHOOL
CASE ARGUED.
The Final Evidence is Put in on Both
Sides, and the Case Now Rests
With the COurt-StorieS of Witt
Principal Denies Many Charges
and Qualities Others.

The Madison Lake school contest
was submitted to Judge Severance
Friday afternoon. The arguments by
the lawyers took up most of the day.
w. E. Young argued the facts and
Lorin Cray the law for Mr.. Campbell,
the principal whose position is at
stake; while A. r. Pau presented
the facts for the school district, and
W. r. Geddes the law. The court
took the case under advisement.
The trial of the cease commenced
Monday morning and has continued
with only one days interruption.
We have already given the testi-
mony of part of the witnesses of the
district.
Clara, Cook, sixteen year old girl
living in LeRay, testified to a rather
sentimental conversation which
Campbell had with her at the Madi-
son Lake creamery last July 1st,
while he was engaged in weighing
milk there during the vacation. She
had never talked with Campbell be-
fore.
Mrs. Carrie Smith, who lived in
Mankato. township west of Eagle
Lake, testified that Campbell stopped
at her house one Saturday afternoon
while passing by on his wheel. He
went into the house and remarked
that her husband swas away and his
wife was'away, and, witness said, he
said that it seemed as if they might
console each otheE He offered her
silver dollar, but she said that she
was not that kind of a person and or
dered him away. He asked her not
to say anything about it. Witness
had gone next morning to her sis
ter, Mrs. c. G. Sutherland, and told
her Of the occurrence and asked her
what she had better do.
Mrs. Sutherland corroborated this
last statement and said that she had
advised her sister not to do anything
as it would create trouble.
Justice Reinsburg testified that
Campbell iss now bound over to the
grand jury for alleged assault in the
second degree upon him. Several
other witnesses were examined.
Prof. A. A Campbell was the first
witness put upon he stand in. his own
defense. He denied many of the
charges made by witnesses on the
other side, and qualified Others
Witness said that he had never pur-
chased intoxicating liquor at Madison
Lake except port wine for himself
twice and several times for a sick
neighbor. He was in Herman Haas
saloon several times, when the Madi-
son Lake residents were getting to-
gether to go home. He was not drunk
at the time he spoke to Messrs. Dur
rim and Jordan there. In re-
gard to the Nicollet House
VISIT, Mr.. Sprague had come into
Haas saloon and wanted to go
where his team was, and he, witness,
John Kramer, Ed. Helder, Chas.
Ewing, A. HI. Hanchett and VIM.
Durrin had started, not knowing
where they were going, except
Sprague. When they got to the Mic
ollet House, Sprague and Kramer
went in, somebody mentioned the
character of the house, and witness
had said that they. had better 60 home
as they had no business there. Wit
ness with those on the outside had
then gone away. Witness denied
ever being drunk anywhere. With re-
gard to Mrs. Smith, he denied having
gone into her house or stopped there
the day in question, or seeing her that
day. Regarding Clara Cook, he had
given her good advice about not going
out nights, and that was all.
VIM. Durrin. A. II. Hanchett and
Chas. Ewing corroborated Mr. Camp
BELLS story in regard to the affairs
at Haas saloon and the Nicollet
House.
Mrs. Haslip,and cher daughter cor
roborated Campbell's testimony in re-
gard to passing by Mrs. Smiths house
without stopping.
Mrs. Hanchett, Mrs. Cole, Mrs.
Shepard, Mrs. Durrin, Mrs. Pitcher
and Mrs. w. H. Allyn testified that
they knew Campbell and had never
heard anything wrong of him till the
last school election.
Miss Aggie Durrin, Miss Kate